Track Listing (Klik for download)
- Don't You Know You're Beautiful - Kellie Pickler, Lindsey, Chris [Cou
- I'm Your Woman - Kellie Pickler, Kear, Josh
- Rocks Instead of Rice - Kellie Pickler, Kear, Josh
- Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You - Kellie Pickler, Lindsey, Chris [Cou
- Lucky Girl - Kellie Pickler, Beavers, Brett
- One Last Time - Kellie Pickler, Jacobs, Kyle
- Best Days of Your Life - Kellie Pickler, Pickler, Kellie
- Somebody to Love Me - Kellie Pickler, Lindsey, Chris [Cou
- Makin' Me Fall in Love Again - Kellie Pickler, Rochelle, Karyn
- Going out in Style - Kellie Pickler, Jacobs, Kyle
"If the three of us were on Jerry Springer, I'd be pulling her hair
And I'd kick that lying sack of shoulda-known-better in the you-know-where"
(lyrics from "Rocks Instead of Rice") 
This is a solid second album from Kellie Pickler, the sixth place finisher on American Idol Season Five. The track list points the way to a very personal album which explores the time-honored country theme of broken hearts.
The songs to watch are "Best Days of Your Life", "Rocks Instead of Rice", "Makin' Me Fall in Love Again", "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" and "Lucky Girl". This album also firmly establishes Pickler as a songwriter, especially on the humorous songs, and she is credited on five of the ten tracks.
First single "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" is a song with a positive message, advising women to accept themselves for who they are, instead of comparing themselves to others and putting themselves down. Then comes "I'm Your Woman", a personal shout-out by a confident woman, and a nice upbeat song.
"Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" is a classic break-up song with plenty of hurtin' (re-recorded version from Small Town Girl), and "Lucky Girl" expands on the same theme.
"Did you tell her she's your second choice
'cause I wouldn't be your little toy"
"One Last Time" is a slow ballad which starts off like "Total Eclipse of the Heart", and once again, it's about breaking up, and then comes the upbeat "Best Days of Your Life" (co-written by Pickler and Taylor Swift), which is about ..... you guessed it!
"Somebody to Love Me" deals with loneliness, and then unexpectedly the mood changes with the bouncy "Makin' Me Fall in Love Again" about a new beginning. The album closes with a humorous ode to a shop-a-holic in "Going Out in Style" where she sings:
"Don't be sad or broken hearted
Spread my ashes in the shoe department"
Recommended for any American Idol or Country Music Fan on your list.
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