.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 29, 2021 22:18:32 GMT -5
She could've kept this one. Very boring cover of "Amazing Grace" imo.
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taylor
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Post by taylor on May 29, 2021 22:20:10 GMT -5
I'm gonna go ahead and call it a night. Come back around tomorrow for the next set of reveals!
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Post by Sugar Rush on May 29, 2021 22:41:03 GMT -5
How did The Old Rugged Cross place so low?!?!?
I want a recount!!!
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on May 30, 2021 8:51:33 GMT -5
Pretty happy with the reveals so far. I knew “O How I Love Jesus” was going to get tanked by some, so I’m honestly happy to see it make it as far as it did. On an album where Carrie stayed pretty true to original arrangements for these hymns, OHILJ has one of the most unique arrangements which makes it more contemporary sounding than a lot of the other hymns on the album, which is why I’ve been drawn to it!
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Post by bigd79 on May 30, 2021 19:07:12 GMT -5
Sad that just as i am is gone already but happy that the old rugged cross is also gone, so i’ll just call that a wash.
And whoever said softly & tenderly shouldn’t still be standing...shame on you! Sounds like you need to rewatch her 2017 CMA performace again to remind you how amazing and powerful that song is
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Post by bigd79 on Jun 6, 2021 11:13:07 GMT -5
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taylor
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 8:50:07 GMT -5
Okay; so I wound up falling asleep last night and not revealing the rest of this album like I said in the Jon Pardi album RD thread that I would Like I said in that thread, the past couple weeks have been insanity! I think things are finally starting to calm down though, so I'm going to go ahead and finish this rankdown! Yes, right now. No, I don't care if I'm talking to a wall! ;)
First off, a recap since there's been so long since the last set of reveals: 8. Amazing Grace (120) 9. O How I Love Jesus (124) 10. The Old Rugged Cross (125) 11. Just As I Am (135) 12. Blessed Assurance (143) 13. Jesus Loves Me (Instrumental) (184)
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taylor
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 8:57:32 GMT -5
All to Jesus I surrender Make me, Savior, wholly Thine Let me feel Thy Holy Spirit Truly knowing that Thou art mine
I surrender all I surrender all All to Thee My blessed Savior I surrender all
All to Jesus I surrender Now I feel the sacred flame Oh the joy of full salvation
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:01:50 GMT -5
Leaving us next at #7 is the eleventh track on My Savior, "I Surrender All." This is another track that I feel just has a beautiful, calming production to it, and CU's vocal is just heavenly. This one moved me when first listening to the album. Did some of y'all hear the same song?! As a refresher, here is your Top 6!!Nothing But the Blood of Jesus Victory In Jesus Great Is Thy Faithfulness (ft. CeCe Winans) How Great Thou Art Because He Lives Softly & Tenderly
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taylor
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:07:37 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:13:46 GMT -5
I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from glory How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning Then I repented of my sins and won the victory, yeah
Oh, victory in Jesus, my Savior forever He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood He loved me 'ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood
I heard about His healing, of His cleansing power revealing How He made the lame to walk again and 'caused the blind to see And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, come and heal my broken spirit"
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:15:04 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:17:56 GMT -5
Just missing the Top 5 is "Victory In Jesus." This one is such a fun number; it's got a lot of lively feeling to it, and am I the only one that hears a tiny hint of "Coal Miner's Daughter" in Carrie's delivery of the verses here?
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taylor
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:26:44 GMT -5
From here on out, all songs' point totals are double digits only!!! It was an extremely competitive #3-#5, while the #1 song annihilated the runner-up! Which in turn was over ten points ahead of the #3 song. Hang on to your church pews, folks!!!! The grand finale is upon us!!
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:31:15 GMT -5
God sent His son, they called Him Jesus He came to love, heal and forgive He lived and died to buy my pardon An empty grave is there to prove my savior lives
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow Because He lives, all fear is gone Because I know He holds the future And life is worth the living, just because He lives
How sweet to hold a newborn baby And feel the pride and joy He gives But greater still the calm assurance
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:36:05 GMT -5
Kicking off our Top 5 is "Because He Lives," one of the absolute best tracks on My Savior! This would honestly do great on Christian radio if you ask me! It's got such a great melody and a phenomenal hook that has the ability to easily get stuck in your head without you even realizing it! This is a track that received a lot of support, with over half of us placing this in our Top 5, and only one person placing this in their bottom 3. Sorry to .indulgecountry for losing his #1, but he must feel pretty content knowing this at least made it to the Top 5, and was far ahead of "Victory In Jesus" as well! That seems like a pretty significant achievement to me! ;)
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:46:42 GMT -5
Why should we tarry When Jesus is pleading Pleading for you and for me Why should we linger and heed not His mercies Mercies for you and for me
Come home Come home Ye who are weary Come home Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling Calling "Oh sinner, come home"
Oh for the wonderful love he has promised Promised for you and for me Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 9:52:29 GMT -5
At #4 is "Softly & Tenderly," yet another incredible song. I may have only placed this at #8, but that's just because there are so many equally great songs on this album! This song has long been a favorite of mine, one that never fails to comfort me when I've lost someone important to me. I'm also so grateful she performed this song on this album in the same way that she last performed it live. I'll never forget Carrie's performance of this at the 51st CMA Awards on November 8, 2017. That has got to be one of the best performances in the show's history, and certainly among the greatest of CU's career. I had just lost my aunt less than three months prior, so it goes without saying that this performance was quite a salve for me. Not only that, but the Las Vegas mass shooting, the worst such in United States history, had also happened just a month prior.
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 10:02:31 GMT -5
What can wash away my sin Nothing but the blood of Jesus What can make me whole again Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Oh! Precious is the flow That makes me white as snow No other fount I know Nothing but the blood of Jesus Oooh, oooh
For my cleansing, this I see Nothing but the blood of Jesus For my pardon this my plea
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 10:05:50 GMT -5
Taking home the bronze is "Nothing But the Blood of Jesus," which features guest vocals in the background by Bear Rinehart of NEEDTOBREATHE, the band with whom Carrie is featured on their new incredible song "I Wanna Remember." I feel like I might have underranked this one, as it's certainly been one I come back to a lot more often as of late! I'd probably bump it up closer to my Top 5 if we were just now launching this rankdown for submissions.
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 10:10:10 GMT -5
And then there were two!!!
Great Is Thy Faithfulness (ft. CeCe Winans) vs. How Great Thou Art
We've been seeing #1s go out in chunks since the Top 5 began, and there are still eight of them left between these two!!! Which will come out on top?! The answer is coming very soon!
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Post by bigd79 on Jun 12, 2021 10:25:14 GMT -5
There’s no way GITF beat out HGTA, esp considering where i ranked GITF
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taylor
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 10:26:33 GMT -5
And when I think of God, His Son not sparing Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing He bled and died to take away my sin
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee How great Thou art, how great Thou art Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration And then proclaim, "My God, how great Thou art!"1. How Great Thou ArtTrack 8Written by Carl Boberg & Stuart K. HineLength: 5:20Total: 47 Average: 2.93 Std. Dev.: 2.91 (3rd Lowest)taylor - 1 14887fan - 1 ccarter1023 - 1 castleoblivion26 - 1 carriefan15 - 1 Sugar Rush - 1 bboat11 - 1zaclord 🌈 - 2tim - 2dgarcia3377 - 2someguy - 2toomuchboy - 3.indulgecountry - 4bigd79 - 5jamatthews83 - 10Troublemaker - 10 Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father There is no shadow of turning with Thee Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be
Great is Thy faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Thy hand hath provided Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest Sun, moon and stars in their courses above Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.2. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (ft. CeCe Winans)Track 6 Written by Thomas Chisholm & William M. Runyan Length: 4:21 Total: 78 Average: 4.87 Std. Dev.: 3.33 (3rd Highest)dgarcia3377 - 1 castleoblivion26 - 2 Sugar Rush - 2 Troublemaker - 2 .indulgecountry - 214887fan - 3 ccarter1023 - 3 tim - 3 jamatthews83 - 4 bboat11 - 5 zaclord 🌈 - 6 taylor - 7 someguy - 7 carriefan15 - 7 bigd79 - 11 toomuchboy - 13
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 10:30:43 GMT -5
18. "How Great Thou Art" - Carrie Underwood
That is MUCH better.
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Post by Troublemaker on Jun 12, 2021 10:31:18 GMT -5
This is how you make a flawless album. Thanks for hosting taylor. I still prefer the live version of HGTA (maybe because I’ve been listening to the live version for more than a decade).
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taylor
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Post by taylor on Jun 12, 2021 10:44:17 GMT -5
There you have it! "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" annihilated all other competition below it to make it to the runner-up position, where it was destined to stay after running into the impenetrable wall that is "How Great Thou Art," the very deserving winner of the My Savior rankdown! The post from bboat11 that I quoted was from the April 2021 rankdown of New Country Releases, where HGTA had finished at an abysmal #18 out of 25, which was lackluster even for a CU song--Christian song or not, I think it deserved much better in that rankdown...but I digress, because it finally got its revenge here, snatching the crown from the very onset of this rankdown, with literally only two people putting HGTA outside of their Top 5...and then those outlier ranks were still Top 10 ranks Carrie has long been known outside of the country industry for "Jesus, Take the Wheel," "Before He Cheats,"...and "How Great Thou Art," which she has consistently performed incredibly. From the Opry performance at the start of her tenure there, to the 2011 ACM Girls' Night Out performance that will still be remembered long after she's gone, to the incredible performance ( while 7-8 months PREGNANT!!!!!! ) at the 2019 Elvis Presley tribute special, to her My Savior era performances, she has stolen the show every single time she's performed this song, and she's gotten better at it every single time. For me, there is no other version of "How Great Thou Art," and I'm not just saying that. I've literally never known any other version of HGTA but Carrie's, and frankly I don't feel the need to because hers will always be the definitive version. Thanks for following along y'all! As soon as I finish the Jon Pardi and Shania Twain rankdowns that I'm super late on, the Carrie Underwood Extras will be up next from me. In the meantime, I'm sure bboat11 won't be wasting any time at all opening up the Carrie Underwood Album Tracks Rankdown, a rankdown that has been awaited for years now, and a rankdown that needs to happen before she begins the CU9 era. It's a race against time, lmao!!! Stay tuned for that, y'all! In the meantime, I leave you with Carrie's powerhouse, show-stopping, headline-hogging performance of songs from My Savior, from this past April's ACM Awards.
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Post by bigd79 on Jun 12, 2021 10:58:47 GMT -5
I gotta say i was very skeptical how much i would enjoy this album when Carrie announced it. Never really been into gospel music. Was not familiar with most of these songs. But, thats the power of Carrie! I like it way more than i thought i would. In fact, there’s only 2 or 3 songs i couldn’t really get into. Softly & Tenderly for me will always hold a special place in my heart since i was at route 91 during the shooting down in vegas(but for those that don’t know...i did not get shot). I had to sit in the tropicana in lockdown for about 5 hours that night as that was the closest hotel from the concert grounds as they were telling people to run there as quick as you could. It was crazy for sure. That said, her performance at the 2017 CMA’s made me the most emotional i’ve ever got seeing someone sing a song. Easily my #1. But...my personal top 8 are all songs that i very much enjoyed on the album and some were very tough to rank. The only ones that were easy for me to rank besides S&T were the couple at my bottom i couldn’t really get into.
I’m so glad she made this album, but i’m so looking forward to her return to the country airwaves. I hope we get the lead by CMA time.
Thank you, Taylor😊
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Post by jamatthews83 on Jun 12, 2021 11:50:33 GMT -5
Thanks for hosting.
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Post by carriefan15 on Jun 12, 2021 13:07:17 GMT -5
Thanks for hosting!! Always fun. Can’t wait for the Extras rankdown and of course the album tracks one too 🥳
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 12, 2021 14:52:44 GMT -5
Would've preferred "Faithfulness" winning, but her cover of HGTA is indeed very solid here. I much prefer this rendition to the one she did a decade or so ago.
Glad that "Because He Lives" cracked top 5, though it should've been ahead of that snooze known as "Softly and Tenderly" zzzzz....
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