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

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#15 "Rose Needs a Jack"

Total: 146
Average: 11.23
Std Dev: 3.42 

nathanalbright - 5
Au$tin - 6
312999 - 9
taylor is terrified - 9
Fire - 9
🌺CountryLineDancer - 10
tim - 13
LBTrocks - 13
bboat11 - 14
kf1992 - 14
jab820 - 14
zdm1998 - 15
.indulgecountry - 15

The first song to exit is "Rose Needs a Jack", as .indulgecountry and bboat11 mentioned in the pre-reveal question. zdm1998 and .indulgecountry had a great start with perfect rankings, while nathanalbright had a top 5 loss start.

CLD's Thought
I don't this song is bad or any. It feels like an outlier though, compared with other tunes with stronger vocal and heavy instrumental production, this song sounds very poppy and light. The verse is pretty catchy, and I would've liked it better if the chorus was a little more decent.

[.indulgecountry]

OMG YAS! I really didn't think this would come in last, as much as I was hoping it would. I am very happy with this result. This is the one track that just sounds like total generic faceless filler, and the hook is just so cheesy.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#14 "I Will Always Love You"

Total: 143
Average: 11
Std Dev: 3.92

bboat11 - 4
🌺CountryLineDancer - 6
taylor is terrified - 7
Fire - 7
LBTrocks - 10
kf1992 - 12
jab820 - 10
zdm1998 - 14
.indulgecountry - 14
tim - 14
nathanalbright - 15
Au$tin - 15
312999 - 15

With a 3 point difference, the song from the Deluxe edition is leaving! three participants lose their bottom spot, and .indulgecountry and zdm1998 scored another perfect rating, which tim joins. Meanwhile, bboat11 lost his one of top 5 here.

CLD's Thought
I knew a cover song would not do well here, but I found this is a really good cover. Being a strong vocalist, Gabby did a really good job delivering this song. Was this cover necessary? Maybe not, but still I think she nailed it well.

[.indulgecountry]

Two perfect rankings in a row!

Sorry, this was a legitimately solid cover, but this is CLASSIC Dolly and tbh I have no desire to listen to any other version of the song.

[LBTrocks]

"Rose Needs A Jack" isn't very good, the melody is decent but I don't like the production or beat that much.

I do like her cover of "I Will Always Love You" and am glad that wasn't last place, but yeah, Dolly's >>>

[bboat11]

Feb 24, 2022 23:21:40 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Two perfect rankings in a row!

Sorry, this was a legitimately solid cover, but this is CLASSIC Dolly and tbh I have no desire to listen to any other version of the song.

I mean, this is basically a cover of Whitney’s version of the song tbh. Which is functionally almost an entirely different song than Dolly’s original, lol. Dolly’s version has never been about turning in a “big” vocal. I appreciated that Gabby is like the only country artist who I have ever heard try to approach it like a country cover of a pop song rather than yet another cover of Dolly’s!

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#13 "Goldmine"

Total: 138
Average: 10.62
Std Dev: 4.25

Au$tin - 3
LBTrocks - 4
bboat11 - 8
taylor is terrified - 8
jab820 - 8
zdm1998 - 9
.indulgecountry - 12
312999 - 12
nathanalbright - 14
🌺CountryLineDancer - 15
Fire - 15
kf1992 - 15
tim - 15

With a 5 point difference, the title track is leaving. Au$tin becomes the first participant to lose their top 3, while four participants are bidding farewell to their bottom ranking.

CLD's Thought
I do like the mood of this song, and the verse melody is not bad. However, the chorus is a mess for me. The production is too loud and there was not much of lyrical development. Gabby's vocal is a bit rough as well, but I don't mind that part as much.

[taylor is terrified]

These results are already such a mess lol. Every one of these songs is undeserving of the bottom 3.

[LBTrocks]

Idk what you all are doing

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#12 "Jesus & My Mama"

Total: 131
Average: 10.07
Std Dev: 4.75 (HIGHEST)

nathanalbright - 2
LBTrocks - 3
tim - 4
Au$tin - 5

.indulgecountry - 10

Fire - 12
jab820 - 13
zdm1998 - 13
312999 - 13
kf1992 - 13
🌺CountryLineDancer - 14
taylor is terrified - 14
bboat11 - 15

There was a tie with 131 points, so the one with higher standard deviation is leaving first. The most polarizing song of this RD is "Jesus & My Mama". This song received four top 5 rankings and eight bottom 5 rankings. LBTrocks correctly predicted that this is the most polarizing one! With regards to the pre-reveal discussion, bboat11 turned out to be not an outlier for not liking this song.

CLD's Thought
This song has a nice rock vibe and lyrics are interesting, but just not keen on this type of melody at all. Honestly, this and Goldmine are two songs that I particularly did not enjoy from this album, and other songs are not bad, so not crying on these two reveals. 

[LBTrocks]

You guys have horrible taste lol I’ll gladly stay Flops

[LBTrocks]

Ok on a more serious note, I could accept “Jesus & My Mama” being out so early as its a style not widely accepted by Pulse if “Got Me” wasn’t still in this. Look, GM has a great vocal yes and the build up to the chorus is nice but it was definitely the most notable blemish on the record to me. I don’t use it at all but Gabby at her worst is better than a lot at their best so I still don’t completely hate it, but I still hope it’s out very soon cuz we’ve already lost two JAMS before it.

[zdm1998]

The only one that I don’t agree with being out so far is the title track. Such a jam. I can see how it could be polarizing though.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#11 "You're the Only Reason"

Total: 131
Average: 10.07
Std Dev: 3.04 (LOWEST)

312999 - 3
.indulgecountry - 6
kf1992 - 7
Fire - 10
zdm1998 - 10
nathanalbright - 11
tim - 11
jab820 - 11
🌺CountryLineDancer - 11
taylor is terrified - 12
bboat11 - 12
Au$tin - 13
LBTrocks - 14

Another song with 131 points happen to be the least polarizing song. 10 participants placed this song below #10, while 312999 lost their #3 here. Four participants got perfect rankings. 

CLD's Thought
I like the melody of the chorus, but at the same time, somehow this entire song gave me a cheap impression. It has the vibe of a generic pop song.

[Au$tin]

Goldmine is like a classic Carrie Underwood belt jam (Last Name/Undo It/etc.). Bottom friggin' 3?! Tasteless.

[.indulgecountry]

"Reason" is the only song revealed thus far that deserved a bit better imo, but even it I'm not too upset about. So far this is going very well, despite what the minority of audible dissenters are squawking about, lol.

[nathanalbright]

I happened to like the whole album, personally, so ranking order wasn't as relevant to me in terms of enjoyment of the music.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#10 "Got Me(featuring Shane & Shane)"

Total: 125
Average: 9.62
Std Dev: 3.97

bboat11 - 2
taylor is terrified - 5
zdm1998 - 7
Au$tin - 7
.indulgecountry - 8
kf1992 - 8
nathanalbright - 10
tim - 10
Fire - 11
🌺CountryLineDancer - 13
312999 - 14
LBTrocks - 15
jab820 - 15

Alright, let's continue for a little bit. Got Me escaped the bottom 5 by 6 points. This is a collaboration with a Christian Duo Shane & Shane. bboat11 and taylor is terrified lost their top 5, while LBTrocks and jab820 would be happy for this reveal.

CLD's Thought
I'd side with jab820 and LBTrocks on this song, as I found this song to be quite slow and boring. There was no distinct melody, and it keeps dragging on and on. Not my fav type of lyrics either. Sure, the vocal might be pretty good (not Shanes' but Gabby's), but that goes to most of the songs in the album, so did not help me to rank it higher.

[LBTrocks]

FINALLY! I'm glad for those that love this song that escaped bottom 5, but I'm also extremely happy it didn't make it any further than this cuz its one of the few songs on this record I consistently skip when listening to it. It's boring, the beat is horrendous, Shane and Shane sound awful to me, and the song feels never-ending. Great vocal from Gabby, yes. But what a dud of the song and I think the lyrics are terribly corny too.

[zdm1998]

Ok I thought this one as pretty good, a little disheartening it’s leaving.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#9 "Strong"

Total: 112
Average: 8.62
Std Dev: 3.35 (3rd Lowest)

taylor is terrified - 1
Fire - 6
zdm1998 - 6
tim - 6
312999 - 7
Au$tin - 9
LBTrocks - 9
nathanalbright - 9
kf1992 - 11
bboat11 - 11
jab820 - 12
🌺CountryLineDancer - 12
.indulgecountry - 13

The first #1 loss of this RD is by taylor is terrified also being the only top 5 ranker of this song. Three participants scored the perfect rankings and .indulgecountry cleared the bottom 3 with this reveal. 

CLD's Thought
This song is not too bad, but did not gave me a strong impression, no pan intended. It has a nice melody, and good ending track for the original album, but followed by Pick Me Up and Never Get It Back in the Deluxe edition, I ended up not remembering as much about this song at the end of the day.

[Kanenrá:ke]

So I missed submitting for this but I see that things wouldn't have gone well for me lol

[taylor is terrified]

“Strong” is just so beautiful. I want to experience those lyrics.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#8 "Never Get It Back"

Total: 97
Average: 7.46
Std Dev: 4.25

Fire - 2
kf1992 - 2
🌺CountryLineDancer - 2
bboat11 - 5
tim - 5

nathanalbright - 6
jab820 - 7
.indulgecountry - 9
312999 - 10
Au$tin - 10

zdm1998 - 12
LBTrocks - 12
taylor is terrified - 15

The first song with below 100 points is "Never Get It Back". This is one of the newest songs from the Deluxe edition. This song was rather polarizing with five top 5 rankings, including three #2s, and three bottom 5 rankings, including taylor is terrified 's last spot. This song had the potential of being one of the best-performing album tracks until the last three submissions.

CLD's Thought
This is the first reveal that I do not approve of! I love the melody of this song, and the guitar solo at the bridge is beautiful. I like Pick Me Up, but I would prefer this song to be a single over PMU. I was expecting this to stay longer, and it was going to finish close to the top 5, until the last three submissions. Great to see some other participants liking this, but those bottom 5 rankings seem a bit harsh on this song imo.

[.indulgecountry]

🌺CountryLineDancer shouldn't this be #8?

"Never Get It Back" has probably been overshadowed by "Pick Me Up" a bit as far as the two new original tracks go, but this one is quite fantastic on its own. I love the way her phrasing sounds on the verses and that anthemic chorus is just money, plus I love the electric guitar outro -- one of the best of those I've heard since possibly Kellie Pickler's "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" tbh. This was a hard album to rank because I love so many of the songs, so I couldn't put this any higher than #9, but it really is something that theoretically could've been in my top 5 imo.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#7 "Hall of Fame"

Total: 94
Average: 7.23
Std Dev: 3.37

Fire - 3
taylor is terrified - 3
kf1992 - 4
.indulgecountry - 4
312999 - 6
bboat11 - 6
tim - 7
LBTrocks - 7
🌺CountryLineDancer - 9
jab820 - 9
zdm1998 - 11
Au$tin - 12
nathanalbright - 13

With three points differences, "Hall of Fame" is leaving at #7. This song was predicted to be the highest album track by multiple participants, but ended up leaving before "Write It on My Heart" and "Thank God". Two participants scored the perfect rankings and two participants lost their top 3, while nathanalbright cleared the bottom 3.

CLD's Thought
This is a solid song. The melody is strong overall, and I think the post-chorus Gabby's high pitch vocal is pretty iconic. Since I have #1 - #8 in my playlist, and this is not one of them, it had to settle at my #9.

[.indulgecountry]

I am legitimately pretty shocked that "Write It on My Heart" is still in this. I imagine it'll be next because I can't see it being the highest album track over "Thank God" and the singles are stacked, but I would've never expected it to be above "Hall of Fame."

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#6 "Write It on My Heart"

Total: 90
Average: 6.92
Std Dev: 3.09 (2nd Lowest)

jab820 - 3
nathanalbright - 4
taylor is terrified - 4
Fire - 4
🌺CountryLineDancer - 5
312999 - 5
kf1992 - 6
Au$tin - 8
zdm1998 - 8
bboat11 - 9
.indulgecountry - 11
LBTrocks - 11
tim - 12

.indulgecountry turns out to be right and "Write It on My Heart" bowing out before the top 5, leaving Thank God to be the highest performing album track. This is also the first reveal without any bottom 3 rankings. Also received only one top 3 ranking.

CLD's Thought
This was a re-discovery for me, and I added this into my playlist through hosting this. The piano production is beautiful, and the lyrical development is relatively distinct. Gabby's vocal might not be the strongest compared with other songs, but I'm really enjoying the melody of this as well. Glad it ended up becoming one of the best performing album tracks. 

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

#5 "Pick Me Up"

Total: 79
Average: 6.08
Std Dev: 3.73

bboat11 - 1
.indulgecountry - 1
tim - 2
zdm1998 - 3
LBTrocks - 5
jab820 - 5
Fire - 5
nathanalbright - 7
🌺CountryLineDancer - 8
kf1992 - 9
taylor is terrified - 11
312999 - 11
Au$tin - 11

The first single to leave in the top 5 has two "1 rankings from bboat11 and .indulgecountry . Also, three participants scored perfect rankings. This song was hanging around #2 until all of the last three lists placed this at #11.

CLD's Thought
I definitely underranked this song by a few spots. Since "Never Get It Back" was an instant hit for me, I was not too impressed when "the other song" from the Deluxe edition was chosen as a single at first. As I gave more listens however, I started liking it more and more. This song has an overall pleasant melody, and I really like the intro sound. I hope it will help her regain momentum on the radio scene.

[LBTrocks]

I liked “Pick Me Up” straight away but it took a couple listens until I LOVED it. I’m glad to see it in the top 5 where it belongs but am super happy that “Footprints” and “I Hope” placed higher