Ranking Lesser Known Artists Singles

[sabre14]

The "Top 5/Bottom 5" threads are great for bigger artists who have many singles to rank but this is a thread for those past (or even present), lesser known artists who only released a handful of singles (3-5-7). I know we have the "Grading Songs" thread (which is pretty similar, admittedly) but I've been wanting to do one of these for months.

I think I'll do 1-2 artists once a week or so. :)

Kellie Coffey:

1. Whatever It Takes
2. When You Lie Next To Me
3. Texas Plates
4. I Would Die For That
5. At The End Of The Day
6. Dream You Here
7. Dance With My Father

Keith Anderson:

1. Every Time I Hear Your Name
2. XXL
3. I Still Miss You
4. Podunk
5. Pickin' Wildflowers
6. She Could've Been Mine
7. Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll (sorry, the Steven Tyler version just ruined what was a good song)
8. Somebody Needs A Hug (.."Adaliene")

[.indulgecountry]

1. Texas Plates
2. When You Lie Next to Me
3. I Would Die for That
4. Whatever It Takes
5. At the End of the Day
6. Dance with My Father


7. Dream You Here (I've never heard this or even of it... is it new? )

[sabre14]

Jan 15, 2016 20:05:51 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

7. Dream You Here (I've never heard this or even of it... is it new? )

I guess it wasn't technically a radio single since it zero airplay but it was a promotional single from All My Children in 2009.

Didn't care for it (it was a pop song).

[Kanenrá:ke]

Nice choices to kick this off! I like both artist a lot, really thought Kellie would've been huge. :(

Kellie Coffey:
01. I Would Die For That
02. Texas Plates
03. At The End Of The Day
04. When You Lie Next To Me
05. Dance With My Father
06. Whatever It Takes
07. Dream You Here

Keith Anderson
01. Every Time I Hear Your Name
02. Sunday Morning In America
03. Podunk
04. Pickin' Wildflowers
05. She Could've Been Mine
06. I Still Miss You
07. Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll
08. XXL
09. Somebody Needs A Hug (What a waste of a song.

[Andy]

I can rank Keith Anderson.

1. Every Time I Hear Your Name
2. Podunk
3. Sunday Morning in America
4. XXL
5. Pickin' Wildflowers
6. I Still Miss You

[sabre14]

Two new artists. :)

Blue County:

1. That Summer Song
2. That's Cool
3. I Get To
4. Firecrackers And Ferris Wheels
5. Good Little Girls
6. Nothin' But Cowboy Boots

Amy Dalley:

1. I Would Cry
2. I Think You're Beautiful
3. Let's Try Goodbye
4. Love's Got An Attitude (It Is What It Is)
5. Men Don't Change
6. Good Kind Of Crazy

[Kanenrá:ke]

Blue County:

01. "I Get To"
02. "That's Cool"
03. "That Summer Song"
04. "Firecrackers And Ferris Wheels"
05. "Good Little Girls"
06. "Nothin' But Cowboy Boots"

Amy Dalley:

01. "I Would Cry"
02. "Men Don't Change"
03. "I Think You're Beautiful"
04. "Love's Got An Attitude (It Is What It Is)"
05. "Let's Try Goodbye"
06. "Good Kind Of Crazy"

Love both these artists, I'm glad Blue County actually got to release their album, while Amy never did get hers released while on Curb.

She did get two released at a later date on her own however and they're awesome albums!

[Deleted]

Psst! Can we do James Wesley next?

[H.]

1. "Pickin' Wildflowers"
2. "Every Time I Hear Your Name"
3. "I Still Miss You"
4. "She Could've Been Mine"
5. "XXL"
6. "Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll"
7. "Podunk"
8. "Somebody Needs A Hug"

[sabre14]

Jan 21, 2016 15:32:29 GMT -5 zack97 said:

Psst! Can we do James Wesley next?

How about now?

James Wesley:

1. Jackson Hole
2. Real
3. Didn't I
4. Life Goes On (as James Prosser)
5. Thank A Farmer
6. Walking Contradiction (like the song, but it just screamed album track to me)

Never heard "Angels Don't Cry."

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James Wesley

1. "Real"
2. "Jackson Hole"
3. "Didn't I"
4. "Thank A Farmer"
5. "Walking Contradiction"

Never heard the others. I really enjoyed James and would have loved to have seen an album from him. I just know that Curb would be preparing his greatest hits at this point.....

[Kanenrá:ke]

I love him but his last two singles were weak...

James Wesley

01. "Angels Don't Cry"
02. "Jackson Hole"
03. "Didn't I"
04. "Life Goes On"
05. "Real"
06. "Thank A Farmer"
07. "Walking Contradiction"

[sabre14]

^ Now I want to hear "Angels Don't Cry" since you listed it above the stellar "Jackson Hole."

[Kanenrá:ke]

Jan 22, 2016 22:10:40 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

^ Now I want to hear "Angels Don't Cry" since you listed it above the stellar "Jackson Hole."

I'll make it happen tomorrow lol

[sabre14]

Three more this week:

Carolina Rain:

1. Get Outta My Way
2. Isn't She
3. Weight Of The World
4. Dealin'
5. I Ain't Scared
6. Let's Get It On
7. American Radio (lol, what a great band -- can't believe I put this one at #7)
8. Louisiana Love

Blaine Larsen:

1. Spoken Like A Man
2. How Do You Get That Lonely
3. I Don't Know What She Said
4. Leavin'
5. The Best Man
6. In My High School
7. Chillin'
8. It Did

Bomshel:

1. 19 And Crazy
2. The Power Of One
3. It Was An Absolutely Finger Lickin', Grits And Chicken, Country Music Love Song
4. Bomshel Stomp
5. Ain't My Day To Care
6. Just This Way
7. Just Fine
8. Fight Like A Girl
9. Cheater, Cheater
10. Halleluy'all

Tag some folks that might be interested: kw9461 Kanenrá:ke, recjus85, Ten Pound Hammer, Dustin J. :)

[Kanenrá:ke]

Carolina Rain: (Really sucks they only ever got one album. :( )
01. "Dealin'"
02. "Weight Of The World"
03. "Get Outta My Way"
04. "American Radio"
05. "Isn't She"
06. "I Ain't Scared"
07. "Louisiana Love"
08. "Let's Get It On"

Blaine Larsen:
01. "Spoken Like A Man" (honestly thought this was going to smash. :( )
02. "How Do You Get That Lonely"
03. "The Best Man"
04. "In My High School"
05. "Leavin'"
06. "I Don't Know What She Said"
07. "It Did"
08. "Chillin'"

Bomshel:
01. "It Was An Absolutely Finger Lickin', Grits And Chicken, Country Music Love Song"
02. "Ain't My Day To Care"
03. "The Power Of One"
04. "Fight Like A Girl"
05. "Bomshel Stomp"
06. "19 And Crazy"
07. "Just Fine"
08. "Cheater, Cheater"
09. "Halleluy'all"
10. "Just This Way"

[kw9461]

Carolina Rain

1. American Radio
2. Weight Of The World
3. Get Outta My Way
4. Isn't She
5. I Ain't Scared
6. Dealin'
7. Let's Get It On (I have no memory of Lousiana Love)

Blaine Larsen

1. Leavin'
2. Spoken Like A Man
3. How Do You Get That Lonely
4. I Don't Know What She Said
5. Chillin'
6. The Best Man
7. In My High School
8. It Did

Blaine's singles don't even scratch the surface of how great he was/is. So many gems from his albums that are better than anything he released.

[sabre14]

Jeff Bates:

1. "Rainbow Man"
2. "The Love Song"
3. "I Wanna Make You Cry"
4. "One Second Chance"
5. "Long Slow Kisses"
6. "Good People"
7. "Don't Hate Me For Loving You"
8. "No Shame"
9. "He Wasn't Like Us"
10. "One Thing"
11. "Riverbank"
12. "One Day Closer"

Steve Azar:

1. "Waitin' Joe"
2. "Doin' It Right"
3. "You Don't Know A Thing"
4. "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)"
5. "I Never Stopped Loving You"
6. "Someday"
7. "You're My Life"
8. "Sunshine"
9. "I Won't Let You Lead Me Down"
10. "Nights Like This"
11. "The Sky Is Falling (Patti Jo's Prayer)"
12. "One Good Reason Why"
13. "Hard Road"
14. "Moo La Moo"

Tags: Kanenrá:ke, Ten Pound Hammer, Dustin J., kw9461 :)

[Andy]

I'm not nearly as well-versed in low-charting singles as many of the folks on this board, but I'll rank the ones I know!

Jeff Bates
1. One Second Chance
2. The Love Song (talk about nostalgia, haven't heard this in years)
3. Good People
4. I Wanna Make You Cry
5. Long, Slow Kisses

Steve Azar
1. Waitin' On Joe
2. I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)
3. You Don't Know a Thing
4. One Good Reason Why

I legitimately enjoy all of those songs though, even the ones I ranked lowest.

[sabre14]

Trick Pony:

1. "Just What I Do"
2. "Ain't Wastin' Good Whiskey On You"
3. "It's A Heartache"
4. "On A Night Like This"
5. "Pour Me"
6. "The Bride"
7. "On A Mission"
8. "A Boy Like You"
9. "Everybody Wanna Be Us"

Brian McComas:

1. "You're In My Head"
2. "All Comes Floodin' Down"
3. "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)"
4. "Good Good Lovin'"
5. "The Middle Of Nowhere"
6. "I Could Never Love You Enough"
7. "Night Disappear With You"

[Kanenrá:ke]

Jeff Bates:
01. "One Second Chance"
02. "Riverbank"
03. "Rainbow Man"
04. "I Wanna Make You Cry"
05. "No Shame"
06. "One Thing"
07. "The Love Song"
08. "Don't Hate Me For Loving You"
09. "One Day Closer"
10. "Long Slow Kisses"
11. "He Wasn't Like Us"
12. "Good People"

Steve Azar: (Such a great singles discography this was hard to rank!)
01. "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)"
02. "Waitin' On Joe"
03. "I Won't Let You Lead Me Down"
04. "Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)"
05. "One Good Reason Why"
06. "Moo La Moo"
07. "The Sky Is Falling (Patti Jo's Prayer)"
08. "Doin' It Right"
09. "You're My Life"
10. "You Don't Know A Thing"
11. "Someday"
12. "I Never Stopped Loving You"
13. "Nights Like This"
14. "Hard Road"

Trick Pony:
01. "A Boy Like You"
02. "It's A Heartache"
03. "Ain't Wastin' Good Whiskey On You"
04. "Pour Me"
05. "The Bride"
06. "On A Night Like This"
07. "Just What I Do"
08. "On A Mission"
09. "Everybody Wanna Be Us"


Brian McComas:
01. "All Comes Floodin' Down"
02. "You're In My Head"
03. "Night Disappear With You"
04. "99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)"
05. "I Could Never Love You Enough"
06. "The Middle Of Nowhere"
07. "Good Good Lovin'"

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Trick Pony:

1. Just What I Do
2. Pour Me
3. The Bride
4. On a Mission
5. Ain't Wastin' Good Whiskey on You
6. On a Night Like This
7. A Boy Like You
8. It's a Heartache

Haven't heard the new one yet.

[Andy]

Trick Pony:
1. On a Night Like This (the song/video that was current when I first took an interest in country music, so this one has a lot of nostalgic value to me)
2. Just What I Do
3. The Bride
4. It's a Heartache
5. Pour Me
6. Everybody Wanna Be Us

[sabre14]

Feb 22, 2016 19:36:31 GMT -5 Kanenrá:ke said:

Trick Pony:
01. "A Boy Like You"

I mean to quote this when you posted it but I just kind of forgot, lol.

Why did you place "Boy Like You" #1? I'm actually surprised that song made anybody's #1.

Brian McComas:
01. "All Comes Floodin' Down"

Such a fabulous song. I really wish this song could have been written and recorded when he was on Lyric Street.

[Kanenrá:ke]

Feb 24, 2016 16:43:25 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Feb 22, 2016 19:36:31 GMT -5 Kanenrá:ke said:

Trick Pony:
01. "A Boy Like You"

I mean to quote this when you posted it but I just kind of forgot, lol.

Why did you place "Boy Like You" #1? I'm actually surprised that song made anybody's #1.

Brian McComas:
01. "All Comes Floodin' Down"

Such a fabulous song. I really wish this song could have been written and recorded when he was on Lyric Street.

For "A Boy Like You" I love the melody and the production lol I know it wasn't a popular choice for a single but it's among my top 5 favorites from them. I just really love it lol

[sabre14]

Steve Holy:

1. Go Home
2. It's My Time (Waste It If I Want To)
3. Come On Rain
4. Brand New Girlfriend
5. Rock-A-Bye Heart
6. Put Your Best Dress On
7. Good Morning Beautiful
8. Love Don't Run
9. Might Have Been
10. I'm Not Breakin'
11. The Hunger
12. Until The Rain Stops
13. Blue Moon
14. Radio Up
15. Hauled Off And Kissed Me
16. Baby Don't Go
17. Don't Make Me Beg
18. Men Buy The Drinks (Girls Call The Shots)

Rebecca Lynn Howard:

1. I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners
2. That's Why I Hate Pontiacs
3. I Need A Vacation
4. Forgive
5. No One'll Ever Love Me
6. When My Dreams Come True
7. What A Shame
8. Sing 'Cause I Love To
9. Out Here In The Water

Tags: Kanenrá:ke, Ten Pound Hammer, recjus85, kw9461, Dustin J. :)

[sabre14]

Trent Willmon:

1. "Dixie Rose Deluxe's, Honky-Tonk Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barbershop, Laundromat"
2. "So Am I"
3. "On Again Tonight" (you could flip-flop these top 3 in any order and I wouldn't mind)
4. "Beer Man"
5. "Home Sweet Holiday Inn"
6. "The Good Life"
7. "Broken In'
8. "Cold Beer And A Fishin' Pole"
9. "There Is A God"

The Wreckers/Jessica Harp/Michelle Branch:

1. "Tennessee"
2. "Leave The Pieces"
3. "Boy Like Me"
4. "My, Oh My" (again, like Trent's top 3, the top 4 are really close)
5. "A Woman Needs"
6. "Sooner Or Later"

[Andy]

Trent Willmon
1. Dixie Rose Deluxe
2. Home Sweet Holiday Inn
3. Beer Man
4. On Again Tonight
5. Broken In
6. There is a God

Really need to revisit Trent soon. His first album was really good ("The Wishing Well" was my favorite song for a while when I first heard it in 2008), but I still haven't heard the follow-ups.

[gonecountry]

Feb 24, 2016 16:43:25 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Feb 22, 2016 19:36:31 GMT -5 Kanenrá:ke said:

Trick Pony:
01. "A Boy Like You"

I mean to quote this when you posted it but I just kind of forgot, lol.

Why did you place "Boy Like You" #1? I'm actually surprised that song made anybody's #1.

Brian McComas:
01. "All Comes Floodin' Down"

Such a fabulous song. I really wish this song could have been written and recorded when he was on Lyric Street.

Just bought Brian's album last week. All Cones Flooding Down is probably one of my Top 10 country songs of the last 10 years. Incredible song.

[gonecountry]

Just catching up on this thread. Surprised that EIHYN is at the top of so many people's list. I thought it was just me. Song sounds as fresh as it did when it was released

01. Every Time I Hear Your Name
02. Podunk
03. Pickin' Wildflowers
04. XXL
05. I Still Miss You
06. Sunday Morning in America
07. Three Chord Country And American Rock & Roll

Keith released an EP last year. I've been meaning to buy it. Anyone heard it?