Description:
With West, a disc that may well be Williams` most personal work to date, the singer-songwriter channels both her emotion and restive creative energy into a startling set of songs that touch on both darkness and redemption. At turns strikingly spare and compellingly muscular, the album`s 13 cuts attest to her willingness to stretch as a musician -- and to put herself on the line as a chronicler of life. (Lost Highways)