"Six Blocks Away"
Single by Lucinda Williams
from the album Sweet Old World
B-side"Which Will"
Released1992
GenreAlternative country, Americana, Blues, roots rock
Length2:52 (Album version)
LabelChameleon
Songwriter(s)Lucinda Williams
Producer(s)
Lucinda Williams singles chronology
"Passionate Kisses"
(1989)		 "Six Blocks Away"
(1992)		 "Something About What Happens When We Talk"
(1992)

"Six Blocks Away" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. It was released in 1992 as the first single from her fourth album, Sweet Old World (1992).

Williams re-recorded Sweet Old World for its 25th anniversary in 2017, and released it under the new title This Sweet Old World.[1] "Six Blocks Away" was again released as the lead single, and Rolling Stone described the re-recorded version as "reinvigorated with a chiming, jangly Rickenbacker guitar line that evokes everyone from Tom Petty to the Byrds to R.E.M."[2]

Critical reception

LA Weekly ranked "Six Blocks Away" at No. 9 on their list of Williams' best 11 songs, calling it "one of her best jangle pop/country songs" while observing "the song's lyrics offer none of the music's bright optimism. Perhaps that is why the track works so well."[3] Rolling Stone described it as a "near-pop single", writing "Duane Jarvis's and Gurf Morlix's guitars jangle through the mix, though Williams's singing colors with a rural Louisiana rawness."[4]

Track listing

US CD single[5]
  • "Six Blocks Away" (Radio Edit) – 2:48
Australia CD single[6]
  • "Six Blocks Away" – 2:52
  • "Which Will" – 3:49

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 170

References

  1. ↑ Deming, Mark. "This Sweet Old World – Lucinda Wililams". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Fran C. (September 3, 1992). "Lucinda Williams Re-Records, Re-Releases 1992 Album 'Sweet Old World'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Smyers, Darryl (20 September 2013). "Lucinda Williams' Best 11 Songs". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  4. ↑ Jurek, Thom (September 3, 1992). "Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World". Rolling Stone. No. 638. New York. p. 68. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
  5. ↑ Discogs (1992). "Lucinda Williams – Six Blocks Away - US CD single". Discogs. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Discogs (1992). "Lucinda Williams – Six Blocks Away - Australia CD single". Discogs. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lucinda Williams chart history". imgur.com. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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