.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 21, 2024 21:07:45 GMT -5
"Sometimes you read it like a school kid writin' on chalkboard walls Sometimes it hits you like the water rollin' over Niagara Falls Cheeks get flushed like the first time buzz on Cabernet Boots on the bleachers, the edge of the seaters, just watchin' you entertain"
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 21, 2024 21:10:11 GMT -5
"How Dare You Love" is the next track to bow out. This time it's a pair of #3s that represent the highest ranks, courtesy of Leo ✔ and bboat11. This unassuming smooth-sailing love song from MirLam is a pleasant track, but it definitely doesn't stand out a whole lot on an album as strong as Wildcard. LBTrocks loses his #14 with this one, and about half of us lose a bottom 3 rank.
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Leo ✔
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Post by Leo ✔ on Jan 21, 2024 21:11:28 GMT -5
not me already losing a top 3 rank lol
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Troublemaker
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Post by Troublemaker on Jan 21, 2024 21:20:47 GMT -5
My problem with #13 is that it’s too wordy and not memorable.
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 21, 2024 21:20:52 GMT -5
"Carnation from a flowerbed in a whiskey bottle base Cadillac on a cinder block, duct tape on every other thing Real ferns in the sunroom‚ bug zapper by the screen Dog hair on the Restoration Hardware, who says you can't have nice things?"
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 21, 2024 21:23:43 GMT -5
The raucous album-opener "White Trash" proved to be one of the most divisive tracks on Wildcard. It had a passionate few that love the rowdy in-your-face production and quirky quotable lyrics, namely myself and SHOOTER who had it highest as a pair of #4 ranks. It landed two other top 5s, as well. That said, it also ended up with a whopping six #14 ranks, the most of any song on the album.
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schnetzka
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Post by schnetzka on Jan 21, 2024 21:27:19 GMT -5
Honestly surprised "White Trash" is so low. Loved it as an opener to the album.
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on Jan 21, 2024 21:27:41 GMT -5
The correct bottom-2. This is my second favorite Miranda album but those two songs just never stuck with me.
However, y’all are INSANE for tanking White Trash. Must’ve hit a little too close to home judging by the collective “taste” in the room.
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🌺CountryLineDancer
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jan 21, 2024 21:42:02 GMT -5
"How Dare You Love" might not be strong lyrically, but it has a really nice melody. Definitely do not deserve to exit so early.
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Leo ✔
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Post by Leo ✔ on Jan 21, 2024 22:04:30 GMT -5
white trash was mid
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 21, 2024 22:14:49 GMT -5
Honestly surprised "White Trash" is so low. Loved it as an opener to the album. The correct bottom-2. This is my second favorite Miranda album but those two songs just never stuck with me. However, y’all are INSANE for tanking White Trash. Must’ve hit a little too close to home judging by the collective “taste” in the room. It's such a BOP. The production, the melody, and especially the lyrics are all 🔥🔥🔥 The way "Tequila Does" got a video despite not going to radio had me hopeful maybe she'd do the same with "White Trash" but alas, no luck. It deserved a visual! </3
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Darkest Hour
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jan 22, 2024 9:53:20 GMT -5
Actually like How Dare You Love more for being tamer in terms of experimentation. A lot of the production tricks from Jay Joyce in this album just doesn't fit MirLam well. The swampy Holy Water may work with a more powerful vocalist instead. Meanwhile White Trash probably will never work well under anyone's hands, despite her best effort here.
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 8, 2024 21:04:07 GMT -5
"I use what I got, I don't let it go to waste I'm pretty from the back, kinda pretty in the face I hate to admit it, but it didn't stop me, did it?"
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 8, 2024 21:07:37 GMT -5
The quirky catchy "Pretty Bitchin'" snuck ahead of our last reveal by a mere 1 point to land at #11. Three posters lose a top 5 here, while two lose a #14 placement. The majority had it in their bottom 5, so it lacked the support to move any higher.
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 8, 2024 21:13:01 GMT -5
"Antifreeze and Gatorade Arsenic in his lemonade Takes just one snip to bleed his brakes But we ain't gonna do it (She ain't gonna do it)"
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 8, 2024 21:15:21 GMT -5
This one surprised me a bit! Miranda's collaboration with Maren Morris on a whimsical song about women choosing to opt out of murder due to the lack of glamour that it would afford them to be in prison struggled to gain much traction. It landed solidly ahead in points of the rest of the bottom 5 in the RD, but it couldn't get any higher than a #10. Only one poster found a place in their top 5 for it, though it consistently wound up in the 6-9 range for most. d3vin44 and Darkest Hour lose their last place, however.
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 8, 2024 21:21:06 GMT -5
"I'm like a locomotive, I don't run out of steam I'm headed toward the reservoir and I'm gonna need a drink I ain't no Napa Valley, New York City seems okay I'm a little bit more Tennessee and there's whiskey in my veins"
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 8, 2024 21:22:33 GMT -5
The raucous "Locomotive" is the next to run out of steam in this rankdown. It lands at #9 and gets the edge over the MirLam/Maren collab by a few points thanks to a few higher ranks, including a #2 from bboat11 and a #3 from d3vin44. OTOH, we see austin lose his last place rank here.
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kamala 2024 truther
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 8, 2024 21:24:59 GMT -5
“Locomotive” is classic rowdy MirLam. It’s around the middle for me on such a strong album as this, which serves as an indication of the level of strength we’re talking about!
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Troublemaker
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Post by Troublemaker on Feb 8, 2024 22:46:45 GMT -5
Hmm a few thought: - Pretty Bitchin’: I love the realness of this song, it’s pretty bitching when you have people who’ll put up with you. The unofficial video that was released is also cute. - Way Too Pretty for Prison: my friend calls this the complain song. I expected more from a collabo with Maren, this was not it. - Locomotive: too loud
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 9, 2024 0:31:54 GMT -5
"We'll smoke like a couple in the 1960s Lit up like a pair of Woodstock hippies Lookin' down on a town where it don't seem wrong To be a bonfire blaze where it don't belong"
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 9, 2024 0:34:05 GMT -5
"Fire Escape" is the next to go and as you can see from the point totals, it was very close to both "Locomotive" and "Pretty." They all traded spaces several times throughout the submission process, and much to my dismay this one ended up higher. I finally lose my #14 here, alongside @schentzka and castleoblivion26. This one is just too dreary and the melody is just... not that good imo. It's certainly not unlistenable, but it was an easy last place for me on this album. That said, it wasn't without its fans! Several people lose a top 5, including a #2 from collinkottke.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 9, 2024 5:16:17 GMT -5
Eh Locomotive and Fire Escape are better cuts from the album. The former is just so wild, and I definitely prefer it to the actual radio single. The latter has a hazy atmosphere that suits the theme.
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schnetzka
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Post by schnetzka on Feb 9, 2024 6:02:31 GMT -5
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austin
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Post by austin on Feb 9, 2024 16:28:46 GMT -5
This is maybe her strongest album, and if not, it’s second. That said, “Locomotive” is TRASH.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 19, 2024 21:50:33 GMT -5
"And it ain't nothin' fancy 'Cause the manager, Nancy She's an old jukebox junkie She plays nothin' but country"
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 19, 2024 21:52:36 GMT -5
"Dark Bars," which serves as the moody and brooding album-closer to Wildcard, lands at the halfway point of the rankdown. Kanenrá:ke is the latest to lose their #1 track, and this one put up an impressive top 10 count, excluding just six ranks that placed this bottom 5.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 19, 2024 21:53:35 GMT -5
"Dark Bars" is the definition of a great album track. It’s never designed to be a radio single, but I love the melody and lyrics.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 19, 2024 21:57:43 GMT -5
"Well, I might as well face it I'm always chasin' A kiss with a twist of a lime When I’m drinking doubles I’m nothing but trouble And trouble's so easy to find Hand me a sombrero ’Cause Jose Cuervo Is taking me home tonight"
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 19, 2024 22:00:51 GMT -5
With a gap of nearly 20 points, the South-of-the-border-flavored "Tequila Does" comes up shy of the top 5 in the rankdown. One of the more popular album cuts from Wildcard, it actually got a music video for its Telemitry Remix and received a lot of buzz despite never going to radio. d3vin44 is the latest poster to lose their #1, and the majority of ranks for this one fell right in the mid-range (lots of #6s and #7s), with only a trickle of bottom 5s.
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