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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:35:29 GMT -5
12. "That's The Thing About Love" Album: Reckless
Total: 239 Average: 23.9 Std Dev: 15.52Can't get enough... tim - 6 George Strait Junkie - 6 .indulgecountry - 8 someguy - 17 bboat11 - 23 ClevelandRox - 25 SHOOTER - 26 Can't take any more... castleoblivion26 - 36 Cody Wants Out... - 39 Kanenrá:ke - 53 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 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 (0)
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:41:32 GMT -5
Just like that, the lone holdout from the Reckless album says goodbye. "That's The Thing About Love" finished at #2 in the album rankdown, so I figured it would do the best off of that album in this rankdown. I had no idea, however, that it would come so close to the top 10! I figured top 20 would have been the ceiling! I LOVE this song, so I am pleased to see it do so well. This was an immediate standout for me from the Reckless album when it was released. The melody is SO singsongy and catchy in all the right ways! It's always nice to see an artist have such a late-career gem that holds its own among their best of all time!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:49:14 GMT -5
11. "House Of A Thousand Dreams" Album: Waking Up Laughing
Total: 228 Average: 22.8 Std Dev: 19.78 (6th largest!)
I just pray that hope will go on living... Kanenrá:ke - 1 .indulgecountry - 3 castleoblivion26 - 6 someguy - 9 SHOOTER - 19 George Strait Junkie - 21 tim - 22 He's let me down... bboat11 - 43 Cody Wants Out... - 47 ClevelandRox - 57 Following: LBTrocks Troublemaker BlueShades874 dub kansasmeetsmo {Songs Remaining} A Great Disguise Be That Way Everybody Does I Don’t Want To See You Again Lies Make Me Believe One Night 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 (1) Everybody Does
Shine (2) Lies Walk Away
Eleven (2) Whatcha Gonna Do One Night
Everlasting (0)
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 22:59:30 GMT -5
There you have it! After a long, arduous battle, "House Of A Thousand Dreams" is the song that falls just barely short of the top 10. This song has proven to have a lot of Pulse support through the years! First of all, in a twist that shocked me quite a bit, this song managed to be the WINNING album track based on the most people submitting it as a favorite when castleoblivion26 hosted the Martina singles rankdown. Then it managed to finish at #3 in the album rankdown, behind the huge hit (and obvious winner) "Anyway", and "Everybody Does". In this rankdown, it was expectedly able to gather a lot of support. Look at all the top 10s from someguy, castleoblivion26, .indulgecountry, and even a #1 from Kanenrá:ke! Unfortunately, it also proved to be fairly polarizing, racking up bottom 20s from myself, Cody Wants Out..., and even a bottom 5 from ClevelandRox I do love this song a lot! Unfortunately, I just love SO many of these songs that this one ended up 43rd on my list... Lol it's still at least a 9.5/10 for me! I have never considered it among her best of all time though, so while I am not sad to see it make it close to the top 10, I am pleased that it did not make a run for the top 5 or anything.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 23:02:40 GMT -5
Here is the top 10!!!!!!!!!!! A Great DisguiseBe That WayEverybody DoesI Don’t Want To See You AgainLiesMake Me BelieveOne NightThis Uncivil WarWalk AwayWhatcha Gonna DoI'd love to see your predictions for how the rest of this thing will shake out! Now that we're down to 10 contenders, which one do you think will win??!??! Which ones will make the top 5?!!
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 14, 2019 23:24:11 GMT -5
1-2-3-4-6-8-9-11-14-18 Bummed Two Bottles of Wine didn’t rank higher in the top-20 as that was my absolute favorite discovery! Such a jam! Also pleasantly surprised that 7 of my top-10 are still intact!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 14, 2019 23:32:29 GMT -5
1-2-3-4-6-8-9-11-14-18 Bummed Two Bottles of Wine didn’t rank higher in the top-20 as that was my absolute favorite discovery! Such a jam! Also pleasantly surprised that 7 of my top-10 are still intact! Gurl, I done told you when you submitted that I was very impressed by how good your taste was!!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 15, 2019 4:26:25 GMT -5
I hadn't made our album reveal graphics for the albums we lost in the last set of reveals... Lol so I stayed up late and finished them. Here we go!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 15, 2019 4:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 15, 2019 4:27:52 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 15, 2019 4:28:21 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 15, 2019 10:26:25 GMT -5
This is a very strong top 10!! Sad that "Thousand Dreams" came so close to making it in though. </3
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:09:11 GMT -5
Is anybody around for me to start diving into this top 10??!?!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2019 19:22:02 GMT -5
I'm here!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:23:07 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:30:51 GMT -5
"One Night" is the high energy opening track from her Eleven album. This song has always been one of my favorite album openers from her I LOVE the way the music fades in, and the way the band gradually layers in. It is a very creative musical arrangement. One thing I have frequently seen this song criticized for is the relatively substance-less lyrics; especially because this album came out at a time when people were starting to bemoan the lack of lyrical depth in country music that would ultimately lead to the bro country movement. Martina has always been a rather substance-heavy artist, so people were thrown off guard. However, this is a song that she wrote that was meant to be like a celebration between her and her fans, specifically designed for a live show! It's meant to capture the elated vibe and energetic atmosphere of a live setting, not make some bland statement about wanting to party... Fortunately, the killer melody more than makes up for the lack of substance! I have always felt that this would have been a perfect song to release to radio, and the fact that it made the top 10 here suggests that y'all might agree with me for the most part. It is a damn shame that this era was so fraught with horrible single choices, and a song like this had to remain an album track....
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:37:10 GMT -5
9. "Whatcha Gonna Do" Album: Eleven
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:46:00 GMT -5
Despite having 2 songs make it into the top 10, with a swift 1-2 punch we are already ready to say goodbye to Eleven! "Whatcha Gonna Do" is a major fan favorite from Eleven, and is also a Martina favorite. She has had this as a part of her setlist pretty much since the album was released (she even sang this about 2 months ago when I saw her). This is also one of the rare album tracks that managed to win an album rankdown!
This song is a perfect song for Martina. It has strong lyrics that empower a lover who is fed up with their significant other's inability to commit, it has a sultry arrangement and melody, and it allows Martina to put her sassiness on full display. The way she sings, "You miss me, you want me, you need me; whatever..." is an iconic moment that stands out in her entire discography, imo. This is one of those songs that feels like it should have been a single. It has the live performances, the fan support, the support of the artist...there was even rumors throughout the industry that this was going to be the next single after "Marry Me" flopped! However, the announcement never came... WHY this was not released INSTEAD of "Marry Me", I will never know...
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:47:30 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:49:58 GMT -5
Ugh, I already found a typo... "Summer Of Love" finished at #46 in this rankdown, and "When You Love A Sinner" finished at #48... (I must have forgotten to change those numbers after I copy/pasted this whole format from the Everlasting reveal! ;) )
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 19:56:00 GMT -5
8. "Walk Away" Album: Shine
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:00:58 GMT -5
"Walk Away" is a song that I always consider to be one of Martina's quintessential album tracks. This song is 100% HER. The way the melody swells and expands throughout the song, reaching its zenith with that epic note in the bridge, it is like this song was literally designed to emphasize all the strengths of her voice. In a perfect world this would have been a top 5 contender, but somehow Kanenrá:ke and someguy ended up ranking this essentially 20 entire positions lower than everybody else
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:09:04 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:16:36 GMT -5
"Lies" is a powerful ballad that is also a pretty widely-recognized fan favorite from her. It was a very consistent top 10 contender here! Literally everybody put it in their top half except for two people, which goes to show how popular it was here! It also makes a pretty strong statement about how well-loved everything that is left is :)
"Lies" is another quintessential Martina album track. This is a really creative song lyrically, because it paints the picture of somebody who is heartbroken through a series of misstatements and lies. Life is usually fair, lovers don't say goodbye, I never lie, etc. It's like King George's "Ocean Front Property", only with a dramatic flair to replace the comedy. But what really makes this song worth listening to is the epic vocal arrangement and performance. It has a very odd melody, that you are almost not sure what to think about at first... But then it builds and builds over the course of the song, getting more and more epic, until it ends in a 3rd chorus designed to blow the roof off. Seriously Martina never sounded better than she does here. I am so glad to see this song make it into the top 10, although I never had any doubt that it would :)
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:18:48 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2019 20:24:28 GMT -5
ouch! "Whatcha Gonna Do", "Walk Away", and "Lies" one after the other hurts a lot. I love all 3 of these songs and am so happy they made the Top 10.
I do love "One Night" but it definitely falls near the bottom of this list for me just because I love so many others more.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:33:30 GMT -5
6. "A Great Disguise" Album: Wild Angels
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2019 20:41:52 GMT -5
"A Great Disguise" is a great song, and I've always enjoyed this one a lot. Glad it made it as far as it did, even if I didn't rank it that high
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:49:58 GMT -5
Just missing the top 5, we say goodbye to the lone holdout from the Wild Angels album. I had no idea what to expect from "A Great Disguise" here. It was the highest album track in the Wild Angels album rankdown, but looked like it got done so dirty because it only finished at #6 out of 11. The album's 5 singles lined up in front of it, 3 of which were not even that big of hits, giving the impression that Wild Angels didn't have any album tracks that could be considered among her best. But oh, how wrong that assessment would be!!!! While most of the songs we've seen tonight below this one bounced in and out of the top 10 throughout the submissions, "A Great Disguise" was a major powerhouse here, staying in the top 10 for almost the entire submission process. It was even a top 3 contender before it settled in at #6 :) I am SO thrilled to see this one do so well. "A Great Disguise" has always been one of my favorite album tracks from Martina's early years. As stacked as the Wild Angels album was, this song could have easily been a 6th single from it... The way this song describes somebody who puts up walls to look like they're okay as they goes about their daily life, trying to cover up the fact that they are falling apart inside, is downright poetry. Not to mention it is universally relatable to people, whether they are going through a breakup, struggling with depression, or really going through hard times of any sort. Plus I love how the lyrics change in every single chorus, and each one is as powerfully written as the last. Literally everybody put this song in their top half except for Cody Wants Out.... In fact, out of those who put it in their top half, only 2 of us didn't put it in their top 20! Literally half the participants put this in their top 15. An impressive showing indeed! That being said, this song missed the top 5 by almost 20 points... That's a pretty decisive deficit! Again, proof of just how well-loved this top 5 is
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2019 20:51:25 GMT -5
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