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

[taylor]

Close enough to start a war

All that I have is on the floor

God only knows what we're fighting for

All that I say, you always say more

I can't keep up with your turning tables

Under your thumb I can't breathe

So, I won't let you close enough to hurt me

No, I won't rescue you to just desert me

I can't give you what you think you gave me

It's time to say goodbye to turning tables

To turning tables.

4. Turning Tables

Track 3
Written by Adele & Ryan Tedder
Length: 4:10


Total: 110
Average: 4.23
Std. Dev.: 2.16 (Lowest!)

.indulgecountry - 1
@imhappy259 - 2
toomuchboy - 2
Caviar - 2
SHOOTER - 2
born - 2
SabrinaFan - 3
Exclusive - 3
castleoblivion26 - 3
Linnethia Monique - 3
ClevelandRox - 3
Trilogy - 4
dgarcia3377 - 4
alexcuse - 4
someguy - 4
fearlessarrow - 4
back2blk - 5
taylor - 5
jaden - 5
Tim - 5
Mirago - 5
samo🦕 - 6
schnetzka - 7
Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 7
bat1990 - 9
wyckyd - 10

[taylor]

Nov 15, 2021 16:35:11 GMT -5 back2blk said:

We at least one of my top 5's made it in!

And now another one! "Turning Tables" is just magnificent. That ending with the low strings contrasting with the chorus of high strings is incredibly haunting. Easily among my favorite Adele tunes.

[back2blk]

Yay! Just snuck that one in.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

I just love Don't You Remember! One and Only too

[taylor]

You know how the time flies

Only yesterday was the time of our lives

We were born and raised in a summer haze

Bound by the surprise of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face

And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over.

3. Someone Like You

Track 11
Written by Adele & Dan Wilson
Length: 4:45


Total: 95
Average: 3.65
Std. Dev.: 2.83

dgarcia3377 - 1
someguy - 1
Tim - 1
wyckyd - 1
fearlessarrow - 1
born - 1
samo🦕 - 1
schnetzka - 2
Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 2
alexcuse - 2
.indulgecountry - 2
Trilogy - 3
toomuchboy - 3
jaden - 3
taylor - 4
@imhappy259 - 4
SabrinaFan - 4
bat1990 - 4
castleoblivion26 - 4
Mirago - 4
Linnethia Monique - 4
back2blk - 6
SHOOTER - 7
Exclusive - 8
Caviar - 10
ClevelandRox - 12

[taylor]

Taking home the bronze is "Someone Like You," which will go down in history as a classic and be remembered in the next century. It's simply genius in every way that music can possibly be genius. Seven #1s fall with the reveal here, with a MASSIVE amount of #1s in the Top 2!!!

[taylor]

And then there were two!!

Rolling in the Deep vs. Set Fire to the Rain

Place your bets now!!!

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

[schnetzka]

Despite "Set Fire to the Rain" being slightly more superior, I feel "Rolling in the Deep" will come out on top.

[twigs]

I really hope Set Fire to the Rain wins but I doubt it considering how much Pulse stans RITD

[taylor]

Could have had it all

Rolling in the deep

You had my heart inside of your hands

But you played it with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door

Count your blessings to find what you look for

Turn my sorrow into treasured gold

You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown.

1. Rolling in the Deep

Track 1
Written by Adele & Paul Epworth
Length: 3:49


Total: 73
Average: 2.81
Std. Dev.: 2.54

back2blk - 1
SabrinaFan - 1
toomuchboy - 1
Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 1
Caviar - 1
alexcuse - 1
SHOOTER - 1
Mirago - 1
Linnethia Monique - 1
Trilogy - 2
taylor - 2
bat1990 - 2
Tim - 2
fearlessarrow - 2
castleoblivion26 - 2
ClevelandRox - 2
samo🦕 - 2
dgarcia3377 - 3
@imhappy259 - 3
wyckyd - 3
schnetzka - 4
Exclusive - 4
born - 4
jaden - 7
someguy - 8
.indulgecountry - 12

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I set fire to the rain
And I threw us into the flames
When we fell, something died
'Cause I knew that that was the last time
The last time

Sometimes I wake up by the door
That heart you caught must be waiting for you
Even now when we're already over
I can't help myself from looking for you.

2. Set Fire to the Rain

Track 5
Written by Adele & Fraser T. Smith
Length: 4:01


Total: 78
Average: 3
Std. Dev.: 2.18 (2nd Lowest)

Trilogy - 1
taylor - 1
@imhappy259 - 1
bat1990 - 1
castleoblivion26 - 1
ClevelandRox - 1
dgarcia3377 - 2
jaden - 2
someguy - 2
Exclusive - 2
Mirago - 2
Linnethia Monique - 2
schnetzka - 3
Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ - 3
alexcuse - 3
.indulgecountry - 3
Tim - 3
fearlessarrow - 3
born - 3
back2blk - 4
Caviar - 4
wyckyd - 4
samo🦕 - 4
SHOOTER - 6
SabrinaFan - 7
toomuchboy - 11

[back2blk]

Very rarely is my #1 the same as the rankdown, but I just knew this one would take it.

[taylor]

And there you have it! To likely nobody's surprise, "Rolling in the Deep" takes the crown and is named the best track from 21!!! However, it was not the landslide victory some were predicting in the beginning--"Set Fire to the Rain" was no slouch, proving to be such competition during the submission process that it only lost to RITD by FIVE points!!! Both songs are incredible, so I'm perfectly fine with this outcome, even if it is in the reverse order of my rankings.

Thanks for following along, y'all! We're coming up on 30's release day and 25's anniversary, but we're also starting to come up on Thanksgiving and the holiday rush, not to mention the year-end craziness that will take up December and January here on Pulse, and I don't want to cram another album in while we're trying to balance all of that. I'll return as soon into 2022 as I can with the 25 rankdown!!!! Stay tuned!!

[schnetzka]

Thanks Taylor for hosting. We're sure to be crying our eyes out this weekend for '30'.

[born]

Not gonna lie, I had an aneurysm over "Someone Like You" not being #1

thank you for hosting babeee

[back2blk]

Thanks for the rankdown! Y'all better learn to listen to bonus tracks. Sheesh.

[Caviar]

Thanks for hosting. No surprise at the top 3. Although I did expect SLY to b #2.

[SabrinaFan]

Thanks so much for hosting, Taylor! This was fun and I'm looking forward to the 25 rankdown! :)

[Deleted]

Lots of fun. And my first Rankdown!!! Thanks for hosting taylor

[jenglisbe]

Welp, I missed this one and just ran across the reveal. Had I participated, my top 3:
1. Turning Tables
2. One and Only
3. Someone Like You

[bat1990]

OMG Set Fire To The Rain beat out Someone Like You and came within spitting distance of RITD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thanks for hosting taylor!

[zdm1998]

Always hella late as I never find these until they just finish. Turning Tables is one of the best songs of Adele's career and should be viewed as such.

[taylor]

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👀

[taylor]

25 (2015)



It’s been FAR too long since we’ve visited the world of Adele’s catalog, and I’m sorry this didn’t come sooner, but life happened. The bright side is that I’m here now, better than ever, ready to dive us into 25, one of the best selling records of all time.

The album was an instant blockbuster, selling over 3 million copies in the US alone, in its first week alone…and that’s all pure sales, as Adele didn’t release the album to streaming services right away. That means over 3 million Americans got off their asses, drove to the stores and bought this album. Despite being released on November 20, the record was the best seller worldwide of 2015, selling over 17 million copies. There haven’t been sales like this since, even from her. It’s since gone on to become her second Diamond certified album, and won her five awards total at the 2017 Grammy Awards, including the big one—Album of the Year.

Tracklist (approx. 1 hour):
1. Hello
2. Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
3. I Miss You
4. When We Were Young
5. Remedy
6. Water Under the Bridge
7. River Lea
8. Love in the Dark
9. Million Years Ago
10. All I Ask
11. Sweetest Devotion
12. Can’t Let Go
13. Lay Me Down
14. Why Do You Love Me

Apple Music Playlist

Due: Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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[samo🦕]

yes!!! i knew i made the right choice never removing this from my bookmarks

[SHOOTER]

Any of you hoes caught out here tanking Can't Let Go just cuz it’s a bonus track can meet me in the parking lot when this is over!

[Caviar]

Sending mine now.

[born]

Taylor honey you absolutely have my permission to mercilessly bully me until I send you a list. I can’t miss yet another Adele rankdown!

[taylor]

Aug 25, 2022 17:41:53 GMT -5 born said:

Taylor honey you absolutely have my permission to mercilessly bully me until I send you a list. I can’t miss yet another Adele rankdown!

There are already nine lists; where the hell is yours? You have just over three weeks. Hurry up. With your slow ass.

I totally did not type that with a straight face.

Lists Received:
1. taylor
2. schnetzka
3. Caviar
4. SabrinaFan
5. Trilogy
6. jaden
7. someguy
8. bat1990
9. wyckyd

Due: Wednesday, September 21

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