Gretchen Wilson: One of the Boys : C

Gretchen Wilson -- the self-professed "Redneck Woman" of country music -- gives us nothing but what we've come to expect of her on her newly released third album: songs about Silverados, whiskey, trailer park livin' and cheatin'. \nThe only problem is that we've heard it all before -- on her previous two albums.\nOne of the Boys, the follow-up to All Jacked Up and Wilson's tremendously successful debut, Redneck Woman, delivers more of the same from the talented singer. \nThough it starts off well with typical Gretchen ballads about not changing herself for anyone and giving up fighting to go to bed, it's all downhill from there. \nThe songs on this album sound like the songs on the last album, slightly reworded and with different tunes and melodies. She covers the same subjects -- having fun drinking, being tempted to cheat, sorrowful drinking, wanting a down-home boy and all the responsibilities that come with being a wife and mother -- without really adding anything new.\nThe album closes with "To Tell You the Truth," one of its better offerings about wanting but being unable to come clean after cheating. The song is brutally honest, and anyone who has ever been in a similar situation will easily be able to relate to it.\nIf Wilson's aim was to remake her last album, though, she has forgotten her token Billie Holiday cover, which she did so well last time. \nNow that she has clearly established herself on the country music scene as the beer-drinking, change-for-no-one, down-home girl, perhaps Wilson should find some new material for her next album.