Song · Lucinda Williams
“Metal Firecracker” by Lucinda Williams
From the album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
“Metal Firecracker” by Lucinda Williams appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2009 and 2020. It was first released in 1998 on the album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Its best result is #780 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,442 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Lucinda Williams wrote "Metal Firecracker" alone, words and music, and it sits on Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, her fifth album, which Mercury put out on June 30, 1998. She co-produced the record herself, working in Nashville and in Canoga Park, California, and Ray Kennedy mixed this one.
The band behind her is a sharp little crew: Gurf Morlix on electric guitar and singing alongside Williams, Steve Earle, one of the album's guests, on acoustic guitar, John Ciambotti on bass, Donald Lindley on drums and percussion, and Micheal Smotherman on Hammond organ. The album around it went on to top the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1998 and win the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 780 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1404 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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