The Ones We Never Knew is the debut album of American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Holly Williams

Holly Williams

Holly Williams is an American country music artist. She is the daughter of Hank Williams, Jr. and half-sister of country singer Hank Williams III. Williams has released two studio albums: The Ones We Never Knew and Here with Me, in 2004 and 2009 respectively...

. It was released on October 5, 2004 via Universal South Records. Its only single, "Sometimes", failed to chart, although it was made into a music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

. Williams co-produced the album and wrote all twelve of its songs.

Critical reception

Giving the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine is a senior editor for Allmusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for Allmusic, as well as a freelance writer, occasionally contributing liner notes. He is also frontman and guitarist for the Ann Arbor-based band Who Dat?Erlewine is the nephew...

 of Allmusic called it a "a classy, tasteful album", saying that the album showed Williams' songwriting ambition, but could have used more variances in tempo.

Track listing

All songs written by Holly Williams.

1. "Sometimes" – 3:01
2. "Everybody's Waiting for a Change" – 3:30
3. "Would You Still Have Fallen" – 3:50
4. "Take Me Down" – 3:04
5. "Between Your Lines" – 4:00
6. "I'll Only Break Your Heart" – 3:40
7. "Cheap Parades" – 3:49
8. "Man in the Making" – 3:29
9. "Memory of Me" – 2:59
10. "Velvet Sounds" – 4:16
11. "All as It Should Be" – 3:04
12. "Nothing More" – 5:02