Jon Pardi Rankdowns: Heartache Medication (FINISHED!)

[taylor]

Heartache Medication: It’s Results Time!



We wound up with 14 lists, which is a little off from the previous album, but is certainly a turnout I’ll take! This may be one of the biggest turnouts we’ve seen in quite some time, as country rankdown land (and the better part of Pulse in general, it feels like) has been rather stagnant as of late, so I’m glad to see this many lists come in!

Participants (14):
1. taylor
2. ClevelandRox
3. gonecountry
4. Darkest Hour
5. 🌺CountryLineDancer
6. gardyfan
7. castleoblivion26
8. kw9461
9. HeyHeyHey
10. jtd Thee Stallion
11. bboat11
12. fearlessarrow
13. tim
14. .indulgecountry

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Let’s make some guesses as to the results!

1. What will be #1?

2. What will take last place?

3. Which songs will finish the Top 5?

4. Which songs will round out the bottom 5?

5. At what point will gardyfan cancel the rankdown? 

6. If we do the album tracks rankdown, which from this album are you most hoping would make the cut?

7. Any other thoughts?

[taylor]

I would also like to let the record show that I used ClevelandRox’s list that he sent…in March of 2021 

[gonecountry]

1. What will be #1? Heartache Medication

2. What will take last place? not sure... Call Me Country?

3. Which songs will finish the Top 5?  Heartache Medication, Nobody Leaves A Girl Like That, Ain't Always The Cowboy, Tequila Little Time, and hopefully Old Hat

4. Which songs will round out the bottom 5?  Tied One On, Buy That Man A Beer, Beer Light, Bar Downtown, Call Me Country
5. At what point will gardyfan cancel the rankdown?

6. If we do the album tracks rankdown, which from this album are you most hoping would make the cut? Nobody Leaves A Girl Like That

7. Any other thoughts? Strong album, though not as strong IMO as California Sunrise. A few too many filler songs.

[Darkest Hour]

1. What will be #1?
Ain’t Always the Cowboy

2. What will take last place?
Call Me Country

3. Which songs will finish the Top 5?
Heartache Medication, Nobody Leaves a Girl Like That, Don’t Blame It on Whiskey, Tequila Little Time

4. Which songs will round out the bottom 5?
Bar Downtown, Just Like Old Times, Oughta Know That, Buy That Man a Beer

5. At what point will gardyfan cancel the rankdown?
At least until top 5.

6. If we do the album tracks rankdown, which from this album are you most hoping would make the cut?
Don’t Blame It on Whiskey

[bboat11]

So what's the latest on this one? Are you still able to do the reveals, or is this canceled? I'm trying to de-clog and organize the country rankdown thread, haha. We've had more rankdowns sitting there in limbo than actually being revealed for months now 

[.indulgecountry]

Sept 25, 2022 20:21:34 GMT -5 taylor said:

5. At what point will gardyfan cancel the rankdown? 

Starting to look like you beat him to the punch on that one.

[taylor]

Dec 8, 2022 4:22:52 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

So what's the latest on this one? Are you still able to do the reveals, or is this canceled? I'm trying to de-clog and organize the country rankdown thread, haha. We've had more rankdowns sitting there in limbo than actually being revealed for months now 

So, um…I definitely hadn’t intended on such a wait for results, lmao. It’s been a busy couple months and during it, I lost my charger to my iPad and had to acquire a new one.

My plan is to reveal my share of the Fearless (Taylor’s Version) results tonight and then spend my day off tomorrow revealing both this rankdown and Adele’s rankdown in their entireties, as well as updating the deadlines for the current set of LeAnn Rimes albums.

Dec 11, 2022 13:19:38 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

Sept 25, 2022 20:21:34 GMT -5 taylor said:

5. At what point will gardyfan cancel the rankdown? 

Starting to look like you beat him to the punch on that one.

Perhaps it was intended to be a trick question all along  

[taylor]

Let’s just get this over with, lmao 

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{Pardi Animals}
1. taylor
2. ClevelandRox
3. gonecountry
4. Darkest Hour
5. 🌺CountryLineDancer
6. gardyfan
7. castleoblivion26
8. kw9461
9. HeyHeyHey
10. jtd Thee Stallion
11. bboat11
12. fearlessarrow
13. tim
14. .indulgecountry

[taylor]

16. Call Me Country


Total: 176
Average: 12.57
Std. Dev.: 2.82 (2nd lowest)

jtd Thee Stallion - 7
gardyfan - 8
castleoblivion26 - 10
kw9461 - 11
bboat11 - 11
tim - 11
ClevelandRox - 13
🌺CountryLineDancer - 14
.indulgecountry - 14
taylor - 15
Darkest Hour - 15
HeyHeyHey - 15
gonecountry - 16
fearlessarrow - 16

[taylor]

I’m not gonna bother with too much commentary, if only to just get these damn reveals out of the way, because they’re LONG overdue lol. As you can see, I’ve also streamlined the reveals such that the extra frilly stuff like lyric selections have been omitted, which is again another move to get this rankdown off my plate.

Now, this does happen to be involved in the first of TWO ties in a quite competitive bloodbath of a rankdown! For both ties, I went with highest top-placed ranking as the deciding factor.

[taylor]

15. Oughta Know That


Total: 176
Average: 12.57
Std. Dev.: 3.70

taylor - 6
ClevelandRox - 6
castleoblivion26 - 7
Darkest Hour - 11
jtd Thee Stallion - 11
tim - 12
gonecountry - 14
fearlessarrow - 14
bboat11 - 15
🌺CountryLineDancer - 16
gardyfan - 16
kw9461 - 16
HeyHeyHey - 16
.indulgecountry - 16

[taylor]

Dec 13, 2022 17:38:15 GMT -5 taylor said:

I’m not gonna bother with too much commentary, if only to just get these damn reveals out of the way, because they’re LONG overdue lol. As you can see, I’ve also streamlined the reveals such that the extra frilly stuff like lyric selections have been omitted, which is again another move to get this rankdown off my plate.

Now, this does happen to be involved in the first of TWO ties in a quite competitive bloodbath of a rankdown! For both ties, I went with highest top-placed ranking as the deciding factor.

So for example, despite a whopping five last place rankings, it was the two #6 rankings that won “Oughta Know That” the victory of this first tie, as “Call Me Country” had a #7 as its highest top ranking.

[taylor]

14. Bar Downtown


Total: 149
Average: 10.64
Std. Dev.: 4.05

taylor - 5
🌺CountryLineDancer - 5
gardyfan - 5
HeyHeyHey - 5
jtd Thee Stallion - 9
bboat11 - 10
gonecountry - 12
castleoblivion26 - 12
fearlessarrow - 12
.indulgecountry - 13
kw9461 - 14
tim - 15
ClevelandRox - 16
Darkest Hour - 16

[taylor]

13. Beer Light


Total: 148
Average: 10.57
Std. Dev.: 4.19

kw9461 - 3
bboat11 - 3
🌺CountryLineDancer - 8
tim - 8
Darkest Hour - 9
gardyfan - 9
gonecountry - 10
fearlessarrow - 10
.indulgecountry - 12
HeyHeyHey - 14
ClevelandRox - 15
jtd Thee Stallion - 15
taylor - 16
castleoblivion26 - 16

[taylor]

12. Starlight


Total: 146
Average: 10.43
Std. Dev.: 4.29 (3rd highest)

ClevelandRox - 1
Darkest Hour - 5
tim - 6
castleoblivion26 - 8
HeyHeyHey - 9
taylor - 10
🌺CountryLineDancer - 10
gonecountry - 11
fearlessarrow - 11
kw9461 - 13
gardyfan - 15
.indulgecountry - 15
jtd Thee Stallion - 16
bboat11 - 16

[taylor]

11. Tied One On


Total: 145
Average: 10.36
Std. Dev.: 3.73

Darkest Hour - 4
bboat11 - 5
taylor - 7
fearlessarrow - 7
tim - 7
.indulgecountry - 8
ClevelandRox - 12
gardyfan - 12
HeyHeyHey - 12
jtd Thee Stallion - 13
🌺CountryLineDancer - 15
castleoblivion26 - 15
kw9461 - 15

[taylor]

10. Just Like Old Times


Total: 138
Average: 9.86
Std. Dev.: 3.81

.indulgecountry - 4
ClevelandRox - 5
gonecountry - 5
jtd Thee Stallion - 6
bboat11 - 7
taylor - 9
Darkest Hour - 10
HeyHeyHey - 10
kw9461 - 12
🌺CountryLineDancer - 13
gardyfan - 13
castleoblivion26 - 13
fearlessarrow - 15
tim - 16

[taylor]

9. Old Hat


Total: 121
Average: 8.64
Std. Dev.: 3.90

jtd Thee Stallion - 1
gonecountry - 3
🌺CountryLineDancer - 6
castleoblivion26 - 6
HeyHeyHey - 6
kw9461 - 7
fearlessarrow - 8
.indulgecountry - 9
ClevelandRox - 11
gardyfan - 11
bboat11 - 12
taylor - 13
Darkest Hour - 14
tim - 14

[taylor]

8. Buy That Man A Beer


Total: 120
Average: 8.57
Std. Dev.: 4.76 (Highest)

gardyfan - 1
jtd Thee Stallion - 2
🌺CountryLineDancer - 4
castleoblivion26 - 4
HeyHeyHey - 4
.indulgecountry - 7
bboat11 - 8
kw9461 - 9
Darkest Hour - 12
fearlessarrow - 13
tim - 13
taylor - 14
ClevelandRox - 14
gonecountry - 15

[taylor]

Well, hey, we made it almost to the Top 5 at least! 

gardyfan will be cancelling the rankdown in 3…2…1…

[gonecountry]

Dec 13, 2022 18:21:49 GMT -5 taylor said:

9. Old Hat


Total: 121
Average: 8.64
Std. Dev.: 3.90

jtd Thee Stallion - 1
gonecountry - 3
🌺CountryLineDancer - 6
castleoblivion26 - 6
HeyHeyHey - 6
kw9461 - 7
fearlessarrow - 8
.indulgecountry - 9
ClevelandRox - 11
gardyfan - 11
bboat11 - 12
taylor - 13
Darkest Hour - 14
tim - 14

Wait, what?!? This is too dang low. Love this. Was my #3 overall played song of the year on Spotify this past year - right behind Last Night Lonely

[gardyfan]

Sept 25, 2022 20:21:34 GMT -5 taylor said:

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5. At what point will gardyfan cancel the rankdown? 

Right now

[taylor]

7. Love Her Like She’s Leaving


Total: 105
Average: 7.5
Std. Dev.: 3.33

Darkest Hour - 2
bboat11 - 2
ClevelandRox - 4
kw9461 - 5
.indulgecountry - 5
gonecountry - 7
taylor - 8
castleoblivion26 - 9
fearlessarrow - 9
tim - 9
gardyfan - 10
jtd Thee Stallion - 10
🌺CountryLineDancer - 12
HeyHeyHey - 13

[taylor]

6. Don’t Blame It On Whiskey (ft. Lauren Alaina)


Total: 105
Average: 7.5
Std. Dev.: 4.34 (2nd highest)

Darkest Hour - 1
.indulgecountry - 1
castleoblivion26 - 2
taylor - 4
fearlessarrow - 5
ClevelandRox - 7
🌺CountryLineDancer - 7
HeyHeyHey - 8
gonecountry - 9
kw9461 - 10
tim - 10
bboat11 - 13
gardyfan - 14
jtd Thee Stallion - 14

[taylor]

So again, highest ranking was the winning factor, which worked out in this song’s favor, due to the two #1s from Darkest Hour and .indulgecountry. And what a lovely song this one is. Glad it won the tie, but I certainly wish it had entered the Top 5!

[taylor]

5. Me and Jack


Total: 101
Average: 7.21
Std. Dev.: 3.03 (3rd lowest)

Darkest Hour - 3
gardyfan - 4
jtd Thee Stallion - 4
fearlessarrow - 4
tim - 4
bboat11 - 6
.indulgecountry - 6
gonecountry - 8
kw9461 - 8
ClevelandRox - 10
taylor - 11
🌺CountryLineDancer - 11
castleoblivion26 - 11
HeyHeyHey - 11

[taylor]

Now here’s a song I certainly underranked. I forgot how much of a jam this one is, especially during that long outro.

[taylor]

4. Nobody Leaves a Girl Like That


Total: 93
Average: 6.64
Std. Dev.: 3.98

taylor - 2
gonecountry - 2
fearlessarrow - 3
.indulgecountry - 3
kw9461 - 4
bboat11 - 4
tim - 5
gardyfan - 6
HeyHeyHey - 7
ClevelandRox - 9
🌺CountryLineDancer - 9
jtd Thee Stallion - 12
Darkest Hour - 13
castleoblivion26 - 14

[taylor]

Now THIS song should’ve unequivocally been a single!!! I don’t know what on earth possessed Jon’s label to keep this relegated to album track status. This would’ve easily been a lock for multiple weeks at #1 on country radio. Huge missed opportunity.

[taylor]

3. Tequila Little Time


Total: 79
Average: 5.64
Std. Dev.: 4.03

🌺CountryLineDancer - 1
HeyHeyHey - 1
fearlessarrow - 1
ClevelandRox - 3
jtd Thee Stallion - 3
tim - 3
castleoblivion26 - 5
gonecountry - 6
Darkest Hour - 6
kw9461 - 6
gardyfan - 7
.indulgecountry - 11
taylor - 12
bboat11 - 14