Top 5/Bottom 5: Travis Tritt

[Ten Pound Hammer]

TOP
1. It's a Great Day to Be Alive
1. I'm Gonna Be Somebody (couldn't bear to put one over the other)
3. Anymore
4. Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
5. Helping Me Get Over You
6. Where Corn Don't Grow
7. Drift Off to Dream
8. Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man
9. Worth Every Mile
10. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
11. No More Looking Over My Shoulder
12. You Never Take Me Dancing
13. She's Going Home with Me
14. Sometimes She Forgets
15. Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
16. Foolish Pride
17. Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof
18. Put Some Drive in Your Country
19. Tell Me I Was Dreaming
20. More Than You'll Ever Know
21. Still in Love with You

BOTTOM
1. The Girl's Gone Wild
2. Nothing Short of Dying (now I know why this one wasn't on his Greatest Hits despite being a Top 5, it's boring as cardboard!)
3. If I Lost You
4. Only You (And You Alone)
5. I See Me (another great lyric destroyed by an atrocious Casey Beathard melody)

[Andy]

Nice pick, one of the '90s greats whose presence I miss. Will he ever come out with a new album?

TOP (not strictly ranked)
Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
Love of a Woman
Anymore
I'm Gonna Be Somebody
Foolish Pride
The Whiskey Ain't Working Anymore
Nothing Short of Dying
If I Were a Drinker
Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
It's a Great Day to Be Alive
Best of Intentions
Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man
Country Club
I'm Gonna Be Somebody
Put Some Drive in Your Country
Tell Me I Was Dreaming
Country Ain't Country
Anymore
If Hell Had a Jukebox
Never Get Away From Me

GREAT SONGS, Just Slightly Prefer Other Artist's Versions:
Where Corn Don't Grow
Just Between an Old Memory and Me

BOTTOM
The Girl's Gone Wild
T-R-O-U-B-L-E (good song, but overplayed to death)

[sabre14]

Top:
1. I'm Gonna Be Somebody (one of the all-time favorites WYRK used to play all the time)
2. It's A Great Day To Be Alive
3. Anymore
4. Best Of Intentions
5. Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde
6. Where Corn Don't Grow
7. Foolish Pride
8. Drift Off To Dream
9. Sometimes She Forgets
10. Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
11. Tell Me I Was Dreaming
12. Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man
13. The Whiskey Ain't Workin' (with Marty Stuart)
14. You Never Take Me Dancing
15. Put Some Drive In Your Country
16. Help Me Hold On
17. Country Ain't Country
18. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
19. Start The Car
20. Country Club

Bottom:
1. The Girl's Gone Wild (what a horrid lead single)
2. Take It Easy
3. If I Lost You
4. Nothin' Short Of Dying (agreed that this is a bore fest)
5. Love Of A Woman

[Deleted]

What a great vocalist, not overly familiar with his tunes but i do know quite a bit

1. Here's A Quarter(Call Someone Who Cares)
2. Best Of Intentions
3. Country Club
4. Anymore
5. I'm Gonna Be Somebody
6. The Whiskey Ain't Workin(w/Marty Stuart)
7. Foolish Pride
8. Sometimes She Forgets
9. Put Some Drive In Your Country
10. Take It Easy (still hear this a lot on WYRK)

Least favs( though i don't really dislike much of his)
1. The Girls Gone Wild
2. Where Corn Don't Grow( i echo Andy's thoughts)
3. Can I Trust You With My Heart(this is only here to make a top 3 i actually like it)

Top Album Track (though i've only heard 3 of his albums): Doesn't Anyone Hurt Anymore

[tim]

I've always enjoyed me some gritty Travis Tritt. I've only seen him in concert once and it was when he was headlining with Little Texas and Trisha Yearwood in probably 1993. I'll never forget the news that he got the crowd so into the show that the venue in Omaha had to forever make changes to way they handle security at concerts. I remember him putting on one hell of a show and the crowd was just very much into it.

Favorites:
1. Where Corn Don't Grow (ouch, guess I'm in the minority on this great tune)
2. Tell Me I Was Dreaming
3. I'm Gonna Be Somebody
4. Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
5. More Than You'll Ever Know (love the video as well)
6. Foolish Pride
7. Help Me Hold On
8. Anymore
9. Drift off to Dream
10. Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man (I've always enjoyed this too much...I attribute it to growing up with CMT in the early 90's)

Least Favorites:
The Girls Gone Wild
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof
Country Club

[Andy]

Oct 26, 2014 21:38:06 GMT -5 tim said:

1. Where Corn Don't Grow (ouch, guess I'm in the minority on this great tune)

I think it's a great song with a fantastic lyric and message - I just happen to prefer Waylon's original, which I think has a more biting vocal. Nothing against Travis, but it's very hard to top Waylon in my eyes.

I seem to be in the minority when it comes to "Nothing Short of Dying." I think it's an outstanding neotraditional ballad and the kind of song I wish Travis had recorded more of after his first few albums.

[sabre14]

Oct 26, 2014 21:38:06 GMT -5 tim said:

Favorites:
1. Where Corn Don't Grow (ouch, guess I'm in the minority on this great tune)

Me and Ten Pound Hammer both put it in out top 6 Travis tunes. :)

Judging by the numbers of who's put "Where Corn Don't Grow" where, it goes.

Top: 3 votes

Bottom: 2 votes

[Deleted]

^ ah heck you can count out my vote on Where Corn Don't Grow sabre14 i honestly struggled to make a bottom for Travis, shoulda just stopped after No.1

[someguy]

Top Singles:

1. Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
2. It's A Great Day To Be Alive
3. Tell Me I Was Dreaming
4. Take It Easy
5. I'm Gonna Be Somebody
6. Anymore
7. Foolish Pride
8. More Than You'll Ever Know
9. Best Of Intentions
10. Sometimes She Forgets

Bottom Singles:

1. The Girl's Gone Wild
2. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
3. Nothin' Short Of Dying

[Uncle Lumpy]

Travis was my favorite artist from the 90's and was the soundtrack behind my younger years. He is one of the few "younger" artists that I put on a pedestal with the legends like Jones & Haggard etc etc. I'll exclude album tracks cause Ill be here all day other wise.

TOP:

1. Where Corn Don't Grow
2. Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
3. Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
4. Put Some Drive In Your Country
5. Sometimes She Forgets (one of my very favorite Steve Earle written tunes
6. Country Club
7. It's a Great Day to Be Alive
8. Country Ain't Country (he seen it coming)
9. Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof
10. This One's Gonna Hurt You(For a Long, Long Time)(my favorite among the Marty Stuart collaborations)
11. The Whiskey Aint Workin
12. Start The Car (No it wasn't really country but I loved this song)
13. Lonesome Onery & Mean (Waylon is one of my favorites & this is my favorite song from him , but Travis just nails it)
14. Between An Old Memory & Me (see #13 but substitute Whitley for Waylon) Though I don't know whose version I love more)
15. Can I Trust You with My Heart
16. I See Me
17. Looking Out for Number One
18. It's a Great Day to Be Alive
19. Move It On Over (I about drove my ex wife insane when I bought the King Of The Hill soundtrack just to play this song over & over & over)
20. No More Looking Over My Shoulder
21.Bible Belt (not officially a single , but it did chart)

BOTTOM:
1. Girls Gone Wild (wow, we CAN all agree on something)
2. Tell Me I Was Dreaming (a little to far into the Rock power ballad area for my tastes)
3. Anymore (Not really bad , I just got really burned out on it)
4. More Than You'll Ever Know (this one just always struck me as really boring)
5. You Never Take Me Dancing ( i remember being so disappointed when this was released)
6. Love of a Woman (again , boring)
7. Strong Enough to Be Your Man (why Travis, just why?)

[Zazie]

Travis is my favorite 90's artist too, he and Patty Loveless would compete for that honor. And I'm going to see Travis in less than 2 weeks, so the least I could do is a top 5 (or top 50) and bottom 5.

1. It's A Great Day To Be Alive -- Darrell Scott's my favorite songwriter this side of Merle, and Travis changed some of the words and improved this song
2. Sometimes She Forgets
3. Foolish Pride
4. Where Corn Don't Grow
5. Here's A Quarter
6. I'm Gonna Be Somebody
7. Out Of Control Raging Fire (w/ Patty Loveless) -- I had to include an album track here, or else I'm not bringing anything new to the thread
8. The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Anymore (w/ Marty Stuart)
9. You Never Take Me Dancing
10. Anymore
11. Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde
12. Best Of Intentions
13. Tell Me I Was Dreamin'
14. Nothing Short Of Dying
15. T-R-O-U-B-L-E


(showing some discipline, I will hold this to a top 15)


and I can find 3 I don't really like, right?

1. The Girl's Gone Wild
2. Love Of A Woman
3. [looks like didn't find 3]

[Andy]

I'm guess I'm the odd man out in the sense that I absolutely love "Love of a Woman." I have all the lyrics memorized and it's one of those songs I have to crank up and sing along to whenever it comes on. I love just about every aspect of it - the melody, the message of the lyrics, Tritt's vocal, etc. It's cool how we're all unique.  :)

[Kanenrá:ke]

01. It's A Great Day To Be Alive
02. Anymore
03. Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
04. Tell Me I Was Dreaming
05. Best Of Intentions
06. Help Me Hold On
07. Foolish Pride
08. More Than You'll Ever Know
09. Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde
10. You Never Take Me Dancing
11. Country Club
12. The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
13. T-R-O-U-B-L-E
14. Can I Trust You With My Heart
15. No More Looking Over My Shoulder

Bottom 5
01. Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
02. The Girl's Gone Wild
03. Only You (And You Alone)
04. Start The Car
05. Strong Enough To Be Your Man