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Post by bboat11 on Mar 2, 2019 14:01:03 GMT -5
When this rankdown is over and we have our winner for this album, it would be cool to do one with Pulse’s top 5 from each of her album series we’ve done here! The only potential issue with that is, this would basically just be the equivalent of redoing the singles rankdown... Lol we all know the final result would be "Before He Cheats" finishing at #2 once again behind a variety of other songs (most likely "Blown Away"). And the small handful of album tracks that would all be included would end up being woefully mistreated alongside all the singles, because that is what always happens when singles and album tracks are in the same pot. Now, an album track rankdown is something that I would definitely be a strong advocate for! Right now castleoblivion26 is hosting a Jo Dee Messina album tracks rankdown, where he removed the singles from the picture and is just doing a rankdown of the top 5 highest-finishing album tracks from each album. I will absolutely be doing the same thing as soon as the Martina McBride album series is finished. Something like that would be an awesome idea for Carrie as well! The only problem is it might be another year or so before we know for sure which songs from Cry Pretty will ultimately end up being album tracks. Still, I think it would be worth the wait if it means comparing her stellar album tracks all on an even playing field, rather than allowing them to be done dirty alongside the radio hits.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 5, 2019 11:04:22 GMT -5
Reminder!!!Carrie Underwood Album Rankdown Series Presents:
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Post by carriefan15 on Mar 5, 2019 20:07:58 GMT -5
Just submitted my list! And I love the idea of an album tracks rankdown eventually
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 7, 2019 14:19:56 GMT -5
Reminder!!!Carrie Underwood Album Rankdown Series Presents: Lists due to me via PM by April 1st. This is plenty of damn time to listen to 13 songs so y'all don't ask for an extension. Cry Prettyitunes.apple.com/us/album/cry-pretty/143204488101. Cry Pretty 02. Ghosts on the Stereo 03. Low 04. Backsliding 05. Southbound 06. That Song That We Used To Make Love To 07. Drinking Alone 08. The Bullet 09. Spinning Bottles 10. Love Wins 11. End Up With You 12. Kingdom 13. The Champion (feat. Ludacris) Thank you to those who already sent in lists! 01. zaclord 🌈 02. Au$tin 03. toomuchboy 04. bboat11 05. Kanenrá:ke 06. austin 07. kf1992 08. tim 09. jenglisbe 10. andrewantonio 11. someguy 12. Exclusive 13. castleoblivion2614. musicfan13415. .indulgecountry16. carriefan1517. ClevelandRox18. lady𝓐fanThese lists are ALL OVER THE PLACE, y'all... I enter one person's list and they bump up a song 4 spots and then I enter the next list and they bump it back down 4 spots. Every song but 2 have a bottom 2 placement and even those 2 have at least one placement in the bottom 3. On the flip side, every single song except one has at least 1 top 2 placement. 9 out of the 13 songs have a #1 ranking from someone... these results are still so much up in the air. The songs that are currently #5-#11 are only 20 points apart. So the song at #11 could bump up to #5 with as few as 2-3 more lists. The top 4 are pretty close too and not too far out from #5 so any of those could fall pretty hard if we got enough lists tanking them... The bottom 2 are probably set, but the order could switch. I'm gonna up my rankdown hosting skills for this one because this is gonna be an interesting one!
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 7, 2019 15:30:13 GMT -5
I don’t like this album, but I’ll still try and do this to boost the few songs I do like 😊
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 26, 2019 18:39:02 GMT -5
Okay, I've been terrible at keeping up with reminders, but you have like a week to get this done! We have 21 participants so far, but more are definitely welcome!!! Reminder!!!Carrie Underwood Album Rankdown Series Presents:
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Post by BlueShades874 on Mar 27, 2019 19:20:57 GMT -5
This one ended up being more difficult than I expected...maybe because I hadn’t really listened to this album so much since it first came out. I’m really excited about this one because there really doesn’t seem to be an obvious number one, and I really have no clue where any of these songs might land!
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Post by Adrian C. 🍓 on Mar 27, 2019 21:00:14 GMT -5
Even though I didn't participate for the previous albums, I'd love to do this one. I've been meaning to listen to Cry Pretty and this gives me a reason to.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 30, 2019 9:07:34 GMT -5
Reminder!!! TWO MORE DAYSCarrie Underwood Album Rankdown Series Presents:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 20:20:57 GMT -5
I’m very satisfied with my rankings. If the intent had been a little bit more toward ‘rank the album in order of favorites it would have looked different, but my rankings were based on relevance and artistic merit. I’m excited to see the results.
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Post by bornfearless2000 on Mar 31, 2019 0:55:16 GMT -5
I never knew ranking it would be this hard.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 31, 2019 12:07:35 GMT -5
Reminder!!! DUE TOMORROW! No extensions will be given so don't ask.Carrie Underwood Album Rankdown Series Presents: One list could still shake several things up!!! Get those lists in!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 31, 2019 12:15:19 GMT -5
I’m very satisfied with my rankings. If the intent had been a little bit more toward ‘rank the album in order of favorites it would have looked different, but my rankings were based on relevance and artistic merit. I’m excited to see the results. Lol that IS how rankdowns are supposed to be done though... The point is to see which songs are people's favorites, to ultimately determine which song is collectively the most agreed-upon favorite.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 12:55:41 GMT -5
I’m very satisfied with my rankings. If the intent had been a little bit more toward ‘rank the album in order of favorites it would have looked different, but my rankings were based on relevance and artistic merit. I’m excited to see the results. Lol that IS how rankdowns are supposed to be done though... The point is to see which songs are people's favorites, to ultimately determine which song is collectively the most agreed-upon favorite. I feel, personally, like it would be intellectually dishonest for me to claim one song is better than another simply because of subjectivity. For example, I’m one of the very few people who LOVE “Inside Your Heaven” and listen to it regularly. Would I rank it higher than anything else on Some Hearts? No, because to say that the artistic ingenuity of that song supercedes that of the rest of the album would be, frankly, untruthful. You can easily balance subjectivity and objectivity.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 31, 2019 13:04:19 GMT -5
Lol that IS how rankdowns are supposed to be done though... The point is to see which songs are people's favorites, to ultimately determine which song is collectively the most agreed-upon favorite. I feel, personally, like it would be intellectually dishonest for me to claim one song is better than another simply because of subjectivity. For example, I’m one of the very few people who LOVE “Inside Your Heaven” and listen to it regularly. Would I rank it higher than anything else on Some Hearts? No, because to say that the artistic ingenuity of that song supercedes that of the rest of the album would be, frankly, untruthful. You can easily balance subjectivity and objectivity. Let me get this straight. You do not trust your own opinions about songs to be a valid indicator for how you should actually feel about those songs, so you let external factors like relevance and artistic ingenuity dictate what you feel?
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 31, 2019 13:21:22 GMT -5
Lol that IS how rankdowns are supposed to be done though... The point is to see which songs are people's favorites, to ultimately determine which song is collectively the most agreed-upon favorite. I feel, personally, like it would be intellectually dishonest for me to claim one song is better than another simply because of subjectivity. For example, I’m one of the very few people who LOVE “Inside Your Heaven” and listen to it regularly. Would I rank it higher than anything else on Some Hearts? No, because to say that the artistic ingenuity of that song supercedes that of the rest of the album would be, frankly, untruthful. You can easily balance subjectivity and objectivity. Wait, I have more questions. Aren't thinks like relevance and artistic ingenuity also just subjective opinions?! The only way you're using objective data is if you're using things like sales figures or Spotify streaming totals to decide what deserves to be ranked higher
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 13:29:31 GMT -5
I feel, personally, like it would be intellectually dishonest for me to claim one song is better than another simply because of subjectivity. For example, I’m one of the very few people who LOVE “Inside Your Heaven” and listen to it regularly. Would I rank it higher than anything else on Some Hearts? No, because to say that the artistic ingenuity of that song supercedes that of the rest of the album would be, frankly, untruthful. You can easily balance subjectivity and objectivity. Wait, I have more questions. Aren't thinks like relevance and artistic ingenuity also just subjective opinions?! The only way you're using objective data is if you're using things like sales figures or Spotify streaming totals to decide what deserves to be ranked higher You don’t have to like it but you don’t have to attack me.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 31, 2019 14:39:15 GMT -5
Wait, I have more questions. Aren't thinks like relevance and artistic ingenuity also just subjective opinions?! The only way you're using objective data is if you're using things like sales figures or Spotify streaming totals to decide what deserves to be ranked higher You don’t have to like it but you don’t have to attack me. I'm sorry if you feel attacked. But you are new to rankdowns, so I was just making sure you know that they actually are supposed to be ranked according to your favorites, without the influence of external factors. Your first post made it sound like you thought they were supposed to be based on more than just your personal preferences. But then you went on to explain that it would be intellectually dishonest to use your own opinions, and that you are instead using all these "objective" factors that are really just every bit as subjective as your own personal opinions, and that left me with more questions than it did answers, because frankly it doesn't make any sense. But I think I have gleaned just about all the information that you are willing to give me, so I will drop it now. Also, for the record, I put "Inside Your Heaven" at #3 in the Some Hearts rankdown... Because I legitimately DO love it that much Vocally especially, that song slays so hard! External factors have nothing to do with my opinion of it, and it would have actually been intellectually dishonest for me to rank it low just because it may not be her most bold artistic statement. If you love the song, rank it high! That's the beauty of these rankdowns, you get to stand behind and argue for the songs that you love, even if they are underrated! To be like, "I love this song, but it's not relevant to the times so I'm gonna put it at the bottom of my list" is just way more confusing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 12:39:43 GMT -5
You don’t have to like it but you don’t have to attack me. I'm sorry if you feel attacked. But you are new to rankdowns, so I was just making sure you know that they actually are supposed to be ranked according to your favorites, without the influence of external factors. Your first post made it sound like you thought they were supposed to be based on more than just your personal preferences. But then you went on to explain that it would be intellectually dishonest to use your own opinions, and that you are instead using all these "objective" factors that are really just every bit as subjective as your own personal opinions, and that left me with more questions than it did answers, because frankly it doesn't make any sense. But I think I have gleaned just about all the information that you are willing to give me, so I will drop it now. Also, for the record, I put "Inside Your Heaven" at #3 in the Some Hearts rankdown... Because I legitimately DO love it that much Vocally especially, that song slays so hard! External factors have nothing to do with my opinion of it, and it would have actually been intellectually dishonest for me to rank it low just because it may not be her most bold artistic statement. If you love the song, rank it high! That's the beauty of these rankdowns, you get to stand behind and argue for the songs that you love, even if they are underrated! To be like, "I love this song, but it's not relevant to the times so I'm gonna put it at the bottom of my list" is just way more confusing. I hadn’t thought of it in that way. Now I kind of want to change my list! 😂 Also, I’m pleased someone else loves “Inside Your Heaven.” That song is definitely one of the highlights of Some Hearts for me!
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 2, 2019 19:21:23 GMT -5
Reminder!!! DUE Friday.Carrie Underwood Album Rankdown Series Presents: Okay so April Fool's didn't allow anyone to view this yesterday, so I will be extending this (despite my attempt to not delay this) to Friday since I'll be working late tomorrow and Thursday. We'll kick this off this weekend.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 5, 2019 20:11:12 GMT -5
CLOSEDCarrie Underwood Album Rankdown Series Presents: This is officially closed with 35 participants! Results will be tabulated shortly and we may even kick this off tonight if I can get things ready fast enough. If not, it'll start tomorrow! Pre-Reveal Questions: None because I hate doing these, but feel free to make predictions if you want.
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Post by Au$tin on Apr 5, 2019 20:37:35 GMT -5
I definitely don't foresee either of the singles winning, which makes this really fun and exciting to see! My guess if Low, Drinking Alone, or Backsliding will be the overall winner. The lower tracks I feel will be Love Wins, The Bullet, and The Champion. That Song or End Up with You will be the track with the highest deviation. Smallest probably something like Kingdom or even Cry Pretty.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 5, 2019 22:02:53 GMT -5
Preview for #13
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This was almost #13 for the whole submission process, but fought out of last place for a little bit toward the end. It ended up with just a few points than #12.
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Post by LBTrocks on Apr 5, 2019 23:27:11 GMT -5
Preview for #13
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This was almost #13 for the whole submission process, but fought out of last place for a little bit toward the end. It ended up with just a few points than #12.
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Post by daddy on Apr 6, 2019 1:13:11 GMT -5
Predict “Drinking Alone” and “Low” will make up the top 2.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 6, 2019 14:54:54 GMT -5
Preview for #13
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This was almost #13 for the whole submission process, but fought out of last place for a little bit toward the end. It ended up with just a few points than #12.
Sleeping. Thought I'd post a preview before I went to bed though :kii:
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 6, 2019 20:36:55 GMT -5
Y'all do know how much of a bop this is, right? Cheesy lyrics aside, this song is an anthem! Some of you were way too cruel to this!!!
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 6, 2019 20:40:03 GMT -5
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Apr 6, 2019 20:50:52 GMT -5
I actually like “The Champion”, but I like the other songs on the album better.
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Post by Adrian C. 🍓 on Apr 6, 2019 21:04:55 GMT -5
Even though this song feels out of place in this album (probably why it was a bonus track), it’s still a fun anthem that she sounds great on. I think it deserved better.
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