New Country Releases Rankdown Thread

[.indulgecountry]

Lainey Wilson nets the bronze with "Hang Tight Honey." While there were some very vocal dissenters on the board who would have you think this song was overwhelmingly hated, they were a loud minority! Three posters finally lose their final bottom 5 here, but everyone else had "Honey" comfortably slotted in their top half, at worst. kw9461 placed it at #1, and Lainey racked up high ranks to the tune of additional eight top 5s.

[.indulgecountry]

1. "Fault Line" - Carly Pearce

Total: 117

Darkest Hour : 1
kluen : 1
Kris Kringle : 2
castleoblivion26 : 2
George Strait Junkie : 2
kw9461 : 4
tim : 6
zaclord 🌈 : 6
austin : 6
bboat11 : 6
LBTrocks : 7
wavey. : 7
SHOOTER : 8
nuggie99 : 11
🌺CountryLineDancer : 13
taylor : 15
.indulgecountry : 20

2. "Wranglers" - Miranda Lambert

Total: 162

.indulgecountry : 1
LBTrocks : 1
Darkest Hour : 2
wavey. : 2
taylor : 2
SHOOTER : 2
tim : 3
Kris Kringle : 6
zaclord 🌈 : 7
austin : 8
kluen : 8
nuggie99 : 12
George Strait Junkie : 15
kw9461 : 18
bboat11 : 21
🌺CountryLineDancer : 27
castleoblivion26 : 27

[.indulgecountry]

And in the May rankdown it came down to Carly Pearce vs. Miranda Lambert, with Carly taking the dub. "Fault Line" won by a landslide, with 117 points over "Wranglers" with 162 points (which actually meant it tied with "Hang Tight Honey," though the tie was broken by number of #1 ranks, giving it the edge). Both songs netted a pair of #1 ranks, and all but four participants had Carly's neo-traditional romp in the top 10, and everyone except me had it in their top half. I love the song, especially from a production standpoint, but it was a strong month and while I probably could've moved it up a few spots, I wasn't quite as jazzed about it as others seemed to be. OTOH, the dark and brooding "Wranglers" was my personal #1 (as well as LBTrocks) and it was met with a bit more hot and cold response as it had an impressive tally of high ranks that included a majority top half placements as well, though it had three bottom 10 ranks, two of which were even bottom 5s.

[.indulgecountry]

Still need a few more of you to show up for this one as I prepare to begin reveals soon.

I'll also be posting August + September lists within the next few days for those who want to begin working on either of them.

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: Now

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Previous Participants:
BB🌕 SHOOTER fearlessarrow DistrictTwelve lady𝓐fan someguy ClevelandRox .indulgecountry HeyHeyHey d3vin44 kw9461 Darkest Hour LBTrocks castleoblivion26 tim austin taylor 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 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

[Darkest Hour]

Sept 29, 2024 23:24:36 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

1. "Fault Line" - Lainey Wilson

Would be the best song if it was in her newest album tbh

Anyway perfect top two. Wranglers is probably getting enough comments elsewhere so I just want to say the idea of Fault Line is so well-done even though some may find an obscure old song that plays with the same idea. The nonchalant delivery of "I turn into the bitch/That you say I am" is pure gold. This is the pre-release song that I feel she doesn't lose it from her previous album era.

There are people still haven't submitted for June's list?

[.indulgecountry]

Darkest Hour thanks. Fixed.

And yes, I had 17 lists for May and currently have 12 for June...
And only 3 for July so far...

I know I have periods where I don't reveal quickly and that's on me, but I don't understand why more people don't submit ahead of time... 🙃

[.indulgecountry]

Reminder to get this one in, too.

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: 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 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 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

[SHOOTER]

Songs like I Think You’re the Greatest are exactly why I don’t rush. I refuse to believe this was screaming to be ranked. DPMO.

[.indulgecountry]

August 2024:

The Playlist: (Runtime 1 hr. 39 min.)

1. Alimony - Miranda Lambert
2. Broken Heart Thing - Madeline Merlo, Dustin Lynch
3. Cry - Tiera Kennedy
4. Don't Call Me - The Band Loula
5. Gettin' Old - Callista Clark, Scotty McCreery
6. Girl Who Drank Wine - Ella Langley
7. Good Horses - Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert
8. Guy for That - Post Malone, Luke Combs
9. Heavens to Betsy - Jackson Dean
10. I Ain't Sayin' - Jordan Davis
11. Irish Goodbye - Kacey Musgraves
12. Lonely Road - MGK, Jelly Roll
13. Lonesome and Then Some - Shawna Thompson, Leslie Satcher
14. Morning Person - Ashland Craft
15. My Side of the Country - Mickey Guyton
16. No Man's Land - Miranda Lambert
17. Now or Never - Corey Kent, Lauren Alaina
18. Only Once - Tigirlily Gold
19. Ring Finger - Lainey Wilson
20. Slim Pickins - Sabrina Carpenter
21. Sober Sundays - The Castellows, Wyatt Flores
22. Sorry Mom - Kelsea Ballerini
23. The Straw - Kassi Ashton
24. There Goes the Neighborhood - Sugarland
25. Two Steppin' on the Moon - Josh Turner
26. Walked on Water - Morgan Wade, Kesha
27. What a View - Jamey Johnson
28. Where Are We Now? - Orville Peck, Mickey Guyton
29. Why - David Nail, Aubrie Sllers
30. Yodelayheewho - Willow Avalon, Maggie Antone

Due: October 31

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Previous Participants:
BB🌕 SHOOTER fearlessarrow DistrictTwelve lady𝓐fan someguy ClevelandRox .indulgecountry HeyHeyHey d3vin44 kw9461 Darkest Hour LBTrocks castleoblivion26 tim austin taylor 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 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]

Keeping losing track of this, but I don't think I have done July yet, so working on it ASAP, now that I have more time. 

[.indulgecountry]

Thanks to everyone who submitted for June!

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[.indulgecountry]

30. "Dirt Roads Dirt" - Noah Hicks, Justin Moore

Total: 366

🌺CountryLineDancer : 10
kluen : 13
Kris Kringle : 18
LBTrocks : 20
wavey. : 22
George Strait Junkie : 26
zaclord 🌈 : 26
bboat11 : 27
kw9461 : 28
castleoblivion26 : 28
nuggie99 : 28
.indulgecountry : 30
tim : 30
SHOOTER : 30
Darkest Hour : 30

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911
Apartment
Clockworks
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
Heart Burn
High Road
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
Little Miss Runner Up
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man Down
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Over When We're Sober
Pour Me a Drink
Relapse
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

We kick things off for the month of June with Noah Hicks' "Dirt Roads Dirt." Your typical backroads anthem, this also features guest billing from Justin Moore. For me, nothing this month was truly outright bad, though this was a fairly easy last place for me as its pretty generic. I was not alone with my #30 ranking as three others matched my energy and start off with a perfect ranking. All but two posters had this in their bottom half, with 🌺CountryLineDancer being a lone top 10 rank.

[.indulgecountry]

29. "Relapse" - Warren Zeiders

Total: 334

🌺CountryLineDancer : 4
LBTrocks : 6
castleoblivion26 : 11
zaclord 🌈 : 19
SHOOTER : 21
.indulgecountry : 23
nuggie99 : 24
kluen : 25
tim : 25
kw9461 : 29
Kris Kringle : 29
wavey. : 29
Darkest Hour : 29
bboat11 : 30
George Strait Junkie : 30

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911
Apartment
Clockworks
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
Heart Burn
High Road
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
Little Miss Runner Up
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man Down
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Over When We're Sober
Pour Me a Drink
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

Warren Zeiders continues to be a rather polarizing artist in country music as his brand of haggardly-sung pop country sinks "Relapse" to the bottom 2. To his credit, he comes in comfortably over 30 points ahead of Noah, and managed a pair of top 10 ranks from 🌺CountryLineDancer (not a good start for him...) and LBTrocks, though the majority slotted this bottom 10, including another quartet of perfect rankings for the penultimate song on several posters' lists.

[.indulgecountry]

28. "Over When We're Sober" - Brantley Gilbert, Ashley Cooke

Total: 331

🌺CountryLineDancer : 3
LBTrocks : 13
wavey. : 14
zaclord 🌈 : 18
SHOOTER : 19
.indulgecountry : 20
bboat11 : 24
kw9461 : 25
George Strait Junkie : 25
Darkest Hour : 27
kluen : 28
Kris Kringle : 28
nuggie99 : 29
tim : 29
castleoblivion26 : 29

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911
Apartment
Clockworks
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
Heart Burn
High Road
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
Little Miss Runner Up
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man Down
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Pour Me a Drink
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

Speaking of haggard voices, Brantley Gilbert's return to country music once again landed with a thud as he found a comfortable spot in the bottom 3 here. His duet partner in Ashley Cooke wasn't enough to save "Over When We're Sober" from being ill-fated here, as it is separated from the next-highest song by nearly 20 points. 🌺CountryLineDancer continues to be off to a characteristically bad start as he's 3 for 3 thus far on being the highest rank for an eliminated song this month, as he was the lone top 10 5 for Brantley here. The majority slotted this bottom 10 yet again.

[.indulgecountry]

27. "Heart Burn" - Annie Bosko, Dwight Yoakam

Total: 312

Darkest Hour : 8
nuggie99 : 12
George Strait Junkie : 14
kluen : 14
SHOOTER : 15
Kris Kringle : 21
wavey. : 21
kw9461 : 23
🌺CountryLineDancer : 24
castleoblivion26 : 25
bboat11 : 25
.indulgecountry : 25
tim : 26
LBTrocks : 29
zaclord 🌈 : 30

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911
Apartment
Clockworks
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
High Road
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
Little Miss Runner Up
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man Down
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Pour Me a Drink
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

June was a bad month to be a duet apparently as we lose a third one in our bottom 5, this time courtesy of Annie Bosko, who recruited country legend Dwight Yoakam for this slow burner of a song. "Heart Burn" marks the first female-led song of the set to depart, and she does so to the tune of nine bottom 10s. OTOH, she fared a bit better than our prior reveals with a few more top-half ranks, though only one of those was a top 10.

[.indulgecountry]

26. "Little Miss Runner Up" - Gretchen Wilson

Total: 308

LBTrocks : 8
kluen : 9
castleoblivion26 : 16
George Strait Junkie : 17
Darkest Hour : 17
.indulgecountry : 17
wavey. : 18
Kris Kringle : 20
tim : 22
kw9461 : 22
🌺CountryLineDancer : 27
SHOOTER : 27
zaclord 🌈 : 29
bboat11 : 29
nuggie99 : 30

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911
Apartment
Clockworks
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
High Road
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man Down
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Pour Me a Drink
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

Gretchen Wilson hasn't treated the public to anything new in years, but she resurfaced this summer with "Little Miss Runner Up," a feisty follow-up to her 2005 hit "Homewrecker." This song is classic Gretchen in all her redneck sassy rock-tinged glory, but she's definitely past her glory days and her weathered voice makes her a bit of a tougher sell to some these days versus her brief-but-stellar heyday in the 2000s. She secures a pair of top 10s, and she picked up more ranks in the teens than the prior songs revealed. That said, she did managed to attain five bottom 5s, including a last place from nuggie99.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

"Over When We're Sober" is the best thing I heard from Brantley in a while, but I just hope that it does not flop and kill the momentum that Ashley Cooke.

"Relapse" is so catchy and I enjoy the energy in the song. 

[.indulgecountry]

25. "High Road" - Koe Wetzel, Jessie Murph

Total: 299

tim : 3
zaclord 🌈 : 11
.indulgecountry : 11
🌺CountryLineDancer : 12
wavey. : 13
kluen : 17
LBTrocks : 21
castleoblivion26 : 23
SHOOTER : 25
Kris Kringle : 25
Darkest Hour : 26
nuggie99 : 26
George Strait Junkie : 28
bboat11 : 28
kw9461 : 30

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911
Apartment
Clockworks
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man Down
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Pour Me a Drink
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

Koe Wetzel has spent years building a solid underground following, but this summer he blasted onto the radio charts with "High Road," a collaboration with country-adjacent singer Jessie Murph. It may have lit up the charts, but here it was met with tepid response as most slotted it bottom 10, including a #30 courtesy of kw9461. OTOH, tim loses a top 5 rank.

[.indulgecountry]

24. "Man Down" - Kelsey Hart

Total: 293

🌺CountryLineDancer : 1
wavey. : 7
SHOOTER : 11
bboat11 : 17
nuggie99 : 18
kw9461 : 18
Darkest Hour : 20
George Strait Junkie : 23
zaclord 🌈 : 23
kluen : 23
Kris Kringle : 24
LBTrocks : 24
castleoblivion26 : 27
tim : 28
.indulgecountry : 29

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911
Apartment
Clockworks
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Pour Me a Drink
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

"Man Down" was chosen to represent Kelsey Hart's debut album, Life with You. Unfortunately, we have our first #1 loss of the June set as 🌺CountryLineDancer loses his top pick, continuing the early hemorrhaging of his high ranks. wavey. also slotted this one top 10, but the majority were not particularly keen on this. I personally felt this was incredibly generic, so the best I could give it was a slight edge over "Dirt Roads Dirt" on my own list.

[.indulgecountry]

23. "Clockworks" - HunterGirl

Total: 285

🌺CountryLineDancer : 5
zaclord 🌈 : 10
tim : 15
kw9461 : 15
.indulgecountry : 16
Kris Kringle : 16
nuggie99 : 16
George Strait Junkie : 18
castleoblivion26 : 19
bboat11 : 22
Darkest Hour : 24
kluen : 24
LBTrocks : 27
SHOOTER : 28
wavey. : 30

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911
Apartment
Come Rest Your Head
Downfall
Down in Georgia
Gettin' Back up to Heaven
Highway
The Hill
I Am Not Okay
I Don't Wanna Dance
The Little Things
Make It Me
Man on the Moon
The Man He Sees in Me
Oklahoma
Pour Me a Drink
Sad Girl Summer
Set My Heart on Fire
Truck on Fire
Unbroke
Wild Is Her Favorite Color
You Look Like You Love Me

[.indulgecountry]

HunterGirl is not an artist who has really clicked with me, but "Clockworks" is the first thing I've heard from her that I've fully embraced. She sounds like a poor man's Ella Langley vocally, but she's never sounded better than she does here imo, and the hook of this song is just delicious. 🌺CountryLineDancer continues his impressive streak of losing high ranks faster than anybody with the song's lone top 5 rank, though zaclord 🌈 joins him in the top 10. She managed a trio of bottom 5s, however, including wavey.'s last place.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

- Kelsey Hart has an interesting vocal, but Life With You is a bit boring. Man Down was one of the better ones I heard from him for sure.

- The Ep from Huntergirls was pretty decent, including Clockworks. Tbh, her debut single was the most underwhelming song in the record. Overall really like her vocal production, although understandable that the excessive use of autotune is not everyone’s cup of tea.

[nuggie99]

So far behind. For previous rankdowns, I ranked the ones I liked well, the ones I didn't I ranked poorly, and everything else went in the middle somewhere. I had some witty remarks (maybe half-witty) but the time has passed.

Anyhoo, for the current one:
Dirt Roads Dirt: As opposed to Small Towns Small, sup Jason? I love Justin Moore more than most, but this was just there. Not bad, but not good. .indulge_country said generic, that's perfect. meh. Has been done plenty of times, mostly much better.

Relapse: More meh. I've seen WZ twice. The first time was his first arena show (he was scheduled for our auditorium, but it's been condemned, more or less) and he tore it up. Second time was early in the day at festival and there was no buzz and I think he got frustrated. As for the song itself, it's not my thing.

Over When We're Sober: I like Ashley Cooke, but I don't care for Brantley, so I scored on BG.

Heart Burn: I got some Chris Isaak vibes here, which I liked. Dwight sounds good. (Finally got to see him live recently)

Little Miss Runner Up: A little throwback from Gretchen Wilson, but then I remember I didn't really like her back then either.

High Road: This one has been growing on me. Still would probably be a lower rank, unless it was tickets to yo freak show. Koe is also growing on me, Jessie Murph sounds like a shriller Tenille Townes but without the Canadian charm.. not a fan.

Man Down: This was ok, but didn't really stand out.

Clockworks: Also OK. The time passes has been done a lot also. This was passible though.