| All Jacked Up | 
 enlarge | Artist: Gretchen Wilson
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 14088
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 94169
UPC: 827969416921
EAN: 0827969416921
ASIN: B000AA3052
Release Date: September 27, 2005
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Condition: 57 includes original case and insert. case and disc have wear
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| Tracks:
| • | All Jacked Up | | • | California Girls | | • | Full Time Job | | • | Skoal Ring | | • | He Ain't Even Cold Yet | | • | One Bud Wiser | | • | Politically Uncorrect | | • | I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today | | • | Rebel Child | | • | Raining On Me | | • | Not Bad For A Bartender |
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Amazon.com
Here for the Party, this sassy, strong-singing Redneck Woman's 2004 debut, was a giant smash, but All Jacked Up's even better: diverse, rockin', and topped by a sensuous, soulful surprise bonus-track version of Billie Holiday's "Good Morning Heartache." Wilson kick-starts this guitar-and-fiddle-fired CD with the title track--a whiskey-drinkin' sequel to "Redneck"--and the ode to down-home women "California Girls." "Skoal Ring" suggests that the couple that chaws together stays together, and "One Bud Wiser" is a crafty tongue-in-cheek weeper that pays tribute to George Jones in both its lyrics and Wilson's copycat phrasing. Another legend, Merle Haggard, celebrates salt-of-the-earth American virtues with Wilson on the duet "Politically Uncorrect." And "Not Bad for a Bartender" is three and a half minutes of autobiography, detailing the eighth-grade education, floor-sweeping, and saloon-keeping that were all stops on Wilson's unlikely road to success. Funny, fiery, and moving, All Jacked Up proves this 32-year-old's career has plenty of mileage left. --Ted Drozdowski
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 Same Old Stuff September 28, 2005
33 out of 56 found this review helpful
Wilson's debut was a breath of fresh air in a genre that had forgotten what a fiddle should sound like. Beyond the two bonus tracks (a Kid Rock rocker from Target and a nicely done -- even if she feels the need to brag about it on the CD -- single microphone jazz standard) she sticks close to the first CD's formula. All Jacked Up (the single) is fun enough, but it's basically a remake of Redneck/Here For the Party, and what seemed fresh a year ago now feels safe. She's definitely got the vocal chops, but the first half of the CD is unfortunately loaded with product placement and cliche ridden novelty tracks. Full Time Job is another tired ode to the housewife (tired because she's no Loretta Lynn -- still the master of such tunes -- and here it's more formula than honest), Skoal Ring can't hold up the fun beyond the first chorus, and the same goes for One Bud Wiser. This CD may be fun in small doses, but it took me two or three tries to get past track seven. in the end, All jacked Up is a all let down.
 Subtler Approach Makes This One a Winner October 24, 2005
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Ever since the release of her enormously successful debut album "Here For the Party" in mid-2004, Gretchen Wilson has been on a rollercoaster ride at the speed of light that includes incessant touring and press. Consequently, the conspicuously quick release of her sophomore effort, "All Jacked Up," which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, is indeed surprising. Where did she find to co-write and record another LP so quickly? It's a tough question, but the most important thing here is that the new material is just as solid as her debut.
The title track and lead single begins the collection on a caffeinated note, finding Wilson drinking more liquor than she can handle one night in a bar. As a result, she subsequently scuffles with a girl of "10'2" and a bad attitude," not to mention backing her car into a traffic light to the delight of the townsfolk. She also sings of her delight for cowboys in "Skoal Ring" and speaks her mind about the Golden State in "California Girls" with her sense of humor on full throttle.
"There ain't nothing wrong with plastic surgery/Well, Dolly Parton never looked so good to me/Everybody oughta be exactly who they want to be/But that Paris Hilton gets under my skin/With her big, fake smile and her painted-on tan/Never had a chance at a real man."
Still, this record isn't all fun and games. "Politically Uncorrect," where Wilson trades lines with singer/songwriter Merle Haggard, finds her rooting for the underdogs of our nation, proclaiming she's "for the low man on the totem pole." She tackles a similar theme on "Full Time Job," where she tips her hat to those who have the most difficult occupation of all: Mothers.
"It's the hardest gig I've ever known/I work my fingers to the bone/Yeah, the dishes and diapers never stop/Lousy pay, there ain't no 401k/I know this may come as a shock/But this here's a full time job."
Other key tracks include "Not Bad For a Bartender," where the Pocahontas, Illinois native remains wide-eyed at her recent fame, her realization of how coldhearted women can be on "He Ain't Even Cold Yet" and puts herself first in the near-breakup ballad "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today."
Although she may be bordering on too much ubiquity and her image is cliché, the quality of "All Jacked Up" proves Wilson is indeed no flash in the pan. There is no doubt that she is a talented writer and song stylist, and will continue to make solid records for a long time to come.
The DualDisc version of the album includes interview footage, a photo gallery, all the songs in LPCM stereo and the music video for the title track.
 Music to beat your wife by October 1, 2005
12 out of 27 found this review helpful
What a dismal piece of garbage.Only for people who believe illiteracy,nascar,redman and the Dukes of Hazard are the highlights of American culture.Buy some Lucinda Williams instead.
The ugly truth about copy-protected CDs October 6, 2005
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
I was devastated when I found out that this CD has copy-protection software. I love Wilson and eagerly anticipated this CD, but now that the ass-clowns at the record label have made this CD copy-protected, it's worthless to me. Memo to the music industry: make your CDs compatible with iTunes! Otherwise, expect CD sales to continue to suffer. Avoid!
NEVER IN MY LIFE! October 10, 2005
11 out of 23 found this review helpful
Never in my life have I heard or seen such degradation. I thought the bubblegum country was bad but this is much, much worse! The poison inflicted by this type of "noise" robs the heart of its integrity. I can understand Wilson having a hard life but is it really worth having success if you have to demoralize yourself and the rest of the country too by abasing yourself to such levels?? The first record was bad enough but this one is thoroughly horrific! I would have much more respect for Wilson if she had had the integrity to say to these producers "I won't be a part of such vermin". But, I guess when a carrot is being dangled in front of you and they offer you the world, its hard to resist. This CD hits rock bottom.
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