Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "The bluesy torch tunes 'Tears Of Joy' and 'The Knowing' both manage the neat trick of appreciating the present by mourning the difficulties of the past...", Ranked #30 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "After 30 years of weepers and heartbreakers, Williams proves she can also sing he-done-me-right songs.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "Country and rock meet the blues and Williams certainly seems to enjoy creating a kind of aural miniguide to all that is Americana.", Ranked #18 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "With snarling Stones-ish guitars, brisk tempos and a slew of funny punch lines.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Williams goes back to the roots-rock well and takes a long, satisfying swig....What unites the songs is the restored hope in Williams' singing...", "Not since her masterpiece 1998's CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD, has Williams dug so deep and come up with an album that brims with such varied, impeccable writing.", "She sounds happier than she has in years, singing mostly about domestic contentment with an audible grin.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "While it shows that the 55-year-old barbed-wire country singer is wary of rock's trappings, LITTLE HONEY proves she's still crushed out on the music.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "The electric guitars are cranked up for the opening 'Real Love' and the garage fuzz of 'Honey Bee,' and there's a seedy country crawl to the Elvis Costello duet 'Jailhouse Tears'..."
