Best of the Best: Country Rankdown Winners Pt. V (Done)

[bboat11]

Best of the Best - Part V: Results Time!

Final Participants: (17)
1. austin
2. ClevelandRox
3. tim
4. Darkest Hour
5. kamala 2024 truther
6. George Strait Junkie
7. castleoblivion26
8. HeyHeyHey
9. fearlessarrow
10. someguy
11. kw9461
12. bboat11
13. 🌺CountryLineDancer
14. .indulgecountry
15. gardyfan
16. gonecountry
17. LBTrocks

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Questions to get us started:

1. What is going to be #1?

2. What is going to be #50?

3. Which songs will be in the top 5?

4. Which songs will be in the bottom 5?

5. Which songs will be the most polarizing?

6. Which songs will be the least polarizing?

7. Any other thoughts/predictions?

[Darkest Hour]

1. What is going to be #1?
I May Hate Myself In The Morning

2. What is going to be #50?
One of the two songs from Pam Tillis pop album. I think Love Is Sneakin' Up On You would be lower of the two.

3. Which songs will be in the top 5?
Small Town Hypocrite, Blank Sheet Of Paper, Last Call, Any Man Of Mine

4. Which songs will be in the bottom 5?
Killer Comfort, Anywhere With You, Hard to Love, If I Know Me

5. Which songs will be the most polarizing?
Third Rock From The Sun, Safe & Sound

6. Which songs will be the least polarizing?
The Man I Want To Be, Love Is Sneakin' Up On You, Killer Comfort

[castleoblivion26]

1. What is going to be #1? This list is hard to predict but a few songs I think could be contenders for #1 are: "Last Call", "True", "Send It On Down", "If This Is The End", and "Small Town Hypocrite"

2. What is going to be #50? Pam Tillis will likely hold the bottom 2 slots. Think "Killer Comfort" might come ahead of "Love Is Sneakin' Up On You" but I could see it going either way

3. Which songs will be in the top 5? the 5 I think are contenders for #1 will likely be in the Top 5 or near it. I think "If You See Him/If You See Her", "Black Like Me", "She Didn't Have Time", and "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" could all make it as well. Like I said, this is a hard group to predict

4. Which songs will be in the bottom 5? The two Pam Tillis '80s songs. Like the top the bottom is also a little hard to predict but I'll go with: "Welcome To The Club", "Gone As A Girl Can Get", "Hard To Love", and "What Made You Say That" will make up the bottom 5 with whichever isn't bottom 5 being out close to it

5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? unfairly I think "Third Rock From The Sun" will be polarizing, though it should be an easy Top 5 here, I'll be shocked if it is Top 15. I'll agree with Darkest Hour that "Safe & Sound" will likely be polarizing as well

6. Which songs will be the least polarizing? both of Pam's '80s Pop songs stick out big time opposite the rest of the songs in this list so I think most will have them in their bottom 10, would honestly be shocked if anyone didn't.

7. Any other thoughts/predictions? This list might be one of the more unpredictable ones to predict and I'm just hoping my Top 10 doesn't get devastated too much early on

[tim]

1. What is going to be #1? “Dime Store Cowgirl”

2. What is going to be #50? “Love Is Sneaking Up On You” or “Killer Comfort”

3. Which songs will be in the top 5? “Dime Store Cowgirl”, “The Fear of Being Alone”, “These Days”, “Small Town Hypocrite”, and “She Didn’t Have Time”

4. Which songs will be in the bottom 5? “Love Is Sneaking Up On You”, “Killer Comfort”, “Welcome to the Club”, “Used to the Pain”, and “Gone As a Girl Can Get”

5. Which songs will be the most polarizing? “Safe & Sound”

6. Which songs will be the least polarizing? Let’s go with something random like “Livin’ On Love”

7. Any other thoughts/predictions? I’m really just rolling the dice here with these predictions...other than Pam’s two songs being in the bottom 5 I have zero confidence in everything else I just typed up lol

[gonecountry]

1. What is going to be #1?
I May Hate Myself In The Morning

2. What is going to be #50?
Killer Comfort, if the blood draining from my ears is any indication

3. Which songs will be in the top 5?
I May Hate Myself In The Morning, Small Town Hypocrite, Blank Sheet Of Paper, Any Man Of Mine, The Man I Want To Be

4. Which songs will be in the bottom 5?
Killer Comfort, Love Is Sneakin' Up On You and I really have NO CLUE

5. Which songs will be the most polarizing?
Safe & Sound

6. Which songs will be the least polarizing?
The Man I Want To Be, Love Is Sneakin' Up On You, Killer Comfort

This is a hard one to call

[bboat11]

Now that I'm done with 2020 Country, I'm gonna dive into this one and RotB!! I know it's kinda late, but I want to get through at least a little bit of this

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{If I Know Tractors}
austin - ClevelandRox - tim - Darkest Hour - kamala 2024 truther - George Strait Junkie - castleoblivion26 - @collbydawg14 - fearlessarrow - someguy - kw9461 - bboat11 - 🌺CountryLineDancer - .indulgecountry - gardyfan - gonecountry - LBTrocks -

[bboat11]

50. "Killer Comfort" - Pam Tillis



Total: 816
Average: 48.0
Std Dev: 1.94 (Smallest!!!)


austin - 45
George Strait Junkie - 45
bboat11 - 45
LBTrocks - 45
ClevelandRox - 47
fearlessarrow - 47
Darkest Hour - 48
tim - 49
kamala 2024 truther - 49
castleoblivion26 - 49
someguy - 49
.indulgecountry - 49
gardyfan - 49
HeyHeyHey - 50
kw9461 - 50
🌺CountryLineDancer - 50
gonecountry - 50


Finished at #1 in the:
Pam Tillis - Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey album rankdown (Host: @castleobllivion26)
**Tied with "Love Is Sneakin' Up On You"**

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49. "Love Is Sneakin' Up On You" - Pam Tillis



Total: 780
Average: 45.88
Std Dev: 5.30 (2nd smallest!!)


kamala 2024 truther - 29
George Strait Junkie - 40
LBTrocks - 43
gonecountry - 43
someguy - 44
.indulgecountry - 45
gardyfan - 46
HeyHeyHey - 47
kw9461 - 47
austin - 49
bboat11 - 49
Darkest Hour - 49
🌺CountryLineDancer - 49
ClevelandRox - 50
fearlessarrow - 50
tim - 50
castleoblivion26 - 50



Finished at #1 in the:
Pam Tillis - Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey album rankdown (Host: @castleobllivion26)
**Tied with "Killer Comfort"**

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{Songs Remaining}
Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You
All The Trouble
Angry All The Time
Any Man Of Mine
Anywhere With You
Believe Me Baby (I Lied)
Black Like Me
Blank Sheet Of Paper
Dime Store Cowgirl
Down To The Honkytonk
Easy Come, Easy Go
Georgia Rain
Gone As A Girl Can Get
Got My Name Changed Back
Hard To Love
Heartland
Highway Don’t Care
Homemade
I Cheated On You
I May Hate Myself In The Morning
If I Know Me
If This Is The End
If You See Him/If You See Her
In Terms Of Love
Last Call
Livin’ On Love
Next Girl
Not A Moment Too Soon
Redhead
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Safe & Sound
Send It On Down
She Didn’t Have Time
Small Town Hypocrite
The Big One
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Man I Want To Be
The Song Remembers When
These Days
Third Rock From The Sun
This Is Me You’re Talking To
True
Used To The Pain
Welcome To The Club
What Do You Say
What Made You Say That
Where Are You Now
Young Man’s Blues

[Darkest Hour]

They are not even good pop songs.

[kamala 2024 truther]

Yeah that was unsurprising. I liked LISUOY much better but "Killer Comfort" was a mess.

[.indulgecountry]

Oh good, the one I liked more was slightly higher, lol.

Both were mediocre tho so this is an acceptable bottom 2.

[bboat11]

Kicking things off, we lose both of Pam Tillis' songs in our bottom 2! Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey is a pop album that she recorded in the early '80s back when she was still trying to figure out her musical identity. The rankdown was sparsely participated in, and probably didn't belong in the country category, but tbh I felt like it should be included anyway because of Pam's name (kinda like we included the winners of Trisha's Let's Be Frank and Martina's Everlasting). But it is absolutely no surprise to me to see these two songs get almost universally tanked! "Killer Comfort" is our least polarizing song by a SIGNIFICANT degree (seriously, the standard deviation is only 1.94. Out of 50 positions, the average distance between people's ranks was less than two positions 😂 That's unheard of!!) "Love Is Sneakin' Up On You" was second least polarizing, with an sd of 5.3.

[LBTrocks]

I HATED THAT SONG

I thought y'all stanned Pam Tillis tho lmao.

anyway, glad that is out, cuz it was terrible.

[bboat11]

Feb 16, 2021 23:50:52 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

I HATED THAT SONG

I thought y'all stanned Pam Tillis tho lmao.

anyway, glad that is out, cuz it was terrible.

Lmao like we would stan for these songs versus a bunch of really phenomenal country jams, even with Pam's name attached to them 😂

[LBTrocks]

Feb 16, 2021 23:53:10 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Feb 16, 2021 23:50:52 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

I HATED THAT SONG

I thought y'all stanned Pam Tillis tho lmao.

anyway, glad that is out, cuz it was terrible.

Lmao like we would stan for these songs versus a bunch of really phenomenal country jams, even with Pam's name attached to them 😂

This is Pulse tho, so my expirations are always LOW.

[bboat11]

Alright, our first country song is.......

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48. "Where Are You Now" - Trisha Yearwood



Total: 642
Average: 37.76
Std Dev: 10.25 (3rd smallest!)


kamala 2024 truther - 14
someguy - 19
LBTrocks - 25
gonecountry - 33
George Strait Junkie - 35
.indulgecountry - 35
ClevelandRox - 36
🌺CountryLineDancer - 37
tim - 41
austin - 44
bboat11 - 44
kw9461 - 45
castleoblivion26 - 45
HeyHeyHey - 46
Darkest Hour - 46
gardyfan - 48
fearlessarrow - 49


Finished at #1 in the:
Trisha Yearwood: Real Live Woman album rankdown (Host: someguy)

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}
Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You
All The Trouble
Angry All The Time
Any Man Of Mine
Anywhere With You
Believe Me Baby (I Lied)
Black Like Me
Blank Sheet Of Paper
Dime Store Cowgirl
Down To The Honkytonk
Easy Come, Easy Go
Georgia Rain
Gone As A Girl Can Get
Got My Name Changed Back
Hard To Love
Heartland
Highway Don’t Care
Homemade
I Cheated On You
I May Hate Myself In The Morning
If I Know Me
If This Is The End
If You See Him/If You See Her
In Terms Of Love
Last Call
Livin’ On Love
Next Girl
Not A Moment Too Soon
Redhead
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Safe & Sound
Send It On Down
She Didn’t Have Time
Small Town Hypocrite
The Big One
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Man I Want To Be
The Song Remembers When
These Days
Third Rock From The Sun
This Is Me You’re Talking To
True
Used To The Pain
Welcome To The Club
What Do You Say
What Made You Say That
Young Man’s Blues

[bboat11]

"Where Are You Now" is one that I like a lot (it was my #1 for the Real Live Woman album rankdown), but it is still far from a career highlight from Trisha. It's fine, but this bottom 3 rank is not anywhere close to being surprising to me.

[kamala 2024 truther]

Ugh, not surprised but disappointed for sure that this couldn't do a bit better </3

[bboat11]

I think the relative obscurity of "All The Trouble" caught up with it here. This song has a really memorable melody, but the majority of Lee Ann's newer material leans more towards the obscure thanks to her continuing to pivot further away from the mainstream.

[kamala 2024 truther]

I was pleasantly surprised at Lee Ann's offering here! Makes me wish I'd done the album lol

[bboat11]

47. "Welcome To The Club" - Tim McGraw

Finished at #1 in the:

Tim McGraw: Tim McGraw album rankdown (Host: ClevelandRox )

Total: 598
Average: 35.17
Std Dev: 11.22 (6th smallest)


ClevelandRox - 15
🌺CountryLineDancer - 18
kw9461 - 21
George Strait Junkie - 24
LBTrocks - 27
HeyHeyHey - 27
Darkest Hour - 34
austin - 35
gardyfan - 38
someguy - 40
.indulgecountry - 41
gonecountry - 42
fearlessarrow - 45
tim - 46
bboat11 - 47
castleoblivion26 - 48
kamala 2024 truther - 50

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{Songs Remaining}
Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You
Angry All The Time
Any Man Of Mine
Anywhere With You
Believe Me Baby (I Lied)
Black Like Me
Blank Sheet Of Paper
Dime Store Cowgirl
Down To The Honkytonk
Easy Come, Easy Go
Georgia Rain
Gone As A Girl Can Get
Got My Name Changed Back
Hard To Love
Heartland
Highway Don’t Care
Homemade
I Cheated On You
I May Hate Myself In The Morning
If I Know Me
If This Is The End
If You See Him/If You See Her
In Terms Of Love
Last Call
Livin’ On Love
Next Girl
Not A Moment Too Soon
Redhead
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Safe & Sound
Send It On Down
She Didn’t Have Time
Small Town Hypocrite
The Big One
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Man I Want To Be
The Song Remembers When
These Days
Third Rock From The Sun
This Is Me You’re Talking To
True
Used To The Pain
What Do You Say
What Made You Say That
Young Man’s Blues

[bboat11]

Rounding out the bottom 5 for BotB, we lose the winner of Tim McGraw's self-titled album! As I said in RotB, his debut album really doesn't stack up very well against anything, as it is just SO dated and amateurish, lol. I have a feeling "Welcome To The Club" would be a fun jam to hear rerecorded and given an updated arrangement!!!

[bboat11]

Bottom 5 Recap:

50. Killer Comfort - Pam Tillis (816)
49. Love Is Sneakin' Up On You - Pam Tillis (780)
48. Where Are You Now - Trisha Yearwood (642)
47. Welcome To The Club - Tim McGraw (598)
46. All The Trouble - Lee Ann Womack (598)



Wait, I didn't realize that "Welcome To The Club" and "All The Trouble" were tied... So it looks like Lee Ann should be higher than Tim based on LBTrocks ' #8 rank!

[fearlessarrow]

Ooh glad to know I wasn't close to being the only one thinking "Where Are You Now" didn't really live up to most of the songs on this list! It was more boring than being bad though.

[bboat11]

46. "All The Trouble" - Lee Ann Womack

Finished at #1 in the:
Lee Ann Womack: The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone album rankdown (Host: castleoblivion26 )

Total: 598
Average: 35.18
Std Dev: 12.11


LBTrocks - 8
Darkest Hour - 18
kamala 2024 truther - 23
tim - 23
.indulgecountry - 24
George Strait Junkie - 31
HeyHeyHey - 32
castleoblivion26 - 39
austin - 41
fearlessarrow - 41
someguy - 42
bboat11 - 43
gardyfan - 43
🌺CountryLineDancer - 46
gonecountry - 47
kw9461 - 48
ClevelandRox - 49

SPOILER: Click to show

{Songs Remaining}Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You
Angry All The Time
Any Man Of Mine
Anywhere With You
Believe Me Baby (I Lied)
Black Like Me
Blank Sheet Of Paper
Dime Store Cowgirl
Down To The Honkytonk
Easy Come, Easy Go
Georgia Rain
Gone As A Girl Can Get
Got My Name Changed Back
Hard To Love
Heartland
Highway Don’t Care
Homemade
I Cheated On You
I May Hate Myself In The Morning
If I Know Me
If This Is The End
If You See Him/If You See Her
In Terms Of Love
Last Call
Livin’ On Love
Next Girl
Not A Moment Too Soon
Redhead
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
Safe & Sound
Send It On Down
She Didn’t Have Time
Small Town Hypocrite
The Big One
The Fear Of Being Alone
The Man I Want To Be
The Song Remembers When
These Days
Third Rock From The Sun
This Is Me You’re Talking To
True
Used To The Pain
What Do You Say
What Made You Say That
Young Man’s Blues

[bboat11]

Alright, for those who are confused, I had put Lee Ann at #47 and Tim at 46. So I just deleted Lee Ann's reveal and posted it again so it would be after Tim (That's why Tay and I are randomly talking about Lee Ann above seemingly out of nowhere)

[.indulgecountry]

ETA: oh

[kw9461]

I knew "Welcome To The Club" wouldn't fare well against this stiff a lot, but I've always really liked it. The production on that album was so cheap sounding, but the melody and lyrics of that one work so well that I don't notice as much. It's too bad he never re-recorded it, it would have worked well on one of the 45 different Greatest Hits albums of Tim's that Curb put out.

[tim]

Our power finally came back on overnight which I’m tankful for because it was so cold inside my house that I could see my own breath! Anyways, I assume the power is going to be intermittent throughout the rest of the day so I’m making my first priority catching up on everything I missed these last few days on Pulse (well other than taking a shower of course!)

Much like RotB, Pam’s “Killer Comfort” and “Love Is Sneakin’ Up on You” were the obvious choices for last place here given its parent album is both pop and from the 80s. And given the strength of the songs in this rankdown overall, it’s also doesn’t come as much of a surprise to see Trisha’s “Where Are You Now” and Tim’s “Welcome to the Club” in the bottom 5.

Feb 17, 2021 0:56:56 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

I think the relative obscurity of "All The Trouble" caught up with it here. This song has a really memorable melody, but the majority of Lee Ann's newer material leans more towards the obscure thanks to her continuing to pivot further away from the mainstream.

Not going to lie you had me quite confused here as I was going back and forth wondering if I had missed the reveal for Lee Ann! Only then did I realize “All the Trouble” was tied in points with Tim. Given that Lee Ann had a top 10 ranking and Tim had a last place ranking, I think switching them even by one position made sense here (I’m not about to touch the subject matter from the 2020 rankdown!). I was certainly hoping to see Lee Ann come out ahead some and would’ve thought that there were enough fans of hers to keep her clear of the bottom 5. But again, this rankdown is chock-full of great songs so there was really no way in really predicting how this would go.

[bboat11]

Let's go ahead and honor some winners that didn't get included in the rankdown because they're already been utilized!

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Bonus: "Suds In The Bucket" - Sara Evans

Finished at #1 in the:
Sara Evans: Restless album rankdown (Host: .indulgecountry)

Sara Evans' famous #1 hit, "Suds In The Bucket", became a multi-rankdown winner these past few months, as it pulled off an expected victory for her fourth album, Restless. It has previously finished at #1 in g8erboi's '00s Favorites personal rankdown, as well as finishing at #2 in the 2004 year-end country rankdown behind Brad Paisley/Alison Kraus' "Whiskey Lullaby".

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{Tractors}
ClevelandRox -
🌺CountryLineDancer -
kw9461 -
George Strait Junkie -
LBTrocks -
HeyHeyHey -
Darkest Hour -
austin -
gardyfan -
someguy -
.indulgecountry -
gonecountry -
fearlessarrow -
tim -
bboat11 -
castleoblivion26 -
kamala 2024 truther -

[kamala 2024 truther]

Zero burn rate after all these years and an INTEGRAL song from my childhood!!!