New Country Releases Rankdown Thread

[bboat11]

Hello everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! castleoblivion26 and LBTrocks are both still planning to get their lists to me by the end of the weekend! Is there anyone else who would like to join? I am planning to close it for good once I get both of their lists, or by end of day Sunday, whichever comes later :)

This is the LAST CALL for July's list! Then August will close as soon as July is finished with reveals. (Don't procrastinate though! Y'all know I'm liable to knock one of these things out in a day or two every once in awhile whenever I get my act together, lmao )

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July 2023:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 38 min.)

1. Ain't Doin' Jack - Josh Ross

2. Always You - Trey Lewis

3. Chickens - Emily Ann Roberts

4. Chipping Mill - Turnpike Troubadours

5. City Don't - Billy Currington

6. Damn You July - Hailey Benedict

7. Drinkin' Problems - Dillon Carmichael

8. Good Lookin' - Dixon Dallas

9. Heart They Didn't Break - Maddie & Tae

10. Hitched Up - The Mizes

11. I'm In Love - Hailey Whitters

12. In Your Love - Tyler Childers

13. Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist - Tiera Kennedy

14. Just To Be Loved - Jo Dee Messina

15. Just Wanna Know That You Love Me - Lauren Alaina

16. Leaving Love Alone - Hannah May Allison

17. Million Little Bandaids - Caroline Jones ft. Zac Brown Band

18. Nothing Compares To You - Mickey Guyton ft. Kane Brown

19. Reasons To Come Home - Mason Ramsey

20. Save Me The Trouble - Dan + Shay

21. Settle For A Drink - Shawn Austin

22. Silverado - David Nail

23. That Dog - Caylee Hammack

24. The Town In Your Heart - Lori McKenna

25. Trailer Park Barbie - Tanner Adell

26. When Emma Falls In Love (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) - Taylor Swift

27. White Horse - Chris Stapleton

28. Wide Open - Colbie Caillat

29. Young Love & Saturday Night - Chris Young

30. your place - Ashley Cooke

Due: Last Call

**Here is an Apple Music Playlist:**
music.apple.com/us/playlist/new-releases-7-2023/pl.u-KVXBX33tvJ62p3

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Previous Participants:
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Sept 9, 2023 4:13:29 GMT -5 Darkest Hour said:

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{Spoiler}{Song lists without numbering}Ain't Doin' Jack - Josh Ross
Always You - Trey Lewis
Chickens - Emily Ann Roberts
Chipping Mill - Turnpike Troubadours
City Don't - Billy Currington
Damn You July - Hailey Benedict
Drinkin' Problems - Dillon Carmichael
Good Lookin' - Dixon Dallas
Heart They Didn't Break - Maddie & Tae
Hitched Up - The Mizes
I'm In Love - Hailey Whitters
In Your Love - Tyler Childers
Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist - Tiera Kennedy
Just To Be Loved - Jo Dee Messina
Just Wanna Know That You Love Me - Lauren Alaina
Leaving Love Alone - Hannah May Allison
Million Little Bandaids - Caroline Jones ft. Zac Brown Band
Nothing Compares To You - Mickey Guyton ft. Kane Brown
Reasons To Come Home - Mason Ramsey
Save Me The Trouble - Dan + Shay
Settle For A Drink - Shawn Austin
Silverado - David Nail
That Dog - Caylee Hammack
The Town In Your Heart - Lori McKenna
Trailer Park Barbie - Tanner Adell
When Emma Falls In Love (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) - Taylor Swift
White Horse - Chris Stapleton
Wide Open - Colbie Caillat
Young Love & Saturday Night - Chris Young
your place - Ashley Cooke

27 Club - Morgan Wade
Ain't About You - HunterGirl
Ask Me to Dance - Catie Offerman ft. Hayes Carll
Brought Me - Turnpike Troubadours
Cab In A Solo - Scotty McCreery
Can't Break Up Now - Old Dominion ft. Megan Moroney
Cold Summer In San Antone - John Morgan
Country Music Made Me Do It - Carly Pearce
A Few Hearts Ago - Kylie Morgan
Find Another Bar - Chris Lane
Give Her That - Carrie Underwood
Good With Me - Walker Hayes
Have A Good Time - Darius Rucker
Highway Cry - Abby Anderson
How Do I Do This - Kelsea Ballerini
How I Learned To Pray - Charlie Worsham ft. Luke Combs
I Remember Everything - Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves
In Walked You - William Michael Morgan
Nashville CA/L.A. Tennessee - Tim McGraw ft. Lori McKenna
The One You're Waiting On - Randall King
The Painter - Cody Johnson
Remember Me Well - Tim McGraw
Rich Men North Of Richmond - Oliver Anthony Music
Still Gonna Miss You - Colbie Caillat
Walkin' Shoes - Emily Ann Roberts
We Should Get Married - Dan + Shay

[LBTrocks]

Thanks for waiting, I’m out of town visiting my cousin and headed back home this afternoon so really didn’t want to be sitting on my laptop doing rankdowns, lol. Will do this tonight.

[Darkest Hour]

Looking for next month covering four months worth of new releases?

[tim]

At this point, we should just reveal July and August and not even worry about the remaining months. I do hope we can at least revive this for the new holiday releases and close out the year with that for this thread.

This has been one of my favorite rankdowns to participate in, so I hope that bboat11 can find the time to continue hosting or, if not, to pass the baton to a fellow Tractor.

[.indulgecountry]

bboat11 has been busy, but I have no doubt he will come back to this eventually and get everything back on track. Just have patience, y'all.

[SHOOTER]

Have tractors ever been known for their speed?

[bboat11]

Hey everyone! I have an update for you First of all, I am so sorry. As you can probably tell, I have been incredibly busy. But that's not quite good enough. It's definitely time to admit that my passion has been fading lately, to the point where, as much as I LOVE hosting this series, there is a mental hurdle that I can't quite seem to get over lately, preventing me from doing the quality job that you have been able to expect from me for so many years now. I know that some of you ARE passionate about this series, and would love for it all to continue. I would definitely love to see it continue as well!

So, here is what is going to happen. I'm not giving up on it completely yet, but I am going to loosen my grip on solo duties. .indulgecountry has agreed to take on a more active role in this series. He has agreed to take over the September and October rankdowns, which will get us caught up! I will still reveal July and August, and he will take care of September and October. After that, we will see how it works alternating between us! My hope is that having a couple months off will allow my passion to come back a bit :)

So for now, if you have any requests for September and October, send those to .indulgecountry ! And with that being said, stay tuned for July reveals to begin VERY soon :) I feel a lot better about getting started now that there is a new plan taking some of the pressure off.

tim castleoblivion26 SHOOTER taylor is terrified LBTrocks Darkest Hour .indulgecountry kw9461 Kris Kringle zaclord 🌈 nuggie99 🌺CountryLineDancer (sorry if I forgot anyone, I just did my best to think of a bunch of you off the top of my head lol)

[Darkest Hour]

Where are the reveals for Wildcard album rankdown?

Good that this rankdown series will have co-hosts. We really could share our burden sometimes.

[SHOOTER]

Welp.

[bboat11]

It's time for some JULY REVEALS!!! Thanks again for your patience! I have finally finished all the data, and am DETERMINED to get this first rankdown either finished tonight or significantly close to it! So grab some popcorn and settle in for some fun if you're around!!

SHOOTER -
.indulgecountry -
LBTrocks -
zaclord 🌈 -
George Strait Junkie -
tim -
Darkest Hour -
kw9461 -
nuggie99 -
Kris Kringle -
castleoblivion26 -
🌺CountryLineDancer -
bboat11 - 

taylor is terrified

[bboat11]

30. "Trailer Park Barbie" - Tanner Adell

Total: 326

Average: 25.08

Std Dev: 8.82

SHOOTER - 8
.indulgecountry - 10
LBTrocks - 11
zaclord 🌈 - 29
George Strait Junkie - 29
tim - 29
Darkest Hour - 30
kw9461 - 30
nuggie99 - 30
Kris Kringle - 30
castleoblivion26 - 30
🌺CountryLineDancer - 30
bboat11 - 30

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{Songs Remaining}
Ain’t Doin’ Jack
Always You
Chickens
Chipping Mill
City Don’t
Damn You July
Drinkin’ Problems
Good Lookin’
Heart They Didn’t Break
Hitched Up
I’m In Love
In Your Love
Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist
Just To Be Loved
Just Wanna Know That You Love Me
Leaving Love Alone
Million Little Bandaids
Nothing Compares To You
Reasons To Come Home
Save Me The Trouble
Settle For A Drink
Silverado
That Dog
The Town In Your Heart
When Emma Falls In Love
White Horse
Wide Open
Young Love & Saturday Nights
your place

[.indulgecountry]

Not surprised at all for this to be first out, but I'm glad that there's at least 3 of us who bop to it, lol.

[bboat11]

I'm going to try to keep my commentary short so that I can maximize speed, but "Trailer Park Barbie" was last place for SEVEN of our thirteen participants. This is just SO not my style, lol. I know a significant point of the song is celebrating that the narrator doesn't really fit in with the traditional "look", which is fine and I am always glad for more representation. But, sonically, she's not even TRYING to sound country. The tiny country-rap niche is just not for me.

[bboat11]

29. "Settle For A Drink" - Shawn Austin

Total: 287

Average: 22.08

Std Dev: 7.90

🌺CountryLineDancer - 4
LBTrocks - 10
zaclord 🌈 - 15
George Strait Junkie - 21
Kris Kringle - 22
kw9461 - 23
SHOOTER - 25
nuggie99 - 25
.indulgecountry - 27
bboat11 - 27
Darkest Hour - 29
castleoblivion26 - 29
tim - 30

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}Ain’t Doin’ Jack
Always You
Chickens
Chipping Mill
City Don’t
Damn You July
Drinkin’ Problems
Good Lookin’
Heart They Didn’t Break
Hitched Up
I’m In Love
In Your Love
Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist
Just To Be Loved
Just Wanna Know That You Love Me
Leaving Love Alone
Million Little Bandaids
Nothing Compares To You
Reasons To Come Home
Save Me The Trouble
Silverado
That Dog
The Town In Your Heart
When Emma Falls In Love
White Horse
Wide Open
Young Love & Saturday Nights
your place

[LBTrocks]

Nov 12, 2023 20:26:31 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Not surprised at all for this to be first out, but I'm glad that there's at least 3 of us who bop to it, lol.

it is a banger!

[bboat11]

"Settle For A Drink" is just rather average compared to a lot of this list. But it being my 27 is mostly a testament to how strong everything else is. I actually think this is on the catchy side of average.

[bboat11]

28. "City Don't" - Billy Currington

Total: 278

Average: 21.38

Std Dev: 7.42

Kris Kringle - 9
kw9461 - 9
tim - 12
George Strait Junkie - 16
🌺CountryLineDancer - 22
zaclord 🌈 - 22
Darkest Hour - 24
castleoblivion26 - 25
bboat11 - 26
LBTrocks - 27
SHOOTER - 27
nuggie99 - 29
.indulgecountry - 30

taylor is terrified

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}Ain’t Doin’ Jack
Always You
Chickens
Chipping Mill
Damn You July
Drinkin’ Problems
Good Lookin’
Heart They Didn’t Break
Hitched Up
I’m In Love
In Your Love
Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist
Just To Be Loved
Just Wanna Know That You Love Me
Leaving Love Alone
Million Little Bandaids
Nothing Compares To You
Reasons To Come Home
Save Me The Trouble
Silverado
That Dog
The Town In Your Heart
When Emma Falls In Love
White Horse
Wide Open
Young Love & Saturday Nights
your place

[LBTrocks]

I like Shawn Austin… “Settle For A Drink is really catchy and I’d argue it’s pretty strong melodically, too.

[nuggie99]

I generally like Tanner Adell (See You Im Church, FU-150, and Love You a Little Bit are all right, Luke Combs is very good) This And Buckle Bunny are nopes from me though. I do like the guitar luck.

[LBTrocks]

“City Don’t” was pretty awful, I didn’t even make it all the way through

[bboat11]

I like "City Don't", but it just sounds soooooo cheap and low-budget. It's almost like a demo.

[bboat11]

27. "Ain't Doin' Jack" - Josh Ross

Total: 263

Average: 20.23

Std Dev: 6.95

🌺CountryLineDancer - 2
SHOOTER - 15
zaclord 🌈 - 17
Darkest Hour - 17
nuggie99 - 17
castleoblivion26 - 21
LBTrocks - 21
George Strait Junkie - 22
kw9461 - 25
bboat11 - 25
.indulgecountry - 26
tim - 27
Kris Kringle - 28

taylor is terrified

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}Always You
Chickens
Chipping Mill
Damn You July
Drinkin’ Problems
Good Lookin’
Heart They Didn’t Break
Hitched Up
I’m In Love
In Your Love
Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist
Just To Be Loved
Just Wanna Know That You Love Me
Leaving Love Alone
Million Little Bandaids
Nothing Compares To You
Reasons To Come Home
Save Me The Trouble
Silverado
That Dog
The Town In Your Heart
When Emma Falls In Love
White Horse
Wide Open
Young Love & Saturday Nights
your place

[bboat11]

I really liked "Trouble", but "Ain't Doin' Jack" is not going to help Josh Ross to be remembered. Another one that was just quite average on a strong list.

[.indulgecountry]

I don't hate "City Don't" -- rare month where my last place was just a song I was 'meh' on -- but it's definitely not one of BC's best. He's really fallen off hard. The other two songs revealed also fall into the "meh" category for me.

[nuggie99]

Settle for a Drink -- What bboat said.

City Don't -- yeah, I got it, Country goid, city bad. Nothing new here and not a Billy Curringtpn fan, either, so low vote.
(Admittedly most songs hit on familiar themes, but this theme is a bit overdone)

[bboat11]

26. "Leaving Love Alone" - Hannah May Allison

Total: 259

Average: 19.92

Std Dev: 6.75

🌺CountryLineDancer - 3
kw9461 - 14
George Strait Junkie - 17
bboat11 - 17
Kris Kringle - 18
zaclord 🌈 - 20
castleoblivion26 - 20
.indulgecountry - 21
LBTrocks - 23
tim - 23
Darkest Hour - 26
nuggie99 - 28
SHOOTER - 29

taylor is terrified

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}Always You
Chickens
Chipping Mill
Damn You July
Drinkin’ Problems
Good Lookin’
Heart They Didn’t Break
Hitched Up
I’m In Love
In Your Love
Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist
Just To Be Loved
Just Wanna Know That You Love Me
Million Little Bandaids
Nothing Compares To You
Reasons To Come Home
Save Me The Trouble
Silverado
That Dog
The Town In Your Heart
When Emma Falls In Love
White Horse
Wide Open
Young Love & Saturday Nights
your place

[LBTrocks]

“Ain’t Doin Jack” is one of Josh Ross’s stronger offerings, but I just can’t get into him. He was fine live, but nothing special. He didn’t even sing my fav song of his “First Taste of Gone” which remains the only thing from him I purposely revisit.

[.indulgecountry]

"Leaving Love Alone" grew on me as I listened to it more, but still nothing amazing.

Poor 🌺CountryLineDancer is getting massacred.

[bboat11]

Unfortunately, we round out our bottom 5 with 🌺CountryLineDancer's third top 5 loss :(

"Leaving Love Alone" was a little difficult to rank. I thought it verged between annoying and catchy way too frequently for me to get a solid read on how I felt about it. But I definitely was enjoying it more after a few listens, once I got used to the repetition.

[bboat11]

25. "Good Lookin'" - Dixon Dallas

Total: 259

Average: 19.92

Std Dev: 8.93 (5th largest)

LBTrocks - 1 (RIP)
castleoblivion26 - 10
.indulgecountry - 11
Darkest Hour - 13
SHOOTER - 17
🌺CountryLineDancer - 21
nuggie99 - 22
zaclord 🌈 - 24
tim - 25
Kris Kringle - 27
kw9461 - 29
bboat11 - 29
George Strait Junkie - 30

taylor is terrified

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}Always You
Chickens
Chipping Mill
Damn You July
Drinkin’ Problems
Heart They Didn’t Break
Hitched Up
I’m In Love
In Your Love
Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist
Just To Be Loved
Just Wanna Know That You Love Me
Million Little Bandaids
Nothing Compares To You
Reasons To Come Home
Save Me The Trouble
Silverado
That Dog
The Town In Your Heart
When Emma Falls In Love
White Horse
Wide Open
Young Love & Saturday Nights
your place