Ten Pound Hammer
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 7, 2014 10:20:13 GMT -5
You asked for it. Go as far past 5 as you want. TOP 1. Smoke Rings in the Dark 2. It Ain't the Whiskey 3. Songs About Rain 4. Man to Man 5. Right Where I Need to Be 6. Get Off on the Pain 7. Nothing On but the Radio 8. Watching Airplanes 9. Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) 10. Her Man 11. It Would Be You 12. Pieces (almost everyone thought this was boring, but I loved it) 13. Forever and a Day 14. Lovin' You Against My Will 15. A Feelin' Like That 16. Learning How to Bend 17. Best I Ever Had 18. Man of Me 19. The One 20. Kiss Me When I'm Down BOTTOM 1. I'll Take Today (boring, clumsy hook) 2. From Where I'm Sitting (ditto) 3. Tough Little Boys (sappy as heck, even with his killer voice) 4. She's So California (great sound, cliché lyrics) 5. Life Ain't Always Beautiful (probably the only sad song of his that was TOO much of a downer for me)
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Post by gonecountry on Jul 7, 2014 11:54:01 GMT -5
TOP 1. Right Where I Need to Be 2. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 3. It Ain't the Whiskey 4. Smoke Rings in the Dark 5. Man of Me 6. Tough Little Boys 7. Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) 8. Songs About Rain 9. Nothing On but the Radio 10. Get Off on the Pain 11. Man to Man 12. Learning How to Bend 13. Best I Ever Had 14. A Feelin' Like That 15. Watching Airplanes 16. Her Man 17. It Would Be You 18. She's So California 19. Lovin' You Against My Will 20. The One ALBUM TRACKS: 1. Alright Guy (my #3 song overall) 2. Drinking Dark Whiskey (my #4 song overall) 3. Like It’s A Bad Thing 4. Runaway 5. I Just Got Back From Hell 6. We Fly By Night 7. Tough Goodbye 8. Cowboy Blues 9. Bones 10. Half of My Mistakes BOTTOM 1. Today 2. Pieces
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 7, 2014 12:53:19 GMT -5
Top: 1. Best I Ever Had (Gary's wife passing away and the unmatched emotion in this song make this #1, though "Smoke Rings" is an extremely close 2nd) 2. Smoke Rings In The Dark 3. It Ain't The Whiskey 4. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 5. Man To Man 6. Forever And A Day 7. Songs About Rain 8. Man Of Me 9. Every Storm (Runs Of Out Of Rain) 10. Right Where I Need To Be 11. It Would Be You 12. Watching Airplanes 13. A Feelin' Like That 14. Lovin' You Against My Will 15. Today 16. Get Off On The Pain 17. Her Man 18. The One 19. Tough Little Boys 20. Living In A House Full Of Love 21. From Where I'm Sitting 22. Kiss Me When I'm Down 23. She's So California 24. No Man In His Wrong Heart 25. Nothing On But The Radio (just a tad overrated I believe but still a good song)
Album Tracks: 1. Promise Broken 2. We Fly By Night 3. I Just Got Back From Hell 4. The Devil's Candy 5. One More Time 6. Ring 7. Puttin' Memories Away 8. Sorry 9. Alright Guy 10. I'm Doin' My Best 11. Drinkin' Dark Whiskey 12. Tough All Over 13. Sand In My Soul 14. He Can't Quit Her 15. Can't Do It Today (I could easily go another 15)
Bottom: 1. Learning How To Bend 2. Pieces (I still like these but I had to find something to put here so I could at least make an attempt to follow the rules)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2014 13:39:32 GMT -5
Top:
Life Ain't Always Beautiful It Ain't The Whiskey Man To Man Smoke Rings In The Dark Every Storm Nothin' On But The Radio Right Where I Need To Be
Bottom:
Watching Airplanes Songs About Rain (objectively a great song,it just never quite clicked with me) Tough Little Boys Learning How To Bend Pieces
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Post by recjus85 on Jul 7, 2014 15:16:52 GMT -5
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1. Smoke Rings In The Dark 2. Man Of Me 3. Best I Ever Had 4. Man To Man 5. Songs About Rain 6. Watching Airplanes 7. Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain 8. A Feelin' Like That 9. Her Man 10. The One 11. Learning How To Bend 12. It Would Be You 13. Today 14. Runaway 15. Alright Guy
Bottom (don't really hate any of these)
1. Pieces 2. Nothin' On But The Radio 3. Right Where I Need To Be 4. Tough Little Boys 5. Life Ain't Always Beautiful
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Post by Steven on Jul 7, 2014 16:11:52 GMT -5
Top: 1. A Showman's Life 2. Best I Ever Had 3. Drinkin' Dark Whiskey 4. Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) 5. Get Off On The Pain 6. Her Man 7. It Ain't The Whiskey 8. Kiss Me When I'm Down 9. Learning How To Bend 10. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 11. Promise Broken 12. Smoke Rings In The Dark 13. Songs About Rain 14. Today 15. Watching Airplanes 16. We Fly By Night 17. Yesterday's Rain 18. I Just Got Back From Hell 19. I Think I've Had Enough 20. Right Where I Need To Be 21. Sand In My Soul
Bottom: (I don't dislike any of these songs. Hell, I don't think there's a single Gary Allan song I truly dislike.) 1.What Kind of Fool 2. Tough Goodbye 3. Tough Little Boys 4. We Touched The Sun 5. Half Of My Mistakes 6. He Can't Quit Her 7. Like It's A Bad Thing 8. Man To Man 9. No Damn Good 10. Nothing on but The Radio 11. Pieces 12. Bones 13. Puttin' Memories Away 14. See if I Care 15. She Gets Me 16. She's So California 17. That Ain't Gonna Fly 18. The Devil's Candy 19. What Would Willie Do
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Post by Andy on Jul 7, 2014 17:30:23 GMT -5
Gary is probably my favorite mainstream artist to debut within the past twenty years that experienced a large amount of commercial success, so ranking his songs is very tough. He's probably among my top 15 or 20 favorite artists, period, too, with only a discography on the smallish side holding him back. He's never put out a bad album in my eyes.
TOP No Judgment Day A Showman's Life Man to Man Songs About Rain Life Ain't Always Beautiful Promise Broken What Would Willie Do Bourbon Borderline Don't Tell Mama Learning to Live With Me Sorry Her Man It Would Be You The Devil's Candy No Regrets We Fly By Night Learning How to Bend As Long as You're Looking Back Half of My Mistakes
BOTTOM (don't really dislike these, but if I had to name least favorites, these would be them) Nothing on but the Radio Pieces Guys Like Me Adobe Walls Like It's a Bad Thing
I admit I wasn't completely wild about Set You Free - not a bad album by any means, just below Gary Allan standards in my opinion. But Smoke Rings in the Dark through Tough All Over is just a phenomenal album run (with only a few tracks on See If I Care being weak), and while I wasn't a huge fan initally, I've really come around to both Livin' Hard and Get Off on the Pain and now view them as legitimately strong albums, if a notch below what initially preceded them. His first two albums, while not extremely memorable outside of a couple of fantastic songs, are always pleasant listens, too.
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Post by ryanroberts on Jul 11, 2014 5:58:25 GMT -5
Huge Gary Allan fan. Enjoy/love all of his records, but my favorite stretch of his is Smoke Rings-Tough All Over. 4 of the greatest albums ever. Also I recently listened to the Living Hard record and at first I wasn't wild about it. Thought it was too rocking not as traditional as his previous output. To a certain degree it was, but either way not a bad album at all.
Top 20: A Showman's Life - Love the Sound of this one. It's also one of those songs similar to a Colder Weather by ZBB or Fly Over States by Aldean that you can picture the music video in your head start to finish. No Judgment Day I Just Got Back From Hell Promise Broken Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinkin' ^2-5 The most hard hitting lyrics I've ever heard. "I just got back from hell and to tell the truth i've been mad at everyone including God and You". That is DEEP and DARK and more importantly REAL! Smoke Rings In the Dark Man To Man Man of Me It Would Be You Her Man Gary Allan's Version of Drinkin' Man and Highway Junkie. Drinkin Man was on youtube years ago, but then got pulled. I'm Doin' My Best What Would Willie Do Runaway Bourbon Borderline Life Ain't Always Beautiful Forever and A Day From Where I'm Sitting She's So California
Bottom 5 ( Overall like these songs, but I'll admit I'm tired of hearing some) Today Watching Airplanes Best I Ever Had Nothin On But The Radio Tough Little Boys
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Ten Pound Hammer
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jul 11, 2014 9:33:42 GMT -5
I just realized that, although I have about half of Gary's albums, I've only ever heard two album cuts: "No Judgment Day" (an Internet station played it once), and "Tough All Over" (a local staiton played it after the album came out).
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 11, 2014 13:59:27 GMT -5
I just realized that, although I have about half of Gary's albums, I've only ever heard two album cuts: "No Judgment Day" (an Internet station played it once), and "Tough All Over" (a local staiton played it after the album came out). Here are some of my favorites. :) Song: "Promise Broken" Writers: Deric Ruttan, Margaret Findley Album: Tough All OverSong: "I Just Got Back From Hell" Writers: Harley Allen, Gary Allan Album: Tough All OverSong: "We Fly By Night" Writers: Gary Allan, Odie Blackmon, Jamie O'Hara Album: Get Off On The PainSong: "The Devil's Candy" Writers: Harley Allen, Carson Chamberlain Album: Alright Guy
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Post by Andy on Jul 11, 2014 18:19:32 GMT -5
Fantastic picks, sabre14. Ten Pound Hammer, Gary is an excellent album artist in my view, so you're in for a treat. If you have them, start with Smoke Rings in the Dark (if you prefer neotraditional Gary) or Tough All Over (if you prefer moody/rocking Gary).
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Post by kw9461 on Jul 13, 2014 14:27:11 GMT -5
Wow, such a tough list to rank.
1. It Would Be You 2. Smoke Rings In The Dark 3. It Ain't The Whiskey 4. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) 5. Her Man 6. Kiss Me When I'm Down 7. Man To Man 8. Right Where I Need To Be 9. Songs About Rain 10. Lovin' You Against My Will 11. Watching Airplanes 12. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 13. A Feelin' Like That 14. Best I Ever Had 15. Pieces 16. Get Off On The Pain 17. No Man In His Wrong Heart 18. Man Of Me 19. From Where I'm Sitting 20. Nothin' On But The Radio
Album Cuts: 1. We Fly By Night (just a crime this didn't get released, my overall favorite Gary song) 2. Sand In My Soul 3. Bourbon Borderline 4. Hungover Heart 5. That Ain't Gonna Fly 6. Wine Me Up 7. See If I Care 8. You Without Me 9. Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long 10. Guys Like Me 11. Runaway 12. One More Time 13. Half Of My Mistakes 14. Yesterday's Rain 15. Like It's A Bad Thing
Least Faves (really splitting hairs here): 1. She's So California (just kind of blah, a really poor single choice) 2. Today (good song buried beneath the worst production of Gary's career) 3. Tough Little Boys (i go back and forth on this one, but it is pretty sappy)
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jul 14, 2014 13:26:09 GMT -5
Gary is my favorite male artist right behind Terri Clark! I'm going to to a top 50 songs (not just singles)
Top 01. We Fly By Night (why wasn't this a single :'( ) 02. Smoke Rings In The Dark 03. It Ain't The Whiskey 04. Alright Guy 05. I Just Got Back From Hell 06. Don't Tell Momma 07. Man To Man 08. Drinkin' Dark Whiskey 09. Promise Broken 10. Best I Ever Had 11. Bourbon Borderline 12. Puttin' Memories Away 13. A Showman's Life 14. Lovin' You Against My Will 15. The Devil's Candy 16. Sand In My Soul 17. Half My Mistakes 18. Hungover Heart 19. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 20. From Where I'm Sitting 21. Cryin' For Nothing 22. Songs About Rain 23. I Think I've Had Enough 24. See If I Care 25. No Man In His Wrong Heart 26. It Would Be You 27. Ring 28. Adobe Walls 29. Watching Airplanes 30. Yesterday's Rain 31. Kiss Me When I'm Down 32. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) 33. Right Where I Need To Be 34. Learning How To Bend 35. I'm Doin' My Best 36. Learning To Live With Me 37. What Kind Of Fool 38. Her Man 39. When You Give Yourself Away 40. Drop 41. I Can Love You 42. Get Off On The Pain 43. Nothing On But The Radio 44. We Touched The Sun 45. Tough All Over 46. What's On My Mind 47. Pieces 48. You Don't Know A Thing About Me 49. Man Of Me 50. A Feelin' Like That
Bottom (I Don't hate any song he's ever recorded but these are the one's I tend to skip if anything.) 01. Today 02. Wake Up Screaming 03. Wrecking Ball 04. Runaway (I know it's a fan favorite but I've never liked this song much.) 05. Living Hard
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Post by tim on Jul 14, 2014 23:12:41 GMT -5
I've been a fan of Gary's since his debut "Her Man" in 1996 when I first started keeping up with Billboard. He is one of my favorite artists and as most would agree with is one of country music's most underrated artists of our time. MCA could have also done a better job with the handling of the single choices, especially with and after the Living Hard era.
Top 10 Favorites:
1. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 2. Lovin' You Against My Will 3. Smoke Rings in the Dark 4. Her Man 5. Man of Me 6. The One 7. Today (the pain in Gary's voice gets me every time) 8. Every Storm (Runs out of Rain) 9. Best I Ever Had 10. Forever and a Day
Album Tracks that should've been singles:
1. Trying to Matter 2. See If I Care 3. We Touched the Sun 4. Alright Guy 5. Good As New (current album) 6. One More Time (current album) 7. Tough Goodbye (current album) 8. No Regrets
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Post by someguy on Jul 16, 2014 1:55:18 GMT -5
Top Singles:
1. Right Where I Need To Be 2. A Feelin' Like That 3. Smoke Rings In The Dark 4. Lovin' You Against My Will 5. Man To Man 6. Songs About Rain 7. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 8. Man Of Me 9. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) 10. Watching Airplanes 11. Best I Ever Had 12. It Ain't The Whiskey 13. Pieces 14. Tough Little Boys 15. The One
Bottom Singles:
1. She's So California 2. Today 3. Get Off On The Pain
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 16, 2014 16:41:53 GMT -5
Never much cared for Gary Allan. His voice doesn't do much for me personally and I've not familiar with all his singles and very few of his album tracks. I do love a few of his songs though.
Top 01. Watching Airplanes 02. Right Where I Need to Be 03. Nothing on but the Radio 04. Smoke Rings in the Dark 05. Learning How to Bend
Bottom 01. Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) 02. Today 03. Get Off on the Pain 04. Tough Little Boys 05. Life Ain't Always Beautiful
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 14:57:28 GMT -5
New list :)
1. Smoke Rings In The Dark 2. Lovin' You Against My Will 3. Best I Ever Had 4. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) 5. Get Off On The Pain 6. It Would Be You 7. Songs About Rain 8. Man Of Me 9. It Ain't The Whiskey 10. Right Where I Need To Be 11. Man To Man 12. Watching Airplanes 13. Kiss Me When I'm Down 14. Her Man 15. Forever and A Day 16. Life Ain't Always Beautiful 17. Today 18. Learning How To Bend 19. No Man In His Wrong Heart 20. Pieces 21. A Feelin' Like That 22. Tough Little Boys 23. She's So California 24. I'll Take Today 25. Hangover Tonight (don't see this going much higher)
Top 40 Album Tracks :)
1. A Showman's Life (w/Willie Nelson) 2. Tough All Over 3. Don't Tell Mama 4. Nickajack Cave (Johnny Cash's Redemption) 5. One More Time 6. I Just Got Back From Hell 7. Promise Broken 8. Cowboy Blues 9. Bourbon Borderline 10. No Judgment Day 11. Sand In My Soul 12. Putting My Misery On Display 13. What Would Willie Do 14. Sorry 15. Can't Do It Today 16. Learning To Live With Me 17. Bones 18. Half Of My Mistakes 19. We Fly By Night 20. Living Hard 21. The Devil's Candy 22. Runaway 23. Used Heart For Sale 24. Alright Guy 25. I Think I've Had Enough 26. Drop 27. Drinkin' Dark Whiskey 28. What Kind Of Fool 29. When You Give Yourself Away 30. Cryin' For Nothin' 31. Puttin' Memories Away 32. Tough Goodbye 33. That Ain't Gonna Fly 34. Wake Up Screaming 35. You Without Me 36. Along The Way 37. See If I Care 38. He Can't Quit Her 39. What's On My Mind 40. We Touched The Sun
Album Rankings 1. Smoke Rings In The Dark 2. Tough All Over 3. Set You Free 4. Alright Guy 5. Get Off On The Pain 6. It Would Be You 7. See If I Care 8. Living Hard 9. Used Heart For Sale
Bottom: 1. The One 2. Nothing On But The Radio 3. From Where I'm Sitting 4. Living In A House Full Of Love
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Post by phil1996 on Feb 23, 2015 21:57:31 GMT -5
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1. Best I Ever Had (Exactly what Sabre14 said. ) 2. Songs About Rain 3. Kiss Me When I'm Down 4. Smoke Rings In The Dark 5. Putting My Misery On Display 6. Like It's a Bad Thing 7. It Ain't The Whiskey 8. Get Off On The Pain 9. Her Man 10. Sand In My Soul 11. One More Time 12. Hangover Tonight 13. Watching Airplanes 14. Today 15. Drinking Dark Whiskey 16. What's On My Mind 17. A Showmans Life 18. What Would Willie Do 19. Hungover Heart 20. That Ain't Gonna Fly
Bottom (These aren't bad, just not his best)
1. A Tough Goodbye 2. Nothing On But The Radio
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Post by countrymusicjunkie on Aug 9, 2017 0:45:43 GMT -5
Top: 1.Smoke Rings In The Dark 2.She's So California 3.Lovin' You Against My Will 4.Watching Airplanes 5.Best I Ever Had 6.Life Ain't Always Beautiful 7.Man To Man 8.Songs About Rain 9.Her Man 10.It Would Be You 11.Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) 12.Today 13.The One 14.Mess Me Up 15.Kiss Me When I'm Down 16.Pieces 17.A Feeling Like That 18.It Ain't The Whiskey 19.Right Where I Need To Be 20.I'll Take Today
Top Album Tracks: 1.Promise Broken 2.Along The Way 3.A Showman's Life 4.Like It's A Bad Thing 5.No Regrets 6.I Think I've Had Enough 7.I Just Got Back From Hell 8.We Touched The Sun 9.Sand In My Soul 10.Half Of My Mistakes
Bottom: 1.Hangover Tonight 2.Nothing On But The Radio 3.Do You Wish It Was Me 4.Tough Little Boys 5.Man Of Me
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