evermore (Taylor Swift) First Impressions RD (Revealing)

[austin]

Wow I really wanted this to finish top 2 over “willow” :(. I love the entire final 3 though.

[taylor]

"champagne problems" not winning is blasphemy. My #8 is an underranking now but that's the best song after "cowboy like me" and "tolerate it." Of what was left, this one deserved.

'tis the damn season has become one of my absolute faves as well. God, this album's top half run is magnificent.

[LBTrocks]

Well, the top 2 Is correct! "no body, no crime" >>> so I hope it wins but I really love "willow" too so I'm happy as can be either way!

[fearlessarrow]

It's down to...

"willow" vs. "no body, no crime"!!!

Which one took the crown? Find out never since the rankdown is cancelled after "champagne problems" left!

[Leo ✔]

#1 vs #5 🥳

[Mylo13 💜]

Go No Body, No Crime!

[.indulgecountry]

Let's go Este!!

[bat1990]

I'm unpleasantly shocked NBNC made it to the top 2. I love me a good murder ballad, but there are so many stronger songs on this record than it. Given many of the ranks I've seen over the last several reveals, some of you truly have no taste.

[fearlessarrow]

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#2: "willow"


Points: 641
Average: 5.6731
Std. Dev.: 3.552 (LOWEST SD)

@mirza - 1
ClevelandRox - 1
dgarcia3377 - 1
neverduplicated - 1
†ealsünset - 1
fearlessarrow - 2
wrip - 2
nick64 - 2
Troublemaker - 2
someguy - 2
tim - 2
castleoblivion26 - 2
LBTrocks - 2
Raccoon - 3
sapphire - 3
willapted33 - 3
.indulgecountry - 3
Mylo13 💜 - 3
jodakyellow - 4
austin - 4
@trilogy - 4
GrinningLikeADevil - 4
BB🌕 - 4
DistrictTwelve - 5
Exclusive - 5
Devil Marlena Nylund - 5
woods - 5
Kanenrá:ke - 5
Leo ✔ - 5
born - 6
nickd - 6
taylor - 7
schnetzka - 7
marsblyr - 7
bat1990 - 7
@jadenlefranks - 8
MOWE - 8
ethanhunt - 8
toomuchboy - 8
American Idiot - 9
bboat11 - 9
lady𝓐fan - 9
kimberly - 9
@greento - 10
joesuda - 10
aznsinger - 10
deepston - 10

Life wasn't a willow and it didn't bend to your wind

Fire - 11
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 - 11
samo🦕 - 11
Okay - 13
dremolus - solarpunk - 15

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Which means the winner for the evermore First Impressions Rankdown is...

The tractors really did their jobs here! Look at that whooping amount of #1s - FIFTEEN #1s out of 52 lists! Compared to the song with the second largest amount of #1s, "champagne problems", which got six, that's a big difference! It's clear that there was passion for the song and that passion carried the song all the way to #1. It was actually stuck at #3 for a while but its surge happened later into the submission process, unseating the then-#1 "champagne problems" and kept the then-#2 "willow" at bay. This is Taylor's first attempt at a murder ballad which has been one of the themes that country music has always done so well. It has so far peaked at #60 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart (country radio for the love of god please play this thanks). So bboat11 can "no body, no crime" make Best of the Best now? The fact that this can and not the superior "betty" though...

#1: "no body, no crime" (feat. HAIM)


Points: 656
Average: 5.3846
Std. Dev.: 4.7161

schnetzka - 1
austin - 1
Raccoon - 1
MOWE - 1
sapphire - 1
bboat11 - 1
DistrictTwelve - 1
Troublemaker - 1
someguy - 1
BB🌕 - 1
.indulgecountry - 1
castleoblivion26 - 1
LBTrocks - 1
woods - 1
Leo ✔ - 1
dgarcia3377 - 2
lady𝓐fan - 2
†ealsünset - 2
Mylo13 💜 - 2
ClevelandRox - 3
Exclusive - 3
samo🦕 - 3
Kanenrá:ke - 3
nickd - 3
fearlessarrow - 4
@mirza - 4
joesuda - 4
willapted33 - 4
toomuchboy - 4
@jadenlefranks - 5
wrip - 5
@trilogy - 5
kimberly - 5
tim - 6
Okay - 6
dremolus - solarpunk - 7
𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 - 7
GrinningLikeADevil - 7
Devil Marlena Nylund - 7
marsblyr - 8
nick64 - 9
bat1990 - 9

Did you kill Este because...

born - 11
taylor - 11
jodakyellow - 11
@greento - 12
Fire - 14
deepston - 14
American Idiot - 15
ethanhunt - 16
aznsinger - 16
neverduplicated - 16

[bat1990]

I would like to be excluded from this narrative.

[Leo ✔]

YES!!! Amazing winner!!

[.indulgecountry]

FUCK. YES.

The right song won. nbnc is absolutely amazing. Easily her best song across her folk projects imo.

[LBTrocks]

Feb 15, 2021 22:50:29 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

I would like to be excluded from this narrative.

Lol is it really THAT bad to you, or just upsetting that it was able to win? Cuz like, you put it in your top 10 and Taylor is your avatar so I have to think you still at least enjoy the song, but maybe not lol.

[taylor]

Blasphemy. There is better on the record imo and even from release week, I never got the massive love for this song--even despite the country production and the Carrie Underwood vibes, lmao. Think of this as this album's "august" for me  :kii:  It's a good song of course, but to be above the likes of "champagne problems" is why horror is a genre. Tragic.

[bboat11]

Feb 15, 2021 22:48:42 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

 So bboat11 can "no body, no crime" make Best of the Best now? The fact that this can and not the superior "betty" though...

And if y'all stop sleeping on "betty", maybe she can make BotB when we do the real folklore rankdown!

[LBTrocks]

Feb 15, 2021 22:53:21 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

f**k. YES.

The right song won. nbnc is absolutely amazing. Easily her best song across her folk projects imo.

THIS! What a fantastic song! That melody is killer and honestly Taylor nailed the vocal, I love the little inflections she does with her voice on this one. SO good.

"willow" is also great, really strong melodically and very catchy!

Thanks for hosting fearlessarrow and taylor!!

[fearlessarrow]

1. no body, no crime (656) **WINNER!!**

2. willow (641) [LOWEST SD]

3. champagne problems (625)

4. 'tis the damns season (533)

5. gold rush (522)

6. ivy (515)

7. cowboy like me (504)

8. tolerate it (492)

9. long story short (470)

10. marjorie (448)

11. evermore (446)

12. dorothea (420)

13. happiness (371)

14. right where you left me (369)

15. coney island (366) [HIGHEST SD]

16. it's time to go (331)

17. closure (247)

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Thank you for participating and following along! The Taylor Swift rankdowns host teamTM will take a break but we have more rankdown planned for you: the folkmore Revisited Rankdown, the re-recordings rankdowns, the singles rankdown 2.0, best albums tracks rankdown... but homegirl keeps interrupting by releasing new material! They will happen. Eventually.

For those that are interested in seeing the trajectories, click on the link below for a visualization!

Trajectory Graph

[toomuchboy]

So glad it wasn't willow. nbnc is more than worthy.

[bat1990]

Feb 15, 2021 22:53:36 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Feb 15, 2021 22:50:29 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

I would like to be excluded from this narrative.

Lol is it really THAT bad to you, or just upsetting that it was able to win? Cuz like, you put it in your top 10 and Taylor is your avatar so I have to think you still at least enjoy the song, but maybe not lol.

Firstly, that is Kylie in my avatar, not Taylor.

Second, I would have preferred NBNC landed closer to my rank than all the way at the top. "Willow" winning would've been boring but at least in better taste.

I enjoy NBNC, but I think it is in the middle of the pack on this exquisite album, so to see so many people who think it tops or nearly tops lots of other songs is a surprise. I wonder how opinions will change if/when this rankdown is done again once it's been long enough not to be a "first impression."

And this is coming from someone who ADORES songs like Goodbye Earl and Two Black Cadillacs and I just don't find NBNC up to that caliber.

[fearlessarrow]

Feb 15, 2021 22:56:40 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Feb 15, 2021 22:53:21 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

f**k. YES.

The right song won. nbnc is absolutely amazing. Easily her best song across her folk projects imo.

THIS! What a fantastic song! That melody is killer and honestly Taylor nailed the vocal, I love the little inflections she does with her voice on this one. SO good.

"willow" is also great, really strong melodically and very catchy!

Thanks for hosting fearlessarrow and taylor !!

You flopped again by leaving born out he did all the graphics!

[.indulgecountry]

Feb 15, 2021 22:53:36 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Feb 15, 2021 22:50:29 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

I would like to be excluded from this narrative.

Lol is it really THAT bad to you, or just upsetting that it was able to win? Cuz like, you put it in your top 10 and Taylor is your avatar so I have to think you still at least enjoy the song, but maybe not lol.

Girl that is Kylie Minogue

[LBTrocks]

bahahhahahaha I did not look close enough.

I've worked 12 hrs today and have been up since 6, I need sleep

[LBTrocks]

Feb 15, 2021 22:59:05 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

Feb 15, 2021 22:53:36 GMT -5 LBTrocks said:

Lol is it really THAT bad to you, or just upsetting that it was able to win? Cuz like, you put it in your top 10 and Taylor is your avatar so I have to think you still at least enjoy the song, but maybe not lol.

Firstly, that is Kylie in my avatar, not Taylor.

Second, I would have preferred NBNC landed closer to my rank than all the way at the top. "Willow" winning would've been boring but at least in better taste.

I enjoy NBNC, but I think it is in the middle of the pack on this exquisite album, so to see so many people who think it tops or nearly tops lots of other songs is a surprise. I wonder how opinions will change if/when this rankdown is done again once it's been long enough not to be a "first impression."

And this is coming from someone who ADORES songs like Goodbye Earl and Two Black Cadillacs and I just don't find NBNC up to that caliber.

Sorry! I really shouldn't be posting right now, lmao.

Also, thanks for explaining. I wasn't trying to judge or anything I was just genuinely curious, lol.

[fearlessarrow]

Shoutout to my co-hosts born and taylor for making this rankdown a success! Anyways... we will see you again.

[LBTrocks]

Also yes, thank you born for all of your hard-work in this! You did excellent, the graphics were stunning!

[wrip]

I’m surprised by nb,nc winning but definitely cool with it! I probably could’ve put it higher but I struggled with a couple of ranks in my top 5. Also willow is really cool, there’s just something about the sound of it that I really like.

Also never said this yesterday but wtf was evermore doing out before the top 10 🧐 weird result...

Anyways, thanks for hosting fearlessarrow, taylor, and born, love a great tri-hosted rankdown!!

[Fire]

imagine thinking champagne problems is the worst song on the album, tasteless

no body no crime is pretty decent but really overhyped tbh. willow grew on me a lot recently so it probably would've been at least a few spots higher had i done this now.

anyway, thank you fearlessarrow , born , and taylor for hosting this, y'all did a great job! now here's to hoping if we ever do a reranking of this album that "evermore" and "champage problems" don't get robbed again lol

[willapted33]

not exactly surprised with this, but i do think betty is quite a bit better

cool winner though & great work hosting

[taylor]

I wanna extend a thank you to everyone for submitting for another surprise album and for following along! I also wanna thank fearlessarrow and born for allowing me back on (I had actually reached out regarding this rankdown and they had the same idea so here we are   ). and born for all of these incredible graphics!

I'm very excited for us to rank the re-recorded albums, singles (since I missed the first time), and especially album tracks! I'm also particularly excited to revisit folklore/evermore when we combine them! For now tho, that's a long way off lol. We'll be back soon!

[Kanenrá:ke]

Still sad "tolerate it" couldn't make it a little higher but the ending of this was fantastic anyway!

I really do enjoy most of evermore, definitely better thank folklore for me!

Thanks for hosting guys!