World Without Tears

World Without Tears
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2003
GenreRock and roll, roots rock, Americana, alternative, folk rock
Length59:53
LabelLost Highway
ProducerMark Howard, Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams chronology
Essence
(2001)
World Without Tears
(2003)
Live @ The Fillmore
(2005)

World Without Tears is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on April 8, 2003, by Lost Highway Records. The album debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard 200, selling 54,000 copies in its first week. By 2008, it had sold 415,000 copies in the U.S.

The album was a widespread critical and commercial success, and earned Williams two Grammy Award nominations in 2004: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the track "Righteously".