Never one to rush, Williams took another six years before releasing her next album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. The long wait, and the story behind it, became another chapter in Williams’ story… she was derided as a control freak, her perfectionism painted in the worst possible light.

But it’s hard to argue with the results. Car Wheels was hailed as a masterpiece, winning Williams her first Grammy and topping countless year-end and decade-end top ten lists. It also was her first album to go gold (and possibly her last, though I’m not sure about that).

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