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- Here For The Party
- - 1,106,318 plays
  - 701 favs
  - 192 shares
Gretchen Wilson
Released 2004

Holdin' You
03:33
63,391 plays

The Bed
02:53
49,990 plays

Pocahontas Proud
05:15
49,840 plays

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- 1
- Here For The Party
- 03:17
- 262,700 plays

- 2
- Redneck Woman
- 03:37
- 270,166 plays

- 3
- When I Think About Cheatin'
- 04:08
- 125,185 plays

- 4
- Homewrecker
- 03:26
- 149,334 plays

- 5
- Holdin' You
- 03:33
- 63,391 plays

- 6
- Chariot
- 04:25
- 44,421 plays

- 7
- What Happened
- 03:50
- 42,076 plays

- 8
- When It Rains
- 03:02
- 49,219 plays

- 9
- The Bed
- 02:53
- 49,990 plays

- 10
- Pocahontas Proud
- 05:15
- 49,840 plays

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album review

Taking its cues from her hit single "Redneck Woman," Here for the Party's opening title track introduces Gretchen Wilson in no uncertain terms. "I'm here for the beer and the ball-bustin' band," she sings over its emphatic kick drum beat and barroom twang. "I may not be a ten, but the boys say I clean up good." The vocalist's brassy delivery -- not to mention her brazen honesty -- differs considerably from the songbirds that often surround her on country radio in 2004. In fact, she's closer to the leather pants and poppy honky tonk of Tanya Tucker's 1978 effort T.N.T. Tucker is referenced in the aforementioned "Redneck Woman," as are Hank Williams, Jr. and Kid Rock, who also seem like primary sources for Wilson's mix of traditional country, pop accessibility, and uncut rock & roll attitude. Though she happily belts out the harder edges of "Homewrecker" and the hometown tribute "Pocahontas Proud," Wilson is also convincing on the ballad "When I Think About Cheatin'," and the softer tones of "What Happened." These tracks give Party some welcome depth, playing off its more rowdy material nicely and proving that Wilson isn't just a loudmouth novelty. Sure, that mud on her jeans in the back cover photo is real. But so is the sentiment in "Holdin' You," when she declares that "Holdin' you/Holds me together." Gretchen Wilson may be a redneck woman, but she has a heart of gold. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide