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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 20:48:53 GMT -5
17. "Paris" Album: Fireflies
Total: 191 Average: 17.36 Std Dev: 11.19.indulgecountry - 3 taylor - 3 austin - 7 bboat11 - 10 ClevelandRox - 11 castleoblivion26 - 17 someguy - 24 BlueShades874 - 24 Cody Wants Out... - 28 tim - 30 George Strait Junkie - 34 {Songs Remaining} A Man’s Home Is His Castle Back To You Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore I Got My Baby I Would Be Stronger Than That If This Is The End Love Me To Lie My Wild Frontier Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me Why You Give Me Love
Per Album:
Take Me As I Am: (1/5) I Would Be Stronger Than That
It Matters To Me: (2/4) A Man's Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses
Faith: (3/5) You Give Me Love The Hard Way My Wild Frontier
Breathe: (2/5) What's In It For Me I Got My Baby
Cry: (4/5) If This Is The End Stronger This Is Me Back To You
Fireflies: (1/5) I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Extras: (1/1) Why
The Rest Of Our Life: (2/5) Break First - ft. Tim McGraw Love Me To Lie - ft. Tim McGraw
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Post by austin on Jul 13, 2020 20:49:27 GMT -5
Omg!!! I thought this was a LOCK for the Top 10!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 20:52:41 GMT -5
"Paris" deserved top 15, minimum :'( This is one of Faith's most beautiful vocal performances, on such a beautiful song!! This is one of those songs where I hear some new cool nuance in the vocal performance that I had never noticed before every time I listen to the song. I am glad to see it at least make the top 20, and tbh to even make the album tracks rd at all! On an album as strong as Fireflies, it could have just as easily not even made it!!
Also, despite being the last album to lose a single song, Fireflies is now the second album to be down to only one song left!!! :'(
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 20:57:49 GMT -5
16. "Back To You" Album: Cry
Total: 190 Average: 17.27 Std Dev: 11.03austin - 4 bboat11 - 5 BlueShades874 - 5 castleoblivion26 - 9 Cody Wants Out... - 11 ClevelandRox - 17 .indulgecountry - 22 George Strait Junkie - 26 taylor - 28 someguy - 29 tim - 34 {Songs Remaining} A Man’s Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore I Got My Baby I Would Be Stronger Than That If This Is The End Love Me To Lie My Wild Frontier Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me Why You Give Me Love
Per Album:
Take Me As I Am: (1/5) I Would Be Stronger Than That
It Matters To Me: (2/4) A Man's Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses
Faith: (3/5) You Give Me Love The Hard Way My Wild Frontier
Breathe: (2/5) What's In It For Me I Got My Baby
Cry: (3/5) If This Is The End Stronger This Is Me
Fireflies: (1/5) I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Extras: (1/1) Why
The Rest Of Our Life: (2/5) Break First - ft. Tim McGraw Love Me To Lie - ft. Tim McGraw
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Post by taylor on Jul 13, 2020 20:58:36 GMT -5
17. "Paris" Album: Fireflies
Go hug a landmine! > > > >
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 20:58:39 GMT -5
Wow, the Cry album couldn't even get 4 entire songs into the top 15. What a flop!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 13, 2020 21:00:16 GMT -5
"Back To You" should have been Top 10, super disappointed to see it out already
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:00:29 GMT -5
taylor yessss gurl bring out the inner Dorothy!!!!!!!! These heaux deserve every ounce of it!!!
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Post by austin on Jul 13, 2020 21:00:34 GMT -5
Back To You is so good!
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Post by BlueShades874 on Jul 13, 2020 21:02:55 GMT -5
Just About Now - Easily my favorite album track from her debut. I love the lyrics to this (the two different ways she uses “just about now”) and it’s just a nice, simple ballad.
Life’s Too Short to Love Like That - This one is just ok. I don’t dislike it, but I don’t love it. It’s just kinda “there” for me.
Telluride- How did this one not become a single!? This would have been perfect! Though I must say it’s still not nearly as good as Tim’s Telluride from Set This Circus Down (one of my favorite songs he’s ever done).
Paris - The way people were talking about this one I thought it might be top 10. This is one of those album tracks that I like well enough, I just think it’s a little overrated. Not bad at all though.
Back to You - Ugh, this song is SO GOOD. I wanted so bad for it to be in the top 10. Faith’s vocals are killer in this song, and I love the instrumentation so much. The back half of the Cry album was filled with some absolutely fantastic songs, including this one.
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Post by jenglisbe on Jul 13, 2020 21:05:32 GMT -5
I missed out on this one, but love “Fireflies” and am sad it’s out.
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:06:48 GMT -5
"Back To You" is one of my favorite songs of Faith's entire career. I know I have ranted about this song pretty much every time I have had an opportunity to do so 😂 But seriously! The intro music to this song is pure magic to me. That dissonant sustained guitar note, followed by that epic DROP when the full band comes in, never fails to make me start the song back over like 15 times and crank the volume up just so I can hear that part 😂
And let's talk about Faith's vocal in the BRIDGE!!!!! OMG!!
I was really scared for how this song would do, because it barely limped into the top 5 album tracks from Cry with the last few lists, and I knew it was not everybody's cup of tea. But after a rough start here, it had a pretty steady climb straight up to the top 20! It was even a top 15 contender for a brief spell!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:10:55 GMT -5
In the spirit of these reveals becoming more painful for most of us, we shall kick off the top 15 with our next #1 loss
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Post by taylor on Jul 13, 2020 21:13:05 GMT -5
In the spirit of these reveals becoming more painful for most of us, we shall kick off the top 15 with our next #1 loss edit: phew...praying on my knees for a high finish!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:13:25 GMT -5
15. "I Got My Baby" Album: Breathe
Total: 184 Average: 16.73 Std Dev: 11.45 (4th largest!) someguy - 1 BlueShades874 - 6 tim - 6 austin - 8 Cody Wants Out... - 9 taylor - 20 .indulgecountry - 21 George Strait Junkie - 21 castleoblivion26 - 24 bboat11 - 34 ClevelandRox - 34 {Songs Remaining} A Man’s Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore I Would Be Stronger Than That If This Is The End Love Me To Lie My Wild Frontier Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me Why You Give Me Love
Per Album:
Take Me As I Am: (1/5) I Would Be Stronger Than That
It Matters To Me: (2/4) A Man's Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses
Faith: (3/5) You Give Me Love The Hard Way My Wild Frontier
Breathe: (1/5) What's In It For Me
Cry: (3/5) If This Is The End Stronger This Is Me
Fireflies: (1/5) I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Extras: (1/1) Why
The Rest Of Our Life: (2/5) Break First - ft. Tim McGraw Love Me To Lie - ft. Tim McGraw
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:18:00 GMT -5
someguy is the unlucky victim this time! "I Got My Baby" started out as a #1 contender early on due to the early love it received from him, tim, and austin. This song had its share of detractors, however, including second-to-last place ranks from myself and ClevelandRox It was pretty established during the album rankdown that people either love this song or hate it. Speaking as somebody who is really not a fan of it, I feel like the chorus is really shouty and has an obnoxiously dissonant melody. I hate that I feel that way though, because the musical arrangement slays, as does the verse!!! I will say that I have found this song growing on me a bit lately since so many people love it so much... I've given it way more chances than I otherwise would have, lol.
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:21:38 GMT -5
14. "I Would Be Stronger Than That" Album: Take Me As I Am
Total: 183 Average: 16.64 Std Dev: 7.23castleoblivion26 - 3 tim - 9 .indulgecountry - 14 austin - 15 George Strait Junkie - 15 ClevelandRox - 15 bboat11 - 16 taylor - 19 someguy - 23 Cody Wants Out... - 26 BlueShades874 - 28 {Songs Remaining} A Man’s Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore If This Is The End Love Me To Lie My Wild Frontier Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me Why You Give Me Love
Per Album:
Take Me As I Am: (0/5)
It Matters To Me: (2/4) A Man's Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses
Faith: (3/5) You Give Me Love The Hard Way My Wild Frontier
Breathe: (1/5) What's In It For Me
Cry: (3/5) If This Is The End Stronger This Is Me
Fireflies: (1/5) I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Extras: (1/1) Why
The Rest Of Our Life: (2/5) Break First - ft. Tim McGraw Love Me To Lie - ft. Tim McGraw
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:25:29 GMT -5
"I Would Be Stronger Than That" is a song that I would probably describe as being pretty "smart". I love the reflection that the narrator shows in this song as she watches her friend struggling with a difficult marriage. Faith's vocals are pretty great here. Ultimately none of the album tracks from this album match the highs of some of her later album tracks, so I am pretty okay with this placement, and I am also okay seeing her first album get eliminated now. I feel like we honored this song well!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:31:27 GMT -5
13. "Why" Album: Deep Tracks
Total: 183 Average: 16.64 Std Dev: 8.77taylor - 1 bboat11 - 7 castleoblivion26 - 8 George Strait Junkie - 14 tim - 15 ClevelandRox - 18 Cody Wants Out... - 19 someguy - 21 austin - 24 BlueShades874 - 26 .indulgecountry - 30 {Songs Remaining} A Man’s Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore If This Is The End Love Me To Lie My Wild Frontier Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me You Give Me Love
Per Album:
Take Me As I Am: (0/5)
It Matters To Me: (2/4) A Man's Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses
Faith: (3/5) You Give Me Love The Hard Way My Wild Frontier
Breathe: (1/5) What's In It For Me
Cry: (3/5) If This Is The End Stronger This Is Me
Fireflies: (1/5) I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Extras: (0/1)
The Rest Of Our Life: (2/5) Break First - ft. Tim McGraw Love Me To Lie - ft. Tim McGraw
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:38:02 GMT -5
"Why" is such a beautiful song. I know I have also said a LOT about how much I love the lyrics to this song, so I won't go too deep into it now. But basically, I find the metaphor comparing suicide to leaving the stage in the middle of a music performance to be incredibly effective for some reason. Not to mention Faith's emotional and nuanced vocal performance, which wrings every ounce of emotion that she possibly could out of these lyrics. I can honestly understand why people might not like this song though. This is not a subject matter to be taken lightly, and some people would find a song like this to be incredibly difficult to listen to for the same reasons that some others might find it to be a soul-healing experience. I think that coming this close to the top 10 is a respectable accomplishment for this song!! And we can't forget that there are also those who would rather listen to Rascal Flatts' version of this ( )
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:46:04 GMT -5
12. "Love Me To Lie" - ft. Tim McGraw Album: The Rest Of Our Life
Total: 178 Average: 16.18 Std Dev: 9.42.indulgecountry - 6 castleoblivion26 - 7 ClevelandRox - 8 taylor - 10 BlueShades874 - 12 bboat11 - 13 Cody Wants Out... - 14 tim - 20 George Strait Junkie - 25 someguy - 31 austin - 32 {Songs Remaining} A Man’s Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore If This Is The End My Wild Frontier Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me You Give Me Love
Per Album:
Take Me As I Am: (0/5)
It Matters To Me: (2/4) A Man's Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses
Faith: (3/5) You Give Me Love The Hard Way My Wild Frontier
Breathe: (1/5) What's In It For Me
Cry: (3/5) If This Is The End Stronger This Is Me
Fireflies: (1/5) I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Extras: (0/1)
The Rest Of Our Life: (1/5) Break First - ft. Tim McGraw
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:50:27 GMT -5
I loooooooove "Love Me To Lie" so much This is far and away one of the best things on their duets album imo. When I was listening to the album for the first time, this was the song where I literally said to myself, "Damn it's nice to have Faith back". Her vocal here is absolutely ON POINT!!! And the whole thing is just made that much better by Tim's harmonies. Seeing this song struggle way more than it deserved in the album rankdown made me come into this rankdown with pretty low expectations for how this one would do, so I am hella stoked to see it do so well!!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:54:22 GMT -5
11. "My Wild Frontier" Album: Faith
Total: 173 Average: 15.73 Std Dev: 11.27 (5th largest) .indulgecountry - 1 tim - 2 castleoblivion26 - 5 Cody Wants Out... - 7 bboat11 - 12 BlueShades874 - 17 someguy - 18 George Strait Junkie - 23 taylor - 24 ClevelandRox - 31 austin - 33 {Songs Remaining} A Man’s Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore If This Is The End Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me You Give Me Love
Per Album:
Take Me As I Am: (0/5)
It Matters To Me: (2/4) A Man's Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses
Faith: (2/5) You Give Me Love The Hard Way
Breathe: (1/5) What's In It For Me
Cry: (3/5) If This Is The End Stronger This Is Me
Fireflies: (1/5) I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore
Extras: (0/1)
The Rest Of Our Life: (1/5) Break First - ft. Tim McGraw
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 21:59:18 GMT -5
Unfortunately for .indulgecountry , our final song to miss out on the top 10 is his #1 "My Wild Frontier" is a song with a really unique vibe. Everything just comes together to sound so lonely and mysterious, and it is absolutely PERFECT to coincide with what the lyrics are saying. It literally makes me feel a lonesome prairie and a wild frontier when I am listening to it, which is a really cool feeling. Plus Faith's vocal is once again absolutely perfect. Not everybody shares the same sentiment however, as this proved to be the 5th most polarizing song of the rankdown. If you love this one and wanted to see it in the top 10, you can probably blame austin and his armadillo-hating ass
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 22:05:21 GMT -5
Recap Thusfar: 35. I've Got This Friend (315) 34. A Room In My Heart (298) 33. Bringing Out The Elvis (279) 32. Free (265) 31. Go The Distance (262)
30. There Will Come A Day (261) 29. Devil Callin' Me Back (254) 28. Love Will Always Win (252) 27. You Will Be Mine (251) 26. I Want You (239) 25. Damn Good At Holding On (229) 24. Me (223) 23. Fireflies (215) 22. Love Is A Sweet Thing (206) 21. Dearly Beloved (206)
20. Just About Now (202) 19. Life's Too Short To Love Like That (201) 18. Telluride (195) 17. Paris (191) 16. Back To You (190) 15. I Got My Baby (184) 14. I Would Be Stronger Than That (183) 13. Why (183) 12. Love Me To Lie (178) 11. My Wild Frontier (173)
Songs Remaining Per Album: Take Me As I Am: (0/5) It Matters To Me: (2/4) Faith: (2/5) Breathe: (1/5) Cry: (3/5) Fireflies: (1/5) The Rest Of Our Life: (1/5) Extras: (0/1)
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 13, 2020 22:06:19 GMT -5
Ladies and Gentlemen, the top 10!!!
A Man’s Home Is His Castle Bed Of Roses Break First I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore If This Is The End Stronger The Hard Way This Is Me What’s In It For Me You Give Me Love
Any thoughts? Predictions? How do you think this will wrap up?!?
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 13, 2020 22:25:04 GMT -5
This is an interesting Top 10. I do think "Back To You" and "My Wild Frontier" deserved Top 10 over songs like "What's In It For Me" and "You Give Me Love". While I like those two I do think they are easily at the bottom of these 10 songs.
To me the strongest songs here are "If This Is The End", "This Is Me", "A Man's Home Is His Castle", and "Break First". Hoping those 4 at least make the Top 5, with maybe "Stronger or "I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore" as the 5th!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 13, 2020 23:47:39 GMT -5
"My Wild Frontier" is such an exceptional song. Such a perfect vocal performance, the lyrics paint such a beautiful picture of loneliness and heartbreak... and it even references Wichita, so you know it's quality! "Paris" was unfairly shafted, too. "Love Me to Lie" came way further than I ever expected it too. Hands down the most powerful piece from the duets album. She sang the shit out of that.
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Post by tim on Jul 14, 2020 8:09:10 GMT -5
I knew I’d likely be the highest ranking participant for “Just About Now” so therefore I went into this with low expectations for how it would do, so that it was able to make the top 20 at least is great. This is one of my favorite songs from her debut record and I also just love the line “This is not about then, this is just about now”. I expected “Paris” to be a rather polarizing song and so therefore I’m not surprised to see most of the rankings fall somewhere in between those that love it and those that don’t. Much to the chagrin of some I happen to fall into the latter category and so I expected a double dose of shade thrown around much like it was when this song was revealed in the album rankdown for Fireflies. While I can appreciate a song like this that showcases Faith’s vocal abilities, the song itself just doesn’t draw me in or hold my attention like it does for the rest of you. And because of that the song just has little if any replay value for me after one listen. The same can be said for “Back to You” as it’s always been of my least favorite songs from the album Cry and is always one I’d just as rather skip over. I can respect some of y’alls strong opinions about it, but its just not my cup of tea. Right back at you taylor ! Honestly, “My Wild Frontier” is just an amazing song and one that I dang near put at the top. I was really hoping that this would find its way into the top ten, but again I remember it having just enough haters in the album rankdown so as not to expect that to be the outcome here.
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Post by tim on Jul 14, 2020 8:24:35 GMT -5
As for the top ten most of the songs that I thought stood the best chances of making it in have, but I am pleasantly surprised to see “Bed of Roses” in there as I thought it might leave just before that.
I’m expecting the four songs “A Man’s Home Is His Castle”, “Break First”, “I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore” and “If This is The End” all to be likely top 5 contenders. Of the other six songs I think “Bed of Roses”, “The Hard Way”, “What’s In It For Me”, and “This Is Me” to likely be out before then....so that leaves either “You Give Me Love” or “Stronger” vying for a top 5 showing.
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