Megan Moroney "Lucky" RD (Aug 21 Due!)

[bboat11]

"Everybody Sings" is sooooooo catchy for most of the song......but then that cheerleader practice in the bridge is so unnecessary and awkward... It would have been a strong contender for last place when I first got the album, but I have gotten so used to the song through the years that I just kinda tune out the bridge and only remember it for how catchy everything else is.

[.indulgecountry]

"Everybody Sings" is a guilty pleasure for me. I just find it really catchy and I've never found it annoying like many have, but I did expect it to be out in the bottom 3.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#11 Edge Of A Thunderstorm

Total: 130
Average: 9.29
Std Dev: 2.19 (3rd Lowest!)

dgarcia3377 - 5
James - 5
castleoblivion26 - 8
LBTrocks - 8
toomuchboy - 9
tim  -9
zaclord 🌈 - 10
bboat11  - 10
Kris Kringle  - 10
SHOOTER  - 10
🌺CountryLineDancer - 11
ClevelandRox - 11
.indulgecountry  - 12
bigfan101  -12

Another track from the Deluxe edition is leaving. dgarcia3377 and James lost the top 5 here.

CLD's Thought
I just gave another listen to this song, and this is not bad at all. Even at my #11, I would say I moderately enjoy this, while not as memorable as other tracks. This would have been more interesting with a stronger productions or more powerful melody, as it would be consistent with the title "Thunderstorm." Anyways, glad "11" did not end up at #11.

Dinner break, but may continue tonight.

[.indulgecountry]

I thought this was the weaker of the two bonus tracks personally. Still good though. Even my #13 isn't "bad" though as I LOVE this album.

[bboat11]

Apr 28, 2021 20:21:43 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

Anyways, glad "11" did not end up at #11.

Normally I'm rooting for stuff like this to happen, but in this case the tragedy of such an action would have vastly overshadowed the coolness of it :(

[bboat11]

And I agree with the host that "Edge of a Thunderstorm" could have used a bit more creative production to really buy into the theme of the title. I do like it a lot, but it has also always been on the more forgettable side compared to a lot of the album for me.

[bigfan101]

When your bottom three, ended up in the final three...

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#10 Good Times

Total: 117
Average: 8.36
Std Dev: 3.43 (3rd Highest!)
Chart Performance: #50 in Hot Country


ClevelandRox - 3
LBTrocks - 4
Kris Kringle - 4
James - 6
castleoblivion26 - 6
toomuchboy - 7
bigfan101 -8
🌺CountryLineDancer - 9
tim -10
dgarcia3377 - 11
SHOOTER - 11
bboat11 - 12
zaclord 🌈 - 13
.indulgecountry - 13

As this one ties with #9 in the score, I chose the one with a higher Std. as #10. .indulgecountry and zaclord 🌈 lost their #13 while ClevelandRox sadly becomes the first one to lose the top 3. The acoustic version of this song is included in the Deluxe Edition. This was released as a promotional single and made it to #50 in Hot Country Chart. Sarah Buxton co-wrote this one

CLD's Thought
This song is a great catchy opener of the album, but becomes kinda forgettable after 3 strong tracks follows soon after + lyrics are a little weak. I was a bit surprised that this ended up becoming one of the polarizing ones here. Also, don't forget to de-capitalize and pluralize the title when you search for this, or you will be "Trying to catch a good time" 

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#9 One Song Away

Total: 117
Average: 8.36
Std Dev: 2.31


tim - 4
bboat11 - 5
dgarcia3377 - 6
castleoblivion26 - 7
toomuchboy - 8
Kris Kringle - 8
.indulgecountry - 8
ClevelandRox - 9
bigfan101 -9
SHOOTER - 9
🌺CountryLineDancer - 10
James - 11
zaclord 🌈 - 11
LBTrocks - 12

Tying with Good Times with lower Std. is One Song Away. tim and bboat11 lose their first top 5s. 

CLD's Thought
This was the most forgettable one to me, but I still find the melody of this song to be quite beautiful. This is one of a few slower songs in the album, and works well as a mood-changer, but this is followed by Easier to Lie and 11, which are two better slow songs imo, and thus, I always forget about this song. Another example of a good song not standing out much because the whole album is strong.

I'm stopping here!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining Songs}Champagne 
Wasting All These Tears
I Wish I Could Break Your Heart 
You Hear A Song
This Car
Easier To Lie
11
Proved You Wrong

[tim]

Ha, just when I was thinking I was doing rather well for an album that was a first-time listen for me...I lose a top five! “One Song Away” was one of my favorite discoveries from this album and I’m glad that I was at least joined by bboat11 in the top 5 as that gives me some solace in my gut feeling I had about the song.

[.indulgecountry]

"Good Times" is the only really skippable thing on the album. I don't hate it, but it doesn't have an enjoyable vibe to it... something feels off and generic in ways that the rest of the album doesn't, and its catchiness pales in comparison to her usual standard. I prefer to just start the album on track 2 and go from there, honestly. Pleasantly surprised to see that I'm apparently not alone, because I did not have great faith that it would be tanked to the bottom of this rankdown like it was, so I am happy about that!

[zaclord 🌈]

Apr 28, 2021 22:57:09 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

"Good Times" is the only really skippable thing on the album. I don't hate it, but it doesn't have an enjoyable vibe to it... something feels off and generic in ways that the rest of the album doesn't, and its catchiness pales in comparison to her usual standard. I prefer to just start the album on track 2 and go from there, honestly. Pleasantly surprised to see that I'm apparently not alone, because I did not have great faith that it would be tanked to the bottom of this rankdown like it was, so I am happy about that!

Wholeheartedly agree with you. This was an easy last place for me, but didn't know how far it would go in the rankdown. Glad it didn't make it any further.

I don't love this album as much as some of you here. I haven't listened to it in many, many years until this RD. So I'm glad "Good Times" is out before any of the songs I genuinely love. I have my 1-7 and 9 left, so good start for me!

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Intermission

Hey Monday - Candles

As many of you know, Cassadee Pope was a vocalist of a pop-punk band Hey Monday prior to her country career. Candles is still my fav, and was one of their few hit songs and the last singles prior to their hiatus. Also, this song showed up in the TV show "Glee" (Kurt and Blaine duet). I enjoy this type of pop-punk song with a female vocalist, including some materials from Against The Current or Pale Waves, but Hey Monday was definitely the top of them.

🌺CountryLineDancer zaclord 🌈 tim bigfan101 dgarcia3377 James Kris Kringle
castleoblivion26 ClevelandRox bboat11 .indulgecountry toomuchboy SHOOTER LBTrocks

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#8 Proved You Wrong

Total: 113
Average: 8.07
Std Dev: 3.12


LBTrocks - 3
toomuchboy - 4
castleoblivion26 - 5
bigfan101 -6
SHOOTER - 6
zaclord 🌈 - 7
ClevelandRox - 7
dgarcia3377 - 8
Kris Kringle - 9
bboat11 - 11
.indulgecountry - 11
🌺CountryLineDancer - 12
tim - 12
James - 12

Kicking off the second reveal day with Prove You Wrong. LBTrocks joins ClevelandRox and lost his top 3.

CLD's Thought
This and my #13 are the only songs that I couldn't really get into. Chorus melody sounds just bland. This is the last track of the album (original edition), and it's a bit weak ending for this strong album. Definitely prefer Prove You Wrong by Sheryl Crow!

Another participant is about to lose his top 3 next!

[bboat11]

"Proved You Wrong" also falls in the back half of this album for me, but just because the album is so strong. I still love it! I enjoy the way the second half of the chorus melody gets higher and more intense.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#7 Champagne 

Total: 100
Average: 7.14
Std Dev: 3.25


bboat11 - 3 
zaclord 🌈 - 4
ClevelandRox - 4
🌺CountryLineDancer - 4
SHOOTER - 5
.indulgecountry - 5
Kris Kringle - 6
tim - 7
James - 7
bigfan101 -10
LBTrocks - 10
castleoblivion26 - 11
toomuchboy - 11
dgarcia3377 - 13

This is the only promotional single (out of 4) that did not make it to the Hot Country Chart. bboat11 becomes the third participant to lose his top 3.

CLD's Thought
Champagne is a jam and upset that this is missing the top 5! Might not be the best song lyrically, but one of the catchiest songs from the album and always makes me want to sing along. 

Next, 4 participants are losing their top 3!

[bboat11]

"Champagne" is by far my favorite album track on this album! That chorus melody is absolutely perfect for driving around with the windows down in the summer. I always felt like if they went with a 3rd single, this needed to be it.

[zaclord 🌈]

Boo, Champagne deserved much better. That one is a jam!

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#6 You Hear A Song

Total: 98
Average: 7
Std Dev: 3.59 (2nd Highest)
Chart Performance: #44 in Hot Country


SHOOTER - 2
Kris Kringle - 3
dgarcia3377 - 3
tim - 3
toomuchboy - 5
.indulgecountry - 6
bboat11 - 7
bigfan101 -7
ClevelandRox - 8
zaclord 🌈 - 9
James -9
castleoblivion26 - 10
🌺CountryLineDancer - 13
LBTrocks - 13

Losing another promotional single and SHOOTER becomes the first one to lose the top 2! This one is the second most polarizing song with four top 3 rankers while LBTrocks and CLD myself lost #13. This leaves Kris Kringle, castleoblivion26, and ClevelandRox to be the only three participants with #13 still left.

CLD's Thought
I'm totally with LBTrocks for this. While the verse of this song is not bad, I just don't enjoy the chorus melody at all. This is above Champagne just by 2 points, but also missed the top 5 with 2 points! 

[bboat11]

Apr 29, 2021 20:10:53 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

I'm totally with LBTrocks for this. While the verse of this song is not bad, I just don't enjoy the chorus melody at all. This is above Champagne just by 2 points, but also missed the top 5 with 2 points! 

I usually am not a huge fan of choruses that start out in major keys and randomly switch to a minor key on random lines in the middle. This one took me awhile to get used to as a result of that.

However, LBTrocks is literally our Minor Key King, so this rank make no sense. This chorus should have gotten him at full attention, lmao.

[castleoblivion26]

I hope my #13 can at least be out at #5 because why is it this high? Other than that my entire Top 4 is still intact so hopefully that plays out that way because those 4 deserve the Top 4 easily!

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

castleoblivion26 your wish is granted!

#5 This Car

Total: 96
Average: 6.86
Std Dev: 3.78 (Highest!!)


bigfan101 - 2
ClevelandRox - 2
🌺CountryLineDancer - 2
James - 4
zaclord 🌈 - 5
tim - 5
toomuchboy - 6
SHOOTER - 7
bboat11 - 9
LBTrocks - 9
dgarcia3377 - 9
.indulgecountry - 10
Kris Kringle - 13
castleoblivion26 - 13

The last reveal of the day is the most polarizing song! Three participants lost #2 while two lost #13! This started very well and was the top 3 contender, but lost the momentum by the end.
CLD's Thought
This song is the catchiest song of the album, with Champagne. I'm quite surprised that this was the most polarizing one, and that 2 posters put this in the last spot! Glad that this made it to the top 5 at least!

[LBTrocks]

Apr 29, 2021 20:14:10 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Apr 29, 2021 20:10:53 GMT -5 🌺CountryLineDancer said:

I'm totally with LBTrocks for this. While the verse of this song is not bad, I just don't enjoy the chorus melody at all. This is above Champagne just by 2 points, but also missed the top 5 with 2 points! 

I usually am not a huge fan of choruses that start out in major keys and randomly switch to a minor key on random lines in the middle. This one took me awhile to get used to as a result of that.

However, LBTrocks is literally our Minor Key King, so this rank make no sense. This chorus should have gotten him at full attention, lmao.

The song sounds too corny lol. Gives me major "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson vibes, which is also one big musical cheese-fest.

[dgarcia3377]

Idk if this affects the rank down, but One Song Away is my number 6

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Apr 29, 2021 20:58:07 GMT -5 dgarcia3377 said:

Idk if this affects the rank down, but One Song Away is my number 6

My bad, fixed. I mixed up your rank with James 's so the total score of the song is still the same.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Our Top 4!!

Songs Left
I Wish I Could Break Your Heart
Wasting All These Tears
Easier To Lie
11


Scores Left
18 (lol)
37
77
89

Will finish tomorrow!

[.indulgecountry]

Pleasantly surprised to see "Easier to Lie" in the top 4! The singles + "11" felt like a given to me, but that one I didn't really know what to expect with it, but it is 100% one of the highlights on this album. Not only is the lyric very strong, but it is melodically SO wonderful. I love the way her ad-libs slide in between her belts in the chorus near the end, its so damn SMOOTH. This is a really strong top 4.

[SHOOTER]

Well, at this rate, I'm confident the correct song will win at least.

[castleoblivion26]

thank goodness. "This Car" was not a highlight on this album and I'm shocked it is in the Top 5. This Top 4 however is perfect. I absolutely love all 4 songs!

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#4 Easier To Lie

Total: 89
Average: 6.36
Std Dev: 3.37

.indulgecountry - 3
James - 3
toomuchboy - 3
bboat11 - 4
castleoblivion26 - 4
bigfan101 - 5
🌺CountryLineDancer - 5
zaclord 🌈 - 6
tim - 6
dgarcia3377 - 7
Kris Kringle - 7


LBTrocks - 11
SHOOTER - 12
ClevelandRox - 13

Kicking off the last reveal day with Easier To Lie! This has seven top 5 rankers and three bottom 3 rankers. This had a great start and was holding the #3 spot until the final 3 lists from LBTrocks , Kris Kringle , and SHOOTER . Interestingly, the writers of this song are completely different from other tracks in the album.

CLD's Thought
This is definitely the best ballad song from this album. I love the Pope's delivery in this song. Great lyrics, melody, and production. I don't think this would have been a single even if there had been a third single from the album, but rather I feel like this is one of those songs that always exist as a strong album track.