Lucinda Williams Details New Album ‘World’s Gone Wrong’ & Shares Single Featuring Brittney Spencer

Lucinda Williams will release a new studio album entitled World’s Gone Wrong on January 23 through Highway 20 Records. The veteran singer-songwriter shared the title track lead single featuring Brittney Spencer.

The follow-up to Williams’ 2023 album Stories From A Rock n Roll Heart was co-produced by her husband Tom Overby and her frequent collaborator Ray Kennedy. Williams recorded the 10-song LP at Kennedy’s Room & Board Studio in Nashville.

Along with Spencer, who also appears on the song “Something’s Gotta Give,” World’s Gone Wrong features Norah Jones on piano and vocals on “We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around.” The album includes a cover of Bob Marleys’ “So Much Trouble In The World,” recorded as a duet with renowned vocalist Mavis Staples.

Recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, watch the “World’s Gone Wrong” official live performance video and stream the studio version featuring Spencer below:

World’s Gone Wrong Tracklist

1. The World’s Gone Wrong (feat. Brittney Spencer)
2. Something’s Gotta Give (feat. Brittney Spencer)
3. Low Life
4. How Much Did You Get For Your Soul
5. So Much Trouble In The World (feat. Mavis Staples)
6. Sing Unburied Sing
7. Black Tears
8. Punchline
9. Freedom Speaks
10. We’ve Come Too Far To Turn Around (feat. Norah Jones)