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Post by bboat11 on Feb 20, 2020 20:29:03 GMT -5
I am shocked by this hate for the title track!!! "All Of This Love" sounds like a real standout from the album and missed single opportunity to me! That perfect tempo paired with the fiddle make this feel like a perfect barn-dancing jam!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 20, 2020 20:30:21 GMT -5
"Tequila Mockingbird" is not explicitly BAD, and it took awhile for me to settle on putting it in the bottom 2. But ultimately I found myself getting bored listening to it more than anything else on this album. I definitely find it to be less interesting than the title track.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 20, 2020 20:38:30 GMT -5
My #10 hasn't showed up yet, but all my other low ranks are going out at least. This whole album was really solid overall so I'm expecting reveals are gonna start hurting me more soon. And speak of the devil! The top 6 here is a notch above the other 4 songs, and thankfully they went out that way.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 20, 2020 20:49:04 GMT -5
queen of having mediocre 90s taste i guess lmao
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 20, 2020 21:25:39 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Feb 20, 2020 21:39:45 GMT -5
I am shocked by this hate for the title track!!! "All Of This Love" sounds like a real standout from the album and missed single opportunity to me! That perfect tempo paired with the fiddle make this feel like a perfect barn-dancing jam! Completely agree with all of this as the title track was the single that should've been released in lieu of "Betty's Got a Bass Boat". Quite surprised by the lack of support this ended up receiving overall.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 20, 2020 22:01:25 GMT -5
I'm gonna end there but I do plan to finish this one tomorrow night so hope to see everyone on to see the results!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 21, 2020 20:25:36 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 21, 2020 20:26:40 GMT -5
Ooh yay, glad to see "No Two Ways About It" hit the Top 5!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 21, 2020 21:02:42 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 21, 2020 21:32:30 GMT -5
I'm not feeling to great tonight so I'm gonna post the final 3 tomorrow night
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Post by someguy on Feb 22, 2020 1:21:04 GMT -5
None of these albums are starting off on the right foot! "You Can't Have a Good Time Without Me" has such a throwback feel with the steel guitar that just makes me want to swing, but maybe I shouldn't be too surprised that some of you just can't find the joy in this tune. You were the 2nd highest rank and you *only* put it at #7 so you can't be too outraged. RIP to someguy tho. I've always loved "You Can't Have A Good Time Without Me". It was supposed to be the lead single from the album (and was even serviced to some radio stations before the album's release), but they swapped it out with "Deep Down" pretty quickly. I especially loved her performance of it at the 1995 CMA Awards. There doesn't seem to be any surviving clips of that, though. I was really surprised that it ended up in last place here.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 22, 2020 19:36:28 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 22, 2020 19:37:35 GMT -5
it comes down to 2 songs that I feel like everyone is gonna be happy to see be the top 2 as no one put either song below #5! I'll post them shortly!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 22, 2020 19:58:17 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 22, 2020 19:58:28 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 22, 2020 21:44:59 GMT -5
YES! The right song won! So nice to see "The River and the Highway" obliterate the rest of the competition and run away with the win. Thanks for hosting these castleoblivion26!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 22, 2020 23:28:55 GMT -5
I'm actually stunned that I was the only #1 for "It's Lonely Out There." That song has an INCREDIBLE melody. "The River and the Highway" is among the better track on this very strong album, but "Lonely" is easily one of the best things I've heard from her period. I'm glad it made the top 2 at least.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 25, 2020 1:18:11 GMT -5
Ooo, I'm back!!!!! I'd better comment on this top 5!!!! First of all, loving the fact that I almost got perfect rankings for the entire top 5. Just switched the 2 and 3, but tbh this definitely played out the right way! "No Two Ways About It" was a very well done song. It may not be the most exciting song in her catalog, but the lyrics, vocal, melody etc. all came together perfectly to match the song! Perfect ranking! "Deep Down" is a catchy song. I love the fiddle especially, and that chorus is pure ear candy! However, this one just manages to be edged out by the 3 remaining songs, simply because it's such a quality album. Again, perfect ranking! "Mandolin Rain" – I didn't really know what to expect from this one. I knew this one heading into the rankdown, and it has always been one of my favorite album tracks from her. This song is incredible to begin with, as a Bruce Hornsby classic, but she manages to take it and turn it into her own song and absolutely demolishes the vocal performance! Seriously, one of her best vocals on record. Very pleased to see it in 3rd place, as the highest album track from this album! "It's Lonely Out There" – I agree with indulge about just what a catchy jam this song is. Imo it has a really classic yet timeless melody. Like, this could have literally been a huge hit in 2005 just as easily as it could have been a hit in 1995 just as easily as it could have been a hit in 2015. The only thing that ties it to 1995 is the production, although imo it isn't nearly as dated as some of Pam's other mid-'90s work! VERY fitting top 2 contender here. I wish I had switched it and "Mandolin Rain" in hindsight! Which brings us to "The River And The Highway"... OMG such a perfect winner! I wasn't entirely sure if y'all would do this one justice or not, because imo it tends to be kinda overlooked as a single. However, we definitely came through!!! Wow!! The thing that this one obviously has going for it is those exemplary lyrics. The descriptions of the two main characters using attributes of a river for one and a highway for the other is absolutely brilliant metaphor work. You completely understand the lady because you know how a river works, and the characteristics of a river make a delightfully vague yet perfect personality description. "She follows the path of least resistance", "She twists and turns with no regard for distance", "She never comes to a stop", etc... It's all so brilliant, it gives me goosebumps when I think about it too hard. And of course Pam turns in one of the very best vocals of her career as well. SO happy with this outcome; the entire top 5 was perfect!!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 23, 2020 11:37:40 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Mar 23, 2020 12:43:21 GMT -5
castle: *just now opens the next two albums* You have just about a week to do this! Also castle: due April 24th Thanks for that extension; I needed it!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 23, 2020 13:32:14 GMT -5
castle: *just now opens the next two albums* You have just about a week to do this! Also castle: due April 24th Thanks for that extension; I needed it! lmao I forgot to update that text from the last albums. It is now fixed! You've got a month to do these two albums!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 25, 2020 5:51:15 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 25, 2020 12:44:36 GMT -5
I hadn't edited it yet so thanks for reminding me to do so! I'm excited to see what people think of these albums as they are her last major label albums and the last of her top 40 hits are on them but I love them both so i hope others like them a lot as well!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 8, 2020 20:17:23 GMT -5
So far both of these albums are really hard for me to rank! Usually clear standouts emerge pretty quickly when I listen to an album, but I would say that neither of these had immediate faves for me. However, neither really had anything that I remotely dislike either. Just two very solid, consistent albums!! I submitted Every Time yesterday, but after like 4 listens I still have not been able to settle on a list for Thunder & Roses....
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Apr 9, 2020 0:46:36 GMT -5
Missed commenting but I'm so glad "The River And The Highway" wasn't done dirty. I was worried it would not get as much love as it deserves! "It's Lonely Out There" would've been a very very worthy winner as well, that melody is simply sublime!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 24, 2020 18:24:25 GMT -5
Yasssssss, my physical copy of Rhinestoned just came in the mail! I am officially ready for the next set!!! I ordered it because it for some reason has been taken off of all streaming services...
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Post by someguy on Apr 25, 2020 0:09:32 GMT -5
Yasssssss, my physical copy of Rhinestoned just came in the mail! I am officially ready for the next set!!! I ordered it because it for some reason has been taken off of all streaming services... Yeah, I'm going to run into problems when we get to later Pam albums. Thunder & Roses is the last one I own (outside of her Christmas album, which I basically bought for last year's rankdown, haha).
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 25, 2020 0:36:47 GMT -5
These albums were supposed to be due already, I'm gonna post an update tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, please get your list in if you haven't already
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 25, 2020 1:06:00 GMT -5
Yasssssss, my physical copy of Rhinestoned just came in the mail! I am officially ready for the next set!!! I ordered it because it for some reason has been taken off of all streaming services... Yeah, I'm going to run into problems when we get to later Pam albums. Thunder & Roses is the last one I own (outside of her Christmas album, which I basically bought for last year's rankdown, haha). You really should figure out how to use streaming services, Garth! ;)
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