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. 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".
Track listing
The Target bonus track "The Other Side of Me" appears before the ending track "Good Morning Heartache" which the track was not credited on the CD cover.
Personnel Compiled from liner notes. Gretchen Wilson – vocals Steve Nathan – pianos, Hammond B3 organ Tom Bukovac – electric guitar J. T. Corenflos – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar Dean Hall – electric guitar Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar John Willis – acoustic guitar Blue Miller – guitars (13) Adam Shoenfeld – guitars (13) Paul Franklin – steel guitar, lap steel guitar Mike Johnson – steel guitar, lap steel guitar Russ Pahl – steel guitar, lap steel guitar Michael Rhodes – bass guitar Glenn Worf – bass guitar Matt Pierson – bass guitar (13) Chad Cromwell – drums, percussion Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion Eric Darken – drums, percussion Owen Hale – drums (13) Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle Wes Hightower – backing vocals Liana Manis – backing vocals Jon Nicholson – backing vocals Merle Haggard – vocals (7) Kid Rock – rap (13)
Production Clay Bradley – A&R direction John Rich – producer Gretchen Wilson – producer (1–12) Mark Wright – producer (1–12) Steve Marcantonio – recording (1–6, 8–13) Bart Pursley – recording (1–6, 8–13), overdub recording (1–6, 8–13), mixing John Guess – engineer (7) Freddie Sipowicz – engineer (7) Kid Rock – rap recording (13) Mike Clark – rap recording (13) Brian Graban – recording assistant (1–6, 8–13) Jimmy Bowen – additional overdub recording (7) Mike Post – additional overdub recording (7) Paul Hart – Pro Tools engineer, mix assistant Lowell Reynolds – mix assistant Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) John Baldwin – mastering assistant Tonya Deery – A&R coordinator Joe Simpson – A&R coordinator Kay Smith – A&R coordinator Carie Higdon – project coordinator Tracy Baskette-Fleaner – art direction, design Deb Haus – art direction, artist development Kristin Barlowe – photography Candy Burton – hair, make-up Christiév Alphin – stylist Morris Management Group – management
Chart performance
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for All Jacked Up Chart (2005) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 61
Year-end charts + 2005 year-end chart performance for All Jacked Up Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200 116 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 19 + 2006 year-end chart performance for All Jacked Up Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200 121 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 23
Singles + Chart performance for singles from All Jacked Up Year Single Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country USPeak chart positions for charted singles on the Hot 100: 2005 "All Jacked Up" 8 42 US: Gold "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" 22 109 2006 "Politically Uncorrect" (featuring Merle Haggard)[A] 23 — "California Girls" 25 121 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Certifications
References
External links All Jacked Up review on USA Today