Official Country Rankdown Thread

[castleoblivion26]

Wanna do an update on some plans for future rankdowns that I plan to host!

Currently Opened:
Patty Loveless - The Trouble With The Truth (Due: Feb 5th)
Patty Loveless - Long Stretch of Lonesome (Due: Feb 5th)

Anything and Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #4 (Due: Feb 12th)

Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (Due: Feb 26th)
Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe (Due: Feb 26th)

Lee Ann Womack - Album Tracks (Due: Mar 5th)

With the Album Tracks rankdown the Lee Ann series will be complete (until a new album comes out, hopefully later this year!).

The Pam Tillis series is nearing the end and I've decided to try and speed things up I'm going to open the next 4 rankdowns all at once and have them be due 2 weeks apart. On Mar 12th I will have the two Lorrie Morgan duet albums due. After going back and forth whether we should do just the songs that include Pam or do the entire albums and I'm gonna do the entire albums. Then due on Mar 26th will be the Looking For A Feeling album as well as the Extras rankdown! This will allow us to get to the Album Tracks rankdown near the end of April and the final, Singles, Rankdown in the series in May!

Pam Tillis - Dos Divas (Duet album with Lorrie Morgan) (Due: Mar 12th)
Pam Tillis - Come See Me and Come Lonely (Duet album with Lorrie Morgan) (Due: Mar 12th)

Pam Tillis - Looking For A Feeling (Due: Mar 26th)
Pam Tillis - Extras (Due: Mar 26th)

Pam Tillis - Album Tracks (Due: Apr 23rd)

Pam Tillis - Singles (Due: May 28th)

This is all tentative but I want to try and push towards the end of this series. If anyone has a problem with this schedule let me know but that is what I'd like to do

The Patty Loveless album series still has a little ways to go so after the current two albums are done I will probably wait til April-May to do the next two (Strong Heart & On Your Way Home). I'm gonna have the two Mountain Soul albums be the last two albums we do for Patty.

The Brooks & Dunn album series will have 4 more due dates for the albums themselves. Then we have the Extras and the Album Tracks.

Beyond those 4 album series I also have the Songwriters Series that I'd like to resume soon. Due to my plans with the Pam Tillis series I'm thinking April is the soonest I can have the next one due. The next one will be about The Warren Brothers, I've actually had the graphics and song list all set to go since October but keep putting it off due to other rankdowns. There are many songwriters I would really like to do so I'd like to do these more often than I have been.

Scattered between all these Pam Tillis rankdowns I plan to do Ashley McBryde's albums, Brothers Osborne's Skeletons, Kip Moore's SlowHeart & Wild World, and Carly Pearce's self-titled albums. There is also Brett Young's Ticket To LA album that I'll squeeze in if I can but that'll be after all the others.

The next album series I will be launching later during the year will be The Wilkinsons and Deana Carter. I also would like to do album series for Mark Wills, Blackhawk, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jessica Andrews, Lila McCann, and Collin Raye down the road. Not claiming any of these right now because they are so far off that if someone else wants to do them then go ahead!

The Shuffle series will continue to be a monthly series. For March I originally planned to do a drinking songs one but I think I'm gonna do one based on my 2000's Favs playlist that I used for the very first one instead.

As always everything is subject to be changed based on other rankdowns and stuff but that is my thinking right now

[gardyfan]

Jan 30, 2021 10:22:23 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (Due: Feb 5th)
Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe (Due: Feb 5th)

The rankdown list shows both of these as Feb 26th FYI.

[castleoblivion26]

Jan 30, 2021 11:17:25 GMT -5 gardyfan said:

Jan 30, 2021 10:22:23 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (Due: Feb 5th)
Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe (Due: Feb 5th)

The rankdown list shows both of these as Feb 26th FYI.

they are Feb 26th, got pulled away during typing everything and forgot to update that (had copied and pasted for the formatting lol). Thanks for pointing it out will fix it now

[bboat11]

Excited to have the Pam Tillis series accelerated!! I feel like I'm ready to plow through her last few albums so we can get to the album tracks and the singles as quickly as possible 😂

Also I'm glad you decided to do the duets albums in their entirety. I'm excited to check both of them out in full, rather than just Pam's stuff. (Plus if a Lorrie Morgan album series ever happens someday, it wouldn't make sense to do those albums all over again! Depending on how much time has passed, I guess.)

[bboat11]

Also y'all, don't forget about Castle's Disney Movies rankdowns!!!!!!!! First set is due February 12th!!!!

[castleoblivion26]

Jan 30, 2021 13:16:55 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Also y'all, don't forget about Castle's Disney Movies rankdowns!!!!!!!! First set is due February 12th!!!!

YES! Hope to see more people participate in that, haven't gotten a lot of list yet and am worried I'll have to delay it but I hope to see tons do it. It's only the first 11 movies in the animated canon!

[bboat11]

Jan 30, 2021 13:20:53 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

Jan 30, 2021 13:16:55 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Also y'all, don't forget about Castle's Disney Movies rankdowns!!!!!!!! First set is due February 12th!!!!

YES! Hope to see more people participate in that, haven't gotten a lot of list yet and am worried I'll have to delay it but I hope to see tons do it. It's only the first 11 movies in the animated canon!

You may end up needing to extend it a little. We'll see though It would help if people would actually post in the thread to tell you how far they are...

My sister and I are doing a "marathon" (in quotations because we've only made it through Snow White and Pinocchio and then I got hella busy the past month, but we'll resume soon!)


Edit: Part of the problem is that these early wartime movies are not as universally-known as their more classic feature films are. It'll probably be much easier to get people to participate as we get deeper into the canon!

[bboat11]

I might as well do an update now too :)

Upcoming Deadlines:
-2020 Country Rankdown (DUE TOMORROW!!!!!!)
-Best of the Best Part 5 (Due: Feb. 7)
-Revenge of the Best Part 5 (Due: Feb. 7)


......and that's it from me I ain't got nothin' going on, 'cause 2020, BotB, and RotB are all such big asks for me to thrust upon you... On top of trying to do my job and finish my master's program... Life sure has been great lately.

PLEASE jump in on BotB and RotB by the 7th if you haven't already! I didn't want to extend them until February because I knew they would feel old af, but I had to anyway, and now here we are... They definitely be feeling old as fuq 😂


Future plans: (I want to open these soon but I can't 'cause y'all opened so many rankdowns already)

• January New Country Releases – The December one just finished reveals last night, so I'll get the list finalized this weekend.
• George Strait: Extras – The last piece of the George Strait album series!!!! This will definitely be my first jump back into my album series!!!
  
• Maddie & Tae: The Way It Feels
  
• Kelsea Ballerini: kelsea – As the one who hosted earlier albums for these ladies, I believe their recent eras would fall under my purview! Now that both albums have been out for awhile (and both artists seem about ready to move on to new music sometime this year), I figured I might as well squeeze these in once 2020/BotB/RotB are all out of the way, while my rankdown schedule is lighter than normal!
• Terri Clark Album Series
  
• Reba McEntire Album Series – These will both resume soon, with deadlines after George/M&T/Kelsea. Still have to figure out how Reba's '80s phase is going to be structured.

FUTURE future plans: (Maybe moreso for this summer?)

• George Strait's album tracks rds – As soon as his Extras is done, I plan to start focusing more on these. Haven't decided which phase of his career I'll start with. It'll probably depend on how much else is going on at the time.
• Jamie O'Neal Album Series – People have been pestering me to do this, and tbh I think I will! She had such a short career, it'll go super quick!
• Tracy Lawrence Singles – Not in a huge hurry for this necessarily (I'll wait 'til there's more time in the schedule), but he will be the next artist for whom I do a singles rd :)
• Carrie Underwood Album Tracks – I'm super excited to finally do this, but there's a lot of unknowns right now, especially with her gospel album coming out in a couple months.

Lots to look forward to! :)

[castleoblivion26]

I cannot wait for both Jamie O'Neal and Tracy Lawrence singles rankdowns! Those will be fun to dive into. Jamie's first album is really good and I look forward to checking out her other albums more!

[taylor is terrified]

I guess since we're all offering updates on our schedules, it's my turn! 

Current happenings:
--Tay's Hot 50: the 2020 Year-End Rankdown is due February 5. I might offer an extension on this as I want 2020 AAA and Country to be both revealed before revealing this, and also because three other rankdowns are due on the same day, but it is still currently preferred that you send for this rankdown by Friday if you're interested! I'm at 10 lists which is pretty good, but to be honest I hope to see at least a couple more lists. It's of course optional though!

--Shania Twain's Up! is due Wednesday, February 10. I've seen 12 lists so far which is pretty good, but for Shania there's been a precedent of at least 20 lists, so I hope to see a surge in the coming days! I can always extend this as well because after all the year-ends, my personal Top 50, and BotB/RotB, it's a big ask to hop right on this. We'll see what happens in the coming days!

--Jake Owen's Startin' With Me is due Friday, February 26. I haven't received a single list thus far but it's still four weeks away so there's plenty of time!

Simmering on the stove right now:
--Shania's Now (due date will be towards the end of March)

--I'll be doing Adele's albums and Extras/album tracks in a similar manner as I'll be doing Jon Pardi's albums. These albums will have due dates in March.

--Another Jake Owen album, with a due date at the end of March, followed by the final studio album before his extras, with this due date at the beginning of May

--Jon Pardi's albums will have due dates throughout April

--Either Shania's Complete Limelight Sessions or Extras RD, due in the beginning of May

--Darius Rucker Rankdown due around the middle of May. I will be doing this the same way someguy did the Judds and Wynonna, in that there will be two separate RDs of solo Darius singles and Hootie & the Blowfish singles, with the same due date. Hopefully we'll see a good turnout for the Hootie portion of this RD!

Slow-baking in the oven:
--Luke Bryan Rankdown due in June (please don't release a f**king single  )

--Carrie Underwood Extras (I had to push this back to June thanks to her appearance on Loretta's upcoming album!)

--Carrie Underwood: My Savior (I was obviously visualizing an RD for this the moment she announced it lol. I was thinking I might have to wait until way out in October though (the six months after release thing) to have a due date for this in order to let opinions be solidified!! Let me know if this is too far out bboat11 because I know you've been itching for a long time for this Album Tracks RD. I'm thinking of perhaps doing the My Savior RD before her Extras or right after, that way it's all seamless, but let me know what would work best!)

--LeAnn Rimes Album Series (this would start in the summertime with two albums a month)

--Eric Church Album Series (now that the seventh album is coming out--yes, I'm referring to those three discs as one single album--I will place due dates for Eric for later in the year

To be honest, that's currently my entire year's schedule 

[Darkest Hour]

Might as well do an update regarding my rankdown schedules.

The Indie/Less Known Country Songs Vol. 2 rankdown will still be dued on March 1st. I don't really want to extend the deadline but if someone really wants to join but find out of time, then I might do it :)

Next, album rankdown for Chris Stapleton's Starting Over. As said somewhere, even though there are obvious haters in country forum, this album is still the one of most commercially and critically successful albums released last year. I plan to open this right after the personal rankdown is dued and set due date at ACM Awards date (April 18th).

Then, the biggest rankdown that I will host that is Rolling Stone's Top 100 GOAT Country Songs. I will open this right after Starting Over rankdown is dued and set due date on August 1st. This should give enough time to potential participants because they are really popular acclaimed tracks and tbh a country fan should not need that much time to rank them all, although I might need some help for a particular song in the rankdown (and it's not Garth Brooks because he has two songs and they are already on castle's own website).

Finally, an artist rankdown for Zac Brown Band. This will open after the previous rankdown is dued, more likely whenever they have new music. ZBB is still one of more interesting country groups out there and I think they deserve a dedicated rankdown.

[someguy]

All I see for myself is the Trisha extras rankdown, due at the beginning of March. That will probably lead into a Trisha album tracks rankdown sometime in May. Nothing else planned beyond that!

[bboat11]

Jan 31, 2021 0:37:33 GMT -5 someguy said:

All I see for myself is the Trisha extras rankdown, due at the beginning of March. That will probably lead into a Trisha album tracks rankdown sometime in May. Nothing else planned beyond that!

We love a simple man!!

[bboat11]

Jan 30, 2021 15:54:52 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

--Carrie Underwood Extras (I had to push this back to June thanks to her appearance on Loretta's upcoming album!)

--Carrie Underwood: My Savior (I was obviously visualizing an RD for this the moment she announced it lol. I was thinking I might have to wait until way out in October though (the six months after release thing) to have a due date for this in order to let opinions be solidified!! Let me know if this is too far out bboat11 because I know you've been itching for a long time for this Album Tracks RD. I'm thinking of perhaps doing the My Savior RD before her Extras or right after, that way it's all seamless, but let me know what would work best!)

Honestly, at this point I may just proceed with the album tracks rd independently of however you do the My Savior and Extras rds, lol. Right now the Cry Pretty era is for sure finished, and the goal is to do it while she is between eras. It remains to be seen how she is going to handle the gospel era (like does it become a real promoted era like Martina's Timeless, or will it be more of a side project?). I am currently envisioning her using it as a side project, and having a lead single for her next full era ready to go later this year, with an album early next year.

As soon as she drops that lead single, I'm screwed if I haven't started the album tracks rd yet, because I'll have to wait at least 2-3 more years until the next era is finished... Lmao

So right now I am feeling like I need to do the album tracks this spring. That certainly doesn't mean you need to change any of your plans of course!


Also, regarding the 6-months thing, that's moreso in place to prevent incompetent noobs from opening album rankdowns on like the day they are released and then screwing the whole thing up, like whatever that Avatar person did to Dua Lipa and Ava Max recently 😂 It definitely makes sense for regular country albums, 'cause opinions might change as more singles get released and people have time to let the album grow on them. But honestly, for a gospel project, I feel like an exception can be made. There probably are not going to be a lot of singles released, and frankly among the Pulse community there isn't as much demand for gospel albums as there is for regular albums, so most opinions are probably going to come from initial curiosity spins anyway and not change a whole lot over time. I mean, there will obviously still be plenty of hype for it 'cause it's Carrie. I just feel like an argument could be made for it to be treated more like the Christmas album and do the rankdown after a couple months from release, lol. But that's just me :) Others may feel differently.

[taylor is terrified]

Jan 31, 2021 17:56:21 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Jan 30, 2021 15:54:52 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

--Carrie Underwood Extras (I had to push this back to June thanks to her appearance on Loretta's upcoming album!)

--Carrie Underwood: My Savior (I was obviously visualizing an RD for this the moment she announced it lol. I was thinking I might have to wait until way out in October though (the six months after release thing) to have a due date for this in order to let opinions be solidified!! Let me know if this is too far out bboat11 because I know you've been itching for a long time for this Album Tracks RD. I'm thinking of perhaps doing the My Savior RD before her Extras or right after, that way it's all seamless, but let me know what would work best!)

Honestly, at this point I may just proceed with the album tracks rd independently of however you do the My Savior and Extras rds, lol. Right now the Cry Pretty era is for sure finished, and the goal is to do it while she is between eras. It remains to be seen how she is going to handle the gospel era (like does it become a real promoted era like Martina's Timeless, or will it be more of a side project?). I am currently envisioning her using it as a side project, and having a lead single for her next full era ready to go later this year, with an album early next year.

As soon as she drops that lead single, I'm screwed if I haven't started the album tracks rd yet, because I'll have to wait at least 2-3 more years until the next era is finished... Lmao

Tbh I had been thinking of that too; I have no doubt in my mind that by the next CMA Awards she will have at least the lead to CU9 ready to go and slay the industry and be performed. You'd definitely wanna get going on the Album Tracks ASAP then. I had just been thinking of how to incorporate the gospel album into the album tracks RD because of how Reba's gospel album tracks were included in her 21st century album tracks RD. Then again, that 2-3 years went by between that album's release and that RD, lol!

[bboat11]

Jan 31, 2021 18:30:26 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

Jan 31, 2021 17:56:21 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Honestly, at this point I may just proceed with the album tracks rd independently of however you do the My Savior and Extras rds, lol. Right now the Cry Pretty era is for sure finished, and the goal is to do it while she is between eras. It remains to be seen how she is going to handle the gospel era (like does it become a real promoted era like Martina's Timeless, or will it be more of a side project?). I am currently envisioning her using it as a side project, and having a lead single for her next full era ready to go later this year, with an album early next year.

As soon as she drops that lead single, I'm screwed if I haven't started the album tracks rd yet, because I'll have to wait at least 2-3 more years until the next era is finished... Lmao

Tbh I had been thinking of that too; I have no doubt in my mind that by the next CMA Awards she will have at least the lead to CU9 ready to go and slay the industry and be performed. You'd definitely wanna get going on the Album Tracks ASAP then. I had just been thinking of how to incorporate the gospel album into the album tracks RD because of how Reba's gospel album tracks were included in her 21st century album tracks RD. Then again, that 2-3 years went by between that album's release and that RD, lol!

Yeah, that's another thing that has to be taken into consideration. And that's another reason why I would do the My Savior rd after just a couple months rather than 6, because then I could use the results to pick some songs for the album tracks rd ;)

[taylor is terrified]

Jan 31, 2021 18:55:35 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Jan 31, 2021 18:30:26 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

Tbh I had been thinking of that too; I have no doubt in my mind that by the next CMA Awards she will have at least the lead to CU9 ready to go and slay the industry and be performed. You'd definitely wanna get going on the Album Tracks ASAP then. I had just been thinking of how to incorporate the gospel album into the album tracks RD because of how Reba's gospel album tracks were included in her 21st century album tracks RD. Then again, that 2-3 years went by between that album's release and that RD, lol!

Yeah, that's another thing that has to be taken into consideration. And that's another reason why I would do the My Savior rd after just a couple months rather than 6, because then I could use the results to pick some songs for the album tracks rd

How's a due date of June 11? I currently have that day free on my calendar of rankdowns, with June 18 (almost exactly three months after the "Still Woman Enough" song) as the new date for the Extras. That seems pretty doable. I think I'd launch the Extras at the end of April and the album around roughly the middle of May.

[bboat11]

That oughta work! Then the album tracks rd can be the big Rankdown of the summer!!!

[castleoblivion26]

I think with todays news about TJ Osborne it is time to dive into the Brothers Osborne's Skeletons album soon! I'm gonna open that tonight as I'm a huge fan of the album and looking forward to seeing what you all think about it!

[taylor is terrified]

Feb 3, 2021 14:20:44 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

I think with todays news about TJ Osborne it is time to dive into the Brothers Osborne's Skeletons album soon! I'm gonna open that tonight as I'm a huge fan of the album and looking forward to seeing what you all think about it!

Absolutely! A great way to celebrate him, I think! 

[tim]

The long-awaited Patsy Cline rankdown is open:

[castleoblivion26]

Since I finished both of Patty's latest two albums I wanna do a quick update. I like doing this for myself to keep track of every rankdown I'm doing, hope it isn't annoying to anyone.

Currently Opened:
Brooks & Dunn - Waitin' On Sundown (Due: Feb 26th)
Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe (Due: Feb 26th)

Lee Ann Womack - Album Tracks (Due: Mar 5th)
**Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #5 (Due: Mar 5th)**

Pam Tillis - Dos Divas (Duet album with Lorrie Morgan) (Due: Mar 12th)
Pam Tillis - Come See Me and Come Lonely (Duet album with Lorrie Morgan) (Due: Mar 12th)

Brothers Osborne - Skeletons (Due: Mar 19th)

Pam Tillis - Looking For A Feeling (Due: Mar 26th)
Pam Tillis - Extras (Due: Mar 26th)

The only one not opened yet is the next Shuffle rankdown which I'm gonna have due on Mar 5th so I'll be giving a little less time for it than I usually do but I'm gonna change that series to be due the first weekend of every month going forward so expect that one to be opened up immediately following the end of this months, it will stay only 10 songs so it won't be too challenging to do I think. I will not be having any other rankdowns opened and due for March at all as I have a lot as is, mainly due to the accelerated timeline of finishing the Pam Tillis series.

Looking forward we have 2 remaining rankdowns for the Pam Tillis series that'll be coming in April and May. With this I will only have the Patty Loveless and Brooks & Dunn series on-going. I do think we will be able to finish both series by the end of the year.

Here are some tentative plans for Apr and May:
Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #6 (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man (Due: Apr 2nd)
Brooks & Dunn - Tightrope (Due: Apr 2nd)
Songwriter Series #3: The Warren Brothers (Due: Apr 9th)
Patty Loveless - Strong Heart (Due: Apr 16th)
Patty Loveless - On Your Way Home (Due: Apr 16th)
Pam Tillis - Album Tracks (Due: Apr 23rd)

Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #7 (Due: May 7th)
Brooks & Dunn - Borderline (Due: May 14th)
Brooks & Dunn - Red Dirt Road (May 14th)
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul (Due: May 21st)
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul II (Due: May 21st)
Pam Tillis - Singles (Due: May 28th)

Anything & Everything: Shuffle Rankdown #8 (Due: June 4th)
Brooks & Dunn - Hard Workin' Man (Due: June 11th)
Brooks & Dunn - Cowboy Town (Due: June 11th)
Patty Loveless - Dreaming My Dreams (Due: June 18th)
Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights (Due: June 18th)

My thinking right now is after we get through next months rankdowns that I'm gonna focus on finishing both the Brooks & Dunn and Patty Loveless series. That being said I may adjust these plans to get some other rankdowns done as I'd still like to do albums by Ashley McBryde, Kip Moore, Carly Pearce, Brett Young, and Rebecca Lynn Howard. I don't want to squeeze this in between the others so I may just do 2 Patty albums one month and 2 B&D albums the next month and use the other due dates for some other albums. Anyone have any preference on this?

My songwriter series has been on hold a bit and I really want to get it going so I'll be opening up the next one soon so we can finally get that one done. Beyond that I haven't decided yet but it is definitely a series I'd like to continue. 

I also want to launch the album series for The Wilkinsons and Deana Carter soon, so again my adjust my plans for Patty and B&D series to get these two started. I won't even consider doing series for Mark Wills, Blackhawk, Jessica Andrews, and Collin Raye until after a lot of the other plans are done, though maybe I could do some Singles rankdowns sooner for them and wait on launching the album series until later on.

I know this is a lot and I don't want to overdo it for anyone so if people would prefer me to space things out more I will do that. I'll probably decide to take a small break at some point between now and June so things will likely change.

[bboat11]

FYI for everyone: I have been holding off on continuing my own album series due to how many rankdowns were opened all at once in January... Now that that wave of rankdowns is starting to become due, and our Open Rankdowns list is getting a bit smaller, and I am about to finish the 2020 year-end rd reveals, I am going to be continuing all of my album series VERY soon So look for some Reba, Terri, Kelsea, and M&T albums to sneak into the second half of March/1st half of April! ;) After finishing 2020, BotB, and RotB, I will be hungry to host some smaller rankdowns again, lmao!

[castleoblivion26]

Feb 13, 2021 17:42:09 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

FYI for everyone: I have been holding off on continuing my own album series due to how many rankdowns were opened all at once in January... Now that that wave of rankdowns is starting to become due, and our Open Rankdowns list is getting a bit smaller, and I am about to finish the 2020 year-end rd reveals, I am going to be continuing all of my album series VERY soon So look for some Reba, Terri, Kelsea, and M&T albums to sneak into the second half of March/1st half of April! ;) After finishing 2020, BotB, and RotB, I will be hungry to host some smaller rankdowns again, lmao!

Definitely looking forward to those!

[taylor is terrified]

I like the idea of bi-weekly updates as opposed to just monthly updates and like castleoblivion26 I like updating publicly because it makes me keep track of things and it holds me accountable for what I've planned/launched, etc. So with that, here's a new update from me! I've got a few new ideas I wanted to run by y'all too!! 

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At the moment:

--Shania Twain's Up! is currently revealing. #10-#7 are coming tomorrow morning/afternoon, and the grand finale will take place tomorrow night.

--Tay's Hot 50: the 2020 Year-End Rankdown is all set and ready to go! The data has been compiled and I'll be doing reveals for this one throughout the week--10 reveals for each of the next five days, starting today. In fact, I'll be revealing the first wave in the next couple hours!

--Jake Owen's Startin' With Me is due Friday, February 26. I'm starting to feel good about the turnout for this album, as I'm now up to 7 lists against the precedent of 15 lists that Jake's albums have seen. I'm certain we'll get to that number by then and because of that, I won't be extending this any so I'd get on it before too long, as we're just about a week and a half out from the deadline!

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After that, my March will actually be very quiet. I only have Shania's Now album and the next Jake Owen album planned for then. So this is how it's looking next month:

March 2021:
Shania Twain: Now (due March 20)
Jake Owen: Album 5 (due March 29)

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Now April...hoo doggies, is April a different story!!!!! My April will be devoted to Adele and Jon Pardi. As you know, I had opened the Adele Rankdowns in April 2020 with the hopes of doing them similar to how castleoblivion26 did Bros. Osborne. However, 2020 was a very rough summer, and I wound up abandoning my Adele rankdowns altogether. Well, I've had enough of that. On March 1, Adele's rankdowns will be mass-launched, with her three studio albums and extra cuts having due dates on every Monday in April--April 5-26. In tandem with Adele, Jon Pardi will also be opening up soon. The April 2-23 dates are being utilized now, so I've moved these due dates to April 3, 10, 24, and May 1. Sandwiched in between April 10 and April 24 will be Shania's extras RD, with the due date planned for April 17. I went ahead and made the executive decision that it wouldn't make complete sense to do The Complete Limelight Sessions, so after Now, we're going straight to her extras. So, to summarize April:

April 2021:
Jon Pardi: Write You A Song/B Sides (due April 3)
Adele: 19 (due April 5)
Jon Pardi: California Sunrise (due April 10)
Adele: 21 (due April 12)
Shania Twain Extras RD (due April 17)
Adele: 25 (due April 19)
Jon Pardi: Heartache Medication (due April 24)
Adele Extras RD (due April 26)

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May won't be quite as back-to-back for me, but there will still be a few more happenings to look forward to. I'll be kickstarting the month by dealing with Jon Pardi's Rancho Fiesta Sessions, with that due date being May 1 as previously mentioned. Immediately following that is the May 3 due date of the sixth and final Jake Owen album. In this month, I'll be reviving the Female "Flops" of Radio series, an idea that I took over when 2015 was put up for grabs. I'll kickstart my own thread for this rather than pick up the previous thread, this way it's easier to control the thread title and edit it as needed; the next year we'll be doing is 2020. I have a preliminary list I was able to compile of 18 songs from artists that were released as singles but did nothing or very little at radio. I feel like I could use some help with expanding and finalizing the list however, so I'll be reaching out to some tractors as we get closer to the time of opening this one up. Following the Female "Flops" of 2020 Radio, the Darius Rucker Rankdown will be due on May 12, and remember that Darius will have two separate RDs: solo singles and singles with Hootie & The Blowfish, similar to someguy 's Wynonna/The Judds RDs that took place in late 2019.

For May 17, I came up with the idea (inspired by similar rankdowns I've seen based on the hosts' birthdays) to host my second personal rankdown (following my Hot 50 of 2020 RD) called 20 songs for 20 years. This will be a 21 song rankdown, consisting of songs that were at #1 on the charts on my birthday in each of my 20 years...including the year I was born, hence why it's 21 songs. I'm actually planning two separate versions: a country version, and a non-country version. They'll both be due on May 17, but since there's an exclusively country version, doing the non-country version is absolutely optional. I'll circle back around to Jon Pardi and give his Extras a due date of May 22, and end the month with the Luke Bryan Rankdown, due on May 26. So to summarize May:

May 2021:
Jon Pardi: Rancho Fiesta Sessions (due May 1)
Jake Owen: Album 6 (due May 3)
Female "Flops" of Country Radio: 2020 (due May 8)
Darius Rucker Rankdown (due May 12)
20 songs for 20 years: a taylor made rankdown (due May 17)
Jon Pardi Extras RD (due May 22)
Luke Bryan Rankdown (due May 26)

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June is much quieter at the moment than April and May will be, with only four rankdowns planned currently. I'll be alternating between Carrie Underwood and two Country Pride-themed rankdowns, inspired by the recent news that TJ Osborne shared with us that I think would garner some heavy interest, perhaps even from an all-genre crowd. I'll kick the month off with Carrie's gospel album, My Savior, having a due date of June 4. This is going first so that bboat11 can hurry and launch the CU Album Tracks RD before she kickstarts the CU9 era, screwing him over for another 2-3 years!! For June 11, the first Country Pride Rankdown will feature a selection of songs from country artists who have proven themselves to be allies of our community. The songs I choose will reflect their acceptance; for instance, I can tell you already that you will see both Kacey Musgraves' "Follow Your Arrow" and "Rainbow" in this RD. After this, I'll circle back around to Carrie and finally launch her Extras RD, due June 18. I'll end the month with the second Country Pride rankdown, featuring a selection of songs from country artists who are members of our community, whether they were out at the time of their career or not. This one will be due on June 25, just days before the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the moment that sparked a civil rights movement. So here's the June summary:

June 2021:
Carrie Underwood: My Savior (due June 4)
Country Pride: Our Allies Rankdown (due June 11)
Carrie Underwood Extras RD (due June 18)
Country Pride: Our Brothers & Sisters Rankdown (due June 25)

Oh, and I have an announcement planned for June 4, but I'm just gonna keep teasing that along until that date gets closer.   Beyond that, I don't have anything set in stone yet...except for the thing that has to do with June 4. 

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Ideas that weren't mentioned above:

Besides the 20 songs for 20 years and Country Pride rankdowns, I have some other ideas for later on in the year:

The Darius/Eric/Josh album series will be planned as soon as Shania and Jake are fully done with their albums; Luke B is a mixed bag, when I mentioned the idea of one for him in the 2020 Country RD thread, bboat11 seemed frightened 

Would anyone like a Jennifer Nettles Rankdown? She doesn't have enough solo material to warrant a singles or extras rankdown, making a solo album series impractical. However, as much as the idea is not well-liked, if I did the Jennifer Nettles RD, it'd have to be similar to how .indulgecountry is doing the Kellie Pickler rankdowns, where everything is just lumped together. This way, we'd get to all of her solo material in one fell, practical swoop! Let me know your feedback on this!

How about a Sugarland rankdown? Now, I know they have enough material to do an artist rankdown, followed by an album series, etc. I can't remember if Sugarland was ever claimed by someone though. If they weren't and the interest is there, I could put Sugarland on my oven of rankdowns right after doing the Jennifer RD! Let me know about this as well.

EDIT: I had thought so; just couldn't remember. Never mind all that 

tl;dr: I'm very ambitious and am booked like 4-5 months out like some kind of busy doctor lol but I hope to be consistent and chug along with my plans!

[bboat11]

Feb 15, 2021 13:11:11 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

How about a Sugarland rankdown? Now, I know they have enough material to do an artist rankdown, followed by an album series, etc. I can't remember if Sugarland was ever claimed by someone though. If they weren't and the interest is there, I could put Sugarland on my oven of rankdowns right after doing the Jennifer RD! Let me know about this as well.

I'm pretty sure sabre14 claimed Sugarland a couple weeks ago! He was talking to Kanenrá:ke rather than me, but I got the news secondhand Lmao!

If Jennifer Nettles rankdowns ever happen, I would 100% prefer to rank her albums separately from each other. They are SO different from each other, and one is so vastly superior to the other, it would make no sense to put them together, imo.

But anyway, I'd completely hold off on anything related to Jennifer until we know what sabre14 is doing with Sugarland. It would make sense to me that sabre14 should have first dibs on hosting either of their solo material if he decides to do a Sugarland album series.

[sabre14]

Feb 15, 2021 16:14:02 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Feb 15, 2021 13:11:11 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

How about a Sugarland rankdown? Now, I know they have enough material to do an artist rankdown, followed by an album series, etc. I can't remember if Sugarland was ever claimed by someone though. If they weren't and the interest is there, I could put Sugarland on my oven of rankdowns right after doing the Jennifer RD! Let me know about this as well.

I'm pretty sure sabre14 claimed Sugarland a couple weeks ago! He was talking to Kanenrá:ke rather than me, but I got the news secondhand Lmao!

If Jennifer Nettles rankdowns ever happen, I would 100% prefer to rank her albums separately from each other. They are SO different from each other, and one is so vastly superior to the other, it would make no sense to put them together, imo.

But anyway, I'd completely hold off on anything related to Jennifer until we know what sabre14 is doing with Sugarland. It would make sense to me that sabre14 should have first dibs on hosting either of their solo material if he decides to do a Sugarland album series.

Sugarland RD coming in the spring. I have not forgotten lol. I was recruited by Kanenrá:ke and .indulgecountry through non-Pulse channels and am happy to do it. :)

[ClevelandRox]

So who's gonna host queen Ingrid's debut album?

[lady𝓐fan]

I’d love to host an RD for Ingrid’s album! I probably wouldn’t get to it until mid-March tho so if someone else wants to host it sooner that’s fine also. :)

[castleoblivion26]

Feb 17, 2021 18:07:32 GMT -5 lady𝓐fan said:

I’d love to host an RD for Ingrid’s album! I probably wouldn’t get to it until mid-March tho so if someone else wants to host it sooner that’s fine also. :)

I'd say there are enough rankdowns going on currently that we could wait for you to do it next month if you want to, that is if no one else absolutely wanted to host it. I look forward to ranking her album because I've listened to most of it and really like many songs (do dislike some tbh but maybe those ones will grow on me lol)

Gonna use this post to update my plans for rankdowns, sorta. I plan to open 4 more rankdowns to be due in April: the next 2 Brooks & Dunn albums, Carly Pearce's Self-Titled album, and Songwriters Showcase #3: The Warren Brothers!