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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 8, 2019 20:50:34 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on May 8, 2019 21:08:59 GMT -5
Well, "Buckaroo" survives another day! I was being jokingly optimistic about its chances of leaving at #8. I'm not surprised to see either of these songs leave before it. However, #7 could be its stopping point. I can't really imagine any of the other remaining songs leaving before it.
"Do You Feel For Me" is a memorable song simply because of its clever hook. I think that #9 is a good spot for it to leave though. "Am I The Only Thing That You've Done Wrong" is an incredible song! I think it was done dirty here. The lyrics paint a poignant picture of a woman watching her husband enjoy success while feeling left behind, which is a very interesting perspective for a song. She nails this one vocally as well.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 9, 2019 20:50:39 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 9, 2019 21:08:35 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on May 9, 2019 21:12:41 GMT -5
Oh RIP I just realized Flops didn't even participate!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 11, 2019 21:15:05 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 12, 2019 11:52:39 GMT -5
Upsetting but not surprising to see this one out now. I imagine "Montgomery to Memphis" is next and the top 3 will be the singles. Glad the two best album cuts were the highest tho!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 12, 2019 21:57:11 GMT -5
Ah dang I was hoping 18 Wheels could've been the top album track! Also a little disappointed "Trouble's Here" didn't make it higher and that "Buckaroo" fun as it is made it as far as it did. It's kinda a throw away for me.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 12, 2019 22:07:28 GMT -5
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Post by tim on May 12, 2019 22:20:33 GMT -5
I was really hoping to see “A Man With 18 Wheels” be the top album track because it’s always been one of my favorites...and I’m actually just as surprised to see “Montgomery To Memphis” making it to #4 as I’ve never thought of it as one of the best songs from the album.
Very excited to see how this plays out!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 12, 2019 22:39:56 GMT -5
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Post by tim on May 12, 2019 22:56:23 GMT -5
I’m just happy to see “Never Again, Again” make it into the top 3...this’ll always be one of my favorite songs my Lee Ann and I still love to hear it to this day. Such a classic!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 12, 2019 23:34:11 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 12, 2019 23:34:36 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 13, 2019 6:12:40 GMT -5
"The Fool" is fantastic. Great, albeit expected, winner!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 13, 2019 12:40:09 GMT -5
"The Fool" is such a fantastic song that I don't think gets enough attention in terms of classic singles.
Great winner!
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Post by bboat11 on May 13, 2019 20:33:22 GMT -5
Perfect finish to this rankdown!!! Other than expecting "Trouble's Here" would be able to outlast "Buckaroo", this rankdown went literally exactly the way I predicted it would! I'm thrilled to see "The Fool" finally get the recognition it deserves!
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Post by bboat11 on May 13, 2019 20:54:10 GMT -5
Also, castleoblivion26 it looks like you chose the correct album track to put in the singles rankdown! "Montgomery To Memphis" is such a great song. "A Man With 18 Wheels" is great too, but it has a bit of a gimmicky vibe to it that prevents me from listening to it as frequently as I do MTM.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 13, 2019 21:11:12 GMT -5
Also, castleoblivion26 it looks like you chose the correct album track to put in the singles rankdown! "Montgomery To Memphis" is such a great song. "A Man With 18 Wheels" is great too, but it has a bit of a gimmicky vibe to it that prevents me from listening to it as frequently as I do MTM. funny enough I almost chose "Make Memories With Me" because of it being a duet but after talking with .indulgecountry about it switched it to "Montgomery to Memphis", which I think was definitely the correct choice lol. I like "A Man With 18 Wheels" but agree that it feels gimmicky and to me is at the bottom of the album so it always surprises me that so many love it as much as they do. I am just going to say that I am SO happy that "The Fool" won because it is one of my favorite songs, and it being the song that made me listen to Country all the time. Cannot wait to do the next album but am going to wait a little to launch it as I want to complete a couple rankdowns before launching that one officially.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 13, 2019 22:36:17 GMT -5
Also, castleoblivion26 it looks like you chose the correct album track to put in the singles rankdown! "Montgomery To Memphis" is such a great song. "A Man With 18 Wheels" is great too, but it has a bit of a gimmicky vibe to it that prevents me from listening to it as frequently as I do MTM. funny enough I almost chose "Make Memories With Me" because of it being a duet but after talking with .indulgecountry about it switched it to "Montgomery to Memphis", which I think was definitely the correct choice lol. And yet it still died far too early in her big rankdown. </3 I'm glad that my favorite album track was a sentiment shared by the majority though! I didn't know just how well-loved it was by all, but it always stood out to me as the true unreleased gem of the record.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Sept 23, 2019 13:54:21 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Sept 30, 2019 17:58:07 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 12, 2019 21:28:19 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 15, 2019 17:59:25 GMT -5
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Post by BackwoodsBarbie on Oct 18, 2019 5:37:48 GMT -5
This album was so hard to rank because there is not a bad song on it. If not anything else I'm usually sure about my #1 but here if i was in a diferent mood I could easily swap my #1 with #2
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 18, 2019 21:48:23 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 18, 2019 23:15:03 GMT -5
Definitely planning to do this, I've just had no free time at all lately and I wanna re-listen to this album at least once before I submit.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 22, 2019 19:40:43 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 22, 2019 19:52:06 GMT -5
What will be #1? "I'll Think of a Reason Later" What will be #11? "The Preacher Won't Have to Lie" What will make up the Top 5? "Reason Later" and "Little Rock" are locks. I think "(Now You See Me) Now You Don't" will probably be up there too. "I'd Rather Have What We Had" and "The Man Who Made My Mama Cry" are other two guesses for rounding out the top 5. What will be out in the Bottom 3? "Preacher" + maybe "When the Wheels Are Coming Off" and "I Keep Forgetting" for the other two. Any other questions/comments? "I'd Rather Have What We Had" better be the highest album cut, because it SLAYS!
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Post by tim on Oct 22, 2019 20:37:52 GMT -5
What will be #1? “I’ll Think of a Reason Later” as it has at this point proven to be a perennial favorite in rankdowns
What will be #11? This is a hard one to predict but I’ll guess “When the Wheels Are Coming Off”
What will make up the Top 5? “I’ll Think of a Reason Later”, “A Little Past Little Rock”, and “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t” in the top 3 and likely in that same order. The remaining two songs are a bit harder to predict especially given that the final single “Don’t Tell Me” didn’t make it out of the bottom 10 in the singles rankdown so…I’ll say that “If You’re Ever Down in Dallas” and “I Keep Forgetting” will round out the top 5!
What will be out in the Bottom 3? “When the Wheels Are Coming Off”, “I’d Rather Have What We Had”, and “The Preacher Won’t Have to Lie”
Any other questions/comments? There's a lot of nostalgia around this album for me as I used to have it on repeat downstairs in my basement lol. I expect a few surprises along the way especially as we near the top 5 as I don't expect all of our tastes to align up as expected especially when I happen to consider "I Keep Forgetting" one of the top album tracks (so I'll be judging anyone that does that one dirty!)
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