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Post by bboat11 on Apr 10, 2020 22:47:39 GMT -5
We are already officially at our 1 week warning!!!!! And the list has grown substantially from the 2 people who had submitted before the last reminder :)
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 15, 2020 18:15:33 GMT -5
Hard to believe, but we are already down to just 3 more days!!! Y'all gonna be able to get this done on time? |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 16, 2020 21:16:06 GMT -5
Can I possibly have thru the 19th to do this one?
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 16, 2020 21:29:41 GMT -5
Can I possibly have thru the 19th to do this one? I was actually just about to post in here offering an extension through the weekend, so that is totally fine :) |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 17, 2020 1:54:46 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 18, 2020 15:04:12 GMT -5
Wait for me! I wanna give "There You'll Be" a boost! I'll even use that pesky Preference Revealer if I need to!  |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 18, 2020 16:03:03 GMT -5
Wait for me! I wanna give "There You'll Be" a boost! I'll even use that pesky Preference Revealer if I need to!  No hurry, you have the entire weekend still :) |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 18, 2020 17:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on Apr 18, 2020 19:50:04 GMT -5
Y'ALL!!! Don't sleep on Faith, we still got extras to do!!! >  |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 18, 2020 19:55:02 GMT -5
Actually, I'm underwhelmed with some of these extras. :(
Maybe they'll grow on me with more listens?
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 18, 2020 21:15:30 GMT -5
Y'ALL!!! Don't sleep on Faith, we still got extras to do!!!  Extras rankdowns are always a tougher sell than regular albums, so this isn't entirely unexpected unfortunately. |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 18, 2020 21:17:52 GMT -5
Actually, I'm underwhelmed with some of these extras.  Maybe they'll grow on me with more listens? Yeah to me this list is like 50% great, and 50% take-it-or-leave-it. But we've gotta get it out of the way so we can get to the MUCH stronger album tracks rankdown  If you end up submitting that will be awesome of course, so you can boost your favorites, but I will understand if you can't. |
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Post by taylor on Apr 18, 2020 21:20:15 GMT -5
Y'ALL!!! Don't sleep on Faith, we still got extras to do!!! Extras rankdowns are always a tougher sell than regular albums, so this isn't entirely unexpected unfortunately. Well with that info, I'm now wondering whether Luke Combs should get one. :( He has extras, but it's like his two EPs and a couple extras. I would add "Six Feet Apart" as well since it's probably not going on an album. |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 18, 2020 21:40:53 GMT -5
Extras rankdowns are always a tougher sell than regular albums, so this isn't entirely unexpected unfortunately. Well with that info, I'm now wondering whether Luke Combs should get one. He has extras, but it's like his two EPs and a couple extras. I would add "Six Feet Apart" as well since it's probably not going on an album. I mean, he's Luke Combs. You should be able to wrangle the newer members who claim to be country music fans and yet never participate in any of the other country rankdowns to join, just like you did for both of his albums 😂 |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 19, 2020 15:57:21 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 19, 2020 20:16:14 GMT -5
I kinda rushed it, but all done! :)
Ready to watch "There You'll Be" glide into the top five...
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 20, 2020 23:48:40 GMT -5
Extras Rankdown: Results Time!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:04:17 GMT -5
20. "The Way You Look Tonight" - Tony Bennett ft. Faith
Album: Duets II (Tony Bennett) Year: 2011 Runtime: 3:52
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Post by toomuchboy on Apr 21, 2020 0:06:29 GMT -5
This is one of the few I had to look up. She sounded much better on this than I expected. Sometimes I underestimate her as a vocalist.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:07:41 GMT -5
In what may be a bit of a surprise start considering that there is a random Christmas song in this list, the first song to leave us is Faith's duet with Tony Bennett from his 2011 Duets II album. And I could not be more thrilled! This song is absolutely dreadful....  I have mentioned before that I hate vocal jazz, and this song is a perfect poster child for why. The arrangement is soooooooo boring, and the vocal parts just sound so cheesy and bad.... This is one of those songs I could very easily never listen to again. Thanks for helping tank it to last! |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:12:01 GMT -5
19. "The First Noël" - Josh Groban ft. Faith
Album: Noël (Josh Groban) Year: 2007 Runtime: 4:34
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:15:38 GMT -5
This song may have been able to escape last place, but it was always a bottom 3, and was definitely our last place for pretty much the first half of submissions. This song and the Tony Bennett duet were our only two contenders for last place. I am pleased that this one escaped last place. Christmas songs always get the shaft in these things, and Josh Groban is kind of an undervalued vocalist on Pulse, but tbh this song is not NEARLY as bad as "The Way You Look Tonight" imo. I wish I had known this song existed when we did Faith's Christmas rankdown a few months ago! It would have made more sense to include there, but it is what it is  |
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Post by toomuchboy on Apr 21, 2020 0:19:28 GMT -5
I love both Faith and Josh Groban. This is solid and I'm sure I do listen to this most years at Christmas mixed in with everything else, but the funny thing is I don't really use her Christmas album very much despite "Where Are You Christmas?" being a must-listen holiday song for me.  |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:19:55 GMT -5
18. "Sing Me The Story Of Your Day"
Album: Thanks And Giving All Year Long (Various) Year: 2004 Runtime: 2:52
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:21:02 GMT -5
My 3rd perfect rank in a row!!! "Sing Me The Story Of Your Day" is just a pointless, unnecessary song that is unremarkable in every way. Glad it's leaving in the correct spot. |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:25:32 GMT -5
17. "Part Of Your World"
Album: The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney (Various) Year: 1996 Runtime: 3:23
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Post by toomuchboy on Apr 21, 2020 0:28:24 GMT -5
TLM is my favorite Disney film. Hers is probably one of the only good covers of this song because usually artists try to change it, where Faith mostly did it straight. It loses a lot of the emotion when it’s altered a great deal. It’s a hard song to make work outside its film though, and I'm not surprised by its placement here.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:28:50 GMT -5
Sorry toomuchboy! You're the only one here tonight, and you're also like the highest ranker for almost all of these reveals :'( "Part Of Your World" rounds out the bottom 4, where it sat at #17 for the last several lists. I have mixed opinions on this song. For starters, Faith absolutely NAILS this vocal!! This is a Disney song with a lot of nostalgia for people, and imo she does an amazing job interpreting the emotions of this song. However, her exaggerated twang on the speaking parts is just sooooooo out of place, and almost laughable  I bet that is where people got hung up the most with regards to this song, 'cause the vocal parts are pretty much spot on imo. |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:31:10 GMT -5
You may have noticed that the bottom 3 were the 3 least polarizing songs of this entire rankdown. "Part Of Your World" was not super polarizing either, other than one lone top 10 from toomuchboy. Let's switch that up now! Bowing out at #16, we take away a polarizing song!!! Somebody will finally lose their #20... And somebody else will lose their #2 already!!!!!  |
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 21, 2020 0:34:58 GMT -5
16. "When You Cry"
Album: Touched By An Angel Soundtrack (Various) Year: 1998 Runtime: 5:24
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I have mentioned before that I hate vocal jazz, and this song is a perfect poster child for why. The arrangement is soooooooo boring, and the vocal parts just sound so cheesy and bad.... This is one of those songs I could very easily never listen to again. Thanks for helping tank it to last!
