The Ghosts of Highway 20

The Ghosts of Highway 20
Studio album by Lucinda Williams
Released February 5, 2016
Recorded 2015
Genre Country
Length 86:09
Label Highway 20 Records
Lucinda Williams chronology
Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
(2014)
The Ghosts of Highway 20
(2016)

The Ghosts of Highway 20 is the twelfth studio album by American country music singer Lucinda Williams. The album was released on February 5, 2016, by Highway 20 Records.[1] All songs are written or co-written by Williams, except "Factory", written by Bruce Springsteen.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundB[4]
Drowned In Sound7/10[5]
The Guardian[6]
Paste9.3/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Slant Magazine[11]
Spin8/10[12]

The Ghosts of Highway 20 received critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83 based on 19 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

All tracks written by Lucinda Williams, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Dust" (words by Miller Williams, music and additional words by Lucinda Williams) 6:19
2. "House of Earth" (lyrics by Woody Guthrie) 5:28
3. "I Know All About It"   5:46
4. "Place in My Heart"   5:13
5. "Death Came"   6:14
6. "Doors of Heaven"   5:33
7. "Louisiana Story"   9:05
Total length:
43:41

Disc 2

All tracks written by Lucinda Williams, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Ghosts of Highway 20"   7:20
2. "Bitter Memory"   4:07
3. "Factory" (Bruce Springsteen) 4:01
4. "Can't Close the Door on Love"   5:36
5. "If My Love Could Kill"   5:09
6. "If There's a Heaven"   3:34
7. "Faith & Grace" (traditional) 12:44
Total length:
42:32

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 104
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 53
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 29
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 88
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 17
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 83
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 43
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 33
UK Country Albums (OCC)[26] 1
US Billboard 200[27] 36

References

  1. "The Ghosts of Highway 20 by Lucinda Williams on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 1953-01-26. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. 1 2 "Reviews for The Ghosts of Highway 20 by Lucinda Williams". Metacritic. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. Mark Deming. "The Ghosts of Highway 20 - Lucinda Williams | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  4. Kivel, Adam (2016-02-03). "Lucinda Williams – The Ghosts of Highway 20". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. Irwin, Kevin (2016-01-27). "Single Review: Lucinda Williams - The Ghosts of Highway 20". Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  6. Robin Denselow. "Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20 review – pained and powerful Americana". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  7. "Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  8. George de Stefano. "Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20". PopMatters. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  9. "Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20". Pitchfork. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  10. Hermes, Will (2016-02-03). "Lucinda Williams's New Album: The Ghosts of Highway 20". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  11. "Lucinda Williams: The Ghosts of Highway 20". Slant Magazine. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  12. "Review: Lucinda Williams, 'The Ghosts of Highway 20'". SPIN. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
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