Top 5/Bottom 5: Sara Evans

[Ten Pound Hammer]

TOP
1. Backseat of a Greyhound Bus
2. A Real Fine Place to Start
3. Cryin' Game
4. Suds in the Bucket
5. Born to Fly
6. Shame About That
7. As If
8. Slow Me Down
9. No Place That Far
10. Cheatin'

BEST ALBUM CUT
1. Rockin' Horse

BOTTOM
1. You'll Always Be My Baby (never got the appeal of this one)
2. Some Things Never Change
3. Tonight
4. Perfect

[ClevelandRox]

1. Backseat of a Greyhound Bus
2. I Could Not Ask For More
3. Saints & Angels
4. A Real Fine Place to Start
5. Born to Fly
6. Perfect
7. As If
8. I Keep Looking
9. Suds in the Bucket
10. Coalmine

Favorite album cuts
Why Should I Care, You Don't

Bottom 5

1. Some Things Never Change
2. You'll Always Be My Baby
3. My Heart Can't Tell You No
4. Slow Me Down

[.indulgecountry]

Top
01. Coalmine
02. A Little Bit Stronger
03. A Real Fine Place to Start
04. Suds in the Bucket
05. Cheatin'
06. Born to Fly
07. Three Chords and the Truth
08. Anywhere
09. My Heart Can't Tell You No
10. No Place That Far
11. As If
12. Love You with All My Heart
13. You'll Always Be My Baby
14. I Could Not Ask for More
15. Backseat of a Greyhound Bus

Album Tracks
01. What That Drink Cost Me
02. Missing Missouri
03. Good Love Is Hard to Find
04. New Hometown
05. Love, Don't Be a Stranger
06. Tell Me
07. Rockin' Horse
08. The Great Unknown
09. I Learned That from You
10. Roll Me Back in Time

Bottom
01. Big Cry
02. Imagine That

... that's all, everything else I like.

[sabre14]

We had Brad last week and now Sara. All I need is next week is Gary Allan and I'm set.......hint, hint ;).

Top:
1. Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus (her best vocal performance and one of the best songs at country radio over the past 15 years).
2. Suds In The Bucket
3. Born To Fly
4. A Real Fine Place To Start
5. Saints and Angels (most underrated singe)
6. Perfect (overproduced, but one of the few times I don't care)
7. I Could Not Ask For More
8. As If
9. Cheatin'
10. Three Chords And The Truth
11. I Keep Looking
12. No Place That Far
13. A Little Bit Stronger
14. Cryin' Game
15. Coalmine

Album Tracks:
1. Missing Missouri (Trent Tomlinson magic anyone?)
2. Rockin' Horse
3. Supernatural (I seem to be alone in loving this one)
4. New Hometown
5. Why Should I Care
6. What That Drink Cost Me
7. Bible Song
8. Roll Me Back In Time
9. Life Without Losing
10. The Great Unknown

Bottom:
1. Tonight
2. You'll Always Be My Baby (don't hate these, but what I hold against them is that they never should have been singles. "Rockin' Horse" and "Missing Missouri" should have taken their place)
3. Some Things Never Change

That's it. Sorry about not following the rules. It's gonna be hard for me when we do Gary too. ;)

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Funny how so far, most of us are in agreement on "You'll Always Be My Baby". I was under the impression that I was the only person who didn't care for that one.

[Kanenrá:ke]

I'm just going to rank all her singles, it's easier this way lol

01. Cryin' Game
02. Backseat Of a Greyhound Bus
03. A Real Fine Place To Start
04. Three Chords & The Truth
05. No Place That Far
06. Low
07. Born To Fly
08. Coalmine
09. I Could Not Ask For More
10. A Little Bit Stronger
11. Suds In The Bucket
12. Tonight
13. Saints & Angels
14. Cheatin'
15. Perfect
16. Fool, I'm A Woman
17. I Keep Looking
18. Slow Me Down
19. As If
20. Shame About That
21. My Heart Can't Tell You No
22. Anywhere
23. Feels Just Like A Love Song
24. Some Things Never Change
25. True Lies
26. You'll Always Be My Baby
27. Love You With All My Heart

Album Tracks
01. Rockin' Horse
02. These Four Walls
03. I Learned That From You
04. What That Drink Cost Me
05. Restless
06. Bible Song
07. You Don't
08. Brooklyn & Austin
09. Otis Redding
10. The Great Unknown
11. New Hometown
12. I Thought I'd See Your Face Again
13. Alone
14. Put My Heart Down
15. Tell Me
16. Better Off
17. The Secrets That We Keep
18. Surpernatural
19. Revival
20. You Never Know
21. Four-Thirty
22. Unopened
23. The Week The River Raged
24. Niagara
25. Missing Missouri

Bottom 5 songs (no singles are bad enough to make it here.)
01. Momma's Night Out
02. Gotta Have You
03. Desperately
04. Wildfire
05. Big Cry

[.indulgecountry]

^ I love your list, Kanenrá:ke ! But omg @ you not liking "Momma's Night Out" :o :'( That song is a jam and half!

[Kanenrá:ke]

Jun 29, 2014 16:28:38 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

^ I love your list, Kanenrá:ke ! But omg @ you not liking "Momma's Night Out" :o :'( That song is a jam and half!

Lol you know as I typed up my list of least favorites I had a feeling you'd be a little shocked at me not liking "Momma's Night Out". I'm relistening to it right now and I do like the production but for me it's a mismatch with Sara's vocals, it's similar to "Big Cry" in which I appreciate the experimentation but can't get behind the finished product.

Thanks for liking the rest of my list though. Means a lot coming from a huge Sara fan like yourself. :)

[.indulgecountry]

Jun 29, 2014 16:41:30 GMT -5 Kanenrá:ke said:

Jun 29, 2014 16:28:38 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

^ I love your list, Kanenrá:ke ! But omg @ you not liking "Momma's Night Out" :o :'( That song is a jam and half!

Lol you know as I typed up my list of least favorites I had a feeling you'd be a little shocked at me not liking "Momma's Night Out". I'm relistening to it right now and I do like the production but for me it's a mismatch with Sara's vocals, it's similar to "Big Cry" in which I appreciate the experimentation but can't get behind the finished product.

Thanks for liking the rest of my list though. Means a lot coming from a huge Sara fan like yourself. :)

Fair enough. I really love the swampy, jazzy feel to that song and the way everything feels like it's on full blast from her vocals to the production. "Big Cry" is on the other end of the spectrum for me though, as you can see from my list, lol. I just never could get into that song.

[14887fan]

Lol, the second I saw this thread, I knew I'd come in here to find a stacked list by Nick.

[.indulgecountry]

Jun 29, 2014 17:33:09 GMT -5 14887fan said:

Lol, the second I saw this thread, I knew I'd come in here to find a stacked list by Nick.

Now I'm waiting for your list

[recjus85]

Top

1. No Place That Far (one of my all time favorite songs period)
2. Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus
3. Saints & Angels
4. As If
5. You'll Always Be My Baby

Bottom (don't really hate any of these)

1. Cheatin'
2. I Keep Lookin'
3. I Could Not Ask For More
4. Suds In The Bucket
5. A Real Fine Place To Start

[Deleted]

Top:

1. Born To Fly (Still one of my favorite Country songs of the last decade)
2. Saints And Angels (So underrated)
3. ALBS
4. Suds In The Bucket
5. Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus
6. Coalmine
7. No Place That Far

Bottom:
1. My Heart Can't Tell You No
2. Real Fine Place To Start
3. Slow Me Down
4. Low
5. As If
6. Perfect
7. Always Be My Baby

[ky24941]

Top 10

1. I Keep Looking
2. Cryin' Game
3. Shame About That
4. A Real Fine Place To Start
5. Three Chords and The Truth
6. Perfect
7. Born To Fly
8. Slow Me Down
9. Fool, I'm A Woman
10. No Place That Far

Bottom 5 (even my least favorite singles are still good)

1. True Lies
2. You'll Always Be My Baby
3. Tonight
4. Coalmine
5. Suds In The Bucket

[bigfan101]

Oooh, my favorite topic!

It is going to be so hard to follow the rules but here goes:

1. A Little Bit Stronger - very autobiographical, beautiful vocal, awesome video and show stopping ACM performance

2. Saints and Angels - very understated vocal performance, perfect for the song. The single that got lost in her first big era

3. Backseat of a Greyhound Bus - I need her to go back and make a video for this please!

4. No Place That Far - the song that started it all

5. A Real Fine Place To Start - this is Sara just having a great time; perfect summer tune

Bottom 5:

1. Cryin' Game
2. Low
3. My Heart Can't Tell You No
4. Anywhere
5. Feels Like A Love Song

[someguy]

Top Singles:

1. Suds In The Bucket
2. A Real Fine Place To Start
3. A Little Bit Stronger
4. As If
5. Born To Fly
6. I Keep Looking
7. Perfect
8. Fool, I'm A Woman
9. Cheatin'
10. Cryin' Game
11. No Place That Far
12. Anywhere
13. You'll Always Be My Baby
14. Slow Me Down
15. Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus

Top Album Tracks:

1. Missin' Missouri (my favourite Sara song)
2. What That Drink Cost Me
3. Rockin' Horse
4. Otis Redding
5. Bible Songs

Bottom Singles:

1. Tonight
2. True Lies
3. Shame About That

[jesster]

Favorites among others
Suds in the Bucket
Born to Fly
You'll Always Be My Baby
Stronger
I Could Not Ask For More
As If
If I Run (album track from Slow Me Down)


Like Less (don't strongly dislike anything from Sara - my overall favorite female country artist)
My Heart Can't Tell You No
Ticket to Ride (album track from Stronger)

Dislike
New Again, Christmas song with Brad Paisley - not the performances, I just don't like the setup with Sara singing in the voice of Mary, Brad as Jesus. It made my bottom 5 for Brad, so only fair it goes here too.

[tim]

Top Five:

1. Saints & Angels
2. Backseat of a Greyhound Bus
3. A Little Bit Stronger
4. No Place That Far
5. Cryin' Game

I don't really have any strong dislikes from Sara, but I usually hit skip on "Suds In the Bucket" if only because it's overplayed. You could add "Coalmine" to the list of songs that should've never been released to radio.

[Andy]

I'm a fan of Sara, but am woefully unfamiliar with her discography, so not much in the way of album tracks or low-charting singles for me as of now:

TOP
Cheatin'
Born to Fly
I Could Not Ask for More
Suds in the Bucket
Shame About That
Backseat of a Greyhound Bus (completely forgot about this one)
Three Chords and the Truth
I Keep Looking
No Place That Far
Walk Out Backwards
As If
Perfect

BOTTOM
1. You'll Always Be My Baby (not unlistenable, but kind of a generic three act/multiple meaning chorus song)

[bboat11]

I just did a one-man danger-zone type of thing to help me sort out a ranking of her singles. Sara is one of those artists for whom I love like 97% of their output and have trouble picking one favorite song over another. That being said, I think this is about as accurate of a ranking as I am capable of :) I always knew "You'll Always Be My Baby" was a least favorite, but I had no idea what else would be in my bottom 5... Also, my top 5 is a group of songs I consider to be perfect in almost every way; maybe even better than my top 5 Martina songs would be...

BOTTOM 5: (I still enjoy many of these... Lol)
28) You’ll Always Be My Baby
27) Some Things Never Change
26) Shame About That
25) True Lies
24) Perfect

Enjoy considerably:
23) Low
22) Three Chords And The Truth
21) Born To Fly
20) My Heart Can’t Tell You No
19) Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus
18) Feels Just Like A Love Song
17) Coalmine
16) I Keep Looking

Love:
15) Anywhere
14) Tonight
13) Suds In The Bucket

Love x2:
12) Fool, I’m A Woman
11) Cheatin’
10) Put My Heart Down
9) Slow Me Down
8) Cryin’ Game
7) No Place That Far
6) As If

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!:
5) A Real Fine Place To Start
4) Love You With All My Heart
3) A Little Bit Stronger
2) I Could Not Ask For More
1) Saints & Angels

[Deleted]

Even if Sara Evans isn't one of my favorites I can still do a Top 5/ Bottom 5.

Top 5
1. As If
2. Born To Fly
3. You'll Always Be My Baby
4. Perfect
5. Three Chords & The Truth

Bottom 5
1. A Little Bit Stronger (I get the appeal but I just wished there was a better production well written though)
2. Put My Heart Down (the annoying repeating drove me away from this one)
3. Suds In The Bucket (this is more on overplay especially recently)
4. A Real Fine Place To Start (yawn)
5. Cheatin' (sheeh Sara just get to the chorus already or was I the only one that felt like it took a while to get to the chorus)

[bboat11]

Dec 12, 2015 20:51:36 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

5. Cheatin' (sheeh Sara just get to the chorus already or was I the only one that felt like it took a while to get to the chorus)

This song doesn't have a chorus. It is one of those songs that just has a handful of descriptive verses, each ending with the hook of the song. Some other examples are "Wrong Again" by Martina McBride, "Flowers" by Chris Young, "Amarillo By Morning" by George Strait, "She Thinks His Name Was John" by Reba McEntire, etc. It is not a super common style to hear, but it is certainly far from unusual. And I would argue that "Cheatin'" is a perfect song for that particular style, because the verses are so descriptive and the hook is so humorous!

I am just surprised that you would find this song boring due to it not having a chorus. I mean, the hook shows up in the second line of the song before the full band even comes in, which basically gives away the point of the song and sets the tone for exactly how the rest of the song is going to go. And it is well-written enough that the humorous descriptions of all the little ways she is getting revenge on her ex-lover who cheated on her are supposed to keep the listener engaged rather than relying on the repetitiveness of a chorus.

Of course, to each his own. I am not trying to criticize your taste; I just wanted to clarify that this is a completely different style of song that purposely doesn't have a chorus, but then I ended up giving you my 2 cents too :)

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Dec 12, 2015 23:02:58 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Dec 12, 2015 20:51:36 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

5. Cheatin' (sheeh Sara just get to the chorus already or was I the only one that felt like it took a while to get to the chorus)

This song doesn't have a chorus. It is one of those songs that just has a handful of descriptive verses, each ending with the hook of the song. Some other examples are "Wrong Again" by Martina McBride, "Flowers" by Chris Young, "Amarillo By Morning" by George Strait, "She Thinks His Name Was John" by Reba McEntire, etc. It is not a super common style to hear, but it is certainly far from unusual. And I would argue that "Cheatin'" is a perfect song for that particular style, because the verses are so descriptive and the hook is so humorous!

I am just surprised that you would find this song boring due to it not having a chorus. I mean, the hook shows up in the second line of the song before the full band even comes in, which basically gives away the point of the song and sets the tone for exactly how the rest of the song is going to go. And it is well-written enough that the humorous descriptions of all the little ways she is getting revenge on her ex-lover who cheated on her are supposed to keep the listener engaged rather than relying on the repetitiveness of a chorus.

Of course, to each his own. I am not trying to criticize your taste; I just wanted to clarify that this is a completely different style of song that purposely doesn't have a chorus, but then I ended up giving you my 2 cents too :)

I did find the song humorous but I guess like that style is just not one that I particularly fond of. Sorry .