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Post by taylor is terrified on Oct 25, 2019 13:33:21 GMT -5
Welcome to the Luke Combs Album Series!
Now, this is my first-ever rankdown and I'm very excited about it. I've been practicing for a good couple hours now on how to do standard deviations and all of that and now that I think I've got the hang of it, I'm ready to start what I hope will be my first of many cool rankdowns! I already have a couple other artists who I plan on doing an album series for who (in some cases, very shockingly) don't have one, but for now I'm going to start with Luke Combs since his catalogue is very short. Dude only has two albums (as of November 8) and some extras. Just a little bit of background info:
Luke Combs is a masterclass in overnight notoriety. Having been singing since he was a child, including a stint in high school with a vocal group where he performed a solo in the prestigious Carnegie Hall (!!!!!), he decided to drop out of college--weeks before he was set to graduate: it was his senior year--to move to Music City and pursue what would become an already legendary country music career.
After releasing three EPs (The Way She Rides in 2014 and 2015's Can I Get An Outlaw & This One's For You), the last of which featured songs that would later be included on his debut album of the same name, country music publication Sounds Like Nashville began to take notice and named Luke one of 2016's "Artists to Watch." Sure enough, Sony Music Nashville signed Luke Combs to the Columbia Nashville label. The label, in turn, released "Hurricane" to radio on October 3, 2016...and the rest is country music history.
I hope many of you will join me in this album series! I'm very excited to host this and see what Pulse thinks of Luke's music! |
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Post by taylor is terrified on Oct 25, 2019 14:19:32 GMT -5
This One's For You (2017-18)Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAfter releasing three EPs (2014's The Way She Rides and 2015's Can I Get An Outlaw and This One's For You), country music publications such as Sounds Like Nashville began to take notice of Luke Combs's storytelling abilities and vocal talent, and named him one of 2016's Artists to Watch. As if on cue, Sony Music Nashville signed Luke to Columbia Nashville and his debut single "Hurricane", which had initially peaked at #46 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 2015, was re-released and sent to country radio on October 3, 2016. The rest is country music history.
"Hurricane" hit #1 on the BB Country Airplay chart the week of May 15, 2017, and stayed there for two weeks. Week 2 at #1 gave Combs two distinctions: the first artist to have a multi-week number one debut single since Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" in 2012 and the first male solo artist to accomplish that since Darius Rucker's "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" in 2008.
On June 2, 2017, Luke's debut album, This One's For You, was released. After debuting at #5 on the BB 200 and #1 on the BB Top Country Albums chart, it dropped to #33 on the TCA chart. From there on, album sales were a bit lackluster. However, in June 2018, Luke released a deluxe edition of his debut album, re-titling it This One's For You Too. The re-release prompted the album to fly right to a new peak of #4 on the BB 200. Even more incredibly, the re-release skyrocketed the album back to #1 on the Top Country Albums chart, where it has been ever since. As of this post, This One's For You/Too is on track to hit its 50th week at the top spot on TCA. On this chart, that will be (and already is) the longest reign for a male artist and will tie Shania Twain's 1997 album Come On Over for the longest reign overall! In terms of sales, This One's For You is certified double platinum by the RIAA for having sold over two million copies since its release!
For this album, we're going to rank the deluxe edition, meaning there are 17 tracks to listen to.
Tracklist (Runtime: 59:16)
1. Out There
2. Memories Are Made Of
3. Lonely One
4. Beer Can
5. Hurricane
6. One Number Away
7. Don't Tempt Me
8. When It Rains It Pours
9. This One's For You
10. Be Careful What You Wish For
11. I Got Away With You
12. Honky Tonk Highway
13. Houston, We Got a Problem
14. Must've Never Met You
15. Beautiful Crazy
16. A Long Way
17. She Got the Best of Me
I realize 17 tracks is quite a lot to listen to, and the holiday season is coming up. Because of that, I'm setting the deadline for this way out in advance. I'm gonna go ahead and set the deadline for Saturday, December 7. All who are interested in doing this are welcome to do this, regardless of whether you've been tagged or not! Y'all probably know how to do this: Listen to the album, rank it from #1 (your favorite) to #17 (your least favorite), and PM your list to me by the deadline. I'm looking forward to seeing y'all's lists!
Also, here's a Preference Revealer to help you with ranking the album! I find this to be an extremely helpful tool (even if the album still gets hard to rank).
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Oct 25, 2019 14:55:33 GMT -5
I've been contemplating over the last few weeks about digging into his discography and this is a great opportunity to do so. Count me in! :)
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Post by taylor is terrified on Oct 25, 2019 16:21:52 GMT -5
I've been contemplating over the last few weeks about digging into his discography and this is a great opportunity to do so. Count me in! :) Yay!! Glad I was able to give you the initative! |
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Post by Darkest Hour on Oct 25, 2019 17:59:39 GMT -5
The contenders for #1 would be When It Rains It Pours, Beautiful Crazy and She Got The Best Of Me.
Also the album will likely to have 50th week on #1 country album this week, tying Shania Twain's Come On Over's record.
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Post by taylor is terrified on Oct 25, 2019 18:40:17 GMT -5
The contenders for #1 would be When It Rains It Pours, Beautiful Crazy and She Got The Best Of Me. Also the album will likely to have 50th week on #1 country album this week, tying Shania Twain's Come On Over's record. I've just edited the post to reflect that, thanks for the update! |
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Post by taylor is terrified on Oct 26, 2019 21:50:22 GMT -5
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Post by taylor is terrified on Nov 10, 2019 0:51:20 GMT -5
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Post by taylor is terrified on Nov 18, 2019 12:23:46 GMT -5
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Post by taylor is terrified on Dec 6, 2019 0:33:02 GMT -5
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Post by Fire on Dec 6, 2019 10:19:37 GMT -5
Thank you for the tag but I won't be doing this rank down
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Post by taylor is terrified on Dec 16, 2019 9:51:26 GMT -5
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Post by ClevelandRox on Dec 16, 2019 10:06:30 GMT -5
I've been doing XMas albums for weeks- I'll work on this tonight or tomorrow, carrie!  |
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Dec 16, 2019 14:33:06 GMT -5
I’m def interested in this one!
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Post by taylor is terrified on Dec 23, 2019 9:28:08 GMT -5
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Post by ClevelandRox on Dec 23, 2019 16:55:22 GMT -5
Slackers should have no excuse for Rascal Flatts, it's been out almost a year!  Excited for your first hosting rankdown, taylor is terrified! |
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Post by taylor is terrified on Dec 23, 2019 17:25:54 GMT -5
Slackers should have no excuse for Rascal Flatts, it's been out almost a year! Excited for your first hosting rankdown, taylor is terrified !  and I'm excited to host it! There's more where this came from too if you check the queue in the country rankdown thread some great RDs to come in 2020! |
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Post by taylor is terrified on Jan 1, 2020 13:22:33 GMT -5
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Post by taylor is terrified on Jan 7, 2020 13:39:52 GMT -5
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Post by kw9461 on Jan 8, 2020 16:11:56 GMT -5
Going to try and do this
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Post by taylor is terrified on Jan 10, 2020 7:53:51 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Jan 10, 2020 9:02:12 GMT -5
I’ll try to do this tomorrow
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jan 10, 2020 9:24:48 GMT -5
I'll finally give this album a listen some time today and I'll more than likely need this weekend to rank it. If you want to start without me, I can watch, too. I've been battling a mild cold over most of the Holidays (including the return of the dreaded fever to kick off the new decade!).
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Post by taylor is terrified on Jan 10, 2020 9:32:04 GMT -5
I'll finally give this album a listen some time today and I'll more than likely need this weekend to rank it. If you want to start without me, I can watch, too. I've been battling a mild cold over most of the Holidays (including the return of the dreaded fever to kick off the new decade!). Like I said, if you need the weekend, I'm more than fine with that as I'll actually be quite busy on Sunday returning to my dorm for second semester of college...I'm at home right now which is nearly 2 hours away :) |
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 12, 2020 23:41:15 GMT -5
So around 15 lists good turn out! This should be fairly interesting given his popularity but also because his songs do tend to sound samey when listened all together imo.
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Post by taylor is terrified on Jan 13, 2020 6:46:14 GMT -5
This One's For You: It's Results Time!Submissions are officially closed.
  Final Participant List: 20!1. taylor is terrified 2. George Strait Junkie 3. .indulgecountry 4. Kanenrá:ke 5. gardyfan 6. Darkest Hour 7. HeyHeyHey 8. ClevelandRox 9. trilogy 10. someguy 11. g8erboi 12. fearlessarrow 13. bboat11 14. SwiftlySheeran 15. tim 16. kw9461 17. born 18. LBTrocks 19. Cody Wants Out...
20. castleoblivion26
Feel free to answer these questions while you wait for me to get these reveals ready!1. What will be #1?
2. What will be #17?
3. Which songs will be in the top 5?
4. What song will be most polarizing? Least polarizing?
5. Where will the singles from this album place? (Hurricane, When It Rains It Pours, One Number Away, She Got the Best of Me, Beautiful Crazy)
6. Where will the deluxe edition tracks place? (Houston, We Got a Problem, Must've Never Met You, Beautiful Crazy, A Long Way, She Got the Best of Me)
7. What will be the highest-placing album track? Where will it place?
8. Which album tracks do you personally want to see do well? Where do you want them to place?
9. How will the title track, "This One's For You", do?
10. Any other thoughts and/or predictions?
I plan on starting reveals Tuesday afternoon at the latest! |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 13, 2020 6:54:39 GMT -5
I missed this unfortunately. Can you tag me in results?
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Post by taylor is terrified on Jan 13, 2020 6:56:16 GMT -5
I missed this unfortunately. Can you tag me in results? To be quite honest, I haven't even started adding up totals, so if you have time today, you could still send a list in! If not that's ok too, I'll be sure to tag you! :) |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 13, 2020 7:40:16 GMT -5
I missed this unfortunately. Can you tag me in results? To be quite honest, I haven't even started adding up totals, so if you have time today, you could still send a list in! If not that's ok too, I'll be sure to tag you! :) I'll get a list done today for sure! Thanks! |
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Post by tim on Jan 13, 2020 8:19:28 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? “When It Rains It Pours”
2. What will be #17? “Honky Tonk Highway”
3. Which songs will be in the top 5? All of the singles are likely contenders especially “When It Rains It Pours”, “She Got the Best of Me”, and “Hurricane”. I’ve never been a fan of “One Number Away” but I doubt it misses the top five since quite a few on Pulse seem to enjoy it.
4. What song will be most polarizing? “Beautiful Crazy” or maybe an album track such as “Don’t Tempt Me” Least polarizing? “When It Rains It Pours”
5. Where will the singles from this album place? “Hurricane”, “When It Rains It Pours”, and “She Got the Best of Me” are all likely top five contenders with “One Number Away” in top six; “Beautiful Crazy” in top eight
6. Where will the deluxe edition tracks place? “She Got the Best of Me” in the top five; “Houston, We Got a Problem” and “Beautiful Crazy” in top eight; “Must've Never Met You” in top ten; “A Long Way” in top 12
7. What will be the highest-placing album track and where will it place? “Houston, We Got a Problem” and possible top five contender
8. Which album tracks do you personally want to see do well? Where do you want them to place? “Houston, We Got a Problem” for sure because I stan for Texas of course and I think it’s a top five contender; “Memories Are Made Of” is another favorite of mine and while I’d like to see it make a top ten showing I’ll guess it’ll place in the top 12.
9. How will the title track, "This One's For You", do? I’d have to think it’ll be one of the first five songs to exit
10. Any other thoughts and/or predictions? I hadn’t listened to this album since it first came out and it was great getting to revisit it. I’m not really a fan of albums with as many songs as this record has (or deluxe albums for that matter) because everything kind of starts to blend together, but overall this is a very solid debut.
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