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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Feb 26, 2019 20:23:39 GMT -5
Make that a dozen!
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Post by collinkottke on Feb 28, 2019 11:01:31 GMT -5
I survived trying to pick favorites over favorites somehow... I will never face a tougher personal rankdown than this one.
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Post by Andy on Feb 28, 2019 21:53:38 GMT -5
Submitted! That was insanely, insanely tough. I'm pretty sure I can rank my top 12 or so in just about any order depending on the day.
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Post by someguy on Feb 28, 2019 23:05:13 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 1, 2019 0:11:37 GMT -5
I just have about 20 more songs to listen to!! :)
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Post by Glove Slap on Mar 1, 2019 6:37:05 GMT -5
Will have this in by the end of the day!
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 1, 2019 9:23:32 GMT -5
Will have this in by the end of the day! Same
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Post by Glove Slap on Mar 2, 2019 11:46:16 GMT -5
Sent mine!
My list really leaned towards the first half of the 90s & the debut. The first five albums are all so strong, and each manages to have its own identity. Then it slips, though FH is a good attempt at making something that tries to be on the level of what was released before.
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Post by CoJoFan on Mar 2, 2019 12:10:32 GMT -5
Sent mine! My list really leaned towards the first half of the 90s & the debut. The first five albums are all so strong, and each manages to have its own identity. Then it slips, though FH is a good attempt at making something that tries to be on the level of what was released before. Honestly everything after his Sevens album has sucked with the exception of a couple songs.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Mar 2, 2019 12:10:33 GMT -5
Sent mine! My list really leaned towards the first half of the 90s & the debut. The first five albums are all so strong, and each manages to have its own identity. Then it slips, though FH is a good attempt at making something that tries to be on the level of what was released before. I'd extend it to the FH album, after than his quality started to waver.
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Post by Glove Slap on Mar 2, 2019 12:18:55 GMT -5
Sent mine! My list really leaned towards the first half of the 90s & the debut. The first five albums are all so strong, and each manages to have its own identity. Then it slips, though FH is a good attempt at making something that tries to be on the level of what was released before. Honestly everything after his Sevens album has sucked with the exception of a couple songs. Yeah there's a definite plummet from that point. I think the Scarecrow singles did slightly better than the Sevens ones for me, but both sets are extremely underwhelming. His voice is also very odd at times on those albums.
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Post by CoJoFan on Mar 2, 2019 12:23:04 GMT -5
Honestly everything after his Sevens album has sucked with the exception of a couple songs. Yeah there's a definite plummet from that point. I think the Scarecrow singles did slightly better than the Sevens ones for me, but both sets are extremely underwhelming. His voice is also very odd at times on those albums. The only song I liked from Scarecrow album was “When You Come Back To Me Again” but I’m with you his earlier singles were the best.
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Post by someguy on Mar 2, 2019 12:50:46 GMT -5
Sent mine! My list really leaned towards the first half of the 90s & the debut. The first five albums are all so strong, and each manages to have its own identity. Then it slips, though FH is a good attempt at making something that tries to be on the level of what was released before. I'd extend it to the FH album, after than his quality started to waver. I would say In Pieces was his magnum opus, but let's see how we rank from there!
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Post by CoJoFan on Mar 2, 2019 14:47:28 GMT -5
I also have to say his duets with Trisha are so good with the exception of “Squeeze Me In”. One of my favorites can only be found as far as I know on his Double Live album and the box set he put out a couple years ago with the Gunslinger album. That duet I’m talking about is “Wild As The Wind”. That song always stuck out to me on the Double Live album which was a great live album I thought anyways. I personally think Live albums usually stink but that one I remember listening to it a lot when it first came out.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 2, 2019 16:39:53 GMT -5
I also have to say his duets with Trisha are so good with the exception of “Squeeze Me In”. One of my favorites can only be found as far as I know on his Double Live album and the box set he put out a couple years ago with the Gunslinger album. That duet I’m talking about is “Wild As The Wind”. That song always stuck out to me on the Double Live album which was a great live album I thought anyways. I personally think Live albums usually stink but that one I remember listening to it a lot when it first came out. I LOVE "Wild As The Wind" and have always wanted a studio version. If they ever record a duets album hopefully they will finally record it.
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Post by someguy on Mar 2, 2019 17:18:03 GMT -5
"Wild As The Wind" is fantastic. It's a highlight of his live album for sure.
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Post by someguy on Mar 2, 2019 17:58:20 GMT -5
Some questions before we begin: 1. What will be top 5? 2. What will be bottom 5? 3. What non-studio album track ("To Make You Feel My Love", "Love Will Always Win", "More Than A Memory", "The Call", "It's Your Song", "Workin' For A Livin'","Midnight Sun", "Hard Luck Woman", "That Girl Is A Cowboy") will be the highest? Which will be the lowest? 4. Which Trisha duet ("In Another's Eyes", "Squeeze Me In", "Love Will Always Win", "The Call") will be the highest? What will be the lowest? 5. Which studio album ( Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin' The Wind, The Chase, In Pieces, Fresh Horses, Sevens, Scarecrow, Man Against Machine, Gunslinger, Fun will last the longest? Which will be eliminated first? 6. Which decade will the #1 song be from? 7. Which decade will the #61 song be from? 8. Anything else? someguy George Strait Junkie @xfer tim austin Kanenrá:ke toomuchboy Troublemaker castleoblivion26 gardyfan sabre14 Cody Wants Out... collinkottke CoJoFan Andy bboat11 kw9461 Glove Slap
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 2, 2019 18:10:19 GMT -5
1. What will be top 5?
"The Thunder Rolls" "Ain't Goin' Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)" "In Another's Eyes" "The Dance" "Unanswered Prayers"
I could also see "That Summer", "That Ol' Wind", or "Standing Outside The Fire" doing well also
2. What will be bottom 5?
"Hard Luck Woman" "Lost In You" "Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance" "You Move Me" "People Loving People"
3. What non-studio album track ("To Make You Feel My Love", "Love Will Always Win", "More Than A Memory", "The Call", "It's Your Song", "Workin' For A Livin'","Midnight Sun", "Hard Luck Woman", "That Girl Is A Cowboy") will be the highest? Which will be the lowest?
Highest: either "To Make You Feel My Love" or "More Than A Memory" Lowest: "Hard Luck Woman"
4. Which Trisha duet ("In Another's Eyes", "Squeeze Me In", "Love Will Always Win", "The Call") will be the highest? What will be the lowest?
Highest: "In Another's Eyes" Lowest: "Squeeze Me In" (though I think "The Call" should be the lowest I don't think it will be).
5. Which studio album (Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin' The Wind, The Chase, In Pieces, Fresh Horses, Sevens, Scarecrow, Man Against Machine, Gunslinger, Fun will last the longest? Which will be eliminated first?
Longest: this is really hard but I think any of his first 5 albums could last the longest, it'll be close I think. Eliminated first: most likely Man Against Machine, would be shocked if it wasn't.
6. Which decade will the #1 song be from?
'90s
7. Which decade will the #61 song be from?
2010's
8. Anything else?
I'm interested to see what song from his first 5 albums gets eliminated first. I am hoping it is "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" but I could see it being "Somewhere Other Than The Night".
Really excited to see how this goes and to see how quickly I lose my #1 (which will most likely be earlier than it should but I don't care lol).
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 2, 2019 18:13:05 GMT -5
1. What will be top 5? The Thunder Rolls, The Dance, Friends In Low Places are all guarantees I will guess... From there it becomes very tough! It could be any number of things, between The River, Papa Loved Mama, That Summer, Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up), The Beaches of Cheyenne, What She's Doing Now, If Tomorrow Never Comes, and Unanswered Prayers. There may even be some that I am forgetting!
2. What will be bottom 5? Tough to say. Probably Squeeze Me In and You Move Me. Maybe Hard Luck Woman. Otherwise, a lot of his less-popular songs on Pulse are so hated, I'm not sure which ones will end up in the bottom of a rankdown of people who more or less don't hate Garth... Lol
3. What non-studio album track ("To Make You Feel My Love", "Love Will Always Win", "More Than A Memory", "The Call", "It's Your Song", "Workin' For A Livin'","Midnight Sun", "Hard Luck Woman", "That Girl Is A Cowboy") will be the highest? Which will be the lowest? Hopefully "To Make You Feel My Love" does really well! I think "More Than A Memory" will do the best of them all. Side note: I hope "Love Will Always Win" doesn't get tanked; what an incredible song! "The Call" will probably be the lowest, just because it's a live recording and literally impossible to find other than Castle's website.
4. Which Trisha duet ("In Another's Eyes", "Squeeze Me In", "Love Will Always Win", "The Call") will be the highest? What will be the lowest? In Another's Eyes will be highest, and Squeeze Me In will be lowest.
5. Which studio album (Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin' The Wind, The Chase, In Pieces, Fresh Horses, Sevens, Scarecrow, Man Against Machine, Gunslinger, Fun will last the longest? Which will be eliminated first? No idea; I know all of his career hits, but not in the context of which album they are from. I do expect his first 3-4 albums to significantly outlast the second 2/3 of his career.
6. Which decade will the #1 song be from? 1990s, without a doubt.
7. Which decade will the #61 song be from? Probably the 2000s.
8. Anything else? This will be extremely interesting! There are honestly about 20 songs here that I would put in a list of all-time-best-Country-classics... Unfortunately for some of the less-known songs that are really good, like "Love Will Always Win" or "I Don't Have To Wonder", I really don't see any easy path for songs that are not all-time classics to get any higher than about the 25-30 range!
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Post by CoJoFan on Mar 2, 2019 18:15:13 GMT -5
Wasn't "To Make You Feel My Love" on the Fresh Horses album? Also "That Girl Is A Cowboy" is on The Lost Sessions album? You say both are non studio album tracks? I'm confused.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 2, 2019 18:18:49 GMT -5
Wasn't "To Make You Feel My Love" on the Fresh Horses album? Also "That Girl Is A Cowboy" is on The Lost Sessions album? You say both are non studio album tracks? I'm confused. "To Make You Feel My Love" was a part of The Limited Series box set version of Fresh Horses but not on the original album. Therefore that song was never a part of an actual studio album. As for "That Girl Is A Cowboy" you are right, that one was on The Lost Sessions, though that was a bonus album on his 2nd limited series box set and not actually a full fledged album release (though he did release it individually later on).
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 2, 2019 18:18:57 GMT -5
Wasn't "To Make You Feel My Love" on the Fresh Horses album? Also "That Girl Is A Cowboy" is on The Lost Sessions album? You say both are non studio album tracks? I'm confused. I'm pretty sure "To Make You Feel My Love" was added to Fresh Horses later as a re-release bonus track or something. And can you consider The Lost Sessions to be a regular studio album if it is based off of recordings that were Lost, aka never released?
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Post by CoJoFan on Mar 2, 2019 18:24:34 GMT -5
Wasn't "To Make You Feel My Love" on the Fresh Horses album? Also "That Girl Is A Cowboy" is on The Lost Sessions album? You say both are non studio album tracks? I'm confused. I'm pretty sure "To Make You Feel My Love" was added to Fresh Horses later as a re-release bonus track or something. And can you consider The Lost Sessions to be a regular studio album if it is based off of recordings that were Lost, aka never released? I mean they did release 3 singles from The Lost Sessions album. Wikipedia even lists it as a studio album. I mean I see your point too but also how many lost recordings albums get that many singles released?
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Post by someguy on Mar 2, 2019 18:40:23 GMT -5
Wasn't "To Make You Feel My Love" on the Fresh Horses album? Also "That Girl Is A Cowboy" is on The Lost Sessions album? You say both are non studio album tracks? I'm confused. "To Make You Feel My Love" is from the Hope Floats soundtrack. I never thought of "That Girl Is A Cowboy" as being from an album at at all.
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Post by sabre14 on Mar 2, 2019 19:05:10 GMT -5
Wasn't "To Make You Feel My Love" on the Fresh Horses album? Also "That Girl Is A Cowboy" is on The Lost Sessions album? You say both are non studio album tracks? I'm confused. I never thought of "That Girl Is A Cowboy" as being from an album at at all. "That Girl is a Cowboy" was from The Lost Sessions. It was released as the third and final single off that project. The Lost Sessions wasn't really a true to the book studio album but that song was on there. To be honest though, the second and third single from that record have largely been forgotten by most fans lol. I think "Good Ride Cowboy" people know about being from that collection of songs but the other two spent about two months charting before disappearing. That album was also part of a limited box set and "Love Will Always Win" was on a separate version of The Lost Sessions from what I remember. Very strange and unique circumstance here lol.
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Post by someguy on Mar 2, 2019 19:07:49 GMT -5
I never thought of "That Girl Is A Cowboy" as being from an album at at all. "That Girl is a Cowboy" was from The Lost Sessions. It was released as the third and final single off that project. The Lost Sessions wasn't really a true to the book studio album but that song was on there. To be honest though, the second and third single from that record have largely been forgotten by most fans lol. I think "Good Ride Cowboy" people know about being from that collection of songs but the other two spent about two months charting before disappearing. That album was also part of a limited box set and "Love Will Always Win" was on a separate version of The Lost Sessions from what I remember. Very strange and unique circumstance here lol. True. I don't consider The Lost Sessions a studio album, but we totally can for this purpose.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2019 20:00:39 GMT -5
I am hoping people to tank the obvious and largely uninteresting hits like Two of a Kind, The Thunder Rolls, Friends In Low Places and others that I don't know why got so popular. I do think Sevens is his best album. And I hope the worst ranking songs are all from his last two studio albums :)
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 2, 2019 20:10:58 GMT -5
I am hoping people to tank the obvious and largely uninteresting hits like Two of a Kind, The Thunder Rolls, Friends In Low Places and others that I don't know why got so popular. I do think Sevens is his best album. And I hope the worst ranking songs are all from his last two studio albums Wait, why are you even participating if you don't like all of his best and most popular songs?! Lol
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