The discography of Lucinda Williams, an American singer, songwriter, and musician, consists of 15 studio albums, one live album, two video albums, and 25 singles, on Folkways Records, Smithsonian Folkways, Rough Trade Records, Chameleon, Mercury Records, Lost Highway Records, New West Records, Highway 20 Records, and Thirty Tigers.
| Lucinda Williams discography | |
|---|---|
 Williams performing in 2006 | |
| Studio albums | 15 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Singles | 25 |
| Video albums | 2 |
Williams released her first albums, Ramblin' on My Mind (1979) and Happy Woman Blues (1980), on Folkways Records and Smithsonian Folkways. In 1988, she signed with Rough Trade Records and released her self-titled third album, Lucinda Williams, to critical raves.[1] Her fourth album, Sweet Old World, appeared four years later on Chameleon Records, to further critical acclaim. In 1998, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was released by Mercury Records, to critical and commercial success. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA the following year, and remains her best-selling album to date.[2]
After signing with Lost Highway records, Williams released the albums Essence (2001), World Without Tears (2003), West (2007), Little Honey (2008), and Blessed (2011), all to further critical and commercial success. Additionally, the live album Live @ The Fillmore was released in 2005. The double albums Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014) and The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) appeared on Williams' own Highway 20 Records label. In 2017, This Sweet Old World was released on Highway 20 Records in conjunction with Nashville, Tennessee based distribution company Thirty Tigers, followed by the critically acclaimed Good Souls Better Angels in 2020. Later that year, Williams began "Lu's Jukebox", a six-episode series of themed live performances.[3] Williams's 15th studio album, Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, was released in 2023.[4]
A collaborative album with Charles Lloyd and the Marvels, titled Vanished Gardens, appeared in 2018 on the Blue Note Records label.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] |
US Rock [6] |
AUS [7] |
CAN [8] |
IRE [9] |
GER [10] |
NL [11] |
NZ [12] |
SWE [13] |
UK [14] | |||
| 1979 | Ramblin' on My Mind | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1980 | Happy Woman Blues
|
— | — | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1988 | Lucinda Williams
|
39 [A] |
— | 117 | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | |
| 1992 | Sweet Old World
|
— [B] |
— | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
|
65 | — | 69 | — [C] |
— | — | — | — | 60 | — | |
| 2001 | Essence
|
28 | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | 47 | 47 | 63 | |
| 2003 | World Without Tears
|
18 | — | 80 | — | 41 | 93 | 81 | 40 | 24 | 48 | |
| 2007 | West
|
14 | 5 | 53 | — | 60 | 95 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 30 | |
| 2008 | Little Honey
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9 | 5 | 68 | 18 | 66 | — | 57 | 25 | 25 | 51 | |
| 2011 | Blessed
|
15 | 4 | 63 | 23 | 69 | — | 40 | 18 | 15 | 55 | |
| 2014 | Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
|
13 | 2 | 32 | — | 31 | 77 | 31 | 23 | 58 | 23 | |
| 2016 | The Ghosts of Highway 20
|
36 | 3 | 20 | 53 | 49 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 28 | 33 | |
| 2017 | This Sweet Old World
|
— | 17 | — | — | — | — | 101 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | Good Souls Better Angels
|
144 | 21 | 59 | — | — | 33 | 24 | — | — | 30 | |
| 2023 | Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart
|
159 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 26 | — | — | 65 | |
| Dash denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Notes
- A Did not chart when first released in 1988. When reissued in 2014 it reached No. 39.
- B Reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[17]
- C Reached No. 14 on the Canadian RPM Country Albums chart.
Live albums
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] |
AUS [7] |
AUS Country | NL [11] |
SWE [13] | ||||
| 2005 | Live @ The Fillmore
|
66 | 110 | 4 | 69 | 43 | ||
Lu's Jukebox
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Folk [18] |
US Blues [19] |
US Taste [20] |
GER [10] |
NL [11] | |||||
| 2021 | Lu's Jukebox Vol. 1 – Runnin' Down a Dream: A Tribute to Tom Petty[21] | 12 | — | 10 | 32 | — | |||
Lu's Jukebox Vol. 2 – Southern Soul: From Memphis to Muscle Shoals[21]
|
— | 1 | 13 | — | — | ||||
Lu's Jukebox Vol. 3 – Bob's Back Pages: A Night of Bob Dylan Songs[21]
|
— | — | — | — | 85 | ||||
Lu's Jukebox Vol. 4 – Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night of 60's Country Classics[21]
|
— | — | — | — | — | ||||
Lu's Jukebox Vol. 5 – Have Yourself a Rockin' Little Christmas with Lucinda[21]
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— | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2022 | Lu's Jukebox Vol. 6 – You Are Cordially Invited...A Tribute to the Rolling Stones[21]
|
23 | — | 19 | 58 | 60 | |||
| Dash denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
Other albums
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [22] |
US T/Jazz [23] |
US Taste [20] |
NL [11] | |||||
| 2018 | Vanished Gardens
|
3 | 2 | 18 | 161 | |||
Singles
edit| Year | Song | US Adult [24] |
US Rock [25] |
US Triple A [26] |
AUS [7] |
Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Happy Woman Blues/I Lost It" | — | — | — | — | Happy Woman Blues | |||
| 1989 | "Changed the Locks" | — | 16 | — | — | Lucinda Williams | |||
| "The Night's Too Long" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Just Wanted to See You So Bad" | — | — | — | 122 | |||||
| "Passionate Kisses" | — | — | — | 169 | |||||
| 1992 | "Six Blocks Away" | — | — | — | 170 | Sweet Old World | |||
| "Hot Blood" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | "Lines Around Your Eyes" | — | — | — | 146 | ||||
| "Something About What Happens When We Talk" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1998 | "Right in Time" | — | — | — | — | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | |||
| "Can't Let Go" | — | — | 14 | — | |||||
| 2001 | "Essence" | — | — | 9 | — | Essence | |||
| "Get Right With God" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2003 | "Righteously" | 36 | — | 8 | — | World Without Tears | |||
| "Real Live Bleeding Fingers And Broken Guitar Strings" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2007 | "Are You Alright?" | — | — | 24 | — | West | |||
| "Words" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Come On" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "West" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2008 | "Real Love" | — | — | 22 | 297 | Little Honey | |||
| 2011 | "Buttercup" | — | — | 26 | 777 | Blessed | |||
| 2014 | "Burning Bridges" | — | — | — | — | Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone | |||
| 2016 | "Just a Little More Faith and Grace" | — | — | — | — | The Ghosts of Highway 20 | |||
| 2017 | "Six Blocks Away" | — | — | — | — | This Sweet Old World | |||
| 2020 | "Man Without a Soul" | — | — | — | — | Good Souls Better Angels | |||
| "You Can't Rule Me" | — | — | 38 | — | |||||
| 2023 | "New York Comeback" | — | — | 36 | — | Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart | |||
| "Stolen Moments" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Where the Song Will Find Me" | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Dash denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
Video albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Lucinda Williams – Live from Austin, TX [27] |
|
| Lucinda Williams – Live From Austin TX '89 [28] |
|
Guest and compilation appearances
editCredits adapted from AllMusic.[29]
- 1988 – Various Artists – "Dark Side of Life" on A Town South of Bakersfield, Vols. 1 & 2
- 1990 – Various Artists – "Which Will" (first version) on True Voices
- 1990 – The Band of Blacky Ranchette – "Burning Desire" on Sage Advice
- 1992 – David Rodriguez – "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" on The True Cross
- 1993 – Various Artists – "Pancakes" on Born to Choose
- 1993 – Various Artists – "Main Road" on Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams
- 1993 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore – "Reunion" on Spinning Around the Sun
- 1993 – Michael Fracasso – "Door No. 1" on Love & Trust
- 1994 – Various Artists – "You Don't Have Very Far to Go" on Tulare Dust: A Songwriter's Tribute to Merle Haggard
- 1994 – Various Artists – "Positively 4th Street" on In Their Own Words, Vol. 1 – Live Performances from the Bottom Line, New York City
- 1994 – Julian Dawson – "How Can I Sleep Without You" on How Human Hearts Behave
- 1994 – Lisa Mednick – "A Different Sky" on Artifacts of Love
- 1995 – Terry Allen – "Room to Room" and "Black to Black" on Human Remains
- 1995 – Kieran Kane – "This Dirty Little Town" on Dead Rekoning
- 1995 – Chris Gaffney – "Cowboys to Girls" on Loser's Paradise
- 1996 – Various Artists – "The Night's Too Long" on Lone Star: Original Soundtrack from the Film
- 1996 – Steve Earle – "You're Still Standing There" on I Feel Alright
- 1997 – RB Morris – "Glory Dreams" on Take That Ride
- 1997 – Ray Wylie Hubbard – "The Ballad of the Crimson Kings" on Dangerous Spirits
- 1997 – Donnie Fritts – "Breakfast in Bed" on Everybody's Got a Song
- 1997 – Bo Ramsey – "Desert Flower" on In the Weeds
- 1998 – Hayseed – "Precious Memories" and "Credo" on Melic
- 1998 – Robbie Fulks – "Pretty Little Poison" on Let's Kill Saturday Night
- 1998 – Various Artists – "Here in California" on Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
- 1998 – Nanci Griffith – "Wings of a Dove" on Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
- 1998 – Various Artists – "Come to Me Baby" on Wolf Tracks: A Tribute to Howlin' Wolf
- 1999 – Bonepony – "Sweet Bye and Bye" on Traveler's Companion
- 1999 – Bruce Cockburn – "When You Give It Away", "Isn't That What Friends Are For?", "Look How Far" and "Use Me While You Can" on Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu[30]
- 1999 – Julian Dawson – "How Can I Sleep Without You" on Spark
- 1999 – Leftover Salmon – "Lines Around Your Eyes" on The Nashville Sessions
- 1999 – Various Artists – "Return of the Grievous Angel" with David Crosby on Return of the Grievous Angel: Tribute to Gram Parsons
- 1999 – John Prine – "Wedding Bells"/"Let's Turn Back The Years" on In Spite of Ourselves
- 1999 – Little Milton – "Love Hurts" on Welcome to Little Milton
- 1999 – Evie Sands – "Cool Blues Story" on Women in Prison
- 1999 – Chip Taylor – "Through Their Mother's Eyes" and "If I Don't Know Love" on Seven Days in May...a love story
- 2000 – Sue Foley – "Empty Cup" on Love Comin' Down
- 2000 – Kevin Gordon – "Down to the Well" on Down to the Well
- 2000 – Chip Taylor – "Head First", "Annie on Your Mind" and "The Ghost of Phil Sinclair" on The London Sessions Bootleg
- 2001 – Kasey Chambers – "On a Bad Day" on Barricades & Brickwalls
- 2001 – Matthew Ryan – "Devastation" on Concussion
- 2001 – Various Artists – "Cold, Cold Heart" on Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
- 2001 – Ralph Stanley and Friends – "Farther Along" on Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
- 2001 – Various Artists – "Nothin'" on A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
- 2001 – Chip Taylor – "Could I Live with This" and "The Ship" on Black and Blue America
- 2001 – Various Artists – "Angels Laid Him Away" on Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
- 2002 – Various Artists – "Lately" on Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown
- 2003 – Various Artists – "Hang Down Your Head" on Crossing Jordan – Original Soundtrack
- 2003 – Terri Binion – "GayleAnne" on Fool
- 2003 – Various Artists – "Hard Times Killing Floor Blues" on Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Soul of a Man
- 2003 – Colin Linden – "Don't Tell Me" on Big Mouth
- 2004 – Graham Parker – "Cruel Lips" on Your Country
- 2004 – Flogging Molly – "Factory Girls" on Within a Mile of Home
- 2004 – Elvis Costello – "There's a Story in Your Voice" on The Delivery Man
- 2004 – Willie Nelson – "Overtime" on It Always Will Be
- 2004 – Willie Nelson – "Overtime" (live) on Outlaws and Angels
- 2004 – Various Artists – "Pyramid of Tears" on Por Vida – A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
- 2004 – Various Artists – "Down to the Well" with Kevin Gordon on No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Vol. 1
- 2004 – Tony Joe White – "Closing In on the Fire" on The Heroines
- 2005 – North Mississippi Allstars – "Hurry Up Sunrise" on Electric Blue Watermelon
- 2006 – Tim Easton – "Back to the Pain" on Ammunition
- 2006 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott – "Careless Darling" on I Stand Alone
- 2006 – P.F. Sloan – "Sins of a Family" on Sailover
- 2006 – John Brannen – "A Cut So Deep" on Twilight Tattoo
- 2006 – Anne McCue – "Hellfire Raiser" on Koala Motel
- 2006 – Various Artists – "Bonnie Portmore" on Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys
- 2006 – Doug Pettibone – "Two of Us" and "She Belongs to Me" on The West Gate
- 2007 – Various Artists – "Honey Chile" on Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
- 2007 – John Platania – "In Memory of Zapata" on Blues, Waltzes & Badland Borders
- 2008 – Various Artists – "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" on The Imus Ranch Record
- 2008 – Carrie Rodriguez – Mask of Moses on "She Ain't Me"
- 2009 – Susan Marshall – "Don't Let Me Down" on Little Red
- 2009 – Various Artists – "Positively 4th Street" (studio version) on The Village: A Celebration of the Music of Greenwich Village
- 2009 – M. Ward – "Oh Lonesome Me" on Hold Time
- 2010 – Various Artists – "Kiss Like Your Kiss" with Elvis Costello on True Blood – Music from the HBO Original Series Volume 2 [Soundtrack]
- 2010 – Various Artists – "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" on Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
- 2010 – Ray Davies – "Long Way from Home" on See My Friends (album)
- 2010 – Jimmy Webb – "Galveston" on Just Across The River
- 2010 – Various Artists – "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" on Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
- 2011 – Over the Rhine – "Undamned" on The Long Surrender
- 2011 – Michael Monroe – "Gone, Baby Gone" on Sensory Overdrive
- 2011 – Amos Lee – "Clear Blue Eyes" on Mission Bell
- 2011 – Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – "If I Can't Have You" on Kings & Queens
- 2011 – Steve Cropper – "Dedicated to the One I Love" and "When I Get Like This" on Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales
- 2011 – Son of the Velvet Rat – "Moment of Fame" and "White Patch of Canvas" on Red Chamber Music
- 2011 – Tom Russell – "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" on Mesabi
- 2011 – Various Artists – "I'm So Happy I Found You" on The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams
- 2012 – Marvin Etzioni – "Lay It on the Table" on Marvin Country!
- 2012 – Lil' Band o' Gold – "I'm Ready" on Lil' Band o' Gold Plays Fats
- 2012 – Walter Rose – "Driving South" on Cast Your Stone
- 2012 – Various Artists – "Tryin' to Get to Heaven" on Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International
- 2012 – Various Artists – "God I'm Missing You" on KIN: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell
- 2012 – Various Artists – "Hurt" on We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
- 2012 – Various Artists – "That Time Of Night" on Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman
- 2012 – Various Artists – "The Farm" on The Inner Flame: A Rainer Ptacek Tribute
- 2012 – Various Artists – "Mississippi You're On My Mind" on Quiet About It: A Tribute To Jesse Winchester
- 2012 – Various Artists – "Whispering Pines" on Love for Levon
- 2012 – Various Artists – "House of Earth" on Woody Guthrie at 100: Live at the Kennedy Center
- 2013 – Various Artists – "Everything But the Truth" (first version) on The Lone Ranger: Wanted
- 2013 – Various Artists – "This Old Guitar" on The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
- 2013 – Various Artists – "Partners in Crime" on Songs for Slim: Rockin' Here Tonight—A Benefit Compilation for Slim Dunlap
- 2014 – Chip Taylor – "Sleep with Open Windows" and "I'll Only Be Me Once" on The Little Prayers Trilogy
- 2014 – Various Artists – "The Pretender" on Looking into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne
- 2015 – Buick 6 – "So Much Trouble in the World" on Plays Well with Others
- 2015 – G. Love and Special Sauce – "New York City" on Love Saves the Day
- 2015 – Don Henley – "Train in the Distance" on Cass County
- 2015 – Boz Scaggs – "Whispering Pines" (duet version) on A Fool to Care
- 2015 – Various Artists – "Met an Old Friend" on Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton
- 2016 – Buddy Miller – "Hickory Wind" (duet version) on Cayamo Sessions at Sea
- 2016 – Various Artists – "It's Nobody's Fault But Mine" and "God Don't Never Change" on God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
- 2016 – Various Artists – "Hickory Wind" on The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
- 2018 – Charles Lloyd – Vanished Gardens (with The Marvels)
- 2019 - Jesse Malin - "Room 13", "Shane", "Dead On" on Sunset Kids (album co-produced by Williams)
- 2020 – Various Artists - "Life's a Gass" on Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
- 2021 – Sharon Van Etten – "Save Yourself" on Epic Ten
- 2021 - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Backing vocals on Raise the Roof
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