When mom Naomi's illness put an end to the duo the Judds, Wynonna struck out on her own, flaunting her biggest assets: that gutsy, glorious, grrrrowling voice, her fiery red-headed sexuality, and that B-I-G personality. (Think of your favorite bosomy barmaid, a gal who'll pick ya up when you're feeling down but not think twice of cleaning you out at the poker table.) To date, Wynonna has delivered three solo albums. You can't knock the songwriting or the singing, but unfortunately, they're all marred by that pristine, glossy, no-guts-or-grits-allowed Nashville production that's the hallmark of her Svengali, the ubiquitous Tony Brown.

Hey, Wynonna: Ditch that loser, put on yer leather jacket, get the heck out of Nashville, and make a real record, why don't ya? I'm tellin' you girl, you would be unstoppable.