Rolling in the Ranks: the Adele Rankdowns (25 finished)

[bat1990]

I'm so excited for this!!!

[taylor]

I've received a couple more lists, bringing us up to a total of 18! Can we make it an even 20? There are two days remaining to submit!

Lists Received:
1. Trilogy
2. dgarcia3377
3. back2blk
4. taylor
5. @imhappy259
6. schnetzka
7. SabrinaFan
8. toomuchboy
9. bat1990
10. Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ
11. jaden
12. Caviar
13. alexcuse
14. someguy
15. .indulgecountry
16. Tim
17. wyckyd
18. SHOOTER

Due: Friday, November 5

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{Previous Album Participants}someguy Caviar  Trilogy Kanenrá:ke dgarcia3377 fearlessarrow jaden  schnetzka wyckyd samo🦕 toomuchboy zaclord 🌈 castleoblivion26 Tim Kris Kringle .indulgecountry

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{Pop Tags}13 Adrian C. 🍓 alexcuse anthony11554 austin avatar Az Paynter yuh yuh BB🌕 bigfan101 Linnethia Monique Private Dancer Future Captain taylor castleoblivion26 cedric charmander78 CF15 Cody Wants Out... g8erboi Tim Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast Crimsonio fearlessarrow Exclusive filthy gabe GP   GrinningLikeADevil newpower hydraflare Sambalada CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 jaden jamesflame Leo ✔ born Kanenrá:ke Juanca Mr. Thonk Eyes jtd Thee Stallion Fire kimberly lyhom mamooshka shootingstar16  HamedM1 💔  Mayman MoD Mylo13 💜 Caviar netti Normi SHOOTER RobbyFlorida samo🦕 sergejdordij @sklohiorawr stallie zaclord 🌈 SwiftlySheeran tallen2001 $pooky Ho thelegends Devil Marlena Nylund 💎 𝑔𝓋 💎 toomuchboy Trilogy Ty woods walt91 weaver wheatsquares33 willapted33 wrip wyckyd YotamTS Zach

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{R&B Tags}yuh yuh BB🌕 Beno Linnethia Monique boysilver400 Private Dancer castleoblivion26 cedric CF15 George g8erboi Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast  Crimsonio Fancy filthy gabe singingrulebritannia GP   newpower hydraflare Sambalada CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry jaden jamesflame Kanenrá:ke jtd Thee Stallion lyhom shootingstar16   HamedM1 💔  Mayman MoD Mylo13 💜 Caviar netti Nick P SHOOTER RobbyFlorida sergejdordij @sklohiorawr spitfire stallie tallen2001 $pooky Ho thelegends toomuchboy Trilogy Ty walt91 Wavey. z willapted33 wrip wyckyd YotamTS Zach

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{General Tags}Adrian C. 🍓 alexcuse Alex1901 American Idiot anorable avatar Az Paynter yuh yuh BB🌕 Beno boysilver400 Private Dancer taylor castleoblivion26 cedric charmander78 CF15 Cody Wants Out... g8erboi Tim Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast eidde Crimsonio fearlessarrow Exclusive filthy gabe GP   GrinningLikeADevil hydraflare Sambalada CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 jaden jamesflame janinho Leo ✔ born Kanenrá:ke Juanca Mr. Thonk Eyes jtd Thee Stallion Fire kimberly lyhom mamooshka shootingstar16   M5 HamedM1 💔  Mayman MoD Mylo13 💜 netti Nick P SHOOTER radioactived Red RobbyFlorida samo🦕 sergejdordij @sklohiorawr stallie zaclord 🌈 SwiftlySheeran tallen2001 tanooki $pooky Ho thelegends Devil Marlena Nylund 💎 𝑔𝓋 💎 toomuchboy Trilogy Ty woods walt91 weaver wheatsquares33 z willapted33 wrip wyckyd Zach  back2blk  Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ  bat1990

[Caviar]

I'm PUMPED now that SHOOTER finally got off his ass.

[taylor]

Alrighty; today’s the day! I have received three more lists since Wednesday, bringing us up to 21 lists total! If anybody wants to jump in on this, this is your LAST CALL!

Lists Received:
1. Trilogy
2. dgarcia3377
3. back2blk
4. taylor
5. @imhappy259
6. schnetzka
7. SabrinaFan
8. toomuchboy
9. bat1990
10. Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ
11. jaden
12. Caviar
13. alexcuse
14. someguy
15. .indulgecountry
16. Tim
17. wyckyd
18. SHOOTER
19. Exclusive
20. fearlessarrow
21. castleoblivion26

Due: Friday, November 5

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{Previous Album Participants}someguy Caviar  Trilogy Kanenrá:ke dgarcia3377 fearlessarrow jaden  schnetzka wyckyd samo🦕 toomuchboy zaclord 🌈 castleoblivion26 Tim Kris Kringle .indulgecountry

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{Pop Tags}13 Adrian C. 🍓 alexcuse anthony11554 austin avatar Az Paynter yuh yuh BB🌕 bigfan101 Linnethia Monique Private Dancer Future Captain taylor castleoblivion26 cedric charmander78 CF15 Cody Wants Out... g8erboi Tim Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast Crimsonio fearlessarrow Exclusive filthy gabe GP   GrinningLikeADevil newpower hydraflare Sambalada CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 jaden jamesflame Leo ✔ born Kanenrá:ke Juanca Mr. Thonk Eyes jtd Thee Stallion Fire kimberly lyhom mamooshka shootingstar16  HamedM1 💔  Mayman MoD Mylo13 💜 Caviar netti Normi SHOOTER RobbyFlorida samo🦕 sergejdordij @sklohiorawr stallie zaclord 🌈 SwiftlySheeran tallen2001 $pooky Ho thelegends Devil Marlena Nylund 💎 𝑔𝓋 💎 toomuchboy Trilogy Ty woods walt91 weaver wheatsquares33 willapted33 wrip wyckyd YotamTS Zach

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{R&B Tags}yuh yuh BB🌕 Beno Linnethia Monique boysilver400 Private Dancer castleoblivion26 cedric CF15 George g8erboi Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast  Crimsonio Fancy filthy gabe singingrulebritannia GP   newpower hydraflare Sambalada CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry jaden jamesflame Kanenrá:ke jtd Thee Stallion lyhom shootingstar16   HamedM1 💔  Mayman MoD Mylo13 💜 Caviar netti Nick P SHOOTER RobbyFlorida sergejdordij @sklohiorawr spitfire stallie tallen2001 $pooky Ho thelegends toomuchboy Trilogy Ty walt91 Wavey. z willapted33 wrip wyckyd YotamTS Zach

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{General Tags}Adrian C. 🍓 alexcuse Alex1901 American Idiot anorable avatar Az Paynter yuh yuh BB🌕 Beno boysilver400 Private Dancer taylor castleoblivion26 cedric charmander78 CF15 Cody Wants Out... g8erboi Tim Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast eidde Crimsonio fearlessarrow Exclusive filthy gabe GP   GrinningLikeADevil hydraflare Sambalada CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 jaden jamesflame janinho Leo ✔ born Kanenrá:ke Juanca Mr. Thonk Eyes jtd Thee Stallion Fire kimberly lyhom mamooshka shootingstar16   M5 HamedM1 💔  Mayman MoD Mylo13 💜 netti Nick P SHOOTER radioactived Red RobbyFlorida samo🦕 sergejdordij @sklohiorawr stallie zaclord 🌈 SwiftlySheeran tallen2001 tanooki $pooky Ho thelegends Devil Marlena Nylund 💎 𝑔𝓋 💎 toomuchboy Trilogy Ty woods walt91 weaver wheatsquares33 z willapted33 wrip wyckyd Zach  back2blk  Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ  bat1990

[Linnethia Monique]

I'm going to submit mine tonight.

[singingrulebritannia]

May I please be untagged?

[Caviar]

21 lists. Let's end it there.

[ClevelandRox]

I would've done this tonight but I didn't realize it was final call so I did the new Cody Johnson album. 😓

Pulling an all nighter co-oping with a friend but will definitely try to get the list in before the dawn!

[born]

My list is coming in an hour or two! Just need to revisit some of the deep cuts.

[samo🦕]

i *totally* wasn’t so focused on STM the last couple days that I missed this entirely

I’ll definitely have a list in by the end of the day my time (7pm EST)

[taylor]

21: It’s Results Time!



We wound up with a much better turnout than the previous album, which was to be expected. All told, we’re at 26 lists! Results will be coming ASAP!

Final Participant List (26):
1. Trilogy
2. dgarcia3377
3. back2blk
4. taylor
5. @imhappy259
6. schnetzka
7. SabrinaFan
8. toomuchboy
9. bat1990
10. Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ
11. jaden
12. Caviar
13. alexcuse
14. someguy
15. .indulgecountry
16. Tim
17. wyckyd
18. SHOOTER
19. Exclusive
20. fearlessarrow
21. castleoblivion26
22. Mirago
23. Linnethia Monique
24. ClevelandRox
25. born
26. samo🦕

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Here are some pre-reveal questions to get us started:

1. What will be #1?

2. What will the rest of the Top 5 look like?

3. What will be last place?

4. What will the rest of the bottom 5 look like?

5. Which song will come out as most polarizing? Least?

6. How do you think each of the singles will fare? (Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You, Rumor Has It, Turning Tables, Set Fire to the Rain)

7. Which album track do you hope does best?

8. Any other thoughts?

[Caviar]

RITD will easily be #1.

[bat1990]

1. Because of the singles bias on Pulse, it will either be RITD or SLY for #1, though I'd love for "Set Fire To The Rain" or an album track to take it instead.

3. One of the Target bonus track, due to lack of familiarity

5. Lovesong will probably be polarizing. I think I ranked it low out of necessity because this album is damn near perfect, but I love it so.

7. See my first response - Set Fire To The Rain, that's always been my favorite single from this album even though SLY and RITD get so much love. I'm glad it was a #1 hit though, since the 25 singles were mis-managed.

[back2blk]

Yeah seeing how 19 went, this will be a pretty safe rankdown.

[Tim]

1. What will be #1? "Rolling in the Deep"

2. What will the rest of the Top 5 look like? "Somebody Like You", "Set Fire to the Rain", "Rumor Has It", and "Turning Tables"

3. What will be last place? "If It Hadn't Been for Love"

4. What will the rest of the bottom 5 look like? "I Found a Boy", "Hiding My Heart", "I'll Be Waiting", and "Take It All"

5. Which song will come out as most polarizing? "Lovesong" Least? "Rolling in the Deep"

6. How do you think each of the singles will fare? Rolling in the Deep > Someone Like You > Set Fire to the Rain > Rumor Has It > Turning Tables

7. Which album track do you hope does best? "Don't You Remember" or (crossing my fingers) "Hiding My Heart"

[taylor]

Alrighty; I know not many are around, but it's high time for me to get these reveals rolling...in the deep 

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{Hiding My Rank}
Trilogy dgarcia3377 back2blk @imhappy259 schnetzka SabrinaFan toomuchboy bat1990 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ jaden Caviar alexcuse someguy .indulgecountry Tim wyckyd SHOOTER Exclusive fearlessarrow castleoblivion26 Mirago Linnethia Monique ClevelandRox born samo🦕

[taylor]

Four cold walls against my will

At least I know he's lying still

Four cold walls without parole

Lord have mercy on my soul

Never woulda gone to that side of town

If it hadn't been for love

Never woulda took a mind to track him down

If it hadn't been for love

Never woulda loaded up a forty-four

And put myself behind a jailhouse door

If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love.

14. If It Hadn't Been For Love

Track 13
Written by Chris Stapleton & Mike Henderson
Length: 3:08


Total: 304
Average: 11.69
Std. Dev.: 2.55

back2blk - 7
toomuchboy - 7
someguy - 7
SabrinaFan - 8
Mirago - 8
wyckyd - 8
born - 9
dgarcia3377 - 10
bat1990 - 11
taylor - 12
castleoblivion26 - 12
Trilogy - 13
schnetzka - 13
Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 13
Caviar - 13
ClevelandRox - 13
samo🦕 - 13
@imhappy259 - 14
jaden - 14
alexcuse - 14
.indulgecountry - 14
Tim - 14
SHOOTER - 14
Exclusive - 14
fearlessarrow - 14
Linnethia Monique - 14

[born]

Cowards

[back2blk]

Okay, well, we're off to a start....

[taylor]

Kicking things off at #14 is the first of the three bonus tracks from the album. "If It Hadn't Been For Love" saw a slight bit of Top 10 support, but it was no match for nearly everyone else who placed it in their bottom three, including six #13s and nine last place rankings. I think this song would've been much better (and fared better here) on a slower, softer, more somber production...a la "Turning Tables" or even "Someone Like You." The lyrics, on paper, seem like they call for a sad song, but instead we got some upbeat production that sounds like a 19 reject.

Fun fact: As you can see, the song was co-written by country artist Chris Stapleton, who appears with Adele on an "Easy On Me" remix, which will featured as one of the three Target exclusive bonus tracks on her upcoming album 30!

[.indulgecountry]

This was awful. It sounds like a bad demo.

[taylor]

This is how the story went

I met someone by accident

Who blew me away, blew me away

And it was in the darkest of my days

When you took my sorrow and you took my pain

And buried them away, buried them away

I wish I could lay down beside you when the day is done

And wake up to your face against the morning sun

But like everything I've ever known, you'll disappear one day

So I'll spend my whole life hidin' my heart away.

13. Hiding My Heart

Track 14
Written by Tim Hanseroth
Length: 3:28


Total: 300
Average: 11.54
Std. Dev.: 2.31 (3rd Lowest)

Tim - 6
born - 7
toomuchboy - 8
back2blk - 9
someguy - 9
castleoblivion26 - 9
Trilogy - 10
samo🦕 - 10
@imhappy259 - 11
.indulgecountry - 11
schnetzka - 12
Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 12
Exclusive - 12
Mirago - 12
dgarcia3377 - 13
jaden - 13
alexcuse - 13
SHOOTER - 13
fearlessarrow - 13
Linnethia Monique - 13
taylor - 14
SabrinaFan - 14
bat1990 - 14
Caviar - 14
wyckyd - 14
ClevelandRox - 14

[back2blk]

Okay, two of my top 10 out immediately. I had a feeling. Hiding my Heart is beautiful!

[taylor]

Next up is "Hiding My Heart," which was first recorded by Brandi Carlile on her breakthrough album The Story. Adele's cover was first featured on a 10th anniversary rerelease of that album, in which various artists, recruited by Brandi herself, came in to record one song from the album. Artists that also made appearances on the album include Pearl Jam, Kris Kristofferson, The Avett Brothers, and Dolly Parton. The album, entitled Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates The Story, was made to benefit the War Child charity.

I regret my ranking of this lovely song   it was so painful to put it at the bottom, but I just couldn't find where to rank it among all the other spectacular tracks on this album! </3

[taylor]

So you thought that I'd crumble to my knees

At the first sight of you crawlin' back to me

To whisper, "Will you leave your man?"

'Cause you swear that this time you can stand by me

I won't stand by you

'Cause I found a boy who I love more

Than I ever did you before

So stand beside the river I cried

And lay yourself down

Look how you want me now that I don't need you.

12. I Found A Boy

Track 12
Written by Adele
Length: 3:37


Total: 269
Average: 10.35
Std. Dev.: 2.64

toomuchboy - 5
taylor - 6
SabrinaFan - 6
@imhappy259 - 7
wyckyd - 7
back2blk - 8
bat1990 - 8
dgarcia3377 - 9
jaden - 9
someguy - 10
ClevelandRox - 10
born - 10
Exclusive - 11
fearlessarrow - 11
castleoblivion26 - 11
Caviar - 12
alexcuse - 12
Tim - 12
SHOOTER - 12
Linnethia Monique - 12
samo🦕 - 12
.indulgecountry - 13
Trilogy - 14
schnetzka - 14
Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 14
Mirago - 14

[taylor]

And just like that, all of the bonus tracks are gone! I love "I Found A Boy." I've always kinda viewed it as a continuation of "Someone Like You," where she has found that person...and come to find out, he turns out better than the guy she was with before! Which becomes evident with the way the old guy suddenly wants her back now that she doesn't need him anymore...guess that marriage didn't work out  :kii:

With the bonus tracks gone, now is when the REAL bloodbath begins! 

[back2blk]

3 of my top 10 out. LOL

[.indulgecountry]

I can see why these were left as bonus tracks.

[taylor]

Whenever I'm alone with you

You make me feel like I am home again

Whenever I'm alone with you

You make me feel like I am whole again

Whenever I'm alone with you

You make me feel like I am young again

Whenever I'm alone with you

You make me feel like I am fun again.

11. Lovesong

Track 10
Written by Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Simon Gallup, Boris Williams, Pearl Thompson & Roger O'Donnell
Length: 5:16


Total: 254
Average: 9.77
Std. Dev.: 2.99 (2nd Highest)

Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 5
Caviar - 5
wyckyd - 5
Trilogy - 6
born - 6
taylor - 7
bat1990 - 7
Exclusive - 7
alexcuse - 8
castleoblivion26 - 8
@imhappy259 - 9
.indulgecountry - 10
fearlessarrow - 10
schnetzka - 11
SHOOTER - 11
Linnethia Monique - 11
ClevelandRox - 11
dgarcia3377 - 12
toomuchboy - 12
jaden - 12
SabrinaFan - 13
Tim - 13
Mirago - 13
back2blk - 14
someguy - 14
samo🦕 - 14

[taylor]

"Lovesong" is our first track from the album proper to leave, and I'm not happy about it. I ADORE Adele's cover of this song!!!! It's so relaxing and has such a warm vibe to it, and--duh--incredible vocals. At least back2blk can rest easy knowing their last place is gone!

This song was originally recorded by The Cure for their eighth studio album Disintegration, which was released in May 1989. It was released as the album's third single and saw considerable success on this side of the pond, where it hit #2 on the Hot 100, the band's only Top 10 entry.