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Post by bboat11 on Apr 16, 2021 12:32:38 GMT -5
Prediction for the Top 5:
5. After A Kiss
4. Five Minutes
3. New Set Of Wings
2. All The Good Ones Are Gone
1. Land Of The Living
Edit: Thank Christ, finally a new damn page!!!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 16, 2021 20:32:56 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 16, 2021 20:46:25 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 16, 2021 20:58:47 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 16, 2021 21:06:05 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Apr 16, 2021 21:07:48 GMT -5
The top five has gone as about expected considering that it was always going to be a long shot for any of the three other songs to overcome “All the Good Ones Are Gone” and “Land of the Living”.
Hoping my #1 comes out on top!
edit: you beat me to it!
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Post by tim on Apr 16, 2021 21:31:01 GMT -5
Couldn’t be happier to see “All The Good Ones Are Gone" win a randkown as it’s such a great song all around. I remember this song helping to give Pam somewhat of a boost in the mid to late 90s as it went on to garner quiet a few award nominations, both for her and the songwriters (one of them of course being Dean Dillon). I enjoyed this extras randkown a lot and I’ve certainly come to have a greater appreciate for Pam’s body of work for sure. Thanks again castleoblivion26! |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 17, 2021 2:55:12 GMT -5
Familiarity with Lorrie's version has got to be a pretty significant factor in "Five Minutes" making the top 5 here. Pam's is still pretty good, but it's just not the same... I'm glad Lorrie ultimately got her hands on it and made it a hit, because it's a hell of a song with a ton of potential! "After A Kiss" was really hard for me to rank. I thought it was pretty generic at first, but it grew on me a lot with every listen. The bridge works especially well, as Pam really sings the hell out of it and it works as a pretty great climax! I'm shocked to see this make the top 4, but then again I put it at #8 on my own list, so if everyone felt similarly about it to the way I do (which it looks like y'all did) it would naturally finish higher than expected! "New Set Of Wings" being at #3 makes me so happy  I mentioned earlier in the top 10 that I was actually really impressed with how well Pam's voice is aging, and this song is definitely the pinnacle of that sentiment. Here we are with an epic 2020 power ballad, and while she is clearly not still in her prime, she totally could pass for someone 10-15 years younger than she actually is! To me her vocals sound pretty limited on the Looking For A Feeling album, but this song is proof that that must be the intentional sonic nature of the album more than anything else. She can still deliver a hell of a vocal with the right material! Hopefully there's more of this in the future. "Land Of The Living" and "All The Good One Are Gone" were always going to be the top 2, so this was totally expected. I definitely expected it to be closer between them though! They are very obviously the two best songs on this playlist (I swear at this point we need to have an intervention for Kanenrá:ke), as the new songs on Greatest Hits albums usually seem to be, so to see nearly 20 points separate them is thoroughly unexpected to me. It'll be interesting to see how they do in BotB/RotB, as well as the singles rankdown! |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 17, 2021 3:44:09 GMT -5
Lolol after Trisha's "How Do I Live" just earned the award for highest-scoring rankdown finisher of all time last week, Pam now snatches the award herself! "All The Good Ones Are Gone" scores a 4.38, usurping Trisha's 4.95. Martina's "Independence Day" victory in the Gretchen Peters rd is now down to 3rd place with a 5.21. Damn, Pam!  |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 17, 2021 8:11:12 GMT -5
Next week I will officially launch the Album Tracks rankdown.
for now below is the list of 60 songs that will make up this rankdown! I look forward to seeing how this one plays out! I'll get the graphics and everything put together next week but if anyone is ready to start working on this one now it will be due on May 28th!
PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
"I've Seen Enough To Know"
"Ancient History"
"Melancholy Child"
"Already Fallen"
"Draggin' My Chains"
HOMEWARD LOOKING ANGEL
"We've Tried Everything Else"
"Homeward Looking Angel"
"How Gone Is Goodbye"
"Rough and Tumble Heart"
"Love Is Only Human" Ft. Marty Roe
SWEETHEART'S DANCE
"Better Off Blue"
"They Don't Break 'Em Like They Used To"
"Calico Plains"
"Sweetheart's Dance"
"Til All The Lonely's Gone"
ALL OF THIS LOVE
"Mandolin Rain"
"No Two Ways About It"
"Sunset Red and Pale Moonlight"
"Tequila Mockingbird"
"All Of This Love"
EVERY TIME
"We Must Be Thinking Alike"
"A Whisper and A Scream"
"Hurt Myself"
"You Put The Lonely On Me"
"Whiskey On The Wound"
THUNDER AND ROSES
"Tryin'"
"It Isn't Just Rainin'"
"Jagged Hearts"
"Which Five Years"
"I Smile"
IT'S ALL RELATIVE: TILLIS SINGS TILLIS
"I Ain't Never"
"Honey (Open That Door)" Ft. Ray Benson
"Burning Memories"
"Mental Revenge"
"Not Like It Was With You"
RHINESTONED
"Someone Somewhere Tonight"
"Something Burning Out"
"That Was A Heartache"
"Down By The Water"
"Train Without A Whistle"
DOS DIVAS
"I Envy The Sun"
"Old Enough To Be Your Lover"
"What What I Thinkin'" Ft. Lorrie Morgan
"I'm Tired" Ft. Lorrie Morgan
"Even The Stars"
COME SEE ME AND COME LONELY
"Rose In Paradise" Ft. Lorrie Morgan
"Come See Me and Come Lonely" Ft. Lorrie Morgan
"Guitars, Cadillacs" Ft. Lorrie Morgan
"Summer Wine" Ft. Lorrie Morgan, Joe Diffie, & Darryl Worley
"It's Over"
LOOKING FOR A FEELING
"Dolly 1969"
"Last Summer's Wine"
"My Kind of Medicine"
"Demolition Angel"
"Karma"
EXTRAS
"New Set Of Wings"
"Five Minutes"
"Say You Love Me"
"Leave It All Behind"
"Sometimes A Stranger Will Do"
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 18, 2021 5:19:46 GMT -5
Damn what a group of songs this album tracks rd has There are soooooo many amazing songs from her early albums that have stayed with me since we ranked them. And as weak as I found some of her later albums to be, I'm already enjoying the songs from them a lot more in the context of this rd (yes I've been diving into this playlist already, lol). Good call leaving off the Doll of Cutey album though  |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 20, 2021 12:19:58 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 20, 2021 15:55:42 GMT -5
Yeeesss, so excited for both of these!!!!!! It'll be interesting to see how well this singles-coming-last strategy works...
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 20, 2021 18:42:30 GMT -5
Was this another Lorrie Morgan duet album?  |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 20, 2021 19:48:32 GMT -5
Was this another Lorrie Morgan duet album? I go to write that every time and I usually catch myself but I didn't this time lol. Thanks for letting me know! |
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 4, 2021 22:04:56 GMT -5
(I swear at this point we need to have an intervention for Kanenrá:ke),  |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 13, 2021 17:52:55 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 3, 2021 18:38:25 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 3, 2021 18:39:21 GMT -5
That being said, the absence of taylor is terrified and Kanenrá:ke means that the majority of our potential floppy shenanigans have probably been avoided.... |
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Post by ClevelandRox on Jul 4, 2021 18:44:25 GMT -5
Can you tag me in reveals? I completely missed this but really liked a ton of these when we did the albums and would like to see where they placed! :)
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 9, 2021 21:01:26 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 11, 2021 18:01:07 GMT -5
 It is now time for results to get going! Who's ready!
Here are some prediction questions for before I begin reveals:
What song is gonna be #1? What song is gonna be #60? What songs will make the top 5? What songs will make up the bottom 5? Which album will be first eliminated? Any other thoughts/comments?
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 11, 2021 18:01:57 GMT -5
I haven't been able to finalize the graphics yet but the results have been finalized. I will begin reveals on Sunday for sure though!
Any predictions before then?
I'm really really excited to see how this goes!!!! I just love album tracks rds so much 😂 Pam's albums aren't quite as loaded with essential deep cuts as people like Martina, Faith, Reba, Terri, George, etc. in my opinion, so there are definitely obvious top-tier and bottom-tier songs in this rankdown. I did enjoy her series more than Trisha's overall though. Those top-tier songs are going to be every bit as interesting to watch as album tracks rds usually are! Overall I think the bulk of the top regions of this rd will come from her early years. Put Yourself In My Place, Homeward Looking Angel, and Sweethearts Dance in particular are just loaded with amazing deep cuts. However, there are a couple late-career songs that will probably do really well as well. I'd LOVE to see the victory go to something from the early years like "We've Tried Everything Else" or "Ancient History"! Although something like "Someone Somewhere Tonight" could be an interesting dark horse contender as well  |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 11, 2021 18:10:07 GMT -5
What song is gonna be #1? Gonna guess "Homeward Looking Angel" but this is a total crapshoot tbh
What song is gonna be #60? Either something from that covers album or one of the Lorrie Morgan duets
What songs will make the top 5? "Angel" as I predicted above and I'll throw out a random 4 that I see doing well: "Sunset Red and Pale Moonlight," "Mandolin Rain," "No Two Ways About It," and "How Gone Is Goodbye"
What songs will make up the bottom 5? Stuff from the covers album and the Lorrie collabs
Which album will be first eliminated? Covers album
Any other thoughts/comments? The divide in quality between her 90s run vs. the stuff from her covers album, the duets projects (especially Dos Divas), and recent material is so strong. I expect her 90s heyday to dominate here, as it should.
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Post by ccarter1023 on Jul 11, 2021 18:23:36 GMT -5
What song is gonna be #1? I'm just coming into this series now so I have absolutely no idea what was popular in the rankdowns before. But I agree that Pam's 90's heydey output was the strongest so something from one of her early-mid 90's albums.What song is gonna be #60? Agree with .indulgecountry - one of the Lorrie duets.What songs will make the top 5? "Homeward Looking Angel", "Better Off Blue", "Five Minutes", "Sweetheart's Dance", and "Mandolin Rain" (watch these be all wrong lol)What songs will make up the bottom 5? Stuff from the covers album and the Lorrie collabs (Yep me too)Which album will be first eliminated? "Come See Me And Come Lonely" (2nd Lorrie duet album)Any other thoughts/comments? I think Trisha's album cuts were definitely stronger material than Pam's but this was fun to dig into Pam's catalog |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 11, 2021 18:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 11, 2021 18:31:03 GMT -5
I'm posting #60 now but will be posting more after Big Brother tonight!
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