Active 2014 Best/Worst

[Green Baron]

LIST OF TOP TENS ON BILLBOARD MAINSTREAM ROCK
01/04/14 "Battle Born" Five Finger Death Punch 25 1
01/04/14 "Deal With the Devil" Pop Evil 25 1
01/04/14 "Tired" Stone Sour 37 1
01/04/14 "Shepherd of Fire" Avenged Sevenfold 28 1
01/04/14 "Lola Montez" Volbeat 24 1
01/04/14 "Sirens" Pearl Jam 21 6
01/04/14 "Adrenaline" Shinedown 28 4
01/04/14 "By and Down" A Perfect Circle 20 8
01/04/14 "Never Never" Korn 25 1
01/04/14 "What If I Was Nothing" All That Remains 28 2
01/18/14 "Come a Little Closer" Cage the Elephant 24 10
02/01/14 "Addicted to Pain" Alter Bridge 30 4
02/15/14 "Heaven Knows" The Pretty Reckless 33 1
02/15/14 "Weak" Seether 22 5
02/22/14 "Spike in My Veins" Korn 20 5
03/01/14 "Dead But Rising" Volbeat 21 3
03/08/14 "Take Out the Gunman" Chevelle 22 1
03/15/14 "Not Gonna Die" Skillet 25 9 
04/05/14 "Guilty All the Same" Linkin Park feat. Rakim 20 1
04/05/14 "Torn to Pieces" Pop Evil 24 1
04/12/14 "Lightning Bolt" Pearl Jam 20 6
04/19/14 "House of the Rising Sun" Five Finger Death Punch 20 7
04/26/14 "Painkiller" Three Days Grace 22 1
05/03/14 "Out of the Black" Royal Blood 22 2 
05/17/14 "This Means War" Avenged Sevenfold 20 4
05/24/14 "This is the Time (Ballast)" Nothing More 32 2
05/24/14 "Times Are Hard" Redlight King 17 10 
05/31/14 "Dog on a Leash" Adelitas Way 20 7
06/07/14 "Words as Weapons" Seether 22 1
07/05/14 "1000hp" Godsmack 20 1
07/05/14 "Drown" Theory of a Deadman 20 4
07/19/14 "My Demons" Starset 43 5
07/26/14 "Until It's Gone" Linkin Park 20 1
07/26/14 "World on Fire" Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators 21 1
08/02/14 "I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore" Rise Against 20 5
08/09/14 "Messed Up World" The Pretty Reckless 21 1 
08/30/14 "Back to the Shack" Weezer 17 5
09/06/14 "Hunter Eats Hunter" Chevelle 16 10
09/13/14 "Room to Breathe" You Me at Six 26 4
09/20/14 "Edge of a Revolution" Nickelback 13 1
10/11/14 "Hater" Korn 20 5
10/11/14 "The Devil in I" Slipknot 12 2
10/18/14 "Wrong Side of Heaven" Five Finger Death Punch 12 2
10/18/14 "Figure It Out" Royal Blood 15 4
11/01/14 "Play Ball" AC/DC 6 5
11/08/14 "Something From Nothing" Foo Fighters 5 1
11/08/14 "Same Damn Life" Seether 9 6
11/08/14 "Doc Holliday" Volbeat 10 9
11/15/14 "I Am Machine" Three Days Grace 7 6
11/15/14 "Something Different" Godsmack 8 8
11/29/14 "Beautiful" Pop Evil 12 10

[dm2081]

Top (in order):
1. Battle Born - Five Finger Death Punch
2. Lola Montez - Volbeat
3. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant
4. Words As Weapons - Seether
5. Take Out The Gunman - Chevelle
6. Wrong Side of Heaven - Five Finger Death Punch
7. Painkiller - Three Days Grace
8. Torn To Pieces - Pop Evil
9. I Am Human - Three Days Grace
10. Guilty All The Same - Linkin Park

Bottom:
1. World On Fire - Slash
2. Heaven Knows - Pretty Reckless
3. Messed Up World - Pretty Reckless
4. Adrenaline - Shinedown
5. Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam

This list is 10x better than the Alternative list.

[Green Baron]

BOTTOM OF THE BARREL
51. Deal With the Devil
50. What If I Was Nothing
49. Never Never
48. House of the Rising Sun
47. 1000hp
46. Hater

45. Torn to Pieces
44. Painkiller
43. Dog on a Leash
42. Spike in My Veins
41. Messed Up World
40. This Means War

THE NOT-BAD BUT NOT-GOOD TIER
39. World on Fire
38. Something Different
37. Weak
36. Shepherd of Fire
35. Until It's Gone
34. Beautiful
33. I Am Machine
32. Wrong Side of Heaven
31. Edge of a Revolution
30. Same Damn Life
29. Drown

THE CRAP STOPS HERE
28. Lightning Bolt
27. Dead But Rising
26. Back to the Shack
25. Play Ball
24. Not Gonna Die
23. Heaven Knows
22. Sirens
21. Battle Born
20. Addicted to Pain
19. Adrenaline
18. Doc Holliday
17. The Devil in I 

THE BEST OF THE YEAR
16. Figure It Out
15. Come a Little Closer
14. Times Are Hard
13. Hunter Eats Hunter
12. Words as Weapons
11. Tired
10. Lola Montez
9. My Demons
8. By and Down
7. I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore
6. Take Out the Gunman
5. Something From Nothing
4. Guilty All the Same
3. Room to Breathe
2. This is the Time (Ballast)
1. Out of the Black

[Cody]

Top 5:

1. Something From Nothing
2. Painkiller
3. Drown
4. Words As Weapons
5. Take Out The Gunman


Bottom 5:

1. 1000HP
2. Shepherd Of Fire
3. This Is The Time (Ballast)
4. This Means War
5. Spike In My Veins

[Pipa]

Top 5:

1. AC/DC - Play Ball
2. The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows
3. Theory of a Deadman - Drown
4. Seether - Words as Weapons
5. Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd of Fire

Bottom 5:

1. Weezer - Back to the Shack
2. Pop Evil - Deal with the Devil
3. Three Days Grace - Painkiller
4. All That Remains - What If I Was Nothing
5. Korn - Hater

It was much harder to make a bottom 5 from this one, unlike the Alt chart where it was far too easy.

[American Idiot]

It was easier for me on Active to pick my favorites than the rare few that I didn't like.

Best (in no order):
This Is The Time (Ballast)
Words As Weapons
Addicted To Pain
I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore
Same Damn Life
Back To The Shack
Hunter Eats Eunter

Worst (in no order):
Dog On A Leash
What If I Was Nothing
Come A Little Closer

[maine]

Top 5 best: 
"Words As Weapons" by: Seether
"Edge of a Revolution" by: Nickelback
"Out of the Black" by: Royal Blood
"Painkiller" by: Three Days Grace
"Adrenaline" by: Shinedown

Notable mentions:
"Same Damn Life", "Something From Nothing", "Drown", "I Am Machine", "Figure It Out", "Hunter Eats Hunter", "Take Out the Gunman", "Come A Little Closer"

Worst 5:
"1000HP" by: Godsmack
"Back to the Shack" by: Weezer
"World On Fire" by: Slash f/ Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators
"Not Gonna Die" by: Skillet
"Until It's Gone" by: Linkin Park

[Red]

This should be fun, probably more fun than the Alt version of this idea. Let's start with the five worst.

5) House of the Rising Sun
4) Back to the Shack
3) Heaven Knows
2) Deal With the Devil
1) 1000hp

And my ten favorites!

10) Doc Holliday
9) Spike In My Veins
8) Lola Montez
7) Hunter Eats Hunter
6) Guilty All the Same
5) Something From Nothing
4) Figure It Out
3) Sirens
2) This Is The Time (Ballast)
1) Out of the Black

[Lordef†ones]

I'm on my phone so no giant list but I'm excluding 2013 singles still though if you were wondering By & Down was my #5 single and #16 song overall.

Best

1. Out Of The Black by Royal Blood - while not my favorite new band they were my favorite to go top ten and delivered one of my favorite songs of the year.
2. Words as Weapons by Seether - I didn't like any of their singles from last album so it's impressive for then to come back swinging this year.
3. Take Out The Gunman by Chevelle - Chevelle are one of my favorite bands so this is no surprise.
4. This Is The Time by Nothing More - Another new band that impressed me this year even though their 2nd single paled in comparison.
5. Drown by Theory of a Deadman - Award for most disappointing album after a stellar lead single goes to these guys.
HM: Hunter Eats Hunter

Worst
1. Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows - And the award for the worst new band goes to...
2. Pretty Reckless - Messed Up World - The Shitty Reckless.
3. Weezer - Back To The Shack - Even worse than this band that I'm known to hate on.
4. Adeliras Way - Dog on a Leash - Never liked these guys though they redeemed themselves with "Save The World"
5. Nickelback - Edge of a Revolution - Eh at least it's better than Bottoms Up
HM: 1000hp

[Cody]

lol...so far 3 of us have 1000HP as the worst active song of the year. It would be perfect if the most hated alt song is Take Me To Church and the most hated active song is 1000HP

TURN. THAT. SHIT. OFF. FASTERRRRRRRRRRRRR

[rowellfarm490]

51. Times Are Hard
50. Back To The Shack
49. Come A Little Closer
48. Lightning Bolt
47. Dog On A Leash
46. Tired
45. Play Ball
44. Weak
43. World On Fire
42. 1000hp
41. House Of The Rising Sun
40. Heaven Knows
39. Hunter Eats Hunter
38. Shepherd Of Fire
37. Something Different
36. Figure It Out
35. Addicted To Pain
34. Sirens
33. Edge Of A Revolution
32. Spike In My Veins
31. By And Down
30. Dead But Rising
29. Never Never
28. Messed Up World
27. This Means War
26. Hater
25. Until It’s Gone
24. Torn To Pieces
23. Deal With The Devil
22. Beautiful
21. Something From Nothing
20. My Demons
19. Adrenaline
18. Lola Montez
17. I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore
16. What If I Was Nothing
15. Doc Holliday
14. Room To Breathe
13. Same Damn Life
12. Guilty All The Same
11. Out Of The Black
10. Drown
9. Battle Born
8. The Devil In I
7. Painkiller
6. Take Out The Gunman
5. I Am Machine
4. Not Gonna Die
3. Wrong Side Of Heaven
2. Words As Weapons
1. This Is The Time (Ballast)

[Shadows in the Dark]

Nov 21, 2014 21:34:38 GMT -5 Cody said:

TURN. THAT. s**t. OFF. FASTERRRRRRRRRRRRR

Come on man, you're making us "1000hp" fans look bad. :(

Anyway:

Best:

1. Take Out the Gunman
2. Words as Weapons
3. The Devil in I
4. Doc Holliday
5. Shepherd of Fire

Honorable Mentions: 1000hp, Spike in My Veins, I am Machine, World On Fire

Worst:

1. Messed Up World
2. Heaven Knows
3. Come a Little Closer

Honestly, my Best list is interchangeable. I liked nearly every song that went Top 10 on Active, except for the three I listed on my worst list. And I agree that Active was a heck of a lot better than Alternative this year (heck, for the last 3 years it's been).

[Green Baron]

For top tens, Active was a hell lot better than Alternative. The highlights of the year were better than Alt's, and the shittier songs weren't as shitty as Alt's.

As for the rest of the chart...

[Lordef†ones]

Active loses points for Coconut Dracula not being a smash.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

I'm not into the Active Rock songs as much as The Alternative Rock ones , so I won't do the entire top 50. Plus I honestly forgot what half those songs sound like. I actually liked a few that didn't even go top 10 like The two Heaven's Basemant singles ,"All Who Remain" - Beware Of Darkness, "Me & Mary Jane" - Black Stone Cherry and "Immortal" - Eve To Adam. Those would actually round out my top 20. My top 5 are pretty much my best Hard rock songs of the year. You could actually say I like the favs(the ones that went number one) on Active as opposed to the Alt charts; where I mostly prefer the underdogs, yet I still prefer about 90% of the Alt rock songs that charted in 2014. 


20. This Means War - Avenged Sevenfold
19. Something From Nothing - Foo Fighters
18. The Devil In I - Slipknot
17. Addicted To Pain - Alter Bridge
16. Take Out The Gunman - Chevelle
15. Painkiller - Three Days Grace
14. Torn To Pieces - Pop Evil
13. Not Gonna Die - Skillet
12. Lightning Bolt - Pearl Jam
11. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant

10.Shepherd Of Fire - Avenged Sevenfold
9. Back To The Shack - Weezer
8. Sirens - Pearl Jam
7. World On Fire - Slash w/Myles kennedy and The Conspirators
6. 1000hp - Godsmack
5. What If I Was Nothing - All That Remains(Loved the Creed sound)
4. Messed Up World - Pretty Reckless
3. Edge Of A Revolution - Nickelback
2. Play Ball - AC/DC
1. Heaven Knows - Pretty Reckless

[dgarcia3377]

Worst 5 (not bad songs and not in a particular order)
Deal With the Devil-Pop Evil
Addicted to Pain-Alter Bridge
Times Are Hard-Redlight King
World on Fire-Slash
Back to the Shack-Weezer


Top 10 Best Songs
10. This is the Time (Ballast)-Nothing More
9. Hater-Korn
8. Take Out the Gunman-Chevelle
7. Wrong Side of Heaven-Five Finger Death Punch
6. Dog on a Leash-Adelitas Way
5. Guilty All the Same-Linkin Park
4. Painkiller-Three Days Grace
3. The Devil in I-Slipknot
2. My Demons-Starset
1. Not Gonna Die-Skillet