West (Lucinda Williams album)

West
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2007 (2007-02-13)
RecordedThe Village
GenreAmericana, folk rock
Length68:40
LabelLost Highway
ProducerHal Willner, Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams chronology
Live @ The Fillmore
(2005)
West
(2007)
Little Honey
(2008)

West is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on February 13, 2007, by Lost Highway Records. The album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200, selling about 57,000 copies that week.[1] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album had sold 250,000 copies in the United States by October 2008.[2]

The track "Are You Alright?" was featured during the closing scenes of an episode of House ("Fetal Position"), which first aired April 3, 2007.[3] It also appeared in the fourth episode of the HBO series True Detective, which first aired February 9, 2014.[4] The track "Rescue" was featured on a season one episode of Brothers and Sisters (episode 18, first aired April 8, 2007).

The track "Come On" earned Williams two Grammy Award nominations in 2008: Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song.[5] Both awards went to Bruce Springsteen for "Radio Nowhere".[6]

The track "Unsuffer Me" was featured during the closing credits of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed that was released in 2022. [7]

  1. ^ "Norah Rebounds To No. 1 In Post-Grammy Week", Billboard.com, February 21, 2007.
  2. ^ Ayers, Michael D. "Lucinda Williams lightens up on 'Honey'". Reuters. October 3, 2008.
  3. ^ "House - Fetal Position - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "True Detective - Who Goes There - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "Artist: Lucinda Williams". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  6. ^ "Artist: Bruce Springsteen". The Recording Academy. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Fedor Tot (October 18, 2022). "London Film Festival Review: Laura Poitras’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’" Vague Visages. Retrieved 2023-06-25