Dixie Chicks fiddler Martie Maguire is definitely proud of the Chicks’ new acoustic record, “Home.” But she’s quick to stress that the CD’s sound is not a sign of what’s to come.

“We’re not doing this style of music forever,” she said. “We’ve already done a new song, and it sounds nothing like this at all. We wrote it with Sheryl Crow. It’ll be totally different.”

This got us to thinking: What will the Chicks do next? A metal record? Hip-hop? Ska? Punk?

We fantasize about their next three CDs:

Name of record: “Out for Blood”

Genre of music: Metal

Review: After scrapping the Sheryl Crow sessions because of money issues (lawsuits are pending), the Chicks go in a completely different direction for their new record: nu-metal. Banjos and fiddles have been swapped for electric guitars and distortion pedals; Natalie has shaved her head and now sports a pierced nose. Surprisingly, she screams quite well on this collection of venom-and-volume-driven noise. And she’s finally found appropriate use for her spastic head thrusts.

Name of record: “Back on da Streetz”

Genre of music: Rap

Review: On this, the Chicks return to the streets of Dallas. But instead of playing acoustic music on street corners, they’ve taken on free-style hip-hop. Recorded live on the corner of Main Street and Malcolm X Boulevard in Deep Ellum, the disc finds the newly christened Nat-uh-lee, Mart-ee and M-ill-e exchanging rhymes about battling record labels. Vanilla Ice guest stars on the catchy anthem “Where’z My Money?”

Name of record: “Going Out With Class”

Genre of music: Classical

Review: Years after flirting with country, bluegrass, metal and rap, the Chicks unveil their latest, and last, sound: classical, hence the name of their final record, “Going Out With Class.” Originally, members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra were to perform on this, but that plan fell through after legal issues arose (lawsuits are pending). Now accompanied by players from local junior colleges, the Chicks delve into operatic arrangements of past hits such as “I Can Love You Better” and “Long Time Gone.” Actually, the Chicks’ tale of spouse abuse and murder, Goodbye Earl, is a very short step from “Tosca.” Wonder what they’ll do for a comeback.