Taylor Swift - Lover Rankdown completeTE

[kimberly]

Soon I'll Get Bitter if that song makes it further

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

#10. Afterglow



"I lived like an island, punished you with silence"

Points: 532
Average Rank: 10.0
Standard Deviation: 4.7
Median: #10

It's funny to me that Afterglow came so close to Daylight because they were the last two songs to resonate with me in any way - probably more due to their placement on the album than anything else. Light Afterglow, Daylight started on the low end before making its way up - almost at the same point as that song too. It looked to finish a bit higher but the last three lists pushed it down.

Rankings:
1 sunburn
1 #brayden
1 Exclusive
2 kf1992
2 newpower
2 Kanenrá:ke
3 Zeebz
4 AmazDrag
5 castleoblivion26
5 sergejdordij

6 Lumi
6 neverduplicated
6 nickd
7 Az Paynter
7 ampersand
7 born
7 @trilogy
7 toomuchboy
7 kmbgs
7 surfy
8 SHOOTER
8 austin
9 aznsinger
9 jodakyellow
9 tim
9 Lux ◢ ◤
9 Nick P
9 kimberly
10 dhill92
10 Juan Carlos
10 @drakeisskinny
10 .indulgecountry

11 Adrian C. 🍓
11 Mayman
12 deepston
12 cedric
12 Okay
12 ClevelandRox
12 daddy
13 Future Captain
13 @ioshirai
14 sapphire
14 Rose "Payola" Nylund
14 charmander78
14 samo🦕
14 Mirago
15 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿
15 walt91
15 DistrictTwelve
15 Choco
15 alexcuse
15 BILLBOARD HOT 100
15 bboat11

16 woods
17 Mylo13 💜
17 Naos
17 Ty
17 Troublemaker
17 someguy
17 Keelzit

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

*pauses for seething*

[kimberly]

I like Afterglow but it just sounds like an amalgamation of everything else on the album? It's appropriate that it goes out with Daylight because those two also sound like the two sides of a single.

[Zeebz]

Sept 9, 2019 17:26:28 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

*pauses for seething*

*seethes on cue*

“Afterglow” deserves better than barely being top ten I-

[nickd]

Sept 9, 2019 17:29:17 GMT -5 kimberly said:

I like Afterglow but it just sounds like an amalgamation of everything else on the album? It's appropriate that it goes out with Daylight because those two also sound like the two sides of a single.

Afterglow feels more R&B influenced than most of the album so I don't really see that.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

The song at #9 received the most top 10s so far with 34 - three of those were #1s. Of the 25 people who didn't give it a top 10 rank, four put it right at the bottom.

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{LOVERS}Adrian C. 🍓 alexcuse sapphire ampersand austin aznsinger Az Paynter bboat11 Future Captain castleoblivion26 cedric charmander78 Choco tim ClevelandRox daddy deepston dhill92 DistrictTwelve @drakeisskinny Exclusive Troublemaker #brayden newpower AmazDrag .indulgecountry @ioshirai Zeebz born jodakyellow Kanenrá:ke Naos Juan Carlos kf1992 kimberly kmbgs Lumi Lux ◢ ◤ Keelzit Mayman Mylo13 💜 neverduplicated nickd Nick P surfy SHOOTER Okay samo🦕 sergejdordij someguy sunburn Rose "Payola" Nylund 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 toomuchboy Mirago @trilogy Ty woods walt91

[Choco]

Our opinions on this album are all over the place...

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

#9. The Archer



"And I cut off my nose just to spite my face
Then I hate my reflection for years and years"

Points: 544
Average Rank: 9.8
Standard Deviation: 5.2
Median: #10

The Archer nearly had a photo finish by ending up in the top 10 after it looked like it might settle in the high teens.

Rankings:
1 Zeebz
1 tim
1 Naos
2 born
2 @ioshirai
2 samo🦕
2 bboat11
3 Exclusive
3 neverduplicated
4 deepston
4 Mirago
5 SHOOTER
5 dhill92
5 walt91

6 @trilogy
6 @drakeisskinny
6 Okay
6 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿
6 Troublemaker
7 jodakyellow
7 cedric
7 BILLBOARD HOT 100
7 Mylo13 💜
8 charmander78
9 kf1992
9 sergejdordij
9 nickd
9 Future Captain
10 newpower
10 Lux ◢ ◤
10 Adrian C. 🍓
10 Mayman
10 daddy
10 sapphire
10 DistrictTwelve

11 Juan Carlos
11 Rose "Payola" Nylund
12 aznsinger
12 kimberly
12 alexcuse
12 woods
13 Lumi
14 surfy
14 Ty
14 someguy
14 Keelzit
15 castleoblivion26
15 ampersand

16 #brayden
16 Az Paynter
16 toomuchboy
16 .indulgecountry
16 Choco
17 AmazDrag
17 austin
17 Nick P
18 sunburn
18 Kanenrá:ke
18 kmbgs
18 ClevelandRox

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

#8 is the last song to not receive any #1s.

SPOILER: Click to show

{LOVERS}Adrian C. 🍓 alexcuse sapphire ampersand austin aznsinger Az Paynter bboat11 Future Captain castleoblivion26 cedric charmander78 Choco tim ClevelandRox daddy deepston dhill92 DistrictTwelve @drakeisskinny Exclusive Troublemaker #brayden newpower AmazDrag .indulgecountry @ioshirai Zeebz born jodakyellow Kanenrá:ke Naos Juan Carlos kf1992 kimberly kmbgs Lumi Lux ◢ ◤ Keelzit Mayman Mylo13 💜 neverduplicated nickd Nick P surfy SHOOTER Okay samo🦕 sergejdordij someguy sunburn Rose "Payola" Nylund 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 toomuchboy Mirago @trilogy Ty woods walt91

[Zeebz]

:(

“The Archer” remains slept on

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

#8. Soon You'll Get Better featuring Dixie Chicks



"Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus too"

Points: 549
Average Rank: 9.7
Standard Deviation: 4.2
Median: #10

Early on, it looked like this song might end up near the bottom and while I didn't rank it much higher than it ended up, secretly I hoped it would end up doing well because it felt like an underdog to me, but as I added each list in, it was looking less and less likely until I realized, soon it was getting higher, increasing its position until it topped out at #8.

Rankings:
2 Adrian C. 🍓
2 someguy
2 castleoblivion26
3 dhill92
3 Keelzit
4 newpower
4 Juan Carlos
4 Ty
4 Kanenrá:ke
5 ampersand

6 bboat11
6 SHOOTER
6 Choco
7 Naos
7 walt91
7 @drakeisskinny
7 charmander78
7 Rose "Payola" Nylund
8 tim
8 cedric
8 nickd
8 Future Captain
8 Lux ◢ ◤
8 daddy
8 .indulgecountry
9 @trilogy
9 alexcuse
9 surfy
10 Zeebz
10 deepston
10 Mylo13 💜
10 AmazDrag

11 samo🦕
11 Exclusive
11 Okay
11 Troublemaker
11 jodakyellow
11 Az Paynter
11 toomuchboy
12 austin
12 Nick P
13 neverduplicated
13 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿
13 BILLBOARD HOT 100
13 sergejdordij
13 sapphire
14 born
14 @ioshirai
14 Mayman
14 aznsinger
14 kimberly
14 #brayden
14 sunburn
14 kmbgs
14 ClevelandRox
15 kf1992

16 DistrictTwelve
17 Mirago
18 woods
18 Lumi

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I'm going to pause it here for now. I aim to post a few more tonight but here's a teaser:

#7 is the last song in this string of close-calls that began at #13. Only 41 points separated #13 and #7.

#7 has a lower median than songs 8-11, but ties False God for the second highest standard deviation (5.3). 2 people ranked at #1 out of the 29 people who put it in their top 10, the lowest of any song in the Top 11.

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{LOVERS}Adrian C. 🍓 alexcuse sapphire ampersand austin aznsinger Az Paynter bboat11 Future Captain castleoblivion26 cedric charmander78 Choco tim ClevelandRox daddy deepston dhill92 DistrictTwelve @drakeisskinny Exclusive Troublemaker #brayden newpower AmazDrag .indulgecountry @ioshirai Zeebz born jodakyellow Kanenrá:ke Naos Juan Carlos kf1992 kimberly kmbgs Lumi Lux ◢ ◤ Keelzit Mayman Mylo13 💜 neverduplicated nickd Nick P surfy SHOOTER Okay samo🦕 sergejdordij someguy sunburn Rose "Payola" Nylund 𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿 toomuchboy Mirago @trilogy Ty woods walt91

[Troublemaker]

I expected more for a collaboration with Dixie Chicks. Song isn't bad but isn't great either.

[Choco]

You Need to Calm Down next? That will probably have a strong SD.

[Exclusive]

To those who tanked Afterglow and the Archer

With love <3

[kimberly]

Sept 9, 2019 18:05:23 GMT -5 Troublemaker said:

I expected more for a collaboration with Dixie Chicks. Song isn't bad but isn't great either.

They're barely in the song, I wanted a full on collab but I understand the subject matter doesn't have room for that, wish they were on a different song but that would also defeat the purpose of putting her mom's faves in the song about her mom. mess

[jodakyellow]

Did... did y’all actually like “Soon You’ll Get Better” or did you just think ranking it low would make you look like bad people?

[neverduplicated]

So let me get this straight - practically everyone I saw on this board complained about YNTCD being a single but it’s in the top 7?

[Naos]

"The Archer" should have been #1. Easily the best.

[deepston]

YNTCD is higher than The Archer than Daylight?? Pulse continues blasphemous...

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Sept 9, 2019 18:42:30 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

So let me get this straight - practically everyone I saw on this board complained about YNTCD being a single but it’s in the top 7?

This tea is very bitter but served nice and hot

[Troublemaker]

Sept 9, 2019 18:42:30 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

So let me get this straight - practically everyone I saw on this board complained about YNTCD being a single but it’s in the top 7?

You need to calm down, you're being too loud!

[neverduplicated]

Sept 9, 2019 18:49:39 GMT -5 Troublemaker said:

Sept 9, 2019 18:42:30 GMT -5 neverduplicated said:

So let me get this straight - practically everyone I saw on this board complained about YNTCD being a single but it’s in the top 7?

You need to calm down, you're being too loud!

LOL I love the song but somehow ranked it lower than the rest of Pulse. I’m just shocked!

[Mayman]

Almost got a perfect ranking with Afterglow too! I don't have a comment on it, because tbh I don't remember anything about it lol.

Okay I'm doing pretty good because The Archer is yet another reveal where I was one away from a perfect ranking! The Archer's best part is the bridge/outro. Otherwise, the chorus is alright but nothing too special.

Soon You'll Get Better is just okay. The chorus is cute but the feature and verses are a little boring.

[woods]

Remaining: 1 3 5 6 7 9 14

[nickd]

I still can't believe how you guys did I Think He Knows dirty. It's especially surprising considering it's one of the favorite on r/TaylorSwift and looks like it'll be #2 this week on the Swiftie Charts (from about 150-180 participating Swifties, mostly from r/TaylorSwift and ATRL).

[walt91]

NOT basic hoes coming out of the woodwork to boost You Need To Calm Down! 

The Archer deserved better, but other than that these reveals were satisfactory imo.

[AmazDrag]

The Archer is just so uneventful. I might actually like it if it actually weals not so stagnant in it’s sound. AFTERGLOW is slept on.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

HI DRAGGY!!!

Sept 9, 2019 20:30:34 GMT -5 AmazDrag said:

The Archer London Boy is just so uneventful. I might actually like it if it actually weals not so stagnant in it’s sound. AFTERFLOW DAYFLIGHT is slept on.

Fixed