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Post by bboat11 on Mar 19, 2020 18:56:48 GMT -5
While most of the songs below this bounced around and remained so close together that they easily swapped places with every new list, this one set a pretty solid place for itself at #6. Four people get perfect rankings out of this one, including taylor is terrified (who not only gets a perfect ranking here, but also has the pleasure of having her ENTIRE top 5 make the top 5!!! A distinction she shares with both ClevelandRox and castleoblivion26. And I'm pretty close; I have my 1-4 and my 7!). I definitely feel like I underranked "Love Is A Sweet Thing", but tbh it just kinda manages to feel like a pointless song. Over the course of 4 minutes, the lyrics manage to say absolutely nothing. The song also doesn't really require much vocal skill, which stood out in a negative way on an album that is filled with difficult songs that only the best vocalists could pull off. Of course not EVERY song needs to be a belt-fest, but this one requires so little vocal range that Faith seemingly forgets to emote on the super-repetitive chorus, and just sounds bored. Having a key change helps in the 3rd chorus, but is not enough to make the rest of the song better. |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 19, 2020 19:03:02 GMT -5
"There Will Come A Day", with its cavernous and poppy production, its Jesus revival lyrics, and its grand choirs in the background, seems tailor-made to close out this album in epic fashion. We mostly all felt it belonged in the back half of the top 10, which is where it was poised to finish for the majority of the submission process before .indulgecountry once again shuffled the entire list around and put this at the highest position it had occupied during the whole rankdown  @xfer now loses his #2, and fearlessarrow stays true to his newly discovered Satanic brand by ranking this in the bottom 2. omg the shade You mean you've been watching closely enough to respond to this comment barely 5 minutes later, but haven't made any comments on the reveals?!?! #caughtredhanded  |
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Post by Troublemaker on Mar 19, 2020 19:04:14 GMT -5
Almost a perfect top 5 with the exception of “What’s in it for me”. If I had to guess...
1. Breathe
2. The Way You Love Me
3. Let’s make Love
4. If My Heart Had Wings
5. What’s In It For Me
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 19, 2020 19:05:04 GMT -5
Here is the top 5!!! How do we think this will go??
Breathe
If My Heart Had Wings
Let’s Make Love
The Way You Love Me
What’s In It For Me
I want to finish this today, but I'm not going to right now because nobody's here. Hopefully more people are around in a little bit, maybe after I've eaten dinner!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Mar 19, 2020 19:09:55 GMT -5
omg the shade You mean you've been watching closely enough to respond to this comment barely 5 minutes later, but haven't made any comments on the reveals?!?! #caughtredhanded Were you just looking for an excuse to use that gif |
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Post by ClevelandRox on Mar 19, 2020 19:10:52 GMT -5
I wasn't sure how I knew Bringing Out the Elvis, I assumed it was a cover of an older song. Upon investigating, it was from this stellar performance on Season 5 of Idol.  |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 19, 2020 19:28:54 GMT -5
Rankings for this album are truly all over the damn place. Like there seems to be no real consensus on what the strongest/weakest album tracks are. Also lol @ my last minute submission shaking things up so much. I love it. Predictions: 01. Breathe 02. The Way You Love Me 03. If My Heart Had Wings 04. Let’s Make Love 05. What’s In It For Me |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2020 19:54:52 GMT -5
I can't believe my top 3 is gone :( Seriously, why is That's How Love Moves so low on most of your lists guys? It's a perfect song! I might not be a big supporter of Faith nowadays, but this song is so full of epicness and beauty. I just don't get it lol
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Post by taylor is terrified on Mar 19, 2020 19:58:14 GMT -5
MY Top 5 in the Top 5?!?!  Told you I knew this album well enough to know where everything belongs  I don't think I've ever received so many perfect rankings!! (the official 13, 11, 9 and 6 were my 13, 11, 9 and 6) I will say I'm rather surprised (mainly because of the Jesus Jam aspect) that "There Will Come A Day" did so well. With its lyrics weighing close to the religious side, I was sure it'd get tanked enough to land in the bottom 3! Let's see if my Top 5 prediction is right (I won't be getting perfect rankings lol): 1. Breathe 2. If My Heart Had Wings 3. The Way You Love Me 4. What's In It For Me 5. Let's Make Love ft. her hubby |
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Post by someguy on Mar 20, 2020 9:00:37 GMT -5
I love "What's In It For Me", but I did not see it being the most popular album track. I thought it would have been way too polarizing for that. I'm glad though!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 13:21:41 GMT -5
Whoops, sorry, I was supposed to finish this yesterday, but I never did! My family ended up watching The Incredibles after dinner, and then it was just plain too late for all you further-east-than-me folks  Is anybody around to finish this now? |
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Post by austin on Mar 20, 2020 13:22:43 GMT -5
I am here!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 20, 2020 13:33:48 GMT -5
I'm sorta around, here and there!
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Post by taylor is terrified on Mar 20, 2020 13:34:32 GMT -5
HI
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 13:42:17 GMT -5
You've got me up and down and in between, Acting nice then being real mean. Hey! Well, you hold me tight, then you turn your back. Who could deal with that? You say you want to work it out, boy. Tell me, what's in it for me?
5. "What's In It For Me"
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 13:45:35 GMT -5
Kicking off the top 5, we say goodbye to our final album track! "What's In It For Me" was pretty much always the highest album track throughout the competition, even looking like a top 4 contender for awhile, meaning it tried hard to sneak ahead of one of the four singles! This is a song that took a few listens to grow on me completely. I never hated it or anything, but it was definitely towards the back of the album. Yet now, I am enjoying it more with every listen, and honestly I think it is quite a jam now! I only put it at #7, but I am quite okay seeing this be the highest album track! It definitely sounds like it could have been a hit. I'm excited to see how it can do in the album tracks rankdown |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 13:52:11 GMT -5
Let's make love All night long, Until all our strength is gone. Hold on tight, Just let go. I want to feel you in my soul. Until the sun comes up, Let's make love.
4. "Let's Make Love" - ft. Tim McGraw
Track #1 Runtime: 5:31 Songwriters: Bekka Bramlett, Billy Burnette, Annie Roboff
Placement in the Singles Rankdown: #26 out of 40
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 20, 2020 13:55:28 GMT -5
I like "Let's Make Love" and wish it was ahead of "The Way You Love Me" and "If My Heart Had Wings". IMHHW has only just recently started to grow on me, initially I never liked it so I kinda wish that had been #4. Hopefully it is out next at #3!
"Breathe" is the only correct option for #1 and I'll probably harshly judge anyone who doesn't think so lol
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Post by taylor is terrified on Mar 20, 2020 13:57:10 GMT -5
I like "Let's Make Love" and wish it was ahead of "The Way You Love Me" and "If My Heart Had Wings". IMHHW has only just recently started to grow on me, initially I never liked it so I kinda wish that had been #4. Hopefully it is out next at #3! "Breathe" is the only correct option for #1 and I'll probably harshly judge anyone who doesn't think so lol ??? |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 13:57:57 GMT -5
So this whole thing might look like single bias striking again, but if you notice the trajectory graph, you will see that this song was in fact a bottom half contender for the first half of the submission process, including occupying last place briefly! It was the weirdest thing, this song seemed to get front loaded with hate, but then as the submissions came in every list seemingly put it higher and higher. Everybody put it in their top 5 except for 4 people, one of which was a #7, and the other 3 were bottom 3s...and all 3 of those bottom 3s were our first 3 submissions This has always been my favorite of Tim/Faith's mega-hit duets. I honestly always forget it is a part of this album though. It seems to have taken on a life of its own as a Tim/Faith hit, and I always forget that it was actually one of Faith's singles. I am okay seeing this be the first single to leave, because the other 3 have all worn on me less. |
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Post by ClevelandRox on Mar 20, 2020 13:58:37 GMT -5
What's In It For Me would've been an excellent 3:30 minute song, it's still good but not sure why it's an almost SIX MINUTES LONG. Let's Make Love is by far my least favorite of the vintage Tim/Faith duets but it's still enjoyable. This top three is SHOCKING! |
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Post by austin on Mar 20, 2020 13:59:25 GMT -5
"Breathe" is the only correct option for #1 and I'll probably harshly judge anyone who doesn't think so lol  |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 14:00:01 GMT -5
It's been awhile since we got rid of anybody's #1. The next song has three of them!!! |
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Post by taylor is terrified on Mar 20, 2020 14:01:03 GMT -5
It's been awhile since we got rid of anybody's #1. The next song has three of them!!! Damn this old wheel...that just popped off of the wagon carrying mine |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 14:07:25 GMT -5
It's not right, It's not fair, What you're missing over there. Someday I'll find a way to show you Just how lucky I am to know you.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 14:08:17 GMT -5
It's been awhile since we got rid of anybody's #1. The next song has three of them!!! Damn this old wheel...that just popped off of the wagon carrying mine  |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 14:11:45 GMT -5
Soooooo look at that trajectory graph that has "The Way You Love Me" at #2 for like the entire submission process before .indulgecountry got a hold of it at the end 😂 He managed to take a song that was literally never a top 2 contender and sneak it into #2 at the last minute. |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 14:14:09 GMT -5
Here we go! "Breathe" versus "If My Heart Had Wings"! One of these songs was at #1 for almost the entire submission process other than when "The Way You Love Me" popped up there briefly three lists from the end with fearlessarrow's list. The other song was never even a top 2 contender until .indulgecountry pushed "The Way You Love Me" backwards at the last minute. Which one is which??!??! Stay tuned to find out once I finish typing the reveal!!! |
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Post by taylor is terrified on Mar 20, 2020 14:15:31 GMT -5
Soooooo look at that trajectory graph that has "The Way You Love Me" at #2 for like the entire submission process before .indulgecountry got a hold of it at the end 😂 He managed to take a song that was literally never a top 2 contender and sneak it into #2 at the last minute.  EDIT: Wait never mind I'm slow today lol PS. Glad I was wrong about my #1!!! Phew! |
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Post by fearlessarrow on Mar 20, 2020 14:15:52 GMT -5
Wait a sec... my #2 rank pushed “The Way You Love Me” to #1 which means my #4 was the #1 song prior to that because my other remaining rank is #1... hmm is my #4 winning?
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