Scotty McCreery Album Series - ‘Seasons Change’ REVEALING

[HeyHeyHey]

Ok so I am starting this tomorrow night! Double-checking the results tonight. This is really the LAST CALL. Sorry I dragged this one out but I got a new puppy and that has consumed most of the past week. Anyway...send in your lists if you want to!

If you can get it to me by 5:00 PM (Eastern US) I will take your list and start reveals later on when I have the chance.

I just really want to get it started. I know .indulgecountry & ClevelandRox participated last time but if you two are busy I understand!!

Participants:

1. HeyHeyHey
2. castleoblivion26
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. tim
5. 🌺CountryLineDancer
6. bboat11
7. taylor
8. .indulgecountry

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[HeyHeyHey]

Hey y’all! It is past 5:00 on the East Coast which means submissions are now closed. I am going to start reveals tonight if people are on! Here are our participants....

Participants:

1. HeyHeyHey
2. castleoblivion26
3. Kanenrá:ke
4. tim
5. 🌺CountryLineDancer
6. bboat11
7. taylor
8. .indulgecountry

Now for some pre-reveal questions:

(1) What do you think will be #1?
(2) What do you think will be #16?
(3) Which of the two singles from the album will place higher - “See You Tonight” or “Feelin’ It”?
(4) Which ‘Carolina’ song will place higher - ‘Moon’ or ‘Eyes’?
(5) Better album - ‘Clear As Day’ or ‘See You Tonight’?
(6) Any other thoughts on this album?

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

(1) What do you think will be #1?
 See You Tonight
(2) What do you think will be #16?
 Now, Buzzin', or Can You Feel It
(3) Which of the two singles from the album will place higher - “See You Tonight” or “Feelin’ It”?
 See You Tonight
(4) Which ‘Carolina’ song will place higher - ‘Moon’ or ‘Eyes’?
 Definitely Moon! Instrumental production is amazing.
(5) Better album - ‘Clear As Day’ or ‘See You Tonight’?
 Can't say, as I missed Clear As Day RD, but I can't see myself enjoying CAD more than SYT.
(6) Any other thoughts on this album?
 While the album could have been shorter after removing several bad songs, I enjoyed the album as a whole. Great balance of some uptempo catchy tunes and ballad songs with great melody. The total of 6 songs here are in my regular playlist, 3 of which just joined through this RD.

[HeyHeyHey]

Here we go....

#16. "Can You Feel It"



taylor - 9
HeyHeyHey - 10
🌺CountryLineDancer - 14
castleoblivion26 - 15
Kanenrá:ke - 15
tim - 15
bboat11 - 15
.indulgecountry - 16

TOTAL: 109

At #16 is "Can You Feel It". I didn't mind this song but 6/8 participants ranked this in their bottom three. .indulgecountry loses a last-place rank here which gives him a perfect rank. I am not surprised at all to see this one leave so early.

[tim]

"Can You Feel It" was one of those songs that was sort of maybe ok on the first listen, but after each subsequent listen the lyrics start to stand out in a not so good way. This song is however a good representation of where country music was at in 2013 and that isn't a compliment.

[HeyHeyHey]

#15. "Now"



taylor - 3
tim - 7
castleoblivion26 - 14
bboat11 - 14
.indulgecountry - 14
HeyHeyHey - 15
Kanenrá:ke - 16
🌺CountryLineDancer - 16

TOTAL: 99

The opening track from 'See You Tonight' comes in at #15. When I started listening to this album I actually didn't mind this song but as I kept listening I realized that virtually every song on the album is better than this one...at least in my opinion. Along with myself, five others placed this in their bottom three. On the other hand, taylor loses a top 3 rank!

[HeyHeyHey]

#14. "Blue Jean Baby"



tim - 9
Kanenrá:ke - 10
castleoblivion26 - 11
🌺CountryLineDancer - 12
bboat11 - 13
.indulgecountry - 13
HeyHeyHey - 14
taylor - 16

TOTAL: 98

At #14 is "Blue Jean Baby". taylor loses a last-place rank while I lose another one of my bottom three ranks. Nobody ranked this in the top half which doesn't surprise me one bit. I feel as though tim's comment a few above this one about how "Can You Feel It" represents what country music sounded like in 2013 can be applied to this song as well.

[bboat11]

Apr 15, 2021 19:56:55 GMT -5 tim said:

"Can You Feel It" was one of those songs that was sort of maybe ok on the first listen, but after each subsequent listen the lyrics start to stand out in a not so good way. This song is however a good representation of where country music was at in 2013 and that isn't a compliment.

This, 100%. I actually felt that way about most of this album, lol. Scotty is a better vocalist than average, but how many of these songs mentioned pretty girls in trucks in the star/moon light checking all the bro country boxes?

"Can You Feel It" was one of the worst offenders in that regard. Not surprised to see it in last place here.

"Now" was not terrible, but it definitely is more on the generic side. I probably would have eliminated another couple songs before it, but I ain't complaining!

[bboat11]

Yeah, "Blue Jean Baby" is one of the most blatantly pointless bro-country songs I have ever heard. The melody was better than some of the others though, so there's that!

[tim]

The first thought when I heard "Now" was just how much I miss live music because this is one of those songs that without a doubt is meant just for that. I'm not surprised to see it out this soon, but I still found myself wanting to revisit it as it really was putting me in a good mood that day lol.

The melody in the chorus of "Blue Jean Baby" is what makes the song work for me. That alone makes this a bit of an earworm to listen to.

[HeyHeyHey]

#13. "Buzzin'"



HeyHeyHey - 5
taylor - 5
Kanenrá:ke - 6
🌺CountryLineDancer - 15
.indulgecountry - 15
castleoblivion26 - 16
tim - 16
bboat11 - 16

TOTAL: 94

At #13 is a song that was ranked at #16 by 3/8 participants and #15 by two more. With that said, it is sorta impressive that it managed to escape the bottom three. I know I am in the minority on liking this one. I find this song to be really fun and a lot better than most of the other uptempo tracks on the album.

Up next we lost one of the deluxe tracks...

[tim]

"Buzzin'" was easily the worst offender of the bro-country songs amongst a handful on here, so I'm glad to see I wasn't alone in my last place ranking for this. Can't believe this managed to escape the bottom 3.

[bboat11]

My bottom 4 was the bottom 4, so I'm pretty happy with how this is going so far! Things get much stronger once we're through the bottom 5-6 on my list, lol.

[HeyHeyHey]

#12. "Before Midnight"



taylor - 6
🌺CountryLineDancer - 7
HeyHeyHey - 9
.indulgecountry - 10
bboat11 - 11
tim - 12
castleoblivion26 - 13
Kanenrá:ke - 14

TOTAL: 82

Out of the three songs in the rankdown that were not part of the original album, "Before Midnight" is the first to be eliminated. Only one person loses a bottom three rank here but it didn't receive any top 5 support which kept it from getting any higher on the list. This tune is tied with the song at #11 but someone ranked the other song in their top 3.

[castleoblivion26]

Apr 15, 2021 20:25:37 GMT -5 tim said:

"Buzzin'" was easily the worst offender of the bro-country songs amongst a handful on here, so I'm glad to see I wasn't alone in my last placer ranking for this. Can't believe this managed to escape the bottom 3.

Agree with everything you said plus need to add that "Buzzin'" was easily one of the worst things I've ever heard from Scotty (and that includes his entire first album). How is it not in last place!

Other than that glaring mishap, results are going good

[HeyHeyHey]

#11. "Roll Your Window Down"



🌺CountryLineDancer - 3
Kanenrá:ke - 8
bboat11 - 9
.indulgecountry - 9
castleoblivion26 - 12
HeyHeyHey - 13
tim - 13
taylor - 15

TOTAL: 82

I find it kinda interesting that 2/3 songs added onto the deluxe version of the album ended up with the same exact point total. "Roll Your Windows Down" just misses the top 10 on our list. This was another song that kinda just blended together with some of the others for me. One participant (taylor) gave this a bottom three rank while 🌺CountryLineDancer gave this a top 3 rank!

We have made it to our top 10 and this is where I am going to stop for the night.

[HeyHeyHey]

SONGS REMAINING (no particular order):

"Get Gone With You"
"See You Tonight"
"Feelin' It"
"The Dash"
"Feel Good Summer Song"
"Forget To Forget You"
"I Don't Wanna Be Your Friend"
"Something More"
"Carolina Moon" (Feat. Alison Krauss)
"Carolina Eyes"

[castleoblivion26]

the Top 10 is my Top 10, this is going right after that rough start with the trash that is "Buzzin'" not leaving first (sorry can't get over that not being out first lol)

[HeyHeyHey]

#10. "I Don't Wanna Be Your Friend"



🌺CountryLineDancer - 2
.indulgecountry - 6
castleoblivion26 - 7
bboat11 - 8
Kanenrá:ke - 9
tim - 10
taylor - 13
HeyHeyHey - 16

TOTAL: 71

Landing just inside the top 10 is "I Don't Wanna Be Your Friend". This received a top three rank from 🌺CountryLineDancer and many ranks near the middle of the pack. I thought this song was on the boring side but that is what makes these rankdowns fun...you get to see what everyone's opinions are. This song ended up with the same exact point total as the #9 song but this loses the tie because of the other song receiving more top 3 ranks.

[HeyHeyHey]

9. "Feelin' It"



HeyHeyHey - 2
castleoblivion26 - 3
🌺CountryLineDancer - 6
bboat11 - 7
.indulgecountry - 12
Kanenrá:ke - 13
tim - 14
taylor - 14

TOTAL: 71

At #9 is the second single from the 'See You Tonight' album. "Feelin' It" peaked at #10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in December of 2014. I have always found this song to be really fun and something I enjoy listening to...particularly in the summer months.

Along with myself, castleoblivion26 gave this a top three rank. On the other hand, taylor and tim both gave this a bottom three rank.

[HeyHeyHey]

8. "Get Gone With You"



🌺CountryLineDancer - 5
castleoblivion26 - 6
tim - 6
.indulgecountry - 7
bboat11 - 10
taylor - 10
Kanenrá:ke - 11
HeyHeyHey - 12

TOTAL: 67

We have made it to the top half of the 'See You Tonight' album rankdown! Landing at #8 is "Get Gone With You". Even though nobody placed this in their top three, it also didn't land in anyone's bottom three.

[HeyHeyHey]

7. "Something More"



castleoblivion26 - 4
.indulgecountry - 5
HeyHeyHey - 7
tim - 8
taylor - 8
🌺CountryLineDancer - 9
Kanenrá:ke - 12
bboat11 - 12

TOTAL: 65

At #7 is "Something More". I really enjoyed this one! While I do think there are stronger songs on the album and many of them are in the top 6, I am glad this one managed to get the rank it did. Also, I scored a perfect rank with this one.

[HeyHeyHey]

6. "Carolina Eyes"



taylor - 2
Kanenrá:ke - 5
bboat11 - 6
🌺CountryLineDancer - 8
castleoblivion26 - 9
HeyHeyHey - 11
tim - 11
.indulgecountry - 11

TOTAL: 63

Just missing out on a top 5 placement is “Carolina Eyes”. taylor gave this one a #2 rank making it the highest rank this song received. While this one didn’t get put in anyone’s bottom five - 3 of us did rank it at #11.

[HeyHeyHey]

SONGS REMAINING (no particular order):

"See You Tonight"
"The Dash"
"Feel Good Summer Song"
"Forget To Forget You"
"Carolina Moon" (Feat. Alison Krauss)

I will finish the reveals either tomorrow or Monday evening. What do you think the order will be of the top 5 songs?

[tim]

"I Don't Wanna Be Your Friend" is a fine song, but it more or less just gets lots in the shuffle of what is already a rather bloated album.

And then we have "Feelin' It" of which is probably one of my least favorite singles of Scotty's career. I love a good rhyme, but wow there's a whole lotta poppin', floppin', droppin' going on. Let's also not forget about all the rockin', blockin', stockin' and cuttin'! I also love that they managed to somehow throw in a rayin' after Ray-Bans...how clever.

"Get Gone With You" on the other hand is on the stronger side of the album for me, but I see there's a handful of others who would disagree with that lol. This has a rather pleasant and enjoyable melody that intertwines wonderfully with a steel guitar.

[tim]

Wow, I fully did not expect that my top 5 would remain fully intact especially considering this was my first time ever listening to it! These five songs really are the best of the best amongst the album.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Hmm not too impressed. Already lost my #2 and #3.
While both I Don't Wanna be Your Friend and Roll Your Window Down are alright lyrically, I really enjoyed the melody of them.
Neither deserves the bottom half.
At least Carolina Moon is alive!!

[taylor]

HeyHeyHey Just as a heads-up, you have the same rankings from people for both the #7 and #6 songs

[HeyHeyHey]

Apr 17, 2021 21:14:45 GMT -5 taylor said:

HeyHeyHey Just as a heads-up, you have the same rankings from people for both the #7 and #6 songs

Thanks! I fixed it.

[HeyHeyHey]

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5. "Feel Good Summer Song"



bboat11 - 3
Kanenrá:ke - 4
tim - 5
HeyHeyHey - 6
.indulgecountry - 8
castleoblivion26 - 10
taylor - 11
🌺CountryLineDancer - 13

TOTAL: 60

Kicking off the top 5 is "Feel Good Summer Song". When I first saw the title for this one I expected it to be similar to "Feelin' It" but that is obviously not the case at all. I really like this one and I am glad it made it into our top 5. Also, I love that this one is directly after "Feelin' It" on the album.

bboat11 loses a top 3 rank here. Nobody loses a bottom three rank. In fact, there are no songs left that received a bottom three rank. tim scores a perfect rank.

Also this comment was the reason I decided to make this an album series rather than just one rankdown with songs from each album:

Dec 11, 2020 21:57:33 GMT -5 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker said:

The lack of Feel Good Summer Song is disturbing 😛
I will consider sending