New Country Releases Rankdown Thread

[.indulgecountry]

Megan Moroney is one of the more popular newcomers to the genre as she's put up some strong placements over the past year in this rankdown leading up to the release of Lucky last May. Like many country artists as of late, she decided to re-issue the record almost immediately after with additional bonus tracks tacked on, one of which being the re-imagined "Fix You Too" that previously appeared on her buzzy EP from 2022, Pistol Made of Roses. This time she turned the song into a duet with Kameron Marlowe, which elevated the song, imo. Not everyone was as enthralled as it lands pretty squarely in the middle of the rankdown, with most of its ranks coming from the teens, though she did manage to get 6 top 10s.

[.indulgecountry]

14. "Cry Myself to Sleep" - Wynonna, Trisha Yearwood

Total: 232

Darkest Hour : 1
kluen : 2
SHOOTER : 4
castleoblivion26 : 6
taylor is terrified : 6
Kris Kringle : 8
LBTrocks : 11
George Strait Junkie : 14
tim : 15
nuggie99 : 15
austin : 19
.indulgecountry : 19
zaclord 🌈 : 20
bboat11 : 21
wavey. : 23
kw9461 : 24
🌺CountryLineDancer : 24

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
Good Nights
I Got a Problem
Love You Back
Making It Up as I Go
Neon Cowgirl
Out of Sight
Tim + Faith
The Tree
Who Says You Can't Have Everything
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

This pre-release track from the Judds tribute album that came out this fall was noteworthy because it featured Wynonna, one-half of the OG duo! That said, this re-do with Trisha Yearwood proved to be pretty polarizing, which admittedly surprised me a bit. For me, I like this, but I ranked it a bit lower due to the competition at hand rather than anything against the song itself as I think Wynonna + Trisha are both powerhouse vocalists. Darkest Hour unfortunately becomes the latest poster to suffer a #1 loss. OTOH, four posters lose a bottom 5.

[.indulgecountry]

13. "Making It Up as I Go" - Kylie Morgan

Total: 228

kluen : 4
zaclord 🌈 : 5
.indulgecountry : 6
Darkest Hour : 8
castleoblivion26 : 9
SHOOTER : 11
kw9461 : 13
George Strait Junkie : 13
austin : 15
taylor is terrified : 15
bboat11 : 16
Kris Kringle : 16
tim : 17
🌺CountryLineDancer : 18
wavey. : 18
nuggie99 : 22
LBTrocks : 22

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
Good Nights
I Got a Problem
Love You Back
Neon Cowgirl
Out of Sight
Tim + Faith
The Tree
Who Says You Can't Have Everything
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

Kylie Morgan's young adult inspirational anthem in "Making It Up as I Go" is next to bow out. The title cut to her debut LP, this one has been a huge grower on me and I actually love it even more now than when I ranked it #6. It may have moved up a spot or two if I were to re-rank now, but it wouldn't have changed anything of course. That said, this song collected five top 10s, and a pair of bottom 5s, but the bulk of its ranks were spread across the teens, leading to it landing right smack dab in the middle of the ranking results (#13 of 26).

[kluen]

Jan 2, 2024 23:00:03 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Megan Moroney is one of the more popular newcomers to the genre as she's put up some strong placements over the past year in this rankdown leading up to the release of Lucky last May. Like many country artists as of late, she decided to re-issue the record almost immediately after with additional bonus tracks tacked on, one of which being the re-imagined "Fix You Too" that previously appeared on her buzzy EP from 2022, Pistol Made of Roses. This time she turned the song into a duet with Kameron Marlowe, which elevated the song, imo. Not everyone was as enthralled as it lands pretty squarely in the middle of the rankdown, with most of its ranks coming from the teens, though she did manage to get 6 top 10s.

Maybe because I already listened to the original version of ''Fix You Too'' over 100 times so I don't really like the new one with Kameron on as much as the original one.
If it's the original one I'd easily get it to the top of my list.

[nuggie99]

Luke Combs- I mentioned in my comments about Trailer Park Barbie that this was a much better song, and I rated it accordingly. (although, maybe the Luke Combs song you are in is Beer Never Broke My Heart or Cold as You)

Fix You, Too- Liked the song save one word (I know I harp on this a little too much, but if I did a scoring grid like bboat11 does, it would be heavily weighted on No bad words.). Other than that, I like Megan and I like Kameron (I like all them Marlowes). Like the "all these issues, don't need another" theme.

Cry Myself To Sleep- I mentioned in the 1991 countdown that I was never a big fan of the Judds, but this is one of their better songs, and it lets Trisha and Wynonna belt a little.

Making it up As I Go-- Aren't we all. This one was ok, but there's a little too much nasal or something in Kylie's voice that turns me off.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

I like the idea of Luke Combs, and it is a huge improvement from the prior month entry, but Kaylee Bell executed this idea far better with Keith. Unless I’m missing some, Tanner only mentioned like 5 songs.

[.indulgecountry]

12. "Good Nights" - Jess Moskaluke

Total: 219

bboat11 : 7
nuggie99 : 8
LBTrocks : 9
kluen : 9
Darkest Hour : 10
SHOOTER : 10
castleoblivion26 : 10
austin : 11
tim : 12
.indulgecountry : 12
zaclord 🌈 : 14
🌺CountryLineDancer : 14
Kris Kringle : 17
kw9461 : 17
George Strait Junkie : 17
wavey. : 19
taylor is terrified : 23

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
I Got a Problem
Love You Back
Neon Cowgirl
Out of Sight
Tim + Faith
The Tree
Who Says You Can't Have Everything
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

Canadian Country singer Jess Moskaluke finishes at #12 here. This song is a total bop! And it seems most agreed as it racked up a majority top half rankings, but it lacked the passion of others as despite seven top 10s, not a single one of those was a top 5! It also only landed in one poster's bottom 5.

[.indulgecountry]

11. "Tim + Faith" - Madeline Merlo

Total: 203

wavey. : 2
taylor is terrified : 3
.indulgecountry : 4
tim : 4
castleoblivion26 : 4
zaclord 🌈 : 7
George Strait Junkie : 8
bboat11 : 9
🌺CountryLineDancer : 12
nuggie99 : 16
austin : 17
LBTrocks : 17
Kris Kringle : 18
Darkest Hour : 18
SHOOTER : 19
kw9461 : 21
kluen : 24

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
I Got a Problem
Love You Back
Neon Cowgirl
Out of Sight
The Tree
Who Says You Can't Have Everything
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

Madeline Merlo is the last to bow out shy of a top 10 finish, and she misses the mark by a mere 6 points. "Tim + Faith" was the last song named after a person remaining out of the 4 we started with and this one had spent quite a bit of time in the top 10 throughout the submission process, but it sadly just couldn't secure a spot there as it tumbled out in the final stretch. She picked up an impressive five top 5 ranks, plus three additional top 10s, but it was weighed down by a pair of bottom 5s and a cluster of low teen ranks.

[.indulgecountry]

Another reminder for these so I can hopefully start reveals for these soon:

October 2023:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 45 min.)

1. 3 AM in Carolina - Darius Rucker
2. Ain't Like I Can Hide It - Riley Green
3. Angel in the Fire - Jessi Colter
4. Black Corvette - Kimberly Perry
5. Cowboy Back - Gabby Barrett
6. Cowboys and Plowboys - Jon Pardi, Luke Bryan
7. Creekwater Clear - Charlie Worsham, Elle King
8. Different About You - Old Dominion
9. Everleave - Alexandra Kay
10. Happy Ever After Me - Kylie Morgan
11. Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
12. Homesite - Caroline Jones
13. I Know Better Now - Kelleigh Bannen
14. I Will (When You Do) - Avery Anna, Dylan Marlowe
15. King of Country Music - Ryan Larkins
16. Love Can Build a Bridge - Jelly Roll, K. Michelle
17. Neon Baby - Annie Bosko
18. Night Owl - Ashland Craft
19. OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
20. Old and New - Colbie Caillat
21. Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
22. Redneck Ass - Hannah Dasher
23. Remember Us - John Morgan
24. Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire
25. Texas Hold 'Em - Nicolle Galyon
26. That's Texas - Cody Johnson
27. Underestimate Me - Maggie Rose
28. Walking Man - Dillon James
29. Whiskey Go 'Round - George Birge, RaeLynn
30. You Don't Have to Love Me - Restless Road

Due: December 15

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Previous Participants:
BB🌕 SHOOTER fearlessarrow DistrictTwelve lady𝓐fan someguy ClevelandRox .indulgecountry HeyHeyHey d3vin44 kw9461 Darkest Hour LBTrocks castleoblivion26 tim austin taylor is terrified George Strait Junkie Kanenrá:ke bboat11 gardyfan  Sambalada BackwoodsBarbie superdave3556  🌺CountryLineDancer bigfan101 Kris Kringle razorshark nuggie99

Country Rankdowns Tag List:
Adrian C. 🍓 austin BB🌕 bboat11 bigfan101 taylor is terrified castleoblivion26 cedric HeyHeyHey ClevelandRox g8erboi tim LBTrocks Crimsonio Fancy fearlessarrow hydraflare .indulgecountry Leo ✔ born Kanenrá:ke The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 lady𝓐fan Mylo13 💜 RobbyFlorida someguy SwiftlySheeran Au$tin toomuchboy   Darkest Hour sabre14 kw9461 BackwoodsBarbie  George Strait Junkie smissy13

[austin]

I like Madeline Merlo a good bit, and LOVE “It Didn’t”, but this one just kinda was “meh” for me. It’s essentially Its Your Love part 2.

[.indulgecountry]

10. "Who Says You Can't Have Everything" - Brothers Osborne

Total: 197

tim : 1
castleoblivion26 : 1
zaclord 🌈 : 2
Kris Kringle : 3
Darkest Hour : 3
SHOOTER : 5
austin : 9
kw9461 : 10
taylor is terrified : 12
🌺CountryLineDancer : 16
kluen : 16
LBTrocks : 18
George Strait Junkie : 18
bboat11 : 19
nuggie99 : 21
wavey. : 21
.indulgecountry : 22

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
I Got a Problem
Love You Back
Neon Cowgirl
Out of Sight
The Tree
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

Brothers Osborne narrowly made the top 10 here with "Who Says You Can't Have Everything." This becomes our first multi-#1 loss as both tim and castleoblivion26 lose their top song. Six additional top 10s helped push it into the threshold, though it also picked up a trio of ranks in the 20s.

Despite my rank for this being low, I actually want to go on record and say I did enjoy this one, it just didn't stack up for me against some of the competition as BrOs songs often don't for me.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Good to see Jess and Madeline doing fairly well here. Neither song is their best entry here, but still solid attempts from strong vocalists.

“Who Says” is one of the strongest songs from rather disappointing album. Far better than Nobody’s, which is overdue to be replaced by a new single.

[.indulgecountry]

9. "Neon Cowgirl" - Dan + Shay

Total: 186

nuggie99 : 2
kw9461 : 3
🌺CountryLineDancer : 4
austin : 4
bboat11 : 5
Darkest Hour : 7
wavey. : 8
tim : 9
zaclord 🌈 : 11
taylor is terrified : 11
LBTrocks : 14
Kris Kringle : 14
SHOOTER : 15
castleoblivion26 : 17
.indulgecountry : 18
kluen : 19
George Strait Junkie : 25

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
I Got a Problem
Love You Back
Out of Sight
The Tree
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

Another country duo bows out, this time it's Dan + Shay! "Neon Cowgirl" did really well considering their usual stigma on Pulse, but the fiddle-laced neo-traditional arrangement of the song likely gave them kudos from usual dissenters, myself included. I'm still not *totally* enamored with it and them, but their latest album is definitely a huge step up for them due to the more organic approach to the music. It managed to pull off eight top 10 ranks, and only one bottom 5.

[.indulgecountry]

8. "The Tree" - Maren Morris

Total: 176

austin : 1
Kris Kringle : 1
SHOOTER : 2
castleoblivion26 : 3
taylor is terrified : 5
tim : 6
zaclord 🌈 : 8
kw9461 : 8
kluen : 11
wavey. : 11
George Strait Junkie : 12
.indulgecountry : 13
🌺CountryLineDancer : 15
Darkest Hour : 16
bboat11 : 18
LBTrocks : 20
nuggie99 : 26

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Easy
Fool's Gold
I Got a Problem
Love You Back
Out of Sight
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

Coming in at #8 is Maren Morris' "The Tree," which was released alongside "Get the Hell Out of Here" as part of a short EP titled The Bridge that came as a segue out of the mainstream country music landscape. She's since clarified that she doesn't intend to stop making country music entirely, though it's unclear what her next move will be. That said, she did at least give us a pair of songs that were comfortably in her wheelhouse last fall, though "The Tree" didn't garner the kind of rave reception new Maren tracks usually get. It's our second song with a pair of #1s (courtesy of austin and Kris Kringle) in the top 10 reveals thus far to be shed, and they were joined by six additional top 10s. OTOH, nuggie99 finally loses his last place rank, the last one remaining.

[.indulgecountry]

7. "I Got a Problem" - Drake Milligan

Total: 174

George Strait Junkie : 1
nuggie99 : 1
🌺CountryLineDancer : 1
kw9461 : 2
LBTrocks : 3
castleoblivion26 : 5
Darkest Hour : 6
SHOOTER : 9
wavey. : 10
bboat11 : 11
Kris Kringle : 13
kluen : 15
taylor is terrified : 16
zaclord 🌈 : 16
.indulgecountry : 21
austin : 21
tim : 23

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
Love You Back
Out of Sight
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

With a 2-point difference, Drake Milligan skirts ahead of Maren Morris with "I Got a Problem." After a few songs with pairs of #1 losses, this marks our first reveal boasting a trio of #1. George Strait Junkie and 🌺CountryLineDancer make up two of those, and the third is nuggie99, who notably loses his top song immediately after ousting his least favorite song in the set ("The Tree"). The neo-traditional romper also bagged a trio of ranks in the 20s that dashed its top 5 finish hopes, but over half of the participant pool found a spot in their top 10 for this one, so it's safe to say it's pretty popular.

[.indulgecountry]

6. "Out of Sight" - Emily Ann Roberts

Total: 171

kw9461 : 1
LBTrocks : 2
bboat11 : 3
nuggie99 : 4
Darkest Hour : 5
George Strait Junkie : 6
taylor is terrified : 7
castleoblivion26 : 7
.indulgecountry : 8
wavey. : 9
zaclord 🌈 : 12
kluen : 12
Kris Kringle : 12
tim : 16
🌺CountryLineDancer : 21
SHOOTER : 22
austin : 24

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Drunk and Hungover
Easy
Fool's Gold
Love You Back
Women Ain't Whiskey

[.indulgecountry]

Another narrow margin, Emily Ann Roberts finishes a mere 3 points ahead of Drake, and merely 4 points shy of the song that ultimately secured the last spot in the top 5. After a few previous finishes in this series that felt like robberies where she failed to make the top 10, "Out of Sight" manages to make it all the way to #6 and come up just short of a top 5 finish. kw9461 is the next poster to lose their #1, and 10/17 of the participant pool lose a song in their top 10s. OTOH, three posters placed this one in their 20s.

[.indulgecountry]

So far we've only had 8 lists for this which is a big drop from the 17 that submitted for September so I really need some more of y'all to get it together soon!

October 2023:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 45 min.)

1. 3 AM in Carolina - Darius Rucker
2. Ain't Like I Can Hide It - Riley Green
3. Angel in the Fire - Jessi Colter
4. Black Corvette - Kimberly Perry
5. Cowboy Back - Gabby Barrett
6. Cowboys and Plowboys - Jon Pardi, Luke Bryan
7. Creekwater Clear - Charlie Worsham, Elle King
8. Different About You - Old Dominion
9. Everleave - Alexandra Kay
10. Happy Ever After Me - Kylie Morgan
11. Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
12. Homesite - Caroline Jones
13. I Know Better Now - Kelleigh Bannen
14. I Will (When You Do) - Avery Anna, Dylan Marlowe
15. King of Country Music - Ryan Larkins
16. Love Can Build a Bridge - Jelly Roll, K. Michelle
17. Neon Baby - Annie Bosko
18. Night Owl - Ashland Craft
19. OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
20. Old and New - Colbie Caillat
21. Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
22. Redneck Ass - Hannah Dasher
23. Remember Us - John Morgan
24. Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire
25. Texas Hold 'Em - Nicolle Galyon
26. That's Texas - Cody Johnson
27. Underestimate Me - Maggie Rose
28. Walking Man - Dillon James
29. Whiskey Go 'Round - George Birge, RaeLynn
30. You Don't Have to Love Me - Restless Road

Due: ASAP

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Previous Participants:
BB🌕 SHOOTER fearlessarrow DistrictTwelve lady𝓐fan someguy ClevelandRox .indulgecountry HeyHeyHey d3vin44 kw9461 Darkest Hour LBTrocks castleoblivion26 tim austin taylor is terrified George Strait Junkie Kanenrá:ke bboat11 gardyfan  Sambalada BackwoodsBarbie superdave3556  🌺CountryLineDancer bigfan101 Kris Kringle razorshark nuggie99

Country Rankdowns Tag List:
Adrian C. 🍓 austin BB🌕 bboat11 bigfan101 taylor is terrified castleoblivion26 cedric HeyHeyHey ClevelandRox g8erboi tim LBTrocks Crimsonio Fancy fearlessarrow hydraflare .indulgecountry Leo ✔ born Kanenrá:ke The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 lady𝓐fan Mylo13 💜 RobbyFlorida someguy SwiftlySheeran Au$tin toomuchboy   Darkest Hour sabre14 kw9461 BackwoodsBarbie  George Strait Junkie smissy13

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

"I Got a Problem" is a fantastic neo-traditional jam. With his EP coming up soon, I hope he will try another single at radio.

[Darkest Hour]

Remaining ranks: 2, 4, 11, 13, 14

Hope my 2 or 4 wins.

[taylor is terrified]

I did send for October, right? 

[austin]

“Out of Sight” had the worst demo-sounding production of the entire set. It really ruined my enjoyment of the song.