Combining her rich voice with gut-wrenching lyrics, Williams triumphantly returns on West  Full text...

The best track, though, is "Unsuffer Me", in which burring organ and angst-laden blues guitar cast dark shadows over her desire for redemption: "Undo my logic/ Undo my fear/ Unsuffer me".   Full text...

Williams remains a premier artist. But on another keeper here, she worries, "When my words are hiding between the lines/Then I'm afraid they won't hear me call." It must be said in so many words that does happen sometimes -- and that the music doesn't always bail her out.  Full text...

"Mature but hip" (Williams' words) West certainly is. The album sifts through themes that have dominated Lucinda's life for the past three years. Most markedly, the end of another combustive relationship prompts moods that are variously stoical ("Learning How To Live"), tortured ("Unsuffer Me"), and forgivingly concerned ("Are You Alright?")  Full text...

West is far from an awful record. But it could have been so much better.  Full text...