The Ones We Never Knew

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The Ones We Never Knew
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)
Genre Country
Label Universal South Records
Producer Monroe Jones and Holly Williams
Holly Williams chronology
The Ones We Never Knew
(2004)
Here with Me
(2009)

The Ones We Never Knew is the debut album of American country music artist Holly Williams. It was released on October 5, 2004 by Universal South Records. Its only single, "Sometimes", failed to chart, although it was made into a music video. Williams co-produced the album and wrote all twelve of its songs.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Giving the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called it "a classy, tasteful album", saying that the album showed Williams' songwriting ambition, but could have used more variances in tempo. [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Holly Williams.

  1. "Sometimes" – 3:01
  2. "Everybody's Waiting for a Change" – 3:30
  3. "Would You Still Have Fallen" – 3:50
  4. "Take Me Down" – 3:04
  5. "Between Your Lines" – 4:00
  6. "I'll Only Break Your Heart" – 3:40
  7. "Cheap Parades" – 3:49
  8. "Man in the Making" – 3:29
  9. "Memory of Me" – 2:59
  10. "Velvet Sounds" – 4:16
  11. "All as It Should Be" – 3:04
  12. "Nothing More" – 5:02

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Ones We Never Knew review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-04-29.