One of the Boys (Gretchen Wilson album)
One of the Boys is the third studio album by American country music singer Gretchen Wilson. It was released on May 15, 2007.
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| Released | May 15, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 37:20 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
| Producer | John Rich Gretchen Wilson Mark Wright | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (68/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [2] |
| Allmusic |  [3] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [4] |
| Blender | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
| Los Angeles Times | [6] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Slant Magazine | [9] |
| Uncut | [1] |
Following its release, the album debuted at number five on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 73,000 copies in its first week.[10] As of May 9, 2008, the album has sold 232,000 copies in the US.[11] The album produced three chart singles for Wilson on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Come to Bed" (a duet with John Rich of Big & Rich), followed by the title track and "You Don't Have to Go Home", the first single of Wilson's career to miss Top 40 on the country charts.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Girl I Am" | Dean Hall, Gretchen Wilson | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Come to Bed" (duet with John Rich) | John Rich Vicky McGehee | 3:54 |
| 3. | "One of the Boys" | George Teren, Rivers Rutherford, Wilson | 3:37 |
| 4. | "You Don't Have to Go Home" | Rich, McGehee, Wilson | 3:19 |
| 5. | "Heaven Help Me" | Teren, Rutherford, Wilson | 3:24 |
| 6. | "There's a Place in the Whiskey" | Bobby L. Taylor, Del Gray, Shannon Lawson | 3:01 |
| 7. | "If You Want a Mother" | Teren, Rutherford, Wilson | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Pain Killer" | Hall, Wilson | 3:42 |
| 9. | "There Goes the Neighborhood" | Rich, McGehee, Wilson | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Good Ole Boy" | Rich, McGehee, Wilson | 2:53 |
| 11. | "To Tell You the Truth" | Hall, Wilson | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 37:20 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Wasting Whiskey" | Hall, Wilson | 3:49 |
- The bonus track "Wasting Whiskey" later became available on Amazon MP3 after Circuit City went out of business.
Personnel
- Pat Buchanan - electric guitar
- Tom Bukovac - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar
- Eric Darken - percussion
- Shannon Forrest - drums, percussion
- Brandon Fraley - background vocals
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- Mark Hill - bass guitar
- Dan Hochhalter - fiddle
- Mike Johnson - steel guitar
- Steve Nathan - Hammond organ, piano
- Mark Oakley - electric guitar
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- John Rich - background vocals on "Come to Bed"
- John Willis - acoustic guitar, guitjo, mandolin
- Gretchen Wilson - lead vocals, background vocals
- Jonathan Yudkin - cello, fiddle, mandolin
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
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| US Country [16] | ||
| 2006 | "Come to Bed" (featuring John Rich) | 32 |
| 2007 | "One of the Boys" | 35 |
| "You Don't Have to Go Home" | 53 | |
References
- "Critic Reviews for One Of The Boys". Metacritic. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- Downs, Jolene. "Gretchen Wilson - One of the Boys". About.com. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- Jurek, Thom. "One of the Boys - Gretchen Wilson". Allmusic. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- Gray, Christopher (May 18, 2007). "Review: Miranda Lambert, Elizabeth Cook, Gretchen Wilson, & Avril Lavigne". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- Willman, Chris (May 18, 2007). "One of the Boys Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- Lewis, Randy (May 13, 2007). "Redneck woman on cruise control". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- Christgau, Robert. "CG: Gretchen Wilson". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- Hoard, Christian (May 14, 2007). "Gretchen Wilson: One Of The Boys : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
- Keefe, Jonathan (May 21, 2007). "Gretchen Wilson: One of the Boys". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- Katie Hasty, "Linkin Park Scores Year's Best Debut With 'Midnight'", Billboard.com, May 23, 2007.
- Zettler, Linda. "'Redneck Woman' Wilson says new CD will rock". Florida Today. May 9, 2008.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 304.
- "Gretchen Wilson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- "Gretchen Wilson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- "Gretchen Wilson Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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