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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 4, 2019 23:37:49 GMT -5
ABN is a total JAM! Great melody and catchy hook! Totally deserved to rank as high as it did! Yeah!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 4, 2019 23:50:34 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 5, 2019 0:09:29 GMT -5
Such a gorgeous record!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 0:12:03 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 5, 2019 0:21:44 GMT -5
Oh. "Ashes By Now" is pretty good, but out of all the songs in the back half of the top 10, this one had the least business making it this close to the top 5... And it definitely had NO business whatsoever being the highest-ranking single from her iconic commercial peak album... "Ashes By Now" IS iconic so keep telling yourself it had no business being this high . Even tho it's a cover it totally feels like it's her own song. I remember hearing it ALL the time in the early 2000s and I absolutely adored it. I still do. Melodically and vocally it is just stellar! It deserved top 5 here, but I'm definitely thrilled it made the top 10.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 0:26:58 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 0:30:42 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 5, 2019 0:32:21 GMT -5
"The Fool" long overstayed IMO. It's a great song, but somewhere in the teens would have been the perfect spot for it!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 0:37:31 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 5, 2019 0:52:01 GMT -5
LMAO at "A Man With 18 Wheels" being considered the "winner" out of all the album tracks out of her whole entire career... It didn't even place high on anybody's list, it just placed medium-ly on the most peoples' lists. It's a good song of course, but this is almost as laughable as "House of a Thousand Dreams" being considered the "winning" album track out of Martina's entire career.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 1:09:38 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 5, 2019 1:15:13 GMT -5
Yeah, "Last Call" was obviously going to be #3 considering the three songs in the top 3. Consider me shocked that this song did so well! To me there is nothing at all to distinguish this song from "I May Hate Myself In The Morning", "Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago", and a handful of other slow stripped-back songs that she released around this point in her career. I definitely enjoy it and would never even think about skipping it, but there are songs that vastly supersede this one in her catalog for me.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 5, 2019 1:16:17 GMT -5
Now, LET'S GO "LITTLE ROCK"!!!!!!!!!!!! I love them both, but "A Little Past Little Rock" has the slight edge for me Gonna be a perfect finish either way though!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 1:27:30 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 5, 2019 1:37:30 GMT -5
"I'll Think of A Reason Later" is late 90s country perfection! Amazing instrumentation and melody and the lyrics are awesome. Thrilled it won! Thanks for hosting castleoblivion26!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 5, 2019 1:42:45 GMT -5
I was pulling for "Little Rock", but you can't go wrong with either of these songs. "A Little Past Little Rock" has the driving baritone guitars to make it have an epic and memorable instrumental composition, while "I'll Think Of A Reason Later" is just plain fun! Lee Ann sounds fantastic as ever on both of these, and they are definitely both among her most iconic and career-defining songs. I must say, I am a little surprised to see Pulse rally around "I'll Think Of A Reason Later" the way that it does. It seems like a song that the fun police would be wary of... But I am not at all disappointed that this seems to be Lee Ann's "I'm Alright" or "Independence Day"
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 5, 2019 1:53:21 GMT -5
Last Call is one of my favorite country songs ever so no regrets but the top-2 are both great records as well and standouts in a remarkably strong catalog! Thanks for hosting castleoblivion26
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 1:59:22 GMT -5
Thank you to everyone for participating! I've been excited for this rankdown to happen and glad I got to host it! Cannot wait to dive into her albums because they are all incredible! I will be opening the rankdown for her first album most likely tomorrow sometime! Already got 1 list!
My thoughts on the final two is that "A Little Past Little Rock" is an incredible song and I was really rooting for it but "I'll Think Of A Reason Later" had more support. Happy to see so much support for both songs.
FINAL RESULTS
1 ~ "I'll Think Of A Reason Later" 2 ~ "A Little Past Little Rock" 3 ~ "Last Call" 4 ~ "The Fool" 5 ~ "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" 6 ~ "Ashes By Now" 7 ~ "I Hope You Dance" (Ft. Sons of The Desert) 8 ~ "You've Got To Talk To Me" 9 ~ "(Now You See Me) Now You Don't" 10 ~ "Why They Call It Falling" 11 ~ "Send It On Down" 12 ~ "Never Again, Again" 13 ~ "The Way I'm Livin'" 14 ~ "The Wrong Girl" 15 ~ "Finding My Way Back Home" 16 ~ "He Oughta Know That By Now" 17 ~ "Something Worth Leaving Behind" 18 ~ "Mendocino County Line" (Ft. Willie Nelson) 19 ~ "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago" 20 ~ "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger" 21 ~ "One's A Couple" 22 ~ "I Think I Know" 23 ~ "I Found It In You" 24 ~ "Buckaroo" 25 ~ "Don't Listen To The Wind" 26 ~ "Solitary Thinkin'" 27 ~ "Montgomery to Memphis" 28 ~ "I Feel Like I'm Forgetting Something" 29 ~ "All The Trouble" 30 ~ "Chances Are" 31 ~ "Don't Tell Me" 32 ~ "Liars Lie" 33 ~ "Mama Lost Her Smile" 34 ~ "The Lonely, The Lonesome, and The Gone" 35 ~ "Forever Everyday" 36 ~ "Good News, Bad News" (Ft. George Strait) 37 ~ "I'd Rather Have What We Had (Ft. Joe Diffie) 38 ~ "There Is A God" 39 ~ "I Saw Your Light" 40 ~ "Trouble In Mind"
ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS: Lee Ann Womack 1 ~ "A Man With 18 Wheels"
"Am I The Only Thing That You've Done Wrong"
"Do You Feel For Me" "Make Memories With Me" Ft. Mark Chesnutt "Trouble's Here"
Some Things I Know: 5 ~ "If You're Ever Down In Dallas" "When The Wheels Are Coming Off" "Some Things I Know" Ft. Vince Gill "I Keep Forgetting" Ft. Vince Gill
I Hope You Dance: 4 ~ "I Know Why The River Runs"
"After I Fall" "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" Something Worth Leaving Behind: 2 ~ "Blame It On Me"
"Closing This Memory Down" "Talk To Me" "Orphan Train" "He'll Be Back" Greatest Hits: "Time For Me To Go" There's More Where That Came From: 4 ~ "When You Get To Me"
6 ~ "The Last Time" "Stubborn (Psalms 151)" "Happiness" "Waiting For The Sun to Shine" "What I Miss About Heaven" Call Me Crazy: 3 ~ "Have You Seen That Girl"
5 ~ "The Story Of My Life" 8 ~ "The Bees" (Ft. Keith Urban) 9 ~ "If These Walls Could Talk" 9 ~ "The King of Broken Hearts" 10 ~ "Everything but Quits" (Ft. George Strait) "New Again" "Either Way" The Way I'm Livin': 7 ~ "Not Forgotten You" 8 ~ "Same Kind of Different" 9 ~ "Sleeping With The Devil" "When I Come Around" "Nightwind" "All His Saints" The Lonely, The Lonesome, and The Gone: 8 ~ "Bottom of the Barrel" "Take The Devil Out Of Me" "Wicked" Extras: "Till The End" Ft. Alan Jackson "Where Have All The Average People Gone" "Loving Me Back" Ft. Brothers Osborne
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Mar 5, 2019 8:12:13 GMT -5
You mean...I won an artist rankdown that isn't a male?!?!?
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Mar 5, 2019 9:19:43 GMT -5
"I'll Think of a Reason Later" is a JAM! I've loved it so much since I discovered it in whatever the last rankdown it was in. So glad to see it as the winner if "Send It On Down" wasn't gonna do it.
This was so fun to discover so many new great songs! I've been missing out on so much great LAW over the years...
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Post by austin on Mar 5, 2019 9:22:28 GMT -5
I knew that Mendocino County Line had NO chance to win, so I am pumped this won, and that Last Call was Top 3! What a discography! Thanks for hosting Castle! Also, bboat11 doesnt this make I'll Think of a Reason Later the first song that will compete in the Battle of the 1s AND the battle of the 2s? LOL. It was 2nd in the 90s Ladies rankdown.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 5, 2019 11:16:20 GMT -5
"Last Call" is the song that made me a Lee Ann Womack stan. I'm so glad that it made it to the top 3 over bigger hits because it is absolutely phenomenal. The double entendre of the hook is PERFECT. That's one of my favorite things that can occur lyrically that really grabs me (like it does with Sara's "What That Drink Cost Me," similarly). I see SHOOTER has great taste as well! Happy to see "I'll Think of a Reason Later" win this thing though. Definitely very deserving and by far her strongest uptempo single to date. It's just so, so catchy and I love the lyrical content and playfulness of her delivery. She totally nailed this one. LMAO at "A Man With 18 Wheels" being considered the "winner" out of all the album tracks out of her whole entire career... It didn't even place high on anybody's list, it just placed medium-ly on the most peoples' lists. It's a good song of course, but this is almost as laughable as "House of a Thousand Dreams" being considered the "winning" album track out of Martina's entire career. Lol, what kind of flawed logic is this? All of us who submitted album cuts had the option to pick from literally anything in her catalog and 4 of the 6 of us settled on "A Man with 18 Wheels" as one of her best, whether it was our personal #1 or not. This one deserved to win over a song that only a couple of people loved imo. I really could've rearranged my entire top 10 on another day and there were at least a dozen or more other songs I couldn't fit in there that deserved a shoutout because LAW's catalog is incredible.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Mar 5, 2019 13:39:50 GMT -5
Doh I was hoping for "Little Rock" obviously! But I mean can't be mad my #4 won lol Thanks castleoblivion26 for hosting!
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Post by toomuchboy on Mar 5, 2019 14:21:45 GMT -5
I'm still a little surprised "I'll Think of a Reason Later" is so popular. And "I Hope You Dance" not even the top 5. :X I admit I hated it for years because of overplay, too. Thankfully it's been so long now I've come to enjoy it again (in small doses). Thanks for hosting, castleoblivion26 ! :)
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 5, 2019 17:38:46 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 5, 2019 20:41:51 GMT -5
LMAO at "A Man With 18 Wheels" being considered the "winner" out of all the album tracks out of her whole entire career... It didn't even place high on anybody's list, it just placed medium-ly on the most peoples' lists. It's a good song of course, but this is almost as laughable as "House of a Thousand Dreams" being considered the "winning" album track out of Martina's entire career. Lol, what kind of flawed logic is this? All of us who submitted album cuts had the option to pick from literally anything in her catalog and 4 of the 6 of us settled on "A Man with 18 Wheels" as one of her best, whether it was our personal #1 or not. This one deserved to win over a song that only a couple of people loved imo. I really could've rearranged my entire top 10 on another day and there were at least a dozen or more other songs I couldn't fit in there that deserved a shoutout because LAW's catalog is incredible. I have officially comed to the conclusion that the reason why .indulgecountry and I are such big enemies. We have opposite opinions and views on literally everything. I can't remember the last time we've shared a similar view point or agreed on something on this site.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 5, 2019 20:56:07 GMT -5
I knew that Mendocino County Line had NO chance to win, so I am pumped this won, and that Last Call was Top 3! What a discography! Thanks for hosting Castle! Also, bboat11 doesnt this make I'll Think of a Reason Later the first song that will compete in the Battle of the 1s AND the battle of the 2s? LOL. It was 2nd in the 90s Ladies rankdown. Well, that depends on what you mean. There are a handful of songs that have been #1 finishers that have later finished at #2, such as "Independence Day" or "A Real Fine Place To Start". There are also some that finished at #2 previously, only to become #1s later; a couple noteworthy examples being George's "Amarillo By Morning" and Jo Dee's "Bye Bye". Both of those occurrences were in different eligibility periods for BotB and RotB, however. (Meaning they finished at #2 long enough ago to be in the first Revenge rankdown, and didn't finish at #1 until a couple months ago once the new lists were already being made.) However, "I'll Think Of A Reason Later" is officially the first song to finish at #2 and then later become a #1 within the same eligibility period! So that's probably what you were talking about :) I will just include it in the next #1s rankdown. Imo that #1 finish trumps the #2 finish. In fact, I have already deleted it from the #2s playlist, and added it to the #1s. (The same thing could very easily happen to Lady A's "Need You Now" in the next couple days, too!)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 5, 2019 21:09:44 GMT -5
Lol, what kind of flawed logic is this? All of us who submitted album cuts had the option to pick from literally anything in her catalog and 4 of the 6 of us settled on "A Man with 18 Wheels" as one of her best, whether it was our personal #1 or not. This one deserved to win over a song that only a couple of people loved imo. I really could've rearranged my entire top 10 on another day and there were at least a dozen or more other songs I couldn't fit in there that deserved a shoutout because LAW's catalog is incredible. I have officially comed to the conclusion that the reason why .indulgecountry and I are such big enemies. We have opposite opinions and views on literally everything. I can't remember the last time we've shared a similar view point or agreed on something on this site. Well your taste in LAW music is certainly quite questionable so maybe you're onto something.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Mar 5, 2019 21:11:40 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 5, 2019 21:14:05 GMT -5
I have officially comed to the conclusion that the reason why .indulgecountry and I are such big enemies. We have opposite opinions and views on literally everything. I can't remember the last time we've shared a similar view point or agreed on something on this site. Well your taste in LAW music is certainly quite questionable so maybe you're onto something. I respectfully disagree with you on this, I see where you're coming from as a whole, I just don't see it. Sorry.
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