Six Blocks Away
1992 single by Lucinda Williams
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"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).
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| Single by Lucinda Williams | ||||
| from the album Sweet Old World | ||||
| B-side | "Which Will" | |||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Alternative country, Americana, Blues, roots rock | |||
| Length | 2:52 (Album version) | |||
| Label | Chameleon | |||
| Songwriter | Lucinda Williams | |||
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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
Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 170 |