Official Country Rankdown Thread

[tim]

The Alan Jackson Rankdown is live with a due date of Saturday, May 23rd.

[tim]

Any thoughts on doing In Memoriam/Living Legend themed rankdowns for those artists that have passed on and/or have left their mark on country music? This of course is in light of the passing of Kenny Rogers, but could apply to such artists as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton for example. Whereas most artist rankdowns consist of the entire catalog, these would be smaller and likely include anywheres from 20-30 of their biggest hits (obviously depending on said artist).

Anyways, this is just me thinking out loud but I think there’s more than a handful of us that would at least show up to support these (including myself).

[someguy]

Mar 21, 2020 3:54:16 GMT -5 tim said:

Any thoughts on doing In Memoriam/Living Legend themed rankdowns for those artists that have passed on and/or have left their mark on country music? This of course is in light of the passing of Kenny Rogers, but could apply to such artists as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton for example. Whereas most artist rankdowns consist of the entire catalog, these would be smaller and likely include anywheres from 20-30 of their biggest hits (obviously depending on said artist).

Anyways, this is just me thinking out loud but I think there’s more than a handful of us that would at least show up to support these (including myself).

I would be interested, for sure. I know a Dolly Parton rankdown was suggested awhile ago, and I would love to participate sooner rather than later.

[taylor is terrified]

COMING SOON

[tim]

Mar 21, 2020 4:09:16 GMT -5 someguy said:

Mar 21, 2020 3:54:16 GMT -5 tim said:

Any thoughts on doing In Memoriam/Living Legend themed rankdowns for those artists that have passed on and/or have left their mark on country music? This of course is in light of the passing of Kenny Rogers, but could apply to such artists as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton for example. Whereas most artist rankdowns consist of the entire catalog, these would be smaller and likely include anywheres from 20-30 of their biggest hits (obviously depending on said artist).

Anyways, this is just me thinking out loud but I think there’s more than a handful of us that would at least show up to support these (including myself).

I would be interested, for sure. I know a Dolly Parton rankdown was suggested awhile ago, and I would love to participate sooner rather than later.

I had forgotten there was some discussion about doing one for Dolly before and I know we'd all show up to support that one! In regards to doing rankdowns for the icons of country such as the late Kenny Rogers, I wouldn't be expecting a huge turnout by any means but I think there might be just enough interest to at least make it interesting. There's no way we could do an artist rankdown, though, of their entire discography like we normally do. But, I think something in the realm of 25-30 songs would be just about right.

I'm still sorting out all the details and ideas in my head at the moment (I do have lots more free time on my hands all of a suddeen!), but just in case I am coming up with a list of songs that might encompass one for Kenny Rogers. I'll see where it goes from there.

And I can't wait to revisit the Shania Twain albums...looking forward to that one taylor is terrified!

[tim]

Ok, if there's a small amount of interest for a condensed Kenny Rogers rankdown I'll move forward with it. Below you'll find the 25 songs that would likely be included which also has three from his early days with First Edition. Let me know what y'all think one way or the other!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Kenny Rogers Songs}1. Just Dropped In (as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition)
2. Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town (as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition)
3. Reuben James (as Kenny Rogers & The First Edition)
4. Love Lifted Me
5. Lucille
6. Daytime Friends
7. Sweet Music Man
8. Love or Something Like It
9. The Gambler
10. She Believes in Me
11. You Decorated My Life
12. Coward of the County
13. Lady
14. Through the Years
15. Love Will Turn You Around
16. We’ve Got Tonight (with Sheena Easton)
17. Islands in the Stream (with Dolly Parton)
18. Crazy
19. (Something Inside) So Strong or Planet Texas
20. The Greatest
21. Buy Me a Rose
22. He Will, She Knows
23. There You Go Again
24. I Can’t Unlove You
25. You Can’t Make Old Friends (with Dolly Parton)

[bboat11]

Yeah tim , I definitely would be open to you honoring Kenny with a rankdown, and honestly I think the condensed format works fine for him. He's one of those artists with such a big history that I never know where to even start, so having somebody force me to listen to his biggest and best without all the distraction of having to learn the less noteworthy songs too is exactly the best way for me to actually learn more about him... Lol!

Same with other legends like Don Williams, Conway, Waylon, Merle, etc. I've always wanted to know more about them, but truly don't know where to begin!

[someguy]

That Kenny list looks perfect tim. I know about half of the songs on there (the biggest hits and the newest stuff), and this will be a great way to get introduced to some of his other material.

[tim]

Mar 21, 2020 17:22:30 GMT -5 someguy said:

That Kenny list looks perfect tim . I know about half of the songs on there (the biggest hits and the newest stuff), and this will be a great way to get introduced to some of his other material.

Here you go!

[.indulgecountry]

I'd love to host a Dolly Parton rankdown at some point. I know BackwoodsBarbie put it out there that she would host one but so far I haven't see anything come of that.

[taylor is terrified]

I am absolutely here for a Dolly rankdown no matter who hosts it! I find it ludicrous that she wasn't the FIRST ever country rankdown tbh.

If no one has any objections, I'd love to host a Loretta Lynn rankdown at some point? Or maybe Tammy Wynette? or maybe both lol

[bboat11]

Mar 23, 2020 13:42:43 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

I'd love to host a Dolly Parton rankdown at some point. I know BackwoodsBarbie put it out there that she would host one but so far I haven't see anything come of that.

And she has had it on the queue for way more than 6 months, so it's basically up for grabs!!

A LOT of rankdowns are about to be either leaving the queue or placed up for grabs, by the way. I just need to get myself organized and do some research to make sure I don't get rid of any that haven't been there for 6 months yet.

[BackwoodsBarbie]

Mar 23, 2020 14:57:19 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Mar 23, 2020 13:42:43 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

I'd love to host a Dolly Parton rankdown at some point. I know BackwoodsBarbie put it out there that she would host one but so far I haven't see anything come of that.

And she has had it on the queue for way more than 6 months, so it's basically up for grabs!!

A LOT of rankdowns are about to be either leaving the queue or placed up for grabs, by the way. I just need to get myself organized and do some research to make sure I don't get rid of any that haven't been there for 6 months yet.

Well I guess your (or pulse) definition of queue is different than mine - I've been waiting for my rankdown to come at the top of list for more than a year now and it never get there while other hosts keep opening rankdowns that were never even at the queue at first place and that just lead to the point where there is way too many rankdowns open at once (at least for me because I'm not super familiar with most of the songs and it takes me quite some time to listen each album/singles and to rank them so I can't even participate in every rankdown I would like to). Well anyway If .indulgecountry or anyone want's to open Dolly's rankdown they are free to do so.

[bboat11]

Mar 23, 2020 15:58:40 GMT -5 BackwoodsBarbie said:

Mar 23, 2020 14:57:19 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

And she has had it on the queue for way more than 6 months, so it's basically up for grabs!!

A LOT of rankdowns are about to be either leaving the queue or placed up for grabs, by the way. I just need to get myself organized and do some research to make sure I don't get rid of any that haven't been there for 6 months yet.

Well I guess your (or pulse) definition of queue is different than mine - I've been waiting for my rankdown to come at the top of list for more than a year now and it never get there while other hosts keep opening rankdowns that were never even at the queue at first place and that just lead to the point where there is way too many rankdowns open at once (at least for me because I'm not super familiar with most of the songs and it takes me quite some time to listen each album/singles and to rank them so I can't even participate in every rankdown I would like to). Well anyway If .indulgecountry or anyone want's to open Dolly's rankdown they are free to do so.

Oooooh jeez, I can see your confusion. All this time you've really been waiting to come to the front of the list, and just thought that everybody was being a dick and not following the rules?!? I wish I'd known that, I could have clarified it for you I'm sorry.

This queue is not a waiting-in-line list. I felt like that was too rigid of a structure for a forum that is essentially just here for fun. People can open rankdowns whenever they like. The queue is basically just a place for me to keep track of who has claimed certain ideas, so that people don't get their ideas stolen. (Which is why I am starting to instate a 6-month maximum for the queue, so people don't hog a bunch of rankdown ideas and then never host them.) But once it's on the queue, you can open it whenever you like!

[Cody Wants Out...]

Y'all may have notice in the OP that I plan on launching the 1991 Country rankdown soon. Unfortunately, I've been busier than anticipated with me starting to work remotely this week and attempting to catch up on other rankdowns that have been open for quite a few weeks (did you know that time flies quicker when you get older?). Now, don't let this fool you. I don't have the songlist for '91 finalized yet, but I do plan on having a maximum of 120 songs (after I trim nearly a couple of dozen over the next few days). I will also extend the Tanya Tucker rankdown by a few weeks as I haven't made a serious dent on my own list. :(

[sabre14]

I was thinking of an idea for the future but I would need interest, obviously.

We've done rankdowns for 2004-2006...but the songs were usually anything top 30-35 those years. How about a rankdown of let's say 2-3 years and we rank 50-75 of the deep-cut, lower charting singles only? To highlight some great gems and have new people here discover them.

[bboat11]

Mar 25, 2020 23:16:35 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

I was thinking of an idea for the future but I would need interest, obviously.

We've done rankdowns for 2004-2006...but the songs were usually anything top 30-35 those years. How about a rankdown of let's say 2-3 years and we rank 50-75 of the deep-cut, lower charting singles only? To highlight some great gems and have new people here discover them.

Oop, is this Miss Sara's chance to win a rankdown with "Tonight"?! I'd be here for that!

[castleoblivion26]

Just wanna do a quick update to my rankdown plans. I do this to keep myself on track and there are some new ideas I have that I want to put into my plans:

PLAN GOING FORWARD:
MARCH:
Brothers Osborne Pawn Shop - Reveals beginning tonight
Brothers Osborne Port Saint Joe - Reveals beginning Sunday or Monday

APRIL:
Brothers Osborne Extras - Due 4/5
Patty Loveless' Only What I Feel - Due 4/10
Patty Loveless' When Fallen Angels Fly - Due 4/10 (actually will have until I finish OWIF to submit for)
Pam Tillis' Every Time - Due 4/24
Pam Tillis' Thunder & Roses - Due 4/24 (actually will have until I finish ET to submit for)

MAY:
Ashley McBryde's Jalopies & Expensive Guitars & Girl Goin' Nowhere & Extras - Due 5/1 (Gonna have all 3 due the same day but each will get additional time based on when I begin and end reveals for the previous album)
Lee Ann Womack's There's More Where That Came From & Call Me Crazy - Due 5/15
2 Album Blitz - Kip Moore's Slowheart & Brett Young's Ticket to LA - Due 5/29

JUNE & BEYOND PLANS:
Matraca Berg Songwriter Rankdown (similar to Gretchen Peters Rankdown) - I was planning on opening this today but I may hold off as there is a song that is on Pam Tillis' upcoming album written by her that I'd like to include so this might wait until next month. That song does have a live version that I was initially going to include so we'll see. Regardless I'd have this due in June.

2000 Country - this will be due in June or July

The Wilkinsons Series - this won't begin until I finish two of my current series (LAW, PT, PL)
2001 Country (gonna shoot for the fall for this one)
Rebecca Lynn Howard Albums (was talking about this in the Record Labels and Artists Rosters thread and would love to do these)
had talked with Cody Wants Out... about doing a Collin Raye series so if he is still okay with that I'd plan to do it around when I start the Wilkinsons series.

A couple other artist I am interested in doing series for way after I finish a lot of these are Jessica Andrews, Lila McCann, Autumn Hill, Blackhawk, Hal Ketchum, Mark Wills, and Randy Houser. Not claiming any of these currently but they are ones I'd like to see happen. Also I plan to do more Songwriter based rankdowns as there are many incredible songwriters that deserve to get spotlighted.

WHAT'S LEFT OF THE CURRENT ALBUM SERIES:
Patty Loveless' The Trouble with the Truth & Long Stretch of Lonesome
Patty Loveless' Strong Heart & Mountain Soul
Patty Loveless' On Your Way Home & Dreaming My Dreams
Patty Loveless' Sleepless Nights & Mountain Soul II
Patty Loveless Extras
Patty Loveless Album Tracks
Patty Loveless #1's

Pam Tillis' It's All Relative & Rhinestoned
Pam Tillis & Lorrie Morgan duo albums
Pam Tillis' Looking For A Feeling (don't want to wait 6 months as I'd like to get this album done before the singles, album tracks, and #1's rankdowns)
Pam Tillis Extras
Pam Tillis Album Tracks
Pam Tillis Singles
Pam Tillis #1's

Lee Ann Womack's The Way I'm Livin' & The Lonesome, The Lonely, and the Gone
Lee Ann Womack's Extras
Lee Ann Womack's Album Tracks
Lee Ann Womack's #1's

[castleoblivion26]

I know I have other things planned but with Joe Diffie passing I'd like to do a Joe Diffie singles rankdown. I didn't see anyone claim it in the initial post so I'll try and have that up tonight or tomorrow.

[tim]

Mar 29, 2020 15:26:24 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

I know I have other things planned but with Joe Diffie passing I'd like to do a Joe Diffie singles rankdown. I didn't see anyone claim it in the initial post so I'll try and have that up tonight or tomorrow.

Count me in! So many great childhood memories were had listening to his music and watching his videos on CMT.

[Cody Wants Out...]

Mar 29, 2020 15:26:24 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

I know I have other things planned but with Joe Diffie passing I'd like to do a Joe Diffie singles rankdown. I didn't see anyone claim it in the initial post so I'll try and have that up tonight or tomorrow.

Sign me up! Was hoping this would happen under much better circumstances though... :'(

P.S. I already know what my top two are...

[bboat11]

Mar 29, 2020 15:26:24 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

I know I have other things planned but with Joe Diffie passing I'd like to do a Joe Diffie singles rankdown. I didn't see anyone claim it in the initial post so I'll try and have that up tonight or tomorrow.

Oh good, I was just coming here to say the same thing myself. This needs to happen! He has so many iconic '90s gems that I love So sad that he's gone so suddenly...

[Darkest Hour]

I don't see the promotion for this here so I'm going to make one.

Icons of Country Music Rankdown (Due April 8)

[taylor is terrified]

Mar 21, 2020 14:51:31 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

COMING SOON

NOW OPEN

[bboat11]

I want to get y’all’s thoughts on something. Over in the pop world, there is a relatively new rankdown series (I think they’ve done it like 5 months now?) where they rank noteworthy new releases from each month. It’s usually about 15 songs or so, and happens every month to honor the new releases that have happened in the previous month.

I am considering doing something similar for the country genre. Is that something people would participate in?? I know I personally tend to get so buried in older music for rankdowns that I always forget to keep up with newer music, so this could be a great way to help people like me at least keep a taste of what is going on in the world 😂

[fearlessarrow]

Apr 17, 2020 7:44:06 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

I want to get y’all’s thoughts on something. Over in the pop world, there is a relatively new rankdown series (I think they’ve done it like 5 months now?) where they rank noteworthy new releases from each month. It’s usually about 15 songs or so, and happens every month to honor the new releases that have happened in the previous month.

I am considering doing something similar for the country genre. Is that something people would participate in?? I know I personally tend to get so buried in older music for rankdowns that I always forget to keep up with newer music, so this could be a great way to help people like me at least keep a taste of what is going on in the world 😂

I'd be down - it's pretty short and it's a nice way to keep up with new releases (which I attempt to do anyways but I can't cover everything with my music taste being all over the place lol).

[Darkest Hour]

Apr 17, 2020 7:44:06 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

I want to get y’all’s thoughts on something. Over in the pop world, there is a relatively new rankdown series (I think they’ve done it like 5 months now?) where they rank noteworthy new releases from each month. It’s usually about 15 songs or so, and happens every month to honor the new releases that have happened in the previous month.

I am considering doing something similar for the country genre. Is that something people would participate in?? I know I personally tend to get so buried in older music for rankdowns that I always forget to keep up with newer music, so this could be a great way to help people like me at least keep a taste of what is going on in the world 😂

It shouldn't be too hard for me because I try to keep with new releases. The problem is whether I have the time and energy to rank these...

[castleoblivion26]

Apr 17, 2020 7:44:06 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

I want to get y’all’s thoughts on something. Over in the pop world, there is a relatively new rankdown series (I think they’ve done it like 5 months now?) where they rank noteworthy new releases from each month. It’s usually about 15 songs or so, and happens every month to honor the new releases that have happened in the previous month.

I am considering doing something similar for the country genre. Is that something people would participate in?? I know I personally tend to get so buried in older music for rankdowns that I always forget to keep up with newer music, so this could be a great way to help people like me at least keep a taste of what is going on in the world 😂

Count me in! I really like that idea!

[tim]

I’m usually quite bad about keeping up with new releases and I’ve tried taking full advantage of this quarantine downtime to start doing better on that. Once all of this is over I’ll for sure need something to keep that motivation going, so count me in!

[sabre14]

Mar 25, 2020 23:16:35 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

I was thinking of an idea for the future but I would need interest, obviously.

We've done rankdowns for 2004-2006...but the songs were usually anything top 30-35 those years. How about a rankdown of let's say 2-3 years and we rank 50-75 of the deep-cut, lower charting singles only? To highlight some great gems and have new people here discover them.

Mar 26, 2020 3:37:44 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Mar 25, 2020 23:16:35 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

I was thinking of an idea for the future but I would need interest, obviously.

We've done rankdowns for 2004-2006...but the songs were usually anything top 30-35 those years. How about a rankdown of let's say 2-3 years and we rank 50-75 of the deep-cut, lower charting singles only? To highlight some great gems and have new people here discover them.

Oop, is this Miss Sara's chance to win a rankdown with "Tonight"?! I'd be here for that!

This is going to be the next rankdown I'm hosting. 2012 will be saved until later this year or early next year.

I'm taking the lower-charting singles that missed out being included in the 2004-2005-2006 rankdowns and doing a 100-110 song rankdown of those songs. Right now the highest charting song on Mediabase that would be included is one that peaked at #26 ("Bring Me Down" by Miranda Lambert), to give everyone an idea.

This is a nice change up from the usual year-end or artist rankdowns and even though it will take more listening time, this will be a lot of fun.  :)