One of the Boys (Gretchen Wilson album)

One of the Boys
Studio album by Gretchen Wilson
Released	May 15, 2007
Studio	Blackbird (Nashville, Tennessee) Sony/Tree (Nashville, Tennessee) The Tracking Room (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	37:20
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	John Rich Gretchen Wilson Mark Wright
Gretchen Wilson chronology
All Jacked Up (2005) One of the Boys (2007) Greatest Hits (2010)
Singles from One of the Boys
"Come to Bed" Released: October 30, 2006 "One of the Boys" Released: May 14, 2007 "You Don't Have to Go Home" Released: October 1, 2007

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
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]

One of the Boys is the third studio album by American country music singer Gretchen Wilson. It was released on May 15, 2007 by Columbia Nashville after Wilson's previous label, Epic Nashville, was shut down. The album was produced by the team of Wilson, John Rich, and Mark Wright.

One of the Boys received positive reviews from music critics, with praise being towards Wilson's vocals and the production. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and her third consecutive number one on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 73,000 copies in its first week, ^[10] far below the first week sales of her prior two studio albums, Here for the Party (2004) and All Jacked Up (2005). The album has sold 232,000 as of May 2008. ^[11]

Three singles were released from the record. "Come to Bed", which was a duet with producer and singer John Rich of Big & Rich, peaked at number 32 on the Hot Country Songs chart, her lowest peaking lead single and overall single at the time. The title track "One of the Boys", which had the same writing team as her 2005 hit "Homewrecker", was another moderate hit, reaching number 35. The album's final single, "You Don't Have to Go Home", failed to make the top 40 at country radio.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Girl I Am"	Gretchen Wilson Dean Hall	3:30
2.	"Come to Bed" (duet with John Rich)	Vicky McGehee John Rich	3:54
3.	"One of the Boys"	Wilson Rivers Rutherford George Teren	3:37
4.	"You Don't Have to Go Home"	Wilson McGehee Rich	3:19
5.	"Heaven Help Me"	Wilson Rutherford Teren	3:24
6.	"There's a Place in the Whiskey"	Del Gray Shannon Lawson Bobby L. Taylor	3:01
7.	"If You Want a Mother"	Wilson Rutherford Teren	3:34
8.	"Pain Killer"	Wilson Hall	3:42
9.	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Wilson McGehee Rich	2:57
10.	"Good Ole Boy"	Wilson McGehee Rich	2:53
11.	"To Tell You the Truth"	Wilson Hall	3:31
Total length:			37:20

Circuit City Digital Bonus Track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Wasting Whiskey"	Wilson Hall	3:49

• The bonus track "Wasting Whiskey" later became available on Amazon MP3 after Circuit City went out of business.

Personnel

• Gretchen Wilson – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Steve Nathan – Hammond B3 organ, pianos
• Pat Buchanan – electric guitar
• Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Mark Oakley – electric guitar
• John Willis – acoustic guitar, guitjo, mandolin
• Jonathan Yudkin - mandolin, cello, fiddle
• Mike Johnson – steel guitar
• Mark Hill – bass guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Dan Hochhalter – fiddle
• Brandon Fraley – backing vocals
• Wes Hightower – backing vocals
• John Rich – backing vocals (2)

Production

• Clay Bradley – A&R direction
• John Rich – producer
• Gretchen Wilson – producer
• Mark Wright – producer
• Rivers Rutherford – associate producer
• Bart Pursley – recording, mixing
• Adam Engelhardt – recording assistant
• Paul Hart – recording assistant
• Jason Lefan – recording assistant, mix assistant
• John Netti – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Lowell Reynolds – recording assistant
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Carie Higdon – production coordinator
• Judy Forde-Blair – creative production, album notes
• Tracy Baskette-Fleaner – art direction, design
• Kristin Barlowe – photography
• Candy Burton – hair, make-up
• Christiév Alphin – stylist
• Morris Management Group – management

Chart performance

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for One of the Boys Chart (2007) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [12] 91 US Billboard 200 [13] 5 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 1

Year-end charts 2007 year-end chart performance for One of the Boys Chart (2007) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 54

Singles

Chart performance for singles from One of the Boys

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		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

1. "Critic Reviews for One Of The Boys". Metacritic . Retrieved October 13, 2012.
2. Downs, Jolene. "Gretchen Wilson - One of the Boys". About.com . Archived from the original on August 19, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
3. Jurek, Thom. "One of the Boys - Gretchen Wilson". Allmusic . Retrieved July 8, 2011.
4. Gray, Christopher (May 18, 2007). "Review: Miranda Lambert, Elizabeth Cook, Gretchen Wilson, & Avril Lavigne". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved October 13, 2012.
5. Willman, Chris (May 18, 2007). "One of the Boys Review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on May 26, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
6. Lewis, Randy (May 13, 2007). "Redneck woman on cruise control". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 13, 2012.
7. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Gretchen Wilson". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
8. 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.
9. Keefe, Jonathan (May 21, 2007). "Gretchen Wilson: One of the Boys". Slant Magazine . Retrieved July 8, 2011.
10. Katie Hasty, "Linkin Park Scores Year's Best Debut With 'Midnight'", Billboard.com, May 23, 2007.
11. Zettler, Linda. "'Redneck Woman' Wilson says new CD will rock". Florida Today . May 9, 2008.
12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 304.
13. "Gretchen Wilson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
14. "Gretchen Wilson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
15. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
16. "Gretchen Wilson Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard . Retrieved November 14, 2010.

External links

• One of the Boys at Metacritic