World Without Tears

World Without Tears
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2003
GenreRock and roll, roots rock, Americana, alternative, folk rock
Length59:53
LabelLost Highway
ProducerMark Howard, Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams chronology
Essence
(2001)
World Without Tears
(2003)
Live @ The Fillmore
(2005)

World Without Tears is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on April 8, 2003, by Lost Highway Records. The album debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200, selling 54,000 copies in its first week.[1] By 2008, it had sold 415,000 copies in the U.S.[2]

The album was a widespread critical and commercial success, and earned Williams two Grammy Award nominations in 2004: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the track "Righteously".[3]

  1. ^ Todd Martens, "Godsmack Takes 'Faceless' Straight To No. 1", Billboard.com, April 16, 2003.
  2. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard – Williams' Wild 'West'". Billboard. February 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Artist: Lucinda Williams". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2020.