All Jacked Up

All Jacked Up
Studio album by
Gretchen Wilson
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2005
Recorded2004–2005
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 41:56 (Standard Edition)
  • 45:30 (Target Bonus Track Version)
LabelEpic Nashville
Producer
Gretchen Wilson chronology
Here for the Party
(2004) 		All Jacked Up
(2005) 		One of the Boys
(2007)
Singles from All Jacked Up
  1. "All Jacked Up"
    Released: August 1, 2005
  2. "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"
    Released: October 22, 2005
  3. "Politically Uncorrect"
    Released: February 13, 2006
  4. "California Girls"
    Released: June 12, 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(70/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[11]
Los Angeles Times[4]
PopMatters[5]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Slant Magazine[8]
SpinC+[9]
Stylus MagazineB+[10]

All Jacked Up is the second studio album by American country music artist Gretchen Wilson, released on September 27, 2005 through Epic Nashville Records. After the massive success of her debut album Here for the Party (2004), Wilson went back into the studio to record its follow-up. Wilson worked with mostly the same team as her debut, with the album being produced by John Rich, Wilson, and Mark Wright.

When it was released, All Jacked Up received positive reviews from music critics but many felt that Wilson was trying "way too hard" to replicate the success of Here for the Party. The album went on to debut atop the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts with 264,000 copies sold first week, Wilson's highest first week sales.[12] Sales for the album started declining due to the poor success of its singles.

"All Jacked Up" served as the lead single from the record on August 1, 2005. It broke the record for the then-highest debut on the US Hot Country Songs chart by a female artist when it debuted at number 21; despite that, the song only peaked at number eight (becoming her last top ten hit to date) and received a mostly-negative reception among country radio. The second single "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" became Wilson's first single to miss the top-twenty, peaking at number 22 at country radio. The other singles "Politically Uncorrect", which was a duet with Merle Haggard, and "California Girls" were both moderately received, peaking at numbers 23 and 25; the latter single was released through Columbia Nashville after Epic Records closed its country division. Compared to her debut, All Jacked Up was less successful, only being certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of one million copies in the United States.

Also featured on this album are "He Ain't Even Cold Yet" (which was originally recorded by Ken Mellons on his 1995 album Where Forever Begins) and a remake of Billie Holiday's pop standard "Good Morning Heartache".

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  2. ^ Downs, Jolene. "Gretchen Wilson - All Jacked Up". About.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  3. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "All Jacked Up - Gretchen Wilson". Allmusic. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  4. ^ Hilburn, Robert (September 25, 2005). "One Bud wiser than the last time". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  5. ^ Holland, Roger (October 21, 2005). "Gretchen Wilson: All Jacked Up". PopMatters. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Gretchen Wilson". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  7. ^ Sheffield, Rob (October 6, 2005). "Gretchen Wilson: All Jacked Up : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  8. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (September 25, 2005). "Gretchen Wilson: All Jacked Up". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  9. ^ Caramanica, Jon (November 30, 2005). "Gretchen Wilson, 'All Jacked Up' (Epic Nashville); Big and Rich, 'Comin' to Your City' (Warner Bros./Nashville)". Spin. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  10. ^ Inskeep, Thomas (October 20, 2005). "Gretchen Wilson - All Jacked Up". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  11. ^ Hermes, Will (September 30, 2005). "All Jacked Up Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
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