Blessed is the 10th studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on March 1, 2011, by Lost Highway Records.

Its shift in lyric focus is amplified by the care and detail in the album's production and crackling energy.

By deliberately shifting to a harder-edged roots rock sonic palette, Blessed moves Williams music down the road from the dead-end Americana ghetto without compromising her qualities as a songwriter or performer".

"[8] The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau rated the album B+, writing "Williams has always worked her drawl, but here the extended vowels and slurred consonants tempt one to suspect she's afraid 'We were blessed by the watchmaker/Who gave up his time' won't stand up straight next to 'We were blessed by the wounded man/Who felt no pain.'

What makes me half believe I'll want to hear this album again is the drawn-out religious rumination 'Awakening', where vagueness signifies, and every solo Val McCallum gets.