LUCINDA WILLIAMSLittle Honey
(Lost Highway)
*** 1/2 (out of 5)
Not even the fact that two of the 13 songs have “Tears” in the title can hide the fact that Little Honey is one of the most upbeat records Lucinda Williams has ever recorded — and the rip-roaring opening track “Real Love” sounds all the more striking coming after the wallow in misery that was last year’s West. Why, Williams even covers an AC/DC song on this one (a slightly awkward version of “It’s a Long Way to the Top”)!
Not that the album doesn’t have its poignant moments — the ballad “If Wishes Were Horses” suits Williams’ bruised-and-battered voice to a T, and there’s a nearly nine-minute track called “Rarity” on which Williams begs a too-pure-for-this-world rock singer not to be seduced by the record industry. But I got the biggest kick out of hearing Williams whoop it up on a shameless track like “Honey Bee,” singing about getting her lover’s “sweetness” all up in her air and his “honey” all over her tummy. I’m not sure about this, but I think she might be singing about semen.
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