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Post by bboat11 on Oct 10, 2019 23:10:10 GMT -5
21. "She Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Album: The Way That I Am
Total: 280 Average: 28.0 Std Dev: 18.55 (10th largest!)
They've heard the talk, but don't want to believe it... tim - 4 castleoblivion26 - 11 Kanenrá:ke - 13 George Strait Junkie - 14 bboat11 - 24 ClevelandRox - 27 .indulgecountry - 31 There's somewhere they need to be.... someguy - 46 Cody Wants Out... - 54 SHOOTER - 56 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Anything’s Better Than Feelin’ The Blues Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does Goin' To Work House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Til I Can Make It On My Own Two More Bottles Of Wine Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do You’re Not Leaving Me {Songs Remaining Per Album} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (2) Strangers Goin' To Work
Wild Angels (2) A Great Disguise Two More Bottles Of Wine
Evolution (3) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance
Emotion (3) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War Anything's Better Than Feelin' The Blues
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (1) 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (3) Lies Walk Away You're Not Leaving Me
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 10, 2019 23:19:10 GMT -5
Oh gurls, we are exactly 2/3 done!!!!! Here's the bottom 40 Songs: 60. If You Don't Know Me By Now – Everlasting (453) 59. We'll Pick Up Where We Left Off – Reckless (434) 58. Born To Give My Love To You – Wild Angels (430) 57. Love Land – Waking Up Laughing (422) 56. I'll Be There – Timeless (419) 55. All The Things We've Never Done – Wild Angels (417) 54. When You Are Old – The Time Has Come (416) 53. I Won't Close My Eyes – Evolution (405) 52. Ashes – The Way That I Am (396) 51. Losing You Feels Good – The Time Has Come (396)
50. Suspicious Minds – Everlasting (395) 49. In The Basement – Everlasting (392) 48. When You Love A Sinner – Eleven (387) 47. Once A Day – Timeless (384) 46. Summer Of Love – Eleven (372) 45. Wild Rebel Rose – Shine (369) 44. Come See About Me – Everlasting (367) 43. Tryin' To Find A Reason – Waking Up Laughing (363) 42. From The Ashes – Emotion (363) 41. Learning To Fall – Martina (358)
40. If I Had Your Name – Waking Up Laughing (345) 39. Everybody Wants To Be Loved – Reckless (340) 38. It Ain't Pretty – Reckless (339) 37. A Woman Knows – The Time Has Come (338) 36. Wild Night – Everlasting (336) 35. Wearing White – Martina (322) 34. Thanks A Lot – Timeless (319) 33. I Can't Sleep – The Time Has Come (319) 32. You Ain't Woman Enough – Timeless (314) 31. You Can Get Your Lovin' Right Here – Eleven (300)
30. So Magical – Martina (299) 29. What Do I Have To Do – Shine (296) 28. Some Say I'm Running – Evolution (295) 27. She's A Butterfly – Martina (293) 26. Walk That Line – The Time Has Come (293) 25. You've Been Driving All The Time – Wild Angels (290) 24. Diamond – Reckless (287) 23. That Wasn't Me – The Way That I Am (285) 22. I Ain't Goin' Nowhere – Emotion (281) 21. She Ain't Seen Nothing Yet – The Way That I Am (280)Albums: 12. Everlasting 11. The Time Has ComeCurrent Album Standings: The Time Has Come (0) The Way That I Am (2) Wild Angels (2) Evolution (3) Emotion (3) Martina (1) Timeless (1) Waking Up Laughing (2) Shine (3) Eleven (2) Everlasting (0) Reckless (1)
The Top 20!!! A Great Disguise Anything’s Better Than Feelin’ The Blues Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does Goin' To Work House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Til I Can Make It On My Own Two More Bottles Of Wine Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do You’re Not Leaving Me
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 10, 2019 23:36:54 GMT -5
Yassss for the reading material. Time to catch up! 🤓
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 11, 2019 0:19:15 GMT -5
Between the Ferngully-styled production and those absurd lyrics, So Magical was not my favorite slice of the Martina pie at all.
I love her vocal on What Do I Have to Do and the way it builds to that anthemic chorus! It deserved top-20 minimum!
Some Say I’m Running was pleasant background music but didn’t stick with me as much in the endless sea of Martina ballads.
I may have underranked She’s a Butterfly a bit. I don’t love it as much as others but I don’t dislike it.
Walk That Line is such a fun 90s rump. Pleasantly surprised to see it make it this far; I honestly didn’t think it’d make the top half!
I think I underranked You’ve Been Driving All the Time a tad as well. It is a rather fun uptempo tune.
Definitely shocked to see Diamond make it so far. This is pleasant enough as an album track but I don’t think it’s nearly as dynamic as several songs that exited before it.
Yeah, she sounds great on That Wasn’t Me. Lullabies rarely have such passionate vocals.
I Ain’t Goin Nowhere is a catchy tune. If I heard it in an elevator or supermarket, I’d totally tap my foot to it.
Look at my impact!! She sure hadn’t seen nothin yet! I live for the rankdown drama. 😎
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Post by tim on Oct 11, 2019 21:47:02 GMT -5
I happen to be a big fan of Martina’s Wild Angels era as I think I’ve mentioned before that “Safe in the Arms of Love” is one of my all-time favorite songs by her (and I unfortunately missed out on the Martina singles rankdown)…that love transcends to the album tracks including “You’ve Been Driving All the Time” which I really enjoy. I hadn’t considered this a contender for the top 25 so I’m thrilled to see it make it as far as it did. “Diamond” is an album track that has really grown on me since we first did the Reckless sometime ago and it kept inching up further and further on my list until I ended up placing it just inside my top 20. “I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” is one of the few album tracks that I just can’t get into and after relistening to it I still can’t quite grasp what I’m missing that y’all like so much about it. I also think that at almost 4 minutes long it ends up sounding quite repetitive and I just end up hitting skip. Of all the album tracks to make it this far I’m most pleased with “She Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” making an oh so close top 20 showing! I absolutely love everything about this song as it’s exactly the kind of 90’s country ballad that always manages to pull me in. Martina sounds so good on this especially on the chorus…oh and that steel guitar
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Post by someguy on Oct 14, 2019 1:55:31 GMT -5
"Some Say I'm Running" was the biggest surprise in the 21-30 range for me. I thought it would have been a top 10, if not even a top 5, contender. The top 20 is full of great songs though.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 17:52:28 GMT -5
20. "Two More Bottles Of Wine" Album: Wild Angels
Total: 273 Average: 27.3 Std Dev: 10.17 (3rd smallest!!!)
Ain't gonna let it bother me today... SHOOTER - 5 George Strait Junkie - 16 bboat11 - 26 .indulgecountry - 27 Cody Wants Out... - 27 someguy - 29 Got trouble in mind... Kanenrá:ke - 34 tim - 35 ClevelandRox - 35 castleoblivion26 - 39 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Anything’s Better Than Feelin’ The Blues Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does Goin' To Work House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Til I Can Make It On My Own Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do You’re Not Leaving Me {Songs Remaining Per Album} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (2) Strangers Goin' To Work
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (3) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance
Emotion (3) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War Anything's Better Than Feelin' The Blues
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (1) 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (3) Lies Walk Away You're Not Leaving Me
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:13:53 GMT -5
Kicking off the top 20, we say goodbye to a song that I was very impressed to see even make the top 20!!! "Two More Bottles Of Wine" is one of the funnest, most upbeat '90s jams Martina has ever recorded. It would be hard to argue for any new singles to be released from the already perfect Wild Angels era, but this is one that I have always felt would have made a great single. The instrumental arrangement is STACKED, especially the piano. You can just totally tell that everyone involved had a fantastic time recording this one. And it slays even more live! This is one that she has dusted off occasionally through the years when she wants to throw a random album track into her shows. This was on pace to finish in the low 20s, until SHOOTER of all people came in with his angelic taste and boosted this into the top 20 by putting it in his top 5!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:23:28 GMT -5
19. "Anything's Better Than Feelin' The Blues" Album: Emotion Total: 267 Average: 26.7 Std Dev: 14.81Hey, it's alright! Kanenrá:ke - 4someguy - 6bboat11 - 14.indulgecountry - 24castleoblivion26 - 25George Strait Junkie - 30
Getting dressed up, going downtown, and spreading a little misery around... ClevelandRox - 37Cody Wants Out... - 40SHOOTER - 43tim - 44 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo
{Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does Goin' To Work House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Til I Can Make It On My Own Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do You’re Not Leaving Me {Songs Remaining} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (2) Strangers Goin' To Work
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (3) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance
Emotion (2) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (1) 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (3) Lies Walk Away You're Not Leaving Me
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:29:08 GMT -5
Up next, we say goodbye to another song from Emotion, leaving that album with only 2 songs left. "Anything's Better Than Feelin' The Blues" is such a unique song! Martina's narration describes a woman who is fed up with being heartbroken, and she goes about her day doing weird things like sending herself flowers at work, or making the waiters sing happy birthday to her, just to make herself feel a little bit better at the expense of others. To top it all off, the quirky musical arrangement perfectly ties the whole thing together with a whimsical bow that makes the whole thing such a moody yet fun experience. This is the first song we have seen that was a top 20 contender for the entire submission process. It was poised to finish just outside the top 10 for quite a while, actually, until SHOOTER gave it its second lowest ranking right at the end.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:38:23 GMT -5
18. "Goin' To Work" Album: The Way That I Am
Total: 265 Average: 26.5 Std Dev: 13.93Life goes on even when it's not fair... George Strait Junkie - 2 Kanenrá:ke - 12 .indulgecountry - 20 bboat11 - 22 someguy - 24 SHOOTER - 28 ClevelandRox - 29 Who's got time to hurt? tim - 36 castleoblivion26 - 44 Cody Wants Out... - 48 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Til I Can Make It On My Own Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do You’re Not Leaving Me {Songs Remaining} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (1) Strangers
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (3) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance
Emotion (2) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (1) 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (3) Lies Walk Away You're Not Leaving Me
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:45:00 GMT -5
"Goin' To Work" leaves us next, and this song is such a fun, lighthearted jam!!! This is a song celebrating strong women who love to work hard. The main character is so excited to be going to work, because that is one aspect of her life where she still has complete control as the rest of her life goes to shambles in a nasty breakup. She can't sleep at night, seems to be losing direction, but then when she goes to work she feels empowered to start putting her life back together. The song also has an incredible melody to back up the narrator's empowerment. The way the "When the whistle blows, I'll be there" line is arranged just sounds so confident and powerful in Martina's capable hands, and the way the whole song crescendos into that kick-ass bridge is just so celebratory. This song was always poised to finish in the 20s, but it saw a slow yet steady rise for most of the submission process up into the teens. It saw the top 15 once, but was able to stumbled back a bit with Cody Wants Out... 's bottom 15 rank right at the end.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:51:45 GMT -5
17. "You're Not Leaving Me" Album: Shine
Total: 251 Average: 25.1 Std Dev: 10.69 (5th smallest!) SHOOTER - 7 Kanenrá:ke - 10 castleoblivion26 - 17 someguy - 22 George Strait Junkie - 27 ClevelandRox - 30 tim - 32 .indulgecountry - 33 Cody Wants Out... - 36 bboat11 - 37 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Til I Can Make It On My Own Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do {Songs Remaining Per Album} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (1) Strangers
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (3) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance
Emotion (2) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (1) 'Til I Can Make It On My Own
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (2) Lies Walk Away
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:58:24 GMT -5
After 3 straight losses to kick off the top 20, we give the '90s a break with "You're Not Leaving Me", which is only the 3rd song we have lost from her Shine album. "You're Not Leaving Me" gives us Martina's sass on full display, which is awesome because sass has always been one of her more underrated talents as a vocalist. As is frequently seen in her songs, this one has a theme of female empowerment. In this case, the empowerment comes from a main character whose husband is trying to walk out, and she's like "Um, try again buckaroo. You made me have all these children, and now you're going to help me raise them!" Lol. As fun as this song is, I have always felt that the production stifles it a bit. I didn't really notice until I saw how much it came alive in a live setting. I think that this would have been a fun song to hear with an arrangement and production fitting with the Wild Angels album. I feel like it could easily have been a song of that era, alongside '90s jams like "Two More Bottles Of Wine". After this loss, the Evolution album is the only album to still have 3 songs remaining!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 18:59:18 GMT -5
#16 tied with "You're Not Leaving Me", but ultimately won the tie because it is somebody's #2!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 19:08:19 GMT -5
16. 'Til I Can Make It On My Own Album: Timeless
Total: 251 Average: 25.1 Std Dev: 14.50'Til I get used to losing you, let me keep on using you... tim - 2 someguy - 8 castleoblivion26 - 18 bboat11 - 18 George Strait Junkie - 24 Kanenrá:ke - 26 ClevelandRox - 31 Cody Wants Out... - 32 I have no pride at all... SHOOTER - 44 .indulgecountry - 48 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do {Songs Remaining Per Album} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (1) Strangers
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (3) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance
Emotion (2) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (0)
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (2) Lies Walk Away
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 19:12:52 GMT -5
"'Til I Can Make It On My Own" is a previous rankdown winner, but it falls short of the top 15 in this rankdown. That says a lot about how we feel about the Timeless album in relation to the rest of her career... Lmao. Still, it managed to hang on quite awhile after the other 4 songs were eliminated, so we stan for this song!! Other than two people, everybody else had it either in their top half or within a couple positions of their top half! Martina does Tammy Wynette proud with this performance, in my opinion. Her voice completely brings this song to life! It's one of the few songs on the Timeless album that actually manages to sound timeless. With this reveal, the Timeless album becomes only the 3rd album to leave this rankdown completely!!!!! It really is amazing how well all of her albums have managed to make it to the end We stan a consistent queen!!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 19:14:17 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 19:20:55 GMT -5
Here is the top 15! A Great Disguise Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Keeping My Distance Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do
Anybody wanna make any predictions for which songs will miss the top 10? And are we going to say goodbye to anymore albums between the top 10?
I would love to continue to get us to the top 10 tonight, but only if people are going to be able to follow along :)
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 14, 2019 20:38:12 GMT -5
Not even sure where to begin with for predictions of what could miss the Top 10 because this entire rankdown has been a mess. I could see "Keeping My Distance", "One Night", "That's the Thing About Love", and "A Great Disguise" could miss it possibly, though I wouldn't be surprised to see all 4 make it lol
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 14, 2019 20:57:55 GMT -5
I'll take a random stab at guessing the 5 that'll come up short:
City of Love House of a Thousand Dreams I Don't Want to See You Again Strangers One Night
I really hope "Thousand Dreams" makes it in though!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 21:57:19 GMT -5
15. "Keeping My Distance" Album: Evolution
Total: 248 Average: 24.8 Std Dev: 14.99You know that I need you... someguy - 10 .indulgecountry - 10 Cody Wants Out... - 12 bboat11 - 13 castleoblivion26 - 20 SHOOTER - 21 tim - 28 Will you ever try anything new? Kanenrá:ke - 40 ClevelandRox - 44 George Strait Junkie - 50 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Lies Make Me Believe One Night Strangers That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do {Songs Remaining Per Album} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (1) Strangers
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (2) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again
Emotion (2) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (0)
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (2) Lies Walk Away
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:02:05 GMT -5
As castleoblivion26 accurately predicts, "Keeping My Distance" is one of the next songs to leave us. 50% of us participants put this in the top 20, with 70% of all participants putting it in their top half. Those three tankers tho.... They pretty much guaranteed this didn't have a shot at the top 10. Which is unfortunate, because if you ask me, this is one of the most underrated album tracks of her entire career. But then again, everything that is left is so strong, it's hard for me to be mad... Lol. But seriously, I love everything about this song. The melody goes down really smoothly, and the vocals are jubilant and powerful without being overbearing.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:04:26 GMT -5
Some of you better get your tomatoes ready... HUGE loss coming next!! One of Martina's self-proclaimed career-defining album tracks!!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:08:55 GMT -5
14. "Strangers" Album: The Way That I Am
Total: 248 Average: 24.8 Std Dev: 15.26It's like they were meant to be... ClevelandRox - 1 bboat11 - 10 castleoblivion26 - 13 Kanenrá:ke - 19 SHOOTER - 22 .indulgecountry - 29 Cody Wants Out... - 29 They'll be dividing all the blame... someguy - 33 tim - 38 George Strait Junkie - 54 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way City Of Love Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Lies Make Me Believe One Night That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do {Songs Remaining Per Album} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (0)
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (2) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again
Emotion (2) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War
Martina (1) City Of Love
Timeless (0)
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (2) Lies Walk Away
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:17:29 GMT -5
If I had to make a bet, I would wager that "Strangers" is probably Martina's favorite album track. She was so devastated that it was never released as a single that she put it on her Greatest Hits album anyway! Lol. She wanted this to be released as a single, and maintains to this day that if it had been released as the followup to "Independence Day" her career would have seen a different trajectory. Unfortunately, her label had other plans, and chose to go with "Heart Trouble" instead (which completely killed the era).
"Strangers" has always been the hit that got away, according to just about everyone who knows anything about Martina's career. So, I am SHOCKED it was not able to nab a top 10 finish in a battle of her top album tracks! On the one hand I am impressed that y'all didn't come in with super basic and obvious taste, but on the other I am not quite sure if I think this is right.
It is very clear though that Pulse has other ideas for which songs were missed hit opportunities for Martina! This song only had two top 10 votes, whereas the songs in our top 5 had upwards of 5-8 top 10 votes!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 14, 2019 22:20:39 GMT -5
I love "Strangers" and when I put together my list I really struggled with putting this at #13 but I couldn't put it higher than the 12 I had higher than it but I do love this one. I am extremely shocked that this missed the Top 10, as it never crossed my mind that it wouldn't make it.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:24:22 GMT -5
13. "City Of Love" Album: Martina
Total: 242 Average: 24.2 Std Dev: 10.96 (6th smallest!)
There ain't nothing we can't do... bboat11 - 12 Cody Wants Out... - 13 Kanenrá:ke - 15 tim - 20 ClevelandRox - 21 castleoblivion26 - 22 SHOOTER - 23 A river of tears washed us here... .indulgecountry - 35 someguy - 36 George Strait Junkie - 45 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams I Don’t Want To See You Again Lies Make Me Believe One Night That’s The Thing About Love This Uncivil War Walk Away Whatcha Gonna Do {Songs Remaining Per Album} The Time Has Come (0)
The Way That I Am (0)
Wild Angels (1) A Great Disguise
Evolution (2) Be That Way I Don't Want To See You Again
Emotion (2) Make Me Believe This Uncivil War
Martina (0)
Timeless (0)
Waking Up Laughing (2) Everybody Does House Of A Thousand Dreams
Shine (2) Lies Walk Away
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
Reckless (1) That's The Thing About Love
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:29:29 GMT -5
With "City Of Love" falling out at #13, Martina's self-titled album is now completely eliminated!
I am very impressed with how this song did. This is only the 3rd song we have seen (after "Anything's Better Than Feelin' The Blues" and "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" that has been a top 20 contender for the entire submission process. This one though was able to keep itself in or near the top 15 almost the entire time!
This song features one of the most difficult vocals of Martina's entire career! The E5s in the last half of the song are relentless! Martina tackles them, however, with flair and radiance. I have always considered this to be a highlight from the Martina album, but not exactly top 10 in her career, so this feels like a perfect place for it to leave :)
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:30:22 GMT -5
Pointless post to close out this page!
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