sabre14
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 13, 2016 23:22:16 GMT -5
Seems like something we should've done a while ago. Same "Top 5/Bottom 5" format as an artist's discography, only rank your favorite (and least favorite) bands, groups and duo's.
TOP: 1. Carolina Rain (what could've been; it's a travesty they disbanded after Equity folded) 2. BlackHawk 3. Sugarland 4. Big & Rich 5. Eli Young Band 6. The Farm 7. Blue County 8. SHeDAISY 9. Rascal Flatts 10. Hanna-McEuen 11. Little Big Town 12. Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband 13. Halfway to Hazard 14. Brooks & Dunn 15. Autumn Hill 16. Whiskey Falls 17. Diamond Rio 18. Sawyer Brown 19. Zac Brown Band 20. Bomshel 21. Josh Abbott Band 22. Hot Apple Pie (like a couple on my list, they would be higher if they made more than one album) 23. Cross Canadian Ragweed 24. Alabama 25. Randy Rogers Band 26. Dixie Chicks 27. Joey + Rory
As you can tell, I have a soft spot for bands and duo's who never really broke out at mainstream radio.
Bottom: 1. Blackjack Billy (this group is terrible, imo, yuck) 2. The JaneDear Girls 3. Fast Ryde ("Make It Rain" was good but the other two singles were plenty enough for inclusion in my bottom...) 4. Florida Georgia Line (a couple good songs but their duds happen too often and the production on their tracks drive me nuts) 5. The Band Perry
I never really disliked any bands or group's music, up until the past 5-6 years.
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dm2081
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Post by dm2081 on Oct 13, 2016 23:28:25 GMT -5
Top 1. Zac Brown Band 2. Florida Georgia Line 3. Brooks & Dunn 4. Alabama 5. Lady Antebellum
I don't really care to least my least favorites in this category lol
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someguy
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Post by someguy on Oct 13, 2016 23:31:45 GMT -5
Top:
1. Dixie Chicks 2. The Judds 3. Sugarland 4. Farmer's Daughter 5. Brooks & Dunn 6. Zac Brown Band 7. Alabama 8. Diamond Rio 9. Sawyer Brown 10. Lady Antebellum 11. The Wilkinsons 12. SHeDAISY 13. Shenandoah 14. Blackhawk 15. The Mavericks 16. Little Big Town 17. Regina Regina 18. Maddie & Tae 19. Love And Theft 20. The Band Perry 21. Florida Georgia Line
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 23:32:42 GMT -5
Ooh fun Top 1. Lady Antebellum 2. Runaway June 3. Love and Theft 4. Maddie & Tae 5. The Wreckers 6. Big & Rich 7. Dixie Chicks (all 7 of these artists are among my all time favorite and Runaway June is just starting out) 8. Thompson Square 9. Rascal Flatts 10. Pistol Annies Honorable Mention Parmalee The Civil Wars
Bottom 1. The JaneDear Girls (imo the worst "country" act I have ever heard) 2. The Band Perry 3. Dan + Shay (I have just never been that impressed) 4. Montgomery Gentry (more uneven than bad, but when these guys are bad it is awful imo) 5. Little Big Town (read 4)
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ky24941
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Post by ky24941 on Oct 14, 2016 3:01:49 GMT -5
Top Groups: 1. SHeDAISY 2. Emerson Drive 3. Jolie & The Wanted 4. Dixie Chicks 5. Trick Pony 6. Family Brown 7. The Wilkinsons 8. The Rankin Family 9. Prairie Oyster 10. Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers 11. Girls Next Door 12. The Forester Sisters 13. Highway 101 14. Farmer's Daughter 15. The Oak Ridge Boys 16. The Desert Rose Band 17. The Last Bandoleros 18. BlackHawk 19. Diamond Rio 20. Alabama
Top Duos: 1. The Kinleys 2. Sweethearts of The Rodeo 3. Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris 4. The Judds 5. The Lynns 6. Brooks & Dunn 7. David Frizzell & Shelly West 8. The Bellamy Brothers 9. Foster & Lloyd 10. The Cactus Blossoms
Bottom: 1. Trailer Choir 2. Florida Georgia Line 3. A Thousand Horses 4. LoCash
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vann
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Post by vann on Oct 14, 2016 19:31:01 GMT -5
Top Group/Bands: Lady Antebellum Parmalee Old Dominion Radio Romance Eli Young Band A Thousand Horses Rascal Flatts
Top Duos: Thompson Square Dan+Shay Florida Georgia Line
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Dustin J.
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Post by Dustin J. on Oct 21, 2016 13:20:58 GMT -5
TOP (U.S. only) 1. BlackHawk 2. Restless Heart 3. Sixwire 4. Little Texas 5. Mockingbird Sun 6. Burnin' Daylight 7. Yankee Grey 8. 4 Runner 9. Rushlow (and Rushlow/Harris) 10. South Sixty-Five 11. Pinmonkey 12. Diamond Rio 13. One Flew South 14. Sons Of The Desert 15. Ricochet 16. Oak Ridge Boys 17. Gloriana 18. The Buffalo Club 19. Little Big Town 20. Frazer River 21. Whiskey Falls 22. Carolina Rain 23. Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers 24. Crossin' Dixon 25. The Statler Brothers 26. River Road 27. Love & Theft (trio) 28. Trick Pony 29. Regina Regina 30. Desert Rose Band 31. Lace 32. Palomino Road 33. 3 of Hearts 34. Hot Apple Pie 35. Calico Trail 36. SHeDaisy 37. Buffalo Rome 38. Southern Pacific 39. Emerson Drive 40. Halfway To Hazard 41. McBride & The Ride 42. Gibson-Miller Band 43. Zaca Creek 44. Smokin' Armadillos 45. Green River Ordinance 46. Blue Sky Riders 47. Loving Mary 48. Due West 49. Cole Deggs & The Lonesome 50. Exile 51. Brother Phelps 52. Shenandoah 53. Dave & Sugar 54. The Remingtons 55. Blue County
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Ten Pound Hammer
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Oct 24, 2016 17:36:32 GMT -5
In alphabetical order:
TOP GROUPS
4 Runner
Alabama
Diamond Rio
Hot Apple Pie
The Kentucky Headhunters
The Mavericks
McBride & the Ride
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Oak Ridge Boys
Pinmonkey
Pirates of the Mississippi
Restless Heart
SHeDAISY
Shenandoah
Sons of the Desert
Zac Brown Band
TOP DUOS
Big & Rich (their highs make up for their lows big time)
The Bellamy Brothers
Hanna-McEuen
Joey + Rory (don't always like their music, but their chemistry and dedication were impossible to ignore)
The Kinleys
The Warren Brothers
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I honestly can't think of any duos or groups that I categorically dislike for reasons other than "never really felt like a duo/group". As I've said many times, I harp on Brooks & Dunn and Sugarland a lot because they seemed to have zero chemistry and all of their singles felt like solo releases, or Eli Young Band and Parmalee because their lead singers are boring as toast, and none of their songs seem to have any instrumental interplay or harmony to them. But at least most of them gave me other reasons to like them. I wouldn't even count Rascal Fats Flatts as bad because they've had a lot of excellent songs that I feel mostly make up for the Huff-era garbage.
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Post by tim on Oct 26, 2016 23:31:18 GMT -5
Top Favorites: 1. Alabama 2. The Judds 3. Confederate Railroad 4. Sawyer Brown 5. Pirates of the Mississippi 6. Blackhawk 7. Shenandoah 8. Dixie Chicks 9. Diamond Rio 10. Highway 101
Honorable Mentions: Brooks & Dunn Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Asleep at the Wheel Josh Abbott Band The Bellamy Brothers The Mavericks Brother Phelps BR5-49 Ricochet Restless Heart
Bottom: 1. Dan+Shay 2. Emerson Drive 3. Trick Pony 4. Florida Georgia Line 5. Lady Antebellum
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