''One of the Boys'' is the third studio album by American country music singer Gretchen Wilson. It was released on May 15, 2007. Following its release, the album debuted at number five on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, selling about 73,000 copies in its first week. As of May 9, 2008, the album has sold 232,000 copies in the US.Zettler, Linda
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'' Florida Today''. May 9, 2008. The album produced three chart singles for Wilson on the ''

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charts: "Come to Bed" (a duet with

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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

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

Personnel

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- electric guitar * Tom Bukovac -

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, electric guitar * J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

- percussion * Shannon Forrest -

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, percussion * Brandon Fraley - background vocals * Wes Hightower - background vocals * Mark Hill - bass guitar * Dan Hochhalter -

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

* Mike Johnson -

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* Steve Nathan -

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, piano * Mark Oakley - electric guitar * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar *

- background vocals on "Come to Bed" * John Willis - acoustic guitar, guitjo,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

* Gretchen Wilson - lead vocals, background vocals * Jonathan Yudkin - cello, fiddle, mandolin

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:One Of The Boys (Gretchen Wilson Album) 2007 albums Columbia Records albums Gretchen Wilson albums Albums produced by John Rich Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)