.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 15, 2019 21:20:26 GMT -5
"Anywhere" takes a one way roadtrip out of this rankdown and becomes the first casualty of the three Stronger singles. Unsuccessfully thrown to the wolves several months after "My Heart Can't Tell You No" had peaked and fallen off the chart, the reigning uptempo jam of the album with its groovy guitar line and plucky banjo over a set of lyrics depicting a vacation-eager Sara Evans ready to throw caution to the wind and run off with her significant other failed to ignite the charts. It still has its fans and was pegged early on as one of the album's most obvious single contenders, it received a #1 rank from ClevelandRox and a long string of ranks in the 3s and 4s. It didn't land in anyone's bottom 2, but it did get a handful of ranks in the 8s and 9s that kept it from reaching a top 3 finish by about 20 points. "Don’t wanna sit on the side of the road While our dreams pass me by I’m sick of livin’ my life in park I wanna live it in drive"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 21:22:43 GMT -5
Woohoo! Finally! lol edit - that was about Alone.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 15, 2019 21:42:04 GMT -5
Surprise! An album track was actually able to slide past two of the Stronger singles as we lose the near-top 20 hit "My Heart Can't Tell You No." An adult pop rock hit for Rod Stewart in the 1980s, Sara Evans covered the song, turned it into an elegant mid-tempo country weeper about the struggle of wanting someone bad for her to just go away because the temptation to get sucked back in is too good for her wounded heart to resist. It's a rather dark song and I think it was a bit of a risky gamble to go this route following the power ballad breakup anthem lead single over something lighter (like "Anywhere"), and despite doing decently, it ultimately missed out on the top 20 of the country charts. It finished only 1 point shy of the top 2 here, a position it held for a majority of the middle part of the submission process, only to be bumped out with the final list that came in. It racked up three #1 ranks, and a plethora of top 5s as well, with only three posters who submitted failing to rank it in their top half. Impressive. "When the one you love's in love with someone else, Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell No matter how I try to convince myself, This time I won't lose control One look in your blue eyes and suddenly My heart can't tell you no"
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 15, 2019 21:43:18 GMT -5
Alone was one of my favorite discoveries.
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 15, 2019 21:44:05 GMT -5
Gross! "My Heart Can't Tell You No" is definitely one of my favorite Sara songs <3 it is BREATHTAKING!
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Post by bigfan101 on Jul 15, 2019 21:45:50 GMT -5
Yea!!!! My prediction was right!
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 15, 2019 22:09:51 GMT -5
Yep, bigfan101, you correctly placed the top 5 in your predictions! This final reveal should come as a shock to no one. The title track was Sara's comeback smash and one of the biggest and most popular releases of her career, already having come out on top of two previous rankdowns. It bats 3-for-3 here as it bests "What That Drink Cost Me" by about a 50-point deficit, though the last album cut standing was certainly no slouch as it commanded the runner-up spot for around the first 1/3 of the submission process, before getting pushed out, only to fight its way back in and narrowly edge of MHCTYN at the literal last second possible with Wavey✨️'s list. "What That Drink Cost Me" is as classic country as it gets for this album, and is undoubtedly one of Sara's most beloved album cuts from over the years (as evidenced both by its performance here and on that random album tracks rankdown that took place like a year ago). With swelling fiddles, an old school wailed chorus vocal performance, all over a heartbreaking picture -- that manages to make use of not just one but TWO double entendres in its lyrics -- of Sara watching as her significant other loses a long battle with alcoholism when he gets killed in a drunk driving accident. Still, for all of its glory, it was no match for the power of "A Little Bit Stronger," the anthemic power ballad (notably penned by Hilary Scott of Lady Antebellum) of putting one foot in front of the other after a breakup that couldn't have been more on message for Sara as a comeback single following several years of absence due to a messy and public divorce. Sara definitely came back stronger and made this song hers, and with just over half of the participants placing it at #1 and only one ranking outside the top 5, the victory was clear. "Riding in the car to work, And I'm trying to ignore the hurt. So I turned on the radio, Stupid song made me think of you, I listened to it for a minute, But then I changed it"
"I cried a tear for every drop That turned a hero into a coward And I'd give anything For just one Happy Hour"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 22:48:56 GMT -5
A little bit of an anti climatic finish, but it was already expected. I'm happy that What That Drink Cost Me made it all the way to number two!
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jul 15, 2019 23:44:18 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 16, 2019 1:07:39 GMT -5
What?! Wow!
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Post by austin on Jul 16, 2019 7:48:51 GMT -5
Wow I predicted the entire Top 5 correctly!
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Post by tim on Jul 16, 2019 8:15:28 GMT -5
This was a stellar top 5 finish for all of the songs including the singles as well as “Alone” and “What That Drink Cost Me” which both are probably two of my favorite all-time album tracks from Sara. I don’t think the end result caught anyone by surprise but “A Little Bit Stronger” is without a doubt one of the best country songs of this decade and is deserving of any rankdown win! Thanks for the hosting duties .indulgecountry and looking forward to the next one!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 16, 2019 22:35:10 GMT -5
As expected, no surprises with this outcome! Lmao this rankdown went practically exactly how I thought it would, other than "Desperately" leaving before "Ticket To Ride". "A Little Bit Stronger" is indeed a decade-defining classic, so I love seeing it slay every opportunity it can get!!! I'm still hoping for a 2011 rankdown victory whenever that happens, and then I really don't know what more that song could possibly do in the rankdown world! If it can win the year-end rd, it will have basically beaten the Boss Level of the rankdown game... Lol. But like, it also kinda already has, because it won the Best of the Best rankdown, which is stiffer competition than a year-end rd? Lol
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jul 23, 2019 21:50:25 GMT -5
A perfect end the the rankdown! This is easily my least favorite album from her but the highs are so great as evidence by this top 2!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 24, 2019 1:26:23 GMT -5
I'm getting a bit...RESTLESS to do the next album...
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 24, 2019 14:24:24 GMT -5
I'm getting a bit...RESTLESS to do the next album... Luckily for you the next album is not far off!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jul 24, 2019 16:46:11 GMT -5
I'm getting a bit...RESTLESS to do the next album... Luckily for you the next album is not far off!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 24, 2019 21:42:16 GMT -5
I'm getting a bit...RESTLESS to do the next album... Luckily for you the next album is not far off! Hmmm... No Place That Far, huh
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 27, 2019 14:06:54 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 27, 2019 14:32:20 GMT -5
In!
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 27, 2019 19:40:12 GMT -5
In what is probably a first in rankdown history, LBTrocks was the first to submit for the No Place That Far rankdown. Thank you also to gardyfan for already submitting, though I expected your list to come in early, lol.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2019 19:51:14 GMT -5
This is not among my favorite Sara albums, but I will be submitting cause I might need a refresher and might rediscover some great songs. So yes, count me in ♥
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 27, 2019 19:58:17 GMT -5
In what is probably a first in rankdown history, LBTrocks was the first to submit for the No Place That Far rankdown.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 27, 2019 20:08:45 GMT -5
And his list wasn't full of questionable choices either, lol.
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 27, 2019 20:14:42 GMT -5
And his list wasn't full of questionable choices either, lol.
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 27, 2019 21:22:56 GMT -5
I thought Kanenrá:ke already sent you every album months ago
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 27, 2019 22:00:13 GMT -5
I thought Kanenrá:ke already sent you every album months ago Well that's true but Flops was first to submit once it opened, which is unlike him.
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 27, 2019 22:08:56 GMT -5
SUBMITTED!!!!!!! Yet another perfect album from Queen Sara
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 7, 2019 20:46:37 GMT -5
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Aug 10, 2019 14:41:18 GMT -5
I was going to say I thought I sent mine like ages ago lol
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