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Title: Startlingly Bad
Review: Essence is such a weak, disappointing release that it is almost inconceivable that Lucinda Williams' loved ones and friends would have allowed it to be shipped. The absence of Steve Earle in the background is flashing like a big neon sign. The lyrics are manufactured from old issues of Southern Living and you can hear Ms Williams' trying to make her voice raspy and sad. Don't listen to this CD while driving; you immediately go to sleep.
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