Lucinda Williams’ 1988 self-titled album feels like a debut but was actually her third album. She released her first record, a collection of covers, in 1979 and her second, the minor Happy Woman Blues, in 1980 before taking a lengthy hiatus.

It was a full eight years before this album came out and launched her career critically if not commercially. At least three songs on Lucinda Williams became hits for other artists but the album itself has sold only 100,000 copies to date.

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