New Country Releases Rankdown Thread

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Have Your Beer is amazing, the melody is one of the best I heard this year. MacKenzie has lots of jams, but this may be my best favorrite to this date. I am already predicting that this would win the 2024 YE CAN RD and also perform fairly well in the 2024 Country RD, prob top 25. 

[bboat11]

Yaassssss, welcome to the winner's circle, Sara!!! I'm finishing up May's list right now while folding clothes!

[.indulgecountry]

Oops just realized I put the wrong video for "21 Days" so I fixed that.

[.indulgecountry]

Results for May will begin soon, but keep gettin' those June lists in!

June 2024:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 41 min.)

1. 911 - Kameron Marlowe
2. Apartment - Priscilla Block
3. Clockworks - HunterGirl
4. Come Rest Your Head (On My Pillow) - Kaitlin Butts, Vince Gill
5. Dirt Roads Dirt - Noah Hicks, Justin Moore
6. Downfall - Sara Evans
7. Down in Georgia - Josh Turner
8. Gettin' Back up to Heaven - Mae Estes
9. Heart Burn - Annie Bosko, Dwight Yoakam
10. High Road - Koe Wetzel, Jessie Murph
11. Highway - Shaboozey
12. The Hill - Caylee Hammack
13. I Am Not Okay - Jelly Roll
14. I Don't Wanna Dance - Kassi Ashton
15. Little Miss Runner Up - Gretchen Wilson
16. The Little Things - George Strait
17. Make It Me - Mickey Guyton
18. Man Down - Kelsey Hart
19. The Man He Sees in Me - Luke Combs
20. Man on the Moon - Megan Moroney
21. Oklahoma - Carly Pearce
22. Over When We're Sober - Brantley Gilbert, Ashley Cooke
23. Pour Me a Drink - Post Malone, Blake Shelton
24. Relapse - Warren Zeiders
25. Sad Girl Summer - Maddie & Tae
26. Set My Heart on Fire - Lauren Watkins, Sheryl Crow
27. Truck on Fire - Carly Pearce
28. Unbroke - Sara Evans
29. Wild Is Her Favorite Color - Jenna Paulette
30. You Look Like You Love Me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

Due: August 17

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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  zaclord 🌈 kluen

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]

Thanks to everyone who submitted for May!

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[.indulgecountry]

30. "Over and Over" - Shelby Lynne

Total: 436

Darkest Hour : 9
wavey. : 16
austin : 21
Kris Kringle : 22
George Strait Junkie : 25
SHOOTER : 25
LBTrocks : 27
taylor is terrified : 28
bboat11 : 28
.indulgecountry : 28
nuggie99 : 29
castleoblivion26 : 29
tim : 30
🌺CountryLineDancer : 30
kw9461 : 30
zaclord 🌈 : 30

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}
Ain't No Love in Oklahoma
All This Could Be Yours
Bad Boy
Beautiful as You
Better Place
Call Me Up
Dead Girl Walking
Fault Line
Go Home With U
Good Day to Have a Great Day
Hang Tight Honey
Hang Your Hat
I Can't
I Had Some Help
Indifferent
Leroy
MIA Down in MIA
Miles On It
Nightmare
Pink Skies
Scratching the Surface (Mama's Song)
Settling Things
Sorry Now
Stuck Behind a Tractor
Want Her Back
What I Shoulda Done
Where That Came From
Why Do We Stay?
Wranglers

[.indulgecountry]

Shelby Lynne's been releasing music for over 3 decades at this point, and she regularly weaves in and out of the confines of country music with her material. "Over and Over," the first taste from Consequences of the Crown, had the majority of the participant pool weaving for the skip button. She accumulated a damning four #30 ranks, and all but two posters had her slotted within the bottom 10. Darkest Hour experiences the highest loss, with his #9 rank.

[LBTrocks]

"Over and Over" reminded me of some random easy listening song you'd hear when put on hold on the phone. In other words, it was quite bad.

[bboat11]

Is this the same Shelby Lynne who ruined Faith Hill's otherwise-perfect second album? She's 0/2 for me. Flops spanning decades!!!!

[Darkest Hour]

Expected Over and Over to not do very well here but last place over my bottom three...huh

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

This was an easy last spot for me. Whatever subgenre of country she belongs to, I do not like this style at all. 

[LBTrocks]

Aug 11, 2024 23:50:17 GMT -5 Darkest Hour said:

Expected Over and Over to not do very well here but last place over my bottom three...huh

Although I wasn’t a fan I was a bit surprised it was last place over something like “Nightmare” by Laci Kaye Booth which is tuneless crap. At least “Over and Over” had a melody.

There were two worse songs than Shelby’s and Laci’s for me tho, but I knew there was no way either would place last.

[.indulgecountry]

Here's July for anyone that wants to jump on that early while I get caught up. School started back today so things have been chaotic and I'm feeling more drained than usual, lol. I'll try to dive deeper into the May reveals soon.

July 2024:

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

1. 4x4xU - Lainey Wilson
2. 28 - Zach Bryan
3. Am I Okay? - Megan Moroney
4. Bones - Russell Dickerson
5. Bottle It Up - Joe Nichols
6. Coming Home - Old Dominion
7. Cowboy Break My Heart - Tanner Adell
8. Cowboys Cry Too - Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan
9. Dammit Randy - Miranda Lambert
10. Dick in My Nightstand - Danae Hayes
11. Didn't I - Dasha
12. Free Like - Maddie & Tae
13. Goodnight Into Good Morning - Brett Young
14. Heaven by Noon - Megan Moroney
15. High and Lonesome - Mae Estes
16. Hot Rod Pipe Dream - Ashley Monroe
17. I Think You're the Greatest - Lorrie Morgan
18. Leigh - Koe Wetzel
19. Lies Lies Lies - Morgan Wallen
20. Lose You Again - Avery Anna, Parmalee
21. Miss America - The Castellows
22. More Alcohol - Austin Snell
23. New to Country - Bailey Zimmerman
24. Other Girls (Ain't Havin' Any Fun) - Kaitlin Butts
25. River Black - Dillon James
26. Somewhere with Her - Josh Turner
27. Son of a Gun - Kassi Ashton
28. Sun to Me - MGK
29. Three Drinks Behind - George Strait
30. Wild Horses - Kylie Frey

Due: September 6

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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  zaclord 🌈 kluen

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

[taylor is terrified]

“Dick in My Nightstand” oh my God that song is GOLDEN  

[.indulgecountry]

Aug 14, 2024 22:29:02 GMT -5 taylor is terrified said:

“Dick in My Nightstand” oh my God that song is GOLDEN  

🔥🔥🔥

[.indulgecountry]

29. "Beautiful as You" - Thomas Rhett

Total: 386

zaclord 🌈 : 4
🌺CountryLineDancer : 7
wavey. : 9
nuggie99 : 19
bboat11 : 20
kw9461 : 21
LBTrocks : 25
taylor is terrified : 26
castleoblivion26 : 26
George Strait Junkie : 27
tim : 28
SHOOTER : 28
austin : 29
Darkest Hour : 29
Kris Kringle : 29
.indulgecountry : 29
kluen : 30

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{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}
Ain't No Love in Oklahoma
All This Could Be Yours
Bad Boy
Better Place
Call Me Up
Dead Girl Walking
Fault Line
Go Home With U
Good Day to Have a Great Day
Hang Tight Honey
Hang Your Hat
I Can't
I Had Some Help
Indifferent
Leroy
MIA Down in MIA
Miles On It
Nightmare
Pink Skies
Scratching the Surface (Mama's Song)
Settling Things
Sorry Now
Stuck Behind a Tractor
Want Her Back
What I Shoulda Done
Where That Came From
Why Do We Stay?
Wranglers

[.indulgecountry]

While Shelby Lynne's nearly universally-panned song kept this from last place, Thomas Rhett's "Beautiful as You" picked up very few favorable ranks. Three posters do lose a top 10 rank here, including a top 5 from zaclord 🌈. The overwhelming majority tanked this, however. I've never been a particular fan of Rhett's and think he has way more misses than hits, but this was unusually bad even for him, and even some of his usual supporters thought this was ass (looking at austin, lol).

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

"Beautiful as You" was an underwhelming lead single, and I was also not too impressed with TR's recent album, despite being a fan of him. I would like him to revive the idea of Country Again...

[Darkest Hour]

I just had to let you know, know, yeah, yeah (know, know, yeah, yeah)
I could never let you go, go, yeah, yeah (go, go, yeah, yeah)
Oh, I just had to let you know, know, yeah, yeah (know, know, yeah, yeah)
I could never let you go, go, yeah, yeah (go, go, yeah, yeah)

This being actual lyrics for the bridge is so unserious.

Also really no one made album discussion post on the genre forum as it should because the album is certified ass

[austin]

I really love Thomas overall but this is horrible and the album…I am struggling to think anything is more than mediocre. I am so upset about his decline in quality tbh.

[LBTrocks]

I love Thomas too but “Beautiful As You” is dreadful

[.indulgecountry]

28. "Go Home with U" - Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson

Total: 368

austin : 4
wavey. : 6
SHOOTER : 12
kw9461 : 16
kluen : 16
🌺CountryLineDancer : 18
LBTrocks : 24
castleoblivion26 : 24
Kris Kringle : 25
.indulgecountry : 26
Darkest Hour : 26
tim : 27
bboat11 : 27
taylor is terrified : 29
zaclord 🌈 : 29
George Strait Junkie : 29
nuggie99 : 30

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}
Ain't No Love in Oklahoma
All This Could Be Yours
Bad Boy
Better Place
Call Me Up
Dead Girl Walking
Fault Line
Good Day to Have a Great Day
Hang Tight Honey
Hang Your Hat
I Can't
I Had Some Help
Indifferent
Leroy
MIA Down in MIA
Miles On It
Nightmare
Pink Skies
Scratching the Surface (Mama's Song)
Settling Things
Sorry Now
Stuck Behind a Tractor
Want Her Back
What I Shoulda Done
Where That Came From
Why Do We Stay?
Wranglers

[.indulgecountry]

Keith Urban continues his streak of modern mediocrity. "Go Home with U" is decently catchy fodder, and Lainey offers a nice duet vocal, but its inoffensive slickness leaves little lasting impacting. It picked up a pair of top 10s from austin and wavey. and a handful of ranks in the teens, but the majority slotted this bottom 10.

[.indulgecountry]

27. "Good Day to Have a Great Day" - Russell Dickerson

Total: 367

.indulgecountry : 6
wavey. : 11
austin : 12
🌺CountryLineDancer : 17
castleoblivion26 : 18
LBTrocks : 19
zaclord 🌈 : 20
kluen : 22
nuggie99 : 23
tim : 24
George Strait Junkie : 26
taylor is terrified : 27
kw9461 : 27
SHOOTER : 27
Kris Kringle : 28
Darkest Hour : 30
bboat11 : 30

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}
Ain't No Love in Oklahoma
All This Could Be Yours
Bad Boy
Better Place
Call Me Up
Dead Girl Walking
Fault Line
Hang Tight Honey
Hang Your Hat
I Can't
I Had Some Help
Indifferent
Leroy
MIA Down in MIA
Miles On It
Nightmare
Pink Skies
Scratching the Surface (Mama's Song)
Settling Things
Sorry Now
Stuck Behind a Tractor
Want Her Back
What I Shoulda Done
Where That Came From
Why Do We Stay?
Wranglers

[.indulgecountry]

Russell Dickerson's "Good Day to Have a Great Day" is just unbridled optimism in a song and I can't get enough of it. Clearly I'm in a minority as it did pretty poorly here, and Russell has never been known to be a Pulse fave, but for me, his delivery often elevates mid-level material to something more enjoyable for me. It landed a pair of #30s and again, a majority of bottom 10s. wavey. and austin (a familiar pair from the last reveal) almost joined me in the top 10 ranking.

[.indulgecountry]

26. "Call Me Up" - Dillon James

Total: 349

Kris Kringle : 8
austin : 10
bboat11 : 13
kw9461 : 15
Darkest Hour : 16
LBTrocks : 17
.indulgecountry : 19
George Strait Junkie : 21
tim : 21
wavey. : 23
nuggie99 : 24
taylor is terrified : 25
zaclord 🌈 : 25
castleoblivion26 : 25
🌺CountryLineDancer : 29
kluen : 29
SHOOTER : 29

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}
Ain't No Love in Oklahoma
All This Could Be Yours
Bad Boy
Better Place
Dead Girl Walking
Fault Line
Hang Tight Honey
Hang Your Hat
I Can't
I Had Some Help
Indifferent
Leroy
MIA Down in MIA
Miles On It
Nightmare
Pink Skies
Scratching the Surface (Mama's Song)
Settling Things
Sorry Now
Stuck Behind a Tractor
Want Her Back
What I Shoulda Done
Where That Came From
Why Do We Stay?
Wranglers

[.indulgecountry]

Newcomer Dillon James hasn't made big waves in the rankdown, but I feel like he's put out some solid rock-tinged country tunes thus far and has a nice set of pipes. "Call Me Up" rounds out our bottom 5 here, and again, we see a pair of top 10s (that includes austin again, lol), while the majority of ranks fell in the bottom 10. This one did a bit better than our prior reveals though as it had less of them, and is our first reveal without a #30, though three posters came close with #29 ranks.

[.indulgecountry]

25. "Miles On It" - Kane Brown, Marshemllo

Total: 348

🌺CountryLineDancer : 4
zaclord 🌈 : 8
.indulgecountry : 11
wavey. : 13
LBTrocks : 15
taylor is terrified : 16
nuggie99 : 17
austin : 17
kluen : 20
bboat11 : 23
castleoblivion26 : 28
Darkest Hour : 28
kw9461 : 29
tim : 29
Kris Kringle : 30
George Strait Junkie : 30
SHOOTER : 30

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Songs Remaining}
Ain't No Love in Oklahoma
All This Could Be Yours
Bad Boy
Better Place
Dead Girl Walking
Fault Line
Hang Tight Honey
Hang Your Hat
I Can't
I Had Some Help
Indifferent
Leroy
MIA Down in MIA
Nightmare
Pink Skies
Scratching the Surface (Mama's Song)
Settling Things
Sorry Now
Stuck Behind a Tractor
Want Her Back
What I Shoulda Done
Where That Came From
Why Do We Stay?
Wranglers

[.indulgecountry]

Kane Brown narrowly avoided bottom 5 by a mere 1-point margin with "Miles On It." A collaboration with EDM act Marshmello, this song is a pop-friendly crossover hit, which made for a rather polarizing spread of ranks by those that submitted. It racked up a trio of #30s and an additional four bottom 5s. OTOH, it had a solid number of ranks in the teens a pair of top 10s.

[Darkest Hour]

This rankdown is delayed long enough that the music video of Go Home with U which was released about two weeks ago is used in reveal post lol. Unfortunately this feels a remake of One Too Many which has spent too many weeks on chart.

Good Day to Have a Great Day overstayed by 3 spots here. Sounds like a Michael Franti & Spearhead song with heavy autotune. Also the repetitiveness near the end is surprisingly even worse than Beautiful As You and Drinkin' Buddies.

Call Me Up is decent. He can replace some 2000s alt rock leaning artists in country radio afaik.

Miles On It is late 00s/early 10s electropop mid-ness.