New Country Releases Rankdown Thread

[countryfan43]

I enjoy both of these singers so this collaboration is nice to me although since I submitted the list I have began to grow tired of it.

[.indulgecountry]

This breakup power ballad between newcomers Avery Anna and Dylan Marlowe struck gold with an impressive seven top 10s, four of which were top 5s. OTOH, it racked up five bottom 10s as well. Only a few placed it somewhere in the middle. Ultimately Dylan went with another duet (with Dylan Scott) as his mainstream country radio debut, as opposed to this being the radio introduction for both acts (Avery still hasn't been pushed at radio).

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Yeah Avery Anna needs a debut radio single asap, as well as Alana Springsteen. 

[.indulgecountry]

Feb 19, 2024 22:48:18 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Yeah Avery Anna needs a debut radio single asap, as well as Alana Springsteen. 

Them. And Lauren Watkins. And Ella Langley. So many new girls with promise and potential just sitting and waiting in the wings rn it seems!

[.indulgecountry]

Reminder. Turnout is slow so far. I need about another 5-8 of ya to do this asap!

November/December 2023:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 25 min.)

1. 3 Feet Tall - Cole Swindell
2. Alarm Clock - Sheryl Crow
3. Amy's Back in Austin - Eli Young Band, George Birge
4. Bet You Break My Heart - MacKenzie Porter
5. Cigarettes - Laci Kaye Booth
6. Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson
7. Diamond - Callista Clark
8. The Finger - Bryce Leatherwood
9. Growin' Up Raising You - Gabby Barrett
10. Hey, Jack - Priscilla Block
11. Hooker - Ashland Craft
12. Hurricane - The Castellows
13. I'm on Fire - Ian Munsick, Riaan Benadé
14. It All Falls Down to the River - Suzy Bogguss
15. One Bad Habit - Tim McGraw
16. Red Dirt Church - Russell Dickerson, NEEDTOBREATHE
17. Smoky Mountains - Conner Smith
18. South Dakota - Chris Stapleton
19. Swampers - Rachel Wammack
20. The Table - Lauren Watkins
21. Take Her Home - Kenny Chesney
22. Tennessee Don't Mind - Kameron Marlowe
23. This Is My Dirt - Justin Moore
24. This Ol' Rodeo - Chayce Beckham
25. Timbuktu - Jenny Tolman

Due: February 11

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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

[.indulgecountry]

10. "Happy Ever After Me" - Kylie Morgan

Total: 190

.indulgecountry : 2
zaclord 🌈 : 4
SHOOTER : 4
kluen : 5
Darkest Hour : 7
tim : 9
castleoblivion26 : 9
taylor is terrified : 9
bboat11 : 10
LBTrocks : 16
George Strait Junkie : 19
kw9461 : 21
countryfan43 : 22
🌺CountryLineDancer : 24
nuggie99 : 29

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Cowboy Back - Gabby Barrett
Everleave - Alexandra Kay
Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
Neon Baby - Annie Bosko
OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
Redneck Ass - Hannah Dasher
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire
Texas Hold 'Em - Nicolle Galyon

[.indulgecountry]

Kylie Morgan's "Happy Ever After Me" secured a top 10 finish, and actually ties in points with the song that reveals next at #9, but that one has a #1 rank vs. my #2 as the highest rank for this one. This is far and away my favorite cut from Kylie's debut album that finally landed last fall. The hook is just so clever and sassy in this kiss-off anthem, and the fiddle as the prominent instrument on the track really brings it to life. It received a lot of fanfare from others as well, as a majority placed it top 10! It did receive a handful of bottom 10s, however, including a #29 from nuggie99.

[.indulgecountry]

9. "Everleave" - Alexandra Kay

Total: 190

bboat11 : 1
taylor is terrified : 3
kluen : 6
Darkest Hour : 6
.indulgecountry : 7
tim : 8
kw9461 : 9
countryfan43 : 10
LBTrocks : 10
George Strait Junkie : 16
SHOOTER : 20
🌺CountryLineDancer : 21
zaclord 🌈 : 22
castleoblivion26 : 23
nuggie99 : 28

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Cowboy Back - Gabby Barrett
Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
Neon Baby - Annie Bosko
OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
Redneck Ass - Hannah Dasher
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire
Texas Hold 'Em - Nicolle Galyon

[.indulgecountry]

Winning the tiebreaker, Alexandra Kay's "Everleave" leaves next. This heartbreaking and earnest look at the unraveling of Kay's marriage is the kind of stuff that country music is all about. bboat11 slotted it at the top of their RD list, giving it the edge over Kylie Morgan. Similarly to that track, the majority placed this top 10, though it wound up with a handful of bottom 10s. Oddly enough, nuggie99 is once again the biggest outlier and loses his #28 here right on the heels of his #29.

[LBTrocks]

There's one atrocious song left. Hopefully it doesn't win.

[nuggie99]

Feb 21, 2024 0:07:37 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

 Oddly enough, nuggie99 is once again the biggest outlier and loses his #28 here right on the heels of his #29.

It's me, Hi, I'm the problem, it's me!

My tastes run contrary to the board.  I call 'em as I hear them.  The picker sorts 'em.  I'll give a run down at lunch if nothing pops up.

Nobody commented since this one, so to avoid double posting:


So where was I (if no entry assume "It was ok":


Black Corvette: Sorry, still don't care for her voice.

That's Texas: Love this style from Cojo. Only complaint is that Chili without beans is sauce. Put the beans in CoJo. It's ok though Lyle Lovett said "That's right you're not from Texas, but Texas loves you any way." On the other hand, Ray Wylie Hubbard and friends said "Screw You, We're from Texas" so..

King Of Country Music: Ok, but I likes Drew Parker's song of the same name better.

I Know Better Now: Took me a couple of listens, but I liked this theme and style.


I Will (When You Do): Love Avery. Love Dylan. Strong vocals. Echo the need foe a Avery Anna single soon. Preferably someone up tempo like la da di, but Narcissist and Critic seem to be her bread and butter.

Happy Ever After Me: Still don't care for her voice, either.


Everleave: Way too slow/sad for me.

Also, some of my low scores don't mean I thought they were bad, just means they shuffled down in the picker.

[.indulgecountry]

8. "Redneck Ass" - Hannah Dasher

Total: 185

George Strait Junkie : 2
LBTrocks : 3
castleoblivion26 : 5
Darkest Hour : 5
.indulgecountry : 6
SHOOTER : 7
🌺CountryLineDancer : 10
nuggie99 : 10
kw9461 : 12
taylor is terrified : 13
kluen : 16
tim : 19
bboat11 : 22
zaclord 🌈 : 26
countryfan43 : 29

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Cowboy Back - Gabby Barrett
Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
Neon Baby - Annie Bosko
OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire
Texas Hold 'Em - Nicolle Galyon

[.indulgecountry]

Following a tie in the 9/10 spot, we have another tie in the 7/8 position. Hannah Dasher's "Redneck Ass" loses the tiebreaker due to having a singular #2 rank (courtesy of George Strait Junkie) as her highest, while the next song coming up has a pair of #2s. Hannah's ode to whooping the local trailer park hussy delivered one of my favorite lines of 2023: I know where you park your house. She racked up the top 10s, but a trio of bottom 10s drug her down to the lower half of the top 10.

[.indulgecountry]

7. "Neon Baby" - Annie Bosko

Total: 185

nuggie99 : 2
kw9461 : 2
kluen : 3
George Strait Junkie : 4
LBTrocks : 8
Darkest Hour : 10
taylor is terrified : 10
.indulgecountry : 11
🌺CountryLineDancer : 13
countryfan43 : 19
SHOOTER : 18
zaclord 🌈 : 20
tim : 20
bboat11 : 21
castleoblivion26 : 24

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Cowboy Back - Gabby Barrett
Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire
Texas Hold 'Em - Nicolle Galyon

[.indulgecountry]

Annie Bosko's debut single "Neon Baby" edges out "Redneck Ass" thanks to a pair of runner-up ranks from kw9461 and nuggie99. This neo-traditional barroom romp struck a chord with many as it settled comfortably into the top 10 of roughly half the participant pool, though a pocket of ranks on either side of #20 weighed it down and dashed its top 5 hopes.

[nuggie99]

I would have had Hannah in about third spot if not for the explicit tag. I saw her live a few years back and have been waiting on this one. The language here wasn't terrible, but if you set standards, you need to stick to them. (I realize nobody cares, but that's when your standards matter most)

[.indulgecountry]

6. "Cowboy Back" - Gabby Barrett

Total: 167

.indulgecountry : 1
SHOOTER : 3
tim : 3
nuggie99 : 4
LBTrocks : 5
🌺CountryLineDancer : 7
kluen : 8
bboat11 : 8
kw9461 : 10
zaclord 🌈 : 11
George Strait Junkie : 13
countryfan43 : 18
taylor is terrified : 22
Darkest Hour : 25
castleoblivion26 : 29

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire
Texas Hold 'Em - Nicolle Galyon

[.indulgecountry]

Sadly, I'm the latest to lose my #1 as my favorite song of the month, Gabby Barrett's "Cowboy Back," is the unlucky last song to miss top 5. She does so by less than 5 points, too. </3

This pre-release promotional cut from her sophomore set that just dropped is laced with fiddle and has a strong driving melody overlaying a very picturesque set of lyrics. All but four participants placed this within their top half, showing that it was definitely a winner for most!

[.indulgecountry]

5. "Texas Hold 'Em" - Nicolle Galyon

Total: 163

zaclord 🌈 : 2
🌺CountryLineDancer : 5
nuggie99 : 5
taylor is terrified : 6
tim : 7
Darkest Hour : 9
George Strait Junkie : 9
SHOOTER : 9
countryfan43 : 12
kluen : 13
castleoblivion26 : 14
bboat11 : 14
.indulgecountry : 15
kw9461 : 20
LBTrocks : 23

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
Paint the Town Blue - Ella Langley
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire

[.indulgecountry]

Before there was Beyoncé, there was this Nicolle Galyon song of the same title last fall. zaclord 🌈 was the highest ranker for this, with a #2. She landed in the top half for all but two posters, and LBTrocks was the only one to slot her bottom 10 at all. Best known for penning hit songs, and frequently with Miranda Lambert, Nicolle's put out some music of her own in the past few years and this was easily the best thing I've heard from her thus far.

[.indulgecountry]

Get this done asap because I plan to start reveals by the end of the weekend. So, last call!

November/December 2023:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 25 min.)

1. 3 Feet Tall - Cole Swindell
2. Alarm Clock - Sheryl Crow
3. Amy's Back in Austin - Eli Young Band, George Birge
4. Bet You Break My Heart - MacKenzie Porter
5. Cigarettes - Laci Kaye Booth
6. Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson
7. Diamond - Callista Clark
8. The Finger - Bryce Leatherwood
9. Growin' Up Raising You - Gabby Barrett
10. Hey, Jack - Priscilla Block
11. Hooker - Ashland Craft
12. Hurricane - The Castellows
13. I'm on Fire - Ian Munsick, Riaan Benadé
14. It All Falls Down to the River - Suzy Bogguss
15. One Bad Habit - Tim McGraw
16. Red Dirt Church - Russell Dickerson, NEEDTOBREATHE
17. Smoky Mountains - Conner Smith
18. South Dakota - Chris Stapleton
19. Swampers - Rachel Wammack
20. The Table - Lauren Watkins
21. Take Her Home - Kenny Chesney
22. Tennessee Don't Mind - Kameron Marlowe
23. This Is My Dirt - Justin Moore
24. This Ol' Rodeo - Chayce Beckham
25. Timbuktu - Jenny Tolman

Due: February 11

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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]

Nicolle Galyon‘s song slaps. I don’t dislike Beyoncé’s but I would for sure prefer this.

[LBTrocks]

"Texas Hold Em" and Nicolle Galyon = "Every Single Sumer" and MaRynn Taylor. In other words, totally obnoxious.

Hannah Dasher keeps serving up jams!

"Neon Baby" = gorgeous country bop

"Cowboy Back" is so good! I still totally love Gabby Barrett

[LBTrocks]

Feb 22, 2024 22:47:15 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Nicolle Galyon‘s song slaps. I don’t dislike Beyoncé’s but I would for sure prefer this.

Beyonce's is even worse, but both suck IMO

[nuggie99]

Neon Baby-- Chris Young's "Gettin' You Home" from the female perspective. (that's oversimplified, but it's close enough). With a mix of James Otto. Very nice discovery.

Cowboy Back-- Gabby's wheelhouse and very pleasant.

texas hold 'em-- Great instrumental backing and good wordplay.

[zaclord 🌈]

I got me a Texas man, so I’ve got a soft spot for “Texas Hold ‘Em”. But I also just love Nicolle and most of her output

[.indulgecountry]

Two more days! Hoping for lists from at least a few more of y'all.

November/December 2023:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 25 min.)

1. 3 Feet Tall - Cole Swindell
2. Alarm Clock - Sheryl Crow
3. Amy's Back in Austin - Eli Young Band, George Birge
4. Bet You Break My Heart - MacKenzie Porter
5. Cigarettes - Laci Kaye Booth
6. Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson
7. Diamond - Callista Clark
8. The Finger - Bryce Leatherwood
9. Growin' Up Raising You - Gabby Barrett
10. Hey, Jack - Priscilla Block
11. Hooker - Ashland Craft
12. Hurricane - The Castellows
13. I'm on Fire - Ian Munsick, Riaan Benadé
14. It All Falls Down to the River - Suzy Bogguss
15. One Bad Habit - Tim McGraw
16. Red Dirt Church - Russell Dickerson, NEEDTOBREATHE
17. Smoky Mountains - Conner Smith
18. South Dakota - Chris Stapleton
19. Swampers - Rachel Wammack
20. The Table - Lauren Watkins
21. Take Her Home - Kenny Chesney
22. Tennessee Don't Mind - Kameron Marlowe
23. This Is My Dirt - Justin Moore
24. This Ol' Rodeo - Chayce Beckham
25. Timbuktu - Jenny Tolman

Due: February 25

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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

[tim]

Still have my #1, #2, #4, and #6 remaining. Given the trend, I’d have to guess that Carly comes out on top here.

[Darkest Hour]

So I actually kinda liked Night Owl. Her voice alone is enough to carry this more atmosphere sound.

Black Corvette has meh We Will Rock You rhythm verse, but the chorus is decent.

Old and New is cheesy but that's part of her brand ig.

3 am in Carolina sounds like pop version of If I Told You.

If even tim didn't boost your Texas pride song that means it's weak, and that's the case for That's Texas. I would have chosen Watching My Old Flame from the dual instant grats release even though it may mean we are ranking his ballads in a row. Also off-topic "rant" but his social media avatar is ugly af

Don't really feel the message of King of Country Music either. I think the melody is actually the biggest strength tbh even though it could have used more "country instruments".

Both Kelleigh Bannen and Dylan Marlowe are poor vocalists. Don't understand why they are close to top 10.

I agree that the fiddle in Happy Ever After Me is nice touch, even though her writing could have used a bit more creativity.

Everleave does have some solid lines for divorce country music, but again I don't really like her vocals.

Redneck Ass is solid campy fun song.

I like Annie Bosko's vocals which has a presence behind the mic, but the melody is way too familiar to me.

This Texas Hold 'Em is better than beyonce's I'm afraid. What an interesting way to talk about her husband lol

So I have #2, #4, #8 and #23 left. Hopefully that #23 song will not win.

[.indulgecountry]

4. "Paint the Town Blue" - Ella Langley

Total: 157

tim : 1
SHOOTER : 2
castleoblivion26 : 2
.indulgecountry : 3
LBTrocks : 4
bboat11 : 7
taylor is terrified : 7
zaclord 🌈 : 10
George Strait Junkie : 10
🌺CountryLineDancer : 11
countryfan43 : 11
kluen : 14
Darkest Hour : 23
kw9461 : 26
nuggie99 : 26

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}Heels Over Head - Carly Pearce
OK Cowboy - Catie Offerman
Seven Minutes in Heaven - Reba McEntire