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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 16, 2021 13:54:04 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 9, 2021 16:58:44 GMT -5
I'll get it done today!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 11, 2021 17:19:48 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 12, 2021 20:40:01 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 12, 2021 20:58:37 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 12, 2021 21:35:00 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 13, 2021 4:31:16 GMT -5
I liked "Somewhere In My Broken Heart" quite a bit, so it only fell to last place on my list due to the overall strength of the rd! Same with "Thank God For Believers". Solid song, that I would have never skipped if it came on the radio! Buuuut I just loved other songs even more...
Not surprised to see Pam so low. Her cover of "A Great Disguise" is decent when considered on its own, but absolutely PALES in comparison to Martina's original!!!
This song made it all the way up to #6 in Martina's album tracks rd, and didn't even make Pam's album tracks rd (and that disparity is even more pronounced when considering that Martina's Wild Angels is a MUCH stronger album than Pam's Every Time, lmao, so Martina's version had a lot more to overcome to get to where it did).
Anyway, Martina's version is just soooo smooth. The way Pam altered the melody just makes it sound choppier and less polished. Hers is more like a karaoke version, while Martina's legit had hit potential. It doesn't help that at this point in her career it sounds noticeably like the label decreased Pam's production budget... Her version sounds more dated than Martina's imo, despite Martina's being 3 years older.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 13, 2021 9:51:57 GMT -5
I was surprised at how I liked Pam's version of "A Great Disguise" considering its fairly high on my list of Martina album cuts, but I actually think Pam's is only just a little below her's in all honesty. It's just a really great song.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 14, 2021 21:23:40 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 14, 2021 21:41:02 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 14, 2021 21:45:47 GMT -5
Yassss Deana came farther than I expected! "That's How You Know It's Love" isn't a song from her debut album that I expected to be boosted in the way that other selections might've, so I am pleasantly surprised to see her finish top 4 here. Very deservedly tho as she has such a fantastic voice!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 15, 2021 18:21:57 GMT -5
"That's Why I'm Here" isn't one of Kenny's songs that I revisit very often, but hearing it again for this rankdown was nice. I really enjoyed a lot of these songs from before everything he touched became overplayed af!
Ew at "Help Me Hold On" being tanked here..... This is far and above one of Travis' all-time best songs! The melody is perfect, the vocal is powerful, and that echoey '90s production gives me life. I know we've soured on him through the years due to his loud extreme politics, but that does not stop this song from being incredible. It would probably be my #1 if we ever ranked his singles.
"That's How You Know It's Love" definitely wasn't among my favorites that I have heard from Deana's debut through the years, but was still pretty good. I'm a bit surprised to see it do as well as it did, but at the same time I'm kinda not. I figure most songs from her would be easy winners in these shuffle rds, lol, so this placement seems to echo my "good but not her best" sentiment.
I am SHOOK seeing Martina in this top 3!!! This is probably Vince's to lose, which is exciting because he rarely gets opportunities like this, but seeing the RotB honors go to one of Martina's underrated album tracks versus Mindy McCready potentially finishing in the top 2 of a rankdown for the first time ever, this is going to be an exciting finish no matter how it goes!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 15, 2021 20:53:29 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 15, 2021 21:01:29 GMT -5
This is a great finish for Mindy! Easily her best rd finish of all time if I'm not mistaken. "The Other Side Of This Kiss" is catchy. It would be interesting to see what her Pulse Fave is if we do a singles rd for her, because she hasn't had nearly as much rankdown exposure as some of her peers so I think it would be pretty unpredictable!
Now HOLY SHIT GO MARTINA!!!! I love how these rds give unexpected songs a chance to shine!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 15, 2021 21:03:20 GMT -5
This is a great finish for Mindy! Easily her best rd finish of all time if I'm not mistaken. "The Other Side Of This Kiss" is catchy. It would be interesting to see what her Pulse Fave is if we do a singles rd for her, because she hasn't had nearly as much rankdown exposure as some of her peers so I think it would be pretty unpredictable! I would absolutely love to see a singles rankdown for her happen at some point. "The Other Side Of This Kiss" has long been a favorite of mine and I'm so happy it did well here. TBH I was rooting for this to be in the top 2 over Martina (shocking maybe but I'm not actually upset Martina made it). I'll have the final two up momentarily
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 15, 2021 21:08:11 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 15, 2021 21:39:31 GMT -5
Congrats to the top 2! "Keeping My Distance" just has such an infectious melody and energetic vocal from Martina. It has long been one of my favorite album tracks from her, although it gets much less attention than stuff like "Be That Way" and "Make Me Believe" in the same time period, and stuff like "Whatcha Gonna Do", "One Night", "Walk Away", "Lies", "House Of A Thousand Dreams", etc. in the context of her whole career, plus it is from an album that had like 7 of her biggest hits lol, so I never expected it to ever have a chance to finish this well in a rankdown! I am just so satisfied to see this My heart has been warmed! Of course, "When I Call Your Name" is a majorly deserving winner, and I am thrilled to see Vince get recognized when he deserves it! "When I Call Your Name" is an all-time classic, with a heartbreaking vocal and a haunting melody. I expect this to do really well in BotB as well.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 15, 2021 21:46:19 GMT -5
"When I Call Your Name" is one of Vince's best songs, so I'm not mad about this outcome, even though I preferred the Martina and Mindy songs. I like LeAnn Rimes' cover of WICYN the best though.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Apr 15, 2021 22:27:20 GMT -5
When I Call Your Name is beautiful and I kinda underranked it. But I still think Mindy or Martina deserved #1 spot here!
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Post by tim on Apr 16, 2021 9:27:42 GMT -5
Somehow I let the results of this rankdown get away from me over the week as well because I didn’t even realize this was wrapping up yesterday lol. This is going to be a little long-winded, but I feel compelled to add some thoughts because of my love for this decade Not too surprised to see Billy Dean’s “Somewhere in My Broken Heart” exit first as he’s likely a 90s artist that a handful of y’all just aren’t familiar enough with. I remember this being a very big hit for him at the time and was a song that helped him breakout from some of the other country male artists debuting at the time. At the same time though this wasn’t one of those hits that went on to receive any recurrent airplay beyond the mid-90s and therefore gets overlooked. Oh and btw, Randy Travis actually first recorded this song a couple of years earlier but never released it as a single (Billy’s version is the better of the two IMO). I don’t have too much else to add to Pam’s “A Great Disguise” that hasn't already been mentioned. I’ll just echo that I much prefer Martina’s version which made this an easy last place for me. Mark’s “Thank God for Believers” and Kenny’s “That’s Why I’m Here” weren’t bound to get much further in a rankdown such as this, so they left at about the point I thought they might. I love both of these songs and think they kind of got underranked if only because the female songs tend to get a bit more support overall. Speaking of being underranked, Travis Tritt’s “Help Me On Hold” is stellar and one of his best. I agree with @bbaot11 that this would likely perform quite well should a singles rankdown ever be done for him. I have loved Blackhawk’s “I Sure Can Smell the Rain” for forever and a day! I’m so glad that it found its way into this shuffle because they truly are one of the more underrated country bands of the 90s. I’m sure a rankdown for them is in the cards sometime in the future, so I’ll anxiously be looking forward to that whenever it should come around! Deana’s “That’s How You Know It’s Love” and Mindy’s “The Other Side of This Kiss” were two of the harder songs to rank for me if only because they’re album tracks. Making it all that much harder is the fact that they’re both two of my favorite tracks from those albums lol. The same could be said for Martina’s “Keeping My Distance” although that just isn’t a track that I revisit. It was bound to finish high either way so it making into the top two didn’t come as a surprise. Vince’s “When I Call Your Name” really is a fitting winner for this rankdown as it’s one of his best songs of all time. I honestly would’ve been a bit disappointed had it not come out on top. He’s someone that I’d love to see a singles rankdown for sometime in the future as well. This is also a good time for a self-promo as this song along with Travis Tritt's "Help Me Hold On" (as well as many other great songs!) are included in my 1990 Country Year-End Rankdown! Thanks again castleoblivion26 as this was a trip down memory lane for me!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 16, 2021 9:34:31 GMT -5
tim look for the Blackhawk Singles Rankdown to be due in August, it may end up being in Sept but I'm currently hoping to have it be due in Aug. Cannot wait to get to them because as you said they are definitely underrated and deserve more recognition!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 20, 2021 9:09:18 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 20, 2021 9:53:47 GMT -5
Oh castleoblivion26. This is your cruelest one yet. I have to put nine of these songs outside of my #1?!?! :'(
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Apr 20, 2021 10:28:32 GMT -5
Ooh this is a good list! I know my #1 already but I will do this one.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 20, 2021 15:52:05 GMT -5
Holy shit. Even the obvious winners aren't so obvious because of the other obvious winners!!
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Post by someguy on Apr 25, 2021 9:23:24 GMT -5
This one was really challenging. I genuinely liked every song, including my last place. This was probably the toughest one of these yet!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 25, 2021 10:45:49 GMT -5
Omg this list is impossible. Hardest one to rank yet. :'(
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Post by tim on Apr 26, 2021 0:37:02 GMT -5
Now this is a real rankdown shuffle! Quite a random group of songs, but great nevertheless. Also, I'm happy to see George's "When the Credits Roll" featured because I had always thought that would be a song he would've incorporated into his setlist during his Cowboy Rides Away Tour, but alas he never even performed it once.
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