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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Aug 11, 2015 20:40:08 GMT -5
Been a while since I've done one of these, so by request…
TOP 1. That's Just About Right 2. Postmarked Birmingham 3. Every Once in a While 4. Goodbye Says It All 5. King of the World 6. Hole in My Heart 7. I Sure Can Smell the Rain 8. Big Guitar 9. Down in Flames 10. I Need You All the Time (had to jog my memory on this one)
BOTTOM 1. Your Own Little Corner of My Heart 2. Almost a Memory Now
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 11, 2015 21:24:18 GMT -5
TOP: 1. Postmarked Birmingham 2. I'm Not Strong Enough To Say No 3. There You Have It 4. Goodbye Says It All 5. Every Once In A While 6. Down In Flames 7. Like There Ain't No Yesterday 8. I Can Sure Smell The Rain 9. That's Just About Right 10. Days Of America 11. One Night In New Orleans 12. I Will 13. Your Own Little Corner Of My Heart 14. King Of The World 15. I Need You All The Time 16. Almost A Memory Now 17. Big Guitar
BOTTOM: 1. Hole In My Heart (guess I had to put something down here, lol)
Nothing else in the bottom. :)
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Post by dajross6 on Aug 11, 2015 23:08:06 GMT -5
Do you guys think Blackhawk would have continued having success had Van Stephenson not left the band (and subsequently died) from his cancer, or was their time at radio done? I know after about 1996 they were about through having major consistent chart success, although There You Have It nearly reached the top at the end of the decade.
Postmarked Birmingham never caught on, and I remember being really upset at country radio for not playing it. No reason not to. I felt the same way with Daryle Singletary's "The Note" the year before (regrettably his last top 40 song).
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 11, 2015 23:19:28 GMT -5
BlackHawk was having drastic drops in their singles peaks before Stephenson left the band and past away from cancer. He left in 2000 and every single from 1997 to 2000 failed to make the top 20, except for "There You Have It" in 1998. Unfortunately, I think their time at radio was coming to an end anyway.
I was only 7 when "Postmarked Birmingham" was released so obviously I did not follow the chart the way I do now, but it's absurd that songs only peaked at #30 on R&R and #37 on Billboard.
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Post by Dustin J. on Aug 12, 2015 7:53:14 GMT -5
One of my top 3 favorite bands of all-time! I can honestly say there is not a song of theirs that I don't like.
TOP 1. Every Once In A While 2. Goodbye Says It All 3. Big Guitar (dance mix) 4. King Of The World 5. I'm Not Strong Enough To Say No 6. Your Own Little Corner Of My Heart 7. Almost A Memory Now 8. Like There Ain't No Yesterday 9. One Night In New Orleans 10. There You Have It 11. I Need You All The Time 12. Days Of America 13. Hole In My Heart 14. That's Just About Right 15. Down In Flames
TOP UNRELEASED 1. Ships Of Heaven 2. When I Find It, I'll Know It 3. I'll Always Love You 4. Love & Gravity 5. In My Heart Of Hearts 6. Goin' Down Fightin' 7. Cast Iron Heart 8. Love Like This 9. Hook, Line, & Sinker 10. Will You Be There (In The Morning)
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Aug 12, 2015 10:54:34 GMT -5
I think their quality dropped a bit around The Sky's the Limit. "There You Have It" and "Your Own Little Corner of My Heart" weren't as memorable as the stuff off their first three albums. Losing Mark Bright on the next album seemed to water down their production a bit (particularly on "I Need You All the Time", which was apparently produced by their drummer Bobby Huff), although "Days of America" had more of a pulse than usual.
I also prefer the Keni Thomas version of "Gloryland" to the original, because of the way that Keni made the lyrics more personal.
Also, going back to their first two albums, I think Carlene Carter did "Love Like This" better. Her version has a lot more energy to it, although the Blackhawk version has a neat mandolin solo. The two Linde cuts Blackhawk did ("Hook, Line, and Sinker" and "Cast Iron Heart") are great examples of how much darker Linde got in his later years, but they still have that quirkiness that I love from him.
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Post by zebra71 on Aug 12, 2015 10:54:31 GMT -5
One of the most underrated bands of the 90s. They had some good songs dominate the airwaves back then.
1. Goodbye Says It All 2. Every Once In A While 3. I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No 4. There You Have IT
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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 12, 2015 13:12:56 GMT -5
Do you guys think Blackhawk would have continued having success had Van Stephenson not left the band (and subsequently died) from his cancer, or was their time at radio done? I know after about 1996 they were about through having major consistent chart success, although There You Have It nearly reached the top at the end of the decade. Postmarked Birmingham never caught on, and I remember being really upset at country radio for not playing it. No reason not to. I felt the same way with Daryle Singletary's "The Note" the year before (regrettably his last top 40 song). Arista also had Diamond Rio, so I think Arista was putting all their energy behind them. Same situation at RCA where they had Alabama and Restless Heart.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 12, 2015 13:16:28 GMT -5
Do you guys think Blackhawk would have continued having success had Van Stephenson not left the band (and subsequently died) from his cancer, or was their time at radio done? I know after about 1996 they were about through having major consistent chart success, although There You Have It nearly reached the top at the end of the decade. Postmarked Birmingham never caught on, and I remember being really upset at country radio for not playing it. No reason not to. I felt the same way with Daryle Singletary's "The Note" the year before (regrettably his last top 40 song). Arista also had Diamond Rio, so I think Arista was putting all their energy behind them. Same situation at RCA where they had Alabama and Restless Heart. Well BlackHawk was shifted to Columbia Nashville during the Spirit Dancer era before being dropped, so Sony attempted to create a better situation for them.
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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 12, 2015 13:24:31 GMT -5
Arista also had Diamond Rio, so I think Arista was putting all their energy behind them. Same situation at RCA where they had Alabama and Restless Heart. Well BlackHawk was shifted to Columbia Nashville during the Spirit Dancer era before being dropped, so Sony attempted to create a better situation for them. BlackHawk had their last chart appearances from that CD: Days Of America (#37 in 2001) and One Night In New Orleans (#51 in 2002). Van Stephenson died during this time, so that took the wind out of BlackHawk's sails. I don't believe BlackHawk had competition from any groups on Columbia during this time.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 12, 2015 13:26:07 GMT -5
Well BlackHawk was shifted to Columbia Nashville during the Spirit Dancer era before being dropped, so Sony attempted to create a better situation for them. BlackHawk had their last chart appearances from that CD: Days Of America (#37 in 2001) and One Night In New Orleans (#51 in 2002). Van Stephenson died during this time, so that took the wind out of BlackHawk's sails. I don't believe BlackHawk had competition from any groups on Columbia during this time. Their time at radio was wearing thin before Stephenson passed away. It certainly was a big blow to the group though.
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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 12, 2015 13:55:16 GMT -5
Let's take you back to BlackHawk's first single, Goodbye Says It All. It peaked at #11 in early 1994.
BILLBOARD TOP FIFTEEN FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 12, 1994: 1. Tryin' To Get Over You-Vince Gill-MCA 2. Rock My World Little Country Girl-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 3. No Doubt About It-Neal McCoy-Atlantic 4. I've Got It Made-John Anderson-BNA 5. He Thinks He'll Keep Her-Mary Chapin Carpenter-Columbia 6. I Just Wanted You To Know-Mark Chesnutt-MCA 7. T.L.C. A.S.A.P.-Alabama-RCA 8. They Asked About You-Reba McEntire-MCA 9. Hey Cinderella-Suzy Bogguss-Liberty 10. That's My Story-Collin Raye-Epic 11. GOODBYE SAYS IT ALL-BLACKHAWK-ARISTA 12. Standing Outside The Fire-Garth Brooks-Liberty 13. My Love-Little Texas-Warner Bros. 14. Who Says You Can't Have It All-Alan Jackson-Arista 15. Indian Outlaw-Tim McGraw-Curb
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Post by ericNY2002 on Aug 12, 2015 14:38:11 GMT -5
Top: 1. Every Once In A While 2. That's Just About Right 3. Goodbye Says It All 4. There You Have It 5. I Sure Can Smell The Rain 6. I Need You All The Time 7. Almost A Memory Now 8. Your Own Little Corner of My Heart 9. Down In Flames 10. Postmarked Birmingham
Counting the Radio and Records chart, Blackhawk's first 8 singles went top 10 (with 2 #1's on RR also). Looks like Blackhawk really slipped at radio after Big Guitar was released, that made the top 20 but the next single King of My World only peaked at #49. For their 3rd album "Love and Gravity" Blackhawk tried a different sound which radio didnt embrace with Hole In My Heart only peaking at #31 and then Postmarked Birmingham criminally only peaking at #37,
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Aug 12, 2015 17:30:58 GMT -5
Well BlackHawk was shifted to Columbia Nashville during the Spirit Dancer era before being dropped, so Sony attempted to create a better situation for them. BlackHawk had their last chart appearances from that CD: Days Of America (#37 in 2001) and One Night In New Orleans (#51 in 2002). Van Stephenson died during this time, so that took the wind out of BlackHawk's sails. I don't believe BlackHawk had competition from any groups on Columbia during this time. Columbia has had a terrible track record with band, come to think of it. They were doing well with Shenandoah for a while, but lost them due to all the legal troubles the band was having at the time. Near the end of Shenandoah's tenure, Columbia also had Great Plains and Matthews, Wright & King (the latter of whom was formed to keep a band on the label after Shenandoah left), but both only ever got to #41. After that, they didn't seem to have another band until Ricochet, who were only good for one album, and after that, none until Cold Eggs & the Lonesome.
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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 12, 2015 17:36:38 GMT -5
BlackHawk had their last chart appearances from that CD: Days Of America (#37 in 2001) and One Night In New Orleans (#51 in 2002). Van Stephenson died during this time, so that took the wind out of BlackHawk's sails. I don't believe BlackHawk had competition from any groups on Columbia during this time. Columbia has had a terrible track record with band, come to think of it. They were doing well with Shenandoah for a while, but lost them due to all the legal troubles the band was having at the time. Near the end of Shenandoah's tenure, Columbia also had Great Plains and Matthews, Wright & King (the latter of whom was formed to keep a band on the label after Shenandoah left), but both only ever got to #41. After that, they didn't seem to have another band until Ricochet, who were only good for one album, and after that, none until Cold Eggs & the Lonesome. There's a name I haven't seen in ages-Matthews, Wright & King. To think: Tony King would have been known as Mr. Wynonna Judd.
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Post by someguy on Aug 13, 2015 0:52:07 GMT -5
Great band, really underrated.
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1. Every Once In Awhile 2. That's Just About Right 3. Goodbye Says It All 4. There You Have It 5. I Need You All The Time 6. Postmarked Birmingham 7. Sure Can Smell The Rain 8. Almost A Memory Now 9. Your Own Little Corner Of My Heart 10. Down In Flames
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1. Big Guitar 2. Hole In My Heart
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Post by kw9461 on Aug 13, 2015 21:46:55 GMT -5
Easily my favorite 90's band. Remarkable that they never scored a #1.
1. Every Once In A While 2. Postmarked Birmingham 3. That's Just About Right 4. I'm Not Strong Enough To Say No 5. Down In Flames 6. Goodbye Says It All 7. I Sure Can Smell The Rain 8. Like There Ain't No Yesterday 9. Big Guitar 10. One Night In New Orleans 11. Almost A Memory Now 12. There You Have It
Least Fave 1. I Need You All The Time (really the only single of their's I didn't care for)
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Post by tim on Aug 16, 2015 20:10:50 GMT -5
Always enjoyed Blackhawk's debut album...one of the best from a group in the 90's. I got the chance to see them on tour back in 1995 when they opened for Little Texas and Tim McGraw.
Top: 1. I'm Not Strong Enough To Say No 2. I Sure Can Smell The Rain 3. Every Once In A While 4. That's Just About Right 5. Down In Flames 6. Like There Ain't No Yesterday 7. Goodbye Says It All 8. Postmarked Birmingham 9. There You Have It 10. Almost A Memory Now
Bottom: Big Guitar
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Post by CoJoFan on Feb 11, 2016 19:03:09 GMT -5
Top 1. I'm Not Strong Enough To Say No 2. Goodbye Says It All 3. Postmarked Birmingham (Great song written by Phil Vassar) 4. Days Of America (This song should've done a lot better on the charts than it did) 5. That's Just About Right 6. Like There Ain't No Yesterday 7. Almost A Memory Now
They honestly don't have a bad song....
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Post by Andy on Feb 12, 2016 21:12:38 GMT -5
Surprised I never posted in this topic. Blackhawk is good stuff. Pop-country done right. If they have a bad song, I've yet to hear it. Their first two albums are uniformly excellent.
TOP Let 'Em Whirl Bad Love Gone Good (John Anderson's version is also great) Every Once in a While Postmarked Birmingham Goodbye Says It All That's Just About Right I Sure Can Smell the Rain Hook, Line and Sinker (Dennis Linde shotout) Any Man With a Heartbeat King of the World Big Guitar Days of America etc. etc. etc.
Think I'm gonna go listen to them now, it's been a while.
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