It's About Time for a Tracy Byrd Rankdown!

[tim]

Welcome to my first artist rankdown! I figured with some of the mid 90's rankdowns starting up it would be a good time to jumpstart one for Tracy Byrd as many of his earliest and biggest hits will be featured. Tracy debuted on the country scene in 1992 when his first single "That's the Thing About a Memory" was released on MCA Records. It wouldn't be until his third single "Holdin' Heaven" that Tracy would finally break through and score his first Number One hit. Byrd has since charted more than thirty hit singles in his career, including eleven Top Ten hits.

I have included all of Tracy's singles in the rankdown along with a few additional album tracks for a total of 40 songs. The current due date is Friday, August 2nd so please send me a PM with your songs ranked from #1 (your favorite) down to #40 (your least favorite). Also, anyone that would like to send along some of their favorite album tracks please do as I will be featuring them during the rankdown!

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The Songs:

1. That’s the Thing About a Memory
2. Someone to Give My Love To
3. Holdin’ Heaven
4. Why Don’t That Telephone Ring
5. Back in the Swing of Things
6. Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous
7. Watermelon Crawl
8. The First Step
9. The Keeper of the Stars
10. No Ordinary Man
11. Walking to Jerusalem
12. Love Lessons
13. Heaven in My Woman’s Eyes
14. 4 to 1 in Atlanta
15. Big Love
16. Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got
17. Don’t Love Make a Diamond Shine
18. Good Ol’ Fashioned Love
19. I’m from the Country
20. I Wanna Feel That Way Again
21. When Mama Ain’t Happy
22. Put Your Hand in Mine
23. Love, You Ain’t Seen the Last of Me
24. Take Me with You When You Go
25. A Little Love
26. A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side
27. Just Let Me Be in Love
28. Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo
29. How Much Does the World Weigh
30. Lately (Been Dreamin’ ‘Bout Babies) *
31. The Truth About Men
32. Drinkin’ Bone
33. How’d I Wind Up in Jamaica
34. That’s What Keeps Her Getting By
35. Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman *
36. Tiny Town
37. Cheapest Motel
38. Better Places Than This *
39. Before I Die
40. Take It to the Bank

* The following songs are not available on Spotify:

Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman
Lately (Been Dreamin' 'Bout Babies)
Better Places Than This

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , mamasaid , recordyear

[Kanenrá:ke]

In, will be nice to rank the songs of his that haven't been featured in other rankdowns yet!

[bboat11]

Super excited for this one! I know more of his songs than I do for a lot of his early '90s male peers, but there are still a lot for me to learn!

[tim]

I have officially opened up the Tracy Byrd rankdown with a tentative due date of Friday, June 7th...rank away Byrd fans!

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan

[Cody Wants Out...]

Wasn't expecting this to happen anytime soon (or even at all!), but super stoked to do this one regardless!

I see myself becoming a big Tracy Byrd fan once I dig into his discography some more!

[tim]

We've already had a couple of early Byrd's send in their lists so here is your first official reminder that this is currently due on Friday, June 7th. I know that there are quite a few rankdowns with due dates coming up so I'll for sure keep an eye out on those and if needed I'll look at extending this out a bit if necessary.

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[LBTrocks]

I'm doing this now and am in absolute euphoria.... he is wonderful.

[tim]

With LBTrocks ’s submission we are now up to four lists including mine. I know the last couple of weeks have been a bit busy for everyone especially with school and Memorial Day so I’m going to give y’all a couple of extra weeks to work on this. The new due date will be Friday, June 21st

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[tim]

Howdy again all you Byrd fans and my apologies for not sending out more updates along the way for this. I've decided to extend this one out so that there's more of a gap between the ongoing rankdowns that are currently due before the end of the month which means y'all now have until Monday, July 8th to get those lists in. I also realized that I haven't taken a single break from rankdowns in over two years so when June rolled around I decided it was time to take a step back and just listen to music without thinking about in what position I was going to rank it.

That being said, I'd like to thank gardyfan for their submission as that brings us to five lists including mine. At a minimum I'd like to have ten participants so don't procrastinate too much longer!

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[bboat11]

Yay, thank you! I was worried about trying to do both this one AND 1999 Country over the course of the next week :)

[tim]

I haven't received any additional lists in almost a month and we are still sitting with five participants including myself. Looking at the country rankdown calendar many of you are working to finish up the 1994 and 1999 YE rankdowns along with ones for Suzy Bogguss and Gretchen Peters plus any ongoing album series so I understand there probably hasn't been enough time to squeeze this one in. It's looking like I am going to be out of town for work the week of July 15th so with that I'm going to be extending this one out one last and final time so that we can try and at least get a minimum of 10 participants. I've set the due date for Sunday, July 28th and would like to get more on board for this one!

Have a good Fourth of July holiday weekend and remember if you drink don't drive do the watermelon crawl!

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[LBTrocks]

Y'all, don't sleep on this one. Tracy Byrd is AMAZING. Get it done!

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{Tagging all yall }Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[Cody Wants Out...]

This is next in my queue after I finish up with '99. I'm over half way done at the moment.

[castleoblivion26]

I will definitely get this done in time, just keep forgetting to do it

[recordyear]

I will try but the main problem is about half of the songs are geo-blocked...I'll find some other eay to listen to them.

[kw9461]

I'll definitely finish this once I get 1999 done.

[Kanenrá:ke]

Jul 3, 2019 20:56:46 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Y'all, don't sleep on this one. Tracy Byrd is AMAZING. Get it done!

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{Tagging all yall }Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

Hey no need for the tag I got my list in before you!

[tim]

As I mentioned in the previous update I extended the deadline for this as I’m currently out of town for work and wouldn’t be able to compile the results in time to present them. As it stands now the due date is still Sunday, July 28th and I’d prefer to jumpstart the reveals for this in the first week of August. I haven’t received any additional lists so we still currently stand at five participants including myself. At this point I’d just like to get to 8 participants but my goal is for 10.

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[bboat11]

You can count on me for sure!

[castleoblivion26]

I will absolutely get a list in by the deadline

[Cody Wants Out...]

Hoping to knock this one out by the end of the week!

[recordyear]

Had first listen with all songs and I think I will do bad in this rankdown because I don't like his traditional leaning material too much due to triteness. But at least he has quite a few non-traditional leaning songs that I may boost...

[tim]

Jul 21, 2019 9:26:13 GMT -5 recordyear said:

Had first listen with all songs and I think I will do bad in this rankdown because I don't like his traditional leaning material too much due to triteness. But at least he has quite a few non-traditional leaning songs that I may boost...

I definitely would never think of the word "trite" when it comes to Tracy's music but I do understand that his specific neotraditional style of country music doesn't have a wide appeal. That said, Tracy is one of those artists whose music I grew up with right from the start of his career as I remember seeing his video for "Someone to Give My Love To" on CMT quite a bit and then "Holdin' Heaven" soon after which was probably one of my earliest country jams. I'm looking forward to your list though and hopefully it'll shake things up a bit!

I know a few of y'all are finalizing your lists so I'm going to give everyone until Friday, August 2nd to complete them! I'd like to jumpstart the reveals for this sometime that weekend so look for pre-reveal questions that Saturday.

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[tim]

This is your ONE WEEK REMINDER that this is due on Friday, August 2nd! So pull out the Jose Cuervo and take a few shots while you round out those lists...



Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[castleoblivion26]

I listened to him today so I can get my list together. Will try and get it done in the next day!

[tim]

Thanks to recordyear and castleoblivion26 we are now up to 7 participants! I know that bboat11 and Cody Wants Out... have been finalizing their lists and kw9461 previously expressed interest so that'll hopefully get us to 10 before this is due on Friday, August 2nd!

Currently there is one song that looks to be a strong contender for #1 and so far castleoblivion26 's list did the most to change up the dynamic of the rankdown as that brought the biggest shakeup to the top 5 thus far. The bottom 5 is also taking shape with three of the songs looking all but certain to end up there unless something drastic changes.


Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan
6. recordyear
7. castleoblivion26

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[bboat11]

FINALLY SUBMITTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tim]

Thanks to the submissions from .indulgecountry and bboat11 we're now at 9 participants and I know Cody Wants Out... is still planning on sending one so that'll at least get us into double digits for the rankdown. For anyone else that would still like to submit you still have a couple more days until this is due on Friday, August 2nd! If anyone is still wanting to participate and needs a bit of extra time let me know otherwise I plan on starting the reveals sometime later into the weekend.

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan
6. recordyear
7. castleoblivion26
8. .indulgecountry
9. bboat11

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear

[kw9461]

I should have mine to you tomorrow

[tim]

We now have two more participants joining us as Cody Wants Out... and kw9461 have sent in their lists which bring us up to 11! And along with that the entire rankdown has been rattled as we now have a song that has overtaken the #1 spot from what had been the top song through most of the submissions.

Everyone that has expressed interest has now sent in their list but I'm going to keep this open for submissions through the end of tomorrow Friday, August 2nd just in case there's one or two of you lurking behind the scenes working on a list and want to shake things up some more!

Participants:

1. tim
2. George Strait Junkie
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. LBTrocks
5. gardyfan
6. recordyear
7. castleoblivion26
8. .indulgecountry
9. bboat11
10. Cody Wants Out...
11. kw9461

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{The Byrds}Kanenrá:ke , .indulgecountry , Ten Pound Hammer , kw9461 , zaclord 🌈 , bboat11 , tim , LBTrocks , rgreen0625 , Troublemaker , zjames , someguy , Markus Meyer , robenglund , gonecountry , 14887fan , jhomes87 , carriekins , codyj100 , Dustin J. , fearlessarrow , dub , austin , castleoblivion26 , phil1996 , Andy , Zeebz , bigfan101 , CoJoFan , toomuchboy , Zazie , countrymusicjunkie , d3vin44 , collinkottke , justin5545 , countryisking , countryfan15 , ClevelandRox , zack97 , ChicaCherry콜라 , gardyfan , George Strait Junkie , recordyear