Fruits of My Labor
The 4:41 opener of World Without Tears, heard here in an NPR Music Front Row performance.
Lucinda Williams, from World Without Tears (2003)
"Fruits of My Labor" was written by Lucinda Williams and is the first track of World Without Tears, 4:41, released on Lost Highway on April 8, 2003. It was not a single; "Righteously", the second track, was. uDiscover calls the opener languid, with tremolo guitar and a low-slung melody, and says little more about how it was recorded. The album was made in a studio built inside a 1920s Los Angeles mansion, with Mark Howard producing alongside Williams, on a band of Doug Pettibone, Taras Prodaniuk and Jim Christie. We found no statement from Williams on what the song is about, and no video.
Our upload is not the album recording but a performance for NPR Music's Front Row series, posted by NPR Music as "Lucinda Williams: Fruits of My Labor | NPR Music Front Row". Its date, venue and band could not be confirmed: the page gave no description and the NPR page timed out. Amos Lee covered it acoustically on the tribute album Honeysuckle Switches, and Cris Jacobs recorded a version with Jerry Douglas. Setlist.fm's statistics page returned an error, so no play count is known.
On stage
- NPR Music Front Row The performance in our upload; date and venue unconfirmed.
Covers and versions
- Amos Lee An acoustic version on the tribute album Honeysuckle Switches.
- Cris Jacobs with Jerry Douglas
More songs by Lucinda Williams
Something About What Happens When We Talk, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Sources
- World Without Tears, Wikipedia
- World Without Tears, uDiscover Music