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Post by bboat11 on Apr 30, 2020 23:47:20 GMT -5
The Room To Breathe, Keep On Loving You, and Stronger Than The Truth eras all have yet to lose a song. One of them will no longer be able to say that after the next reveal ;)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 30, 2020 23:47:43 GMT -5
I'm a daughter of the red dirt Okie dust still in my bones But I can light up New York City with my red hair and rhinestonesWhat a LINE! ![:love:](http://i.imgur.com/2smy76v.gif) This song is underrated.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 30, 2020 23:52:13 GMT -5
26. "I'll Have What She's Having" Album: Keep On Loving You
Total: 324 Average: 23.14 Std Dev: 10.58someguy - 3George Strait Junkie - 7Cody Wants Out... - 11Kanenrá:ke - 15RobbyFlorida - 18.indulgecountry - 25lady𝓐fan - 26 tim - 27sbp17 - 28bboat11 - 29toomuchboy - 32taylor - 33castleoblivion26 - 33ClevelandRox - 37
Following: fearlessarrow![](https://i.imgur.com/bNuBEBR.png) {Songs Remaining} Cactus In A Coffee Can Cry Enough If I Had Any Sense Left At All It Just Has To Be This Way Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet Maggie Creek Road Moving Oleta Myself Without You Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Over You Room To Breathe Secret She Can’t Save Him She’s Turning 50 Today Sleeping With The Telephone Storm In A Shot Glass Stronger Than The Truth Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain That’s When I Knew The Bridge You Burn The Clown Whatever Way It Hurts The Least When You Love Someone Like That
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Greatest Hits III: (1/1) Myself Without You
Room To Breathe: (6/6) It Just Has To Be This Way Secret Moving Oleta Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely If I Had Any Sense Left At All Room To Breathe
Reba Duets: (3/5) Sleeping With The Telephone When You Love Someone Like That She Can’t Save Him
Keep On Loving You: (4/5) Maggie Creek Road Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Over You She’s Turning 50 Today
All The Women I Am: (2/5) The Bridge You Burn Cry
Love Somebody: (4/5) Enough That’s When I Knew Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet Whatever Way It Hurts The Least
Sing It Now: (0/5)
Stronger Than The Truth: (5/5) Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain Stronger Than The Truth Cactus In A Coffee Can Storm In A Shot Glass The Clown
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Apr 30, 2020 23:56:01 GMT -5
One of my favorite parts of this song, however, is that EPIC Soprano Sax solo!!!! How often do you hear that at all, let alone in country music? Gotta crank that one up every time ![:smokingdiva:](http://i.imgur.com/t6wcd.jpg) That sax solo made me put it 10 positions higher than I would have otherwise! ![:love:](http://i.imgur.com/2smy76v.gif)
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 30, 2020 23:58:39 GMT -5
"I'll Have What She's Having" is the first song from Reba's wildly successful Keep On Loving You album to leave us. And tbh although this album is loved, I am low-key shocked that THIS song managed to make this rankdown over stuff like "Pink Guitar" and even "I Want A Cowboy"... As a bright, whimsical western swing tune, it stands out as just as much of an odd duck on its parent album as it does in this list of her best album tracks.
As far as western swings go, I really do love this one! The premise is really strong, and Reba manages to turn 50-something-woman-shamelessly-lusting-after-a-taken-man-in-a-restaurant sound like a really natural, likable, and fun idea. There are some really strong lyrics that stick with me. And the melody gets in your head and will literally never let go once it's there.
However, it is VERY hard to compare this to her more mainstream-sounding stuff. I'm surprised it lasted this long here, tbh.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 0:27:55 GMT -5
Reba is a legend!
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Post by bboat11 on May 1, 2020 0:37:58 GMT -5
Hey girl hey! Nice of you to pass through podunkville on your way back to the palace! ![:smokingdiva:](http://i.imgur.com/t6wcd.jpg)
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2020 0:50:09 GMT -5
Only for REBA she is my country queen. Have fun bye!
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Post by someguy on May 1, 2020 9:29:08 GMT -5
I LOVE "I'll Have What She's Having" - it's such a fun moment on Keep On Loving You. Reba does an amazing job of it live, too, which makes me love it even more. I can see how it could be considered 'polarizing', but it's one of my favourites of Reba's in the latest couple decades of her career.
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Post by taylor on May 1, 2020 12:49:00 GMT -5
Only for REBA she is my country queen. Have fun bye! we love a queen with TASTE!!!
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Post by taylor on May 1, 2020 12:51:38 GMT -5
"Break Each Other's Hearts Again" and to only a slightly lesser extent "I'll Have What She's Having" very sorely overstayed. I'm glad they're finally gone. Among the worst of Reba's career for me.
Meanwhile I love "Sing It Now" but it doesn't hold up to the list here for me, hence my lower rank. However, y'all ROBBED "All The Women I Am"!! A powerhouse country BOP!!! With those great lines and don't get me starting on that SAXOPHONE!!! Whew!
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Post by ClevelandRox on May 3, 2020 19:32:57 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on May 5, 2020 15:33:26 GMT -5
![](https://media.giphy.com/media/U3IgBERGg8bMMKCVKY/giphy.gif) Thank you for your patience, and sorry I haven't been around much lately! My dad and I have been replacing our backyard fence. And we live on like a half acre, so it's taking a looooooooong ass time. I think today is day 6? Anyway, we will likely be finishing this afternoon! I will try to do some more reveals later today, but if I run out of time, just know that after today my life will be back to normal and I will be able to start blasting through this thing :)
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:23:12 GMT -5
25. "If I Had Any Sense Left At All" Album: Room To Breathe
Total: 319 Average: 22.79 Std Dev: 12.29 (Largest!!!) Kanenrá:ke - 6 ClevelandRox - 6 lady𝓐fan - 9 George Strait Junkie - 12 bboat11 - 14 RobbyFlorida - 16 .indulgecountry - 20 tim - 25 castleoblivion26 - 30 sbp17 - 34 toomuchboy - 36 someguy - 37 Cody Wants Out... - 37 taylor - 37 Following: fearlessarrow![](https://i.imgur.com/25eGp6h.png) {Songs Remaining} Cactus In A Coffee Can Cry Enough It Just Has To Be This Way Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet Maggie Creek Road Moving Oleta Myself Without You Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Over You Room To Breathe Secret She Can’t Save Him She’s Turning 50 Today Sleeping With The Telephone Storm In A Shot Glass Stronger Than The Truth Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain That’s When I Knew The Bridge You Burn The Clown Whatever Way It Hurts The Least When You Love Someone Like That
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Greatest Hits III: (1/1) Myself Without You
Room To Breathe: (5/6) It Just Has To Be This Way Secret Moving Oleta Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Room To Breathe
Reba Duets: (3/5) Sleeping With The Telephone When You Love Someone Like That She Can’t Save Him
Keep On Loving You: (4/5) Maggie Creek Road Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Over You She’s Turning 50 Today
All The Women I Am: (2/5) The Bridge You Burn Cry
Love Somebody: (4/5) Enough That’s When I Knew Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet Whatever Way It Hurts The Least
Sing It Now: (0/5)
Stronger Than The Truth: (5/5) Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain Stronger Than The Truth Cactus In A Coffee Can Storm In A Shot Glass The Clown
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:27:36 GMT -5
Let's get back into this!!!!! Kicking off the top 25, we say goodbye to the first song from Room To Breathe. "If I Had Any Sense Left At All" has always been one of my favorite songs from that album. I think the melody is really cool, with the odd chord progressions and such in the chorus. Plus the arrangement matches the melody perfectly, with the sliding steel guitar being especially perfect to make the chorus feel more epic. Reba really does a great job with this song, which would be a really hard song to do well imo. However, this song has always proven to be polarizing, and in this case it is the MOST polarizing song of the rankdown. It is the song that tied with "A Little Want To" for the most last place ranks, and several other low ranks all worked together to prevent this from ever being a top 20 contender despite the fact that half the participants actually had this in their top 20. With this elimination, Stronger Than The Truth is now the only studio album to remain fully intact ![:smokingdiva:](http://i.imgur.com/t6wcd.jpg)
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Post by someguy on May 6, 2020 17:29:52 GMT -5
Love Reba, but I’ve never really been a fan of this song. I do understand its appeal, but I find it too slow for me to really get into.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on May 6, 2020 17:31:52 GMT -5
What is this blasphemy??!! ![:sip:](//storage.proboards.com/1258812/images/WfP77sf444N0bFhVzFU1.gif)
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:33:28 GMT -5
24. Whatever Way It Hurts The Least Album: Love Somebody
Total: 310 Average: 22.14 Std Dev: 9.77toomuchboy - 5 someguy - 7 taylor - 13 sbp17 - 15 .indulgecountry - 17 lady𝓐fan - 20 bboat11 - 25 RobbyFlorida - 25 George Strait Junkie - 26 tim - 26 ClevelandRox - 27 Kanenrá:ke - 32 castleoblivion26 - 36 Cody Wants Out... - 36 Following: fearlessarrow![](https://i.imgur.com/hRWLmFz.png) {Songs Remaining} Cactus In A Coffee Can Cry Enough It Just Has To Be This Way Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet Maggie Creek Road Moving Oleta Myself Without You Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Over You Room To Breathe Secret She Can’t Save Him She’s Turning 50 Today Sleeping With The Telephone Storm In A Shot Glass Stronger Than The Truth Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain That’s When I Knew The Bridge You Burn The Clown When You Love Someone Like That
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Greatest Hits III: (1/1) Myself Without You
Room To Breathe: (5/6) It Just Has To Be This Way Secret Moving Oleta Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Room To Breathe
Reba Duets: (3/5) Sleeping With The Telephone When You Love Someone Like That She Can’t Save Him
Keep On Loving You: (4/5) Maggie Creek Road Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Over You She’s Turning 50 Today
All The Women I Am: (2/5) The Bridge You Burn Cry
Love Somebody: (3/5) Enough That’s When I Knew Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet
Sing It Now: (0/5)
Stronger Than The Truth: (5/5) Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain Stronger Than The Truth Cactus In A Coffee Can Storm In A Shot Glass The Clown
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:36:56 GMT -5
The next song to leave us from Love Somebody is one of the bonus tracks. "Whatever Way It Hurts The Least" is a bit of a fan favorite from that album, so I was not surprised to see it make this rankdown. I just wish it was easier to find! Thanks again to Kanenrá:ke for uploading it to YouTube so we can use it in rankdowns 😂 I would rather have seen a couple other songs from Love Somebody make it into this rankdown in its place, tbh, but it is an enjoyable song.
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Post by someguy on May 6, 2020 17:38:56 GMT -5
Now this one I love! No idea why it was only a bonus track on Love Somebody. Had it been on an album 10-20 years earlier, I can see this one being a big hit for Reba.
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:43:10 GMT -5
23. "Cry" Album: All The Women I Am
Total: 303 Average: 21.64 Std Dev: 9.20toomuchboy - 4 ClevelandRox - 9 Cody Wants Out... - 13 tim - 17 George Strait Junkie - 19 Kanenrá:ke - 20 sbp17 - 21 bboat11 - 21 castleoblivion26 - 23 taylor - 28 .indulgecountry - 28 RobbyFlorida - 29 lady𝓐fan - 35 someguy - 36 Following: fearlessarrow![](https://i.imgur.com/LRKj9xP.png) {Songs Remaining} Cactus In A Coffee Can Enough It Just Has To Be This Way Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet Maggie Creek Road Moving Oleta Myself Without You Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Over You Room To Breathe Secret She Can’t Save Him She’s Turning 50 Today Sleeping With The Telephone Storm In A Shot Glass Stronger Than The Truth Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain That’s When I Knew The Bridge You Burn The Clown When You Love Someone Like That
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Greatest Hits III: (1/1) Myself Without You
Room To Breathe: (5/6) It Just Has To Be This Way Secret Moving Oleta Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Room To Breathe
Reba Duets: (3/5) Sleeping With The Telephone When You Love Someone Like That She Can’t Save Him
Keep On Loving You: (4/5) Maggie Creek Road Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Over You She’s Turning 50 Today
All The Women I Am: (1/5) The Bridge You Burn
Love Somebody: (3/5) Enough That’s When I Knew Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet
Sing It Now: (0/5)
Stronger Than The Truth: (5/5) Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain Stronger Than The Truth Cactus In A Coffee Can Storm In A Shot Glass The Clown
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:46:34 GMT -5
With the exit of "Cry", All The Women I Am becomes the second album to be down to only 1 song left. I honestly am not that surprised to see that, because aside from a couple songs like "The Bridge You Burn" and "Cry", it seems to be an album where the best songs became singles. "Cry" just misses the top 20 here, and as much as I love this song, this is probably a good place for it. I found this one to be really hard to rank, and I had no idea what to expect from it. I love Reba's delivery of this one! It's kind of a quirky song, but it is totally in her wheelhouse! RIP to toomuchboy who has now lost his #5 and #4 consecutively :(
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:49:50 GMT -5
The next song is the first one that I am actually kind of upset about.... One of my favorite album tracks of Reba's career, and imo a HUGE missed single opportunity (especially considering which ballad from the album became a single in its place).... ![:sip:](//storage.proboards.com/1258812/images/dgOXFHoalq0cV7cSb9OQ.gif) I will lose my #5, and I will not be the only one...nor will I be the highest ranker! Anyone wanna take any guesses what this could be? ![:smokingdiva:](http://i.imgur.com/t6wcd.jpg)
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Post by someguy on May 6, 2020 17:54:11 GMT -5
The next song is the first one that I am actually kind of upset about.... One of my favorite album tracks of Reba's career, and imo a HUGE missed single opportunity (especially considering which ballad from the album became a single in its place).... ![:sip:](//storage.proboards.com/1258812/images/WfP77sf444N0bFhVzFU1.gif) I will lose my #5 5, and I will not be the only one...nor will I be the highest ranker! Anyone wanna take any guesses what this could be? ![:smokingdiva:](http://i.imgur.com/t6wcd.jpg) Biggest missed single could be a few different ones. "Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain", while amazing, wasn't really a missed single, since nothing from Stronger Than The Truth would have hit. I can't see other 'missed singles' like "When You Love Someone Like That" or "Maggie Creek Road" being out this early, so I doubt that it's either of those. I'm going to go with "Myself Without You" (which absolutely should have been a single!). I could be wrong though.
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Post by toomuchboy on May 6, 2020 17:55:57 GMT -5
I got the Deluxe for Love Somebody and those deluxe tracks were well worth it! There are a lot of artists where the Deluxe tracks are like leftovers, but with Reba they're always some of the best on the album, imo.
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Post by someguy on May 6, 2020 17:57:22 GMT -5
I got the Deluxe for Love Somebody and those deluxe tracks were well worth it! There are a lot of artists where the Deluxe tracks are like leftovers, but with Reba they're always some of the best on the album, imo. I couldn't agree more! "Whatever Way It Hurts The Least" and "More Than Just Her Last Name" were two of my favourites from Love Somebody.
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Post by RobbyFlorida on May 6, 2020 17:57:40 GMT -5
The next song is the first one that I am actually kind of upset about.... One of my favorite album tracks of Reba's career, and imo a HUGE missed single opportunity (especially considering which ballad from the album became a single in its place).... ![:sip:](//storage.proboards.com/1258812/images/dgOXFHoalq0cV7cSb9OQ.gif) I will lose my #5, and I will not be the only one...nor will I be the highest ranker! Anyone wanna take any guesses what this could be? ![:smokingdiva:](http://i.imgur.com/t6wcd.jpg) Room To Breathe
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 17:57:56 GMT -5
22. "Over You" Album: Keep On Loving You
Total: 284 Average: 20.29 Std Dev: 10.11ClevelandRox - 4 bboat11 - 5 .indulgecountry - 5 lady𝓐fan - 14 sbp17 - 18 taylor - 18 Kanenrá:ke - 21 tim - 24 castleoblivion26 - 25 toomuchboy - 28 Cody Wants Out... - 28 someguy - 28 George Strait Junkie - 31 RobbyFlorida - 35 Following: fearlessarrow![](https://i.imgur.com/JXxyMF4.png) {Songs Remaining} Cactus In A Coffee Can Enough It Just Has To Be This Way Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet Maggie Creek Road Moving Oleta Myself Without You Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Room To Breathe Secret She Can’t Save Him She’s Turning 50 Today Sleeping With The Telephone Storm In A Shot Glass Stronger Than The Truth Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain That’s When I Knew The Bridge You Burn The Clown When You Love Someone Like That
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Greatest Hits III: (1/1) Myself Without You
Room To Breathe: (5/6) It Just Has To Be This Way Secret Moving Oleta Once You’ve Learned To Be Lonely Room To Breathe
Reba Duets: (3/5) Sleeping With The Telephone When You Love Someone Like That She Can’t Save Him
Keep On Loving You: (3/5) Maggie Creek Road Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You She’s Turning 50 Today
All The Women I Am: (1/5) The Bridge You Burn
Love Somebody: (3/5) Enough That’s When I Knew Livin’ Ain’t Killed Me Yet
Sing It Now: (0/5)
Stronger Than The Truth: (5/5) Tammy Wynette Kind Of Pain Stronger Than The Truth Cactus In A Coffee Can Storm In A Shot Glass The Clown
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 18:05:29 GMT -5
All pretty good guesses, but it is actually "Over You" ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) I know that "Maggie Creek Road" is THE obvious missed hit of the Keep On Loving You album, but the meat of the hint was that this should have been a single instead of the ballad that was actually a single. Aka, the title track had no business being released to radio when this song was an available option. The title track is fine, but ended up being a pretty polarizing and forgettable single that kind of killed her momentum. "Over You" has always seemed to be the power ballad that fans wanted instead. That melody combined with those vocals is one of my favorite Reba moments of the 2000s!!! I was hoping this one would at least make the top 20, because it deserved.... Myself and .indulgecountry both lose our #5, while ClevelandRox loses his #4.
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Post by bboat11 on May 6, 2020 18:07:37 GMT -5
Well, now that that's out of the way, let's go ahead and get rid of our first #1 of the rankdown!!!!! ;)
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