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Post by tim on Apr 4, 2022 19:13:27 GMT -5
"This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)” was released in June 1992 as the first single from Marty Stuart's album This One's Gonna Hurt You and was a Top 10 hit for them in the summer of 1992. This was the second collaboration of both Travis and Marty after they first paired up for "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" which reached #2 on the country charts earlier that same year. Speaking of, any guesses to how far that song will make it into the rankdown?! Despite starting outside of the top 30, this became a steady contender in the middle of its run where it actually came within striking distance of the top 20. It received most of its support early on which included a handful of top 25 rankings including a top 15 from castleoblivion26 and a top 10 from gardyfan. It was in the last half, however, that three of its lowest rankings would come in which included a bottom 10 from toomuchboy followed closely by a near bottom 10 from bboat11. It was in that unfortunate moment this lost its footing where it eventually even left the top 25 altogether.
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Post by tim on Apr 4, 2022 19:15:49 GMT -5
Here are the Top 25!
Anymore Best of Intentions Between an Old Memory and Me Can I Trust You With My Heart Country Club Drift off to Dream Foolish Pride Help Me Hold On Helping Me Get Over You Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) I’m Gonna Be Somebody If I Lost You It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man Love of a Woman Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde More Than You’ll Ever Know Nothing Short of Dying Sometimes She Forgets Strong Enough to Be Your Man T-R-O-U-B-L-E Take It Easy Tell Me I Was Dreaming The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Where Corn Don’t Grow{Recap} 45. You Never Take Me Dancing 44. Ghost Town Nation 43. Smoke in a Bar 42. The Girl’s Gone Wild 41. Something Stronger Than Me
40. Worth Every Mile 39. Set in Stone 38. Start the Car 37. What Say You 36. Country Ain’t Country
35. Put Some Drive in Your Country 34. She’s Going Home With Me 33. No More Looking Over My Shoulder 32. Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best 31. Looking out for Number One
30. Still in Love with You 29. Pick Her Up 28. I See Me 27. Ten Feel Tall and Bulletproof 26. This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)
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Post by tim on Apr 4, 2022 19:18:34 GMT -5
I'm going to stop there for tonight and probably won't pick back up with the reveals until midweek. I will, however, post the first set of honorable mentions sometime later tonight or tomorrow morning. Until then, any guesses as to which five songs will miss the Top 20?!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 5, 2022 3:41:18 GMT -5
Dang, you've really been hauling! April Fool's completely derailed me as well, and I finally got a chance to catch up Overall this is going about as expected! I can't help but roll my eyes when Travis starts waxing poetic about the "good old days", hence my low ranking of a few of these songs. Like, "Smoke in a Bar", for example. Wtf kind of bass-ackwards glorification 😂 Like, I can totally understand the feeling of wanting to get back to simpler times, but literally nobody has ever been like "You know why life is so bad nowadays? We're not as likely to be killed by secondhand smoke anymore." I know progressive policies rub you the wrong way, but damn! That was also why I had to tank "Country Ain't Country", as the whole thing just came across as whining about progressive cultural progress rather than being genuinely concerned about the difficulties of modern farming (Like, of course the son goes off to college and becomes some big scary city slicker who is no longer in touch with his roots and tells his daddy to get with the times. That's what these liberal brainwash machine institutions are doing to your children!) I did like "Set In Stone" from his new album, as it has a fairly catchy melody and was actually about something other than the way things used to be! I started to dislike "Start the Car", but as soon as the chorus started I was hooked! I am not surprised to see it be polarizing. I was ready to put it straight to the bottom when it was first starting, but that chorus gave it like a 30-position boost on my list! This top 25 is pretty much as I expected! The competition's going to start getting pretty stiff here soon, but I think "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" is going to be on the chopping block, as well as probably "The Whiskey Ain't Working". (All these Marty Stuart features would probably do WAY better in a Marty Stuart rd than they are in Travis', lmao.)
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Post by toomuchboy on Apr 5, 2022 14:39:32 GMT -5
Nothing I'm much attached to has went so far. That'll probably change very fast though, since most of what's left is strong.
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Post by kw9461 on Apr 5, 2022 15:14:58 GMT -5
Overall this is going about as expected! I can't help but roll my eyes when Travis starts waxing poetic about the "good old days", hence my low ranking of a few of these songs. Like, "Smoke in a Bar", for example. Wtf kind of bass-ackwards glorification 😂 Like, I can totally understand the feeling of wanting to get back to simpler times, but literally nobody has ever been like "You know why life is so bad nowadays? We're not as likely to be killed by secondhand smoke anymore." I know progressive policies rub you the wrong way, but damn! That was also why I had to tank "Country Ain't Country", as the whole thing just came across as whining about progressive cultural progress rather than being genuinely concerned about the difficulties of modern farming (Like, of course the son goes off to college and becomes some big scary city slicker who is no longer in touch with his roots and tells his daddy to get with the times. That's what these liberal brainwash machine institutions are doing to your children!) Not sure that's a fair read on "Country Ain't Country" given that the song is nearly 20 years old. I've always loved the song, but my attachment to it came before I knew my own political ideology, let alone Travis'. There's definitely a trope to the lyrics, but I've always interpreted it as lamenting the loss of simplicity to country life, something I certainly felt in my own life growing up in the country. That type of thing just didn't feel political back then - at least not to me. You're spot on about "Smoke In A Bar" though, what an absurd thing to long for, and an overall trash song.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 5, 2022 15:21:17 GMT -5
Overall this is going about as expected! I can't help but roll my eyes when Travis starts waxing poetic about the "good old days", hence my low ranking of a few of these songs. Like, "Smoke in a Bar", for example. Wtf kind of bass-ackwards glorification 😂 Like, I can totally understand the feeling of wanting to get back to simpler times, but literally nobody has ever been like "You know why life is so bad nowadays? We're not as likely to be killed by secondhand smoke anymore." I know progressive policies rub you the wrong way, but damn! That was also why I had to tank "Country Ain't Country", as the whole thing just came across as whining about progressive cultural progress rather than being genuinely concerned about the difficulties of modern farming (Like, of course the son goes off to college and becomes some big scary city slicker who is no longer in touch with his roots and tells his daddy to get with the times. That's what these liberal brainwash machine institutions are doing to your children!) Not sure that's a fair read on "Country Ain't Country" given that the song is nearly 20 years old. I've always loved the song, but my attachment to it came before I knew my own political ideology, let alone Travis'. There's definitely a trope to the lyrics, but I've always interpreted it as lamenting the loss of simplicity to country life, something I certainly felt in my own life growing up in the country. That type of thing just didn't feel political back then - at least not to me. You're spot on about "Smoke In A Bar" though, what an absurd thing to long for, and an overall trash song. Yeah you're right overall, I was being a tad dramatic, and definitely viewing it in a modern lens. I do feel like "Country Ain't Country" veers into lamenting the loss of stereotypes more than I would prefer though. Like, "they're building houses, damn it now we can't hunt deer anymore!" 😂 I can't help but compare it to something like "Where Corn Don't Grow", which is a similar song thematically but also feels like it could be real, and not just a laundry list of complaints.
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Post by tim on Apr 6, 2022 10:11:00 GMT -5
- Honorable Mentions - Featured below are songs that did not make the rankdown which were released over the years going back 1993's "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia". This was released as a sequel to the original song, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", which featured master violinist Mark O'Connor as well as Charlie Daniels on fiddle, with Johnny Cash as the narrator, Marty Stuart as Johnny, and Travis Tritt as the devil. Those of us that grew up with CMT back in the '90s likely remember seeing this video on the channel back then.
I'll be highlighting a few additional songs at a later time once we start to make our way into the top 20.
"The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" feat. Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart
"Southern Boy" with The Charlie Daniels Band
"Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" Tribute to Waylon Jennings
"Outlaws & Outsiders" feat. Ivan Moody and Mick Mars
"Move It On Over" w/ George Thorogood from The King of the Hill
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:31:01 GMT -5
Getting pass the love we lost That's a lonely bridge to cross So I did what I had to do I had to find somebody new Who's helping me get over you 25. "Helping Me Get Over You” w/ Lari White Released: July 1997 Album: The Restless Kind Peak Chart Position: #18 Total: 248 Average: 24.80 Std Dev: 11.47 (10th Highest) {Songs Remaining} Anymore Best of Intentions Between an Old Memory and Me Can I Trust You With My Heart Country Club Drift off to Dream Foolish Pride Help Me Hold On Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) I’m Gonna Be Somebody If I Lost You It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man Love of a Woman Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde More Than You’ll Ever Know Nothing Short of Dying Sometimes She Forgets Strong Enough to Be Your Man T-R-O-U-B-L-E Take It Easy Tell Me I Was Dreaming The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Where Corn Don’t Grow
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 7, 2022 21:32:43 GMT -5
RIP to Lari White! This was a nice discovery.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:37:17 GMT -5
"Helping Me Get Over You" was released in July 1997 as the fourth single from Tritt's album The Restless Kind and was a Top 20 hit later that summer. Co-written by and sung with the late Lari White, this would be her final Top 20 hit on the country charts. While this was an early top 20 contender here as well, it would mostly hover in and around the top 25 as it couldn't quite shake off a lone bottom 5 ranking from gardyfan nor an additional bottom 10. That said, this did receive a bit of support up top with both .indulgecountry and someguy placing this in their top 15 as well as a top 10 ranking from castleoblivion26.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:39:21 GMT -5
RIP to Lari White! This was a nice discovery. I'm not too surprised that this might've been a discovery for some of you as it was only a minor top 20 hit that year. I can't speak for everyone, but I think those of us that grew up with country radio and CMT in the '90s very likely remember this song quite well.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 7, 2022 21:41:20 GMT -5
RIP to Lari White! This was a nice discovery. I'm not too surprised that this might've been a discovery for some of you as it was only a minor top 20 hit that year. I can't speak for everyone, but I think those of us that grew up with country radio and CMT in the '90s very likely remember this song quite well. Yeah it looks like I had just turned 4 when it was released to radio, lmao.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:45:37 GMT -5
Up next is our third tie of the rankdown with the tie-breaker going to the song with a top 2 ranking.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:46:00 GMT -5
Don't let yourself imagine it's a lie I'm not the kind to turn and say goodbye And though you test my soul And make yourself so hard to hold 24. "Strong Enough to Be Your Man” Released: July 2002 Album: Strong Enough Peak Chart Position: #13 Total: 244 (Tied) Average: 24.40 Std Dev: 9.47 {Songs Remaining} Anymore Best of Intentions Between an Old Memory and Me Can I Trust You With My Heart Country Club Drift off to Dream Foolish Pride Help Me Hold On Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) I’m Gonna Be Somebody If I Lost You It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man Love of a Woman Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde More Than You’ll Ever Know Nothing Short of Dying Sometimes She Forgets T-R-O-U-B-L-E Take It Easy Tell Me I Was Dreaming The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Where Corn Don’t Grow
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:49:40 GMT -5
"Strong Enough to Be Your Man" was released in July 2002 as the first single from the album Strong Enough and was a Top 15 hit later that summer. This was a solid top 30 contender for its entire run and even managed to get just a spot shy of the top 20 towards the end. In fact, all but two participants placed this outside of their top 30 altogether with both castleoblivion26 and .indulgecountry lumping this into their bottom 10. This is one hit that bboat11 surely remembers quite well lol as he was the lone participant to put this in their top 10 with Cody Wants Out... following on the heels of that with a top 15.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:51:07 GMT -5
With "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" exiting, that means that the album Strong Enough bows out as well as its previous single, "Country Ain't Country', was the final song to leave inside the bottom 10.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:52:39 GMT -5
Album Spotlight: Strong Enough Released: September 24, 2002 Label: Columbia Nashville Producer: Billy Joe Walker, Jr. and Travis Tritt Country Albums Chart: #4 Certification: None Singles/Rankdown Placement: Strong Enough to Be Your Man (#24) Country Ain’t Country (#36) - Tracklist - 1. You Can't Count Me Out Yet 2. Can't Tell Me Nothin' 3. Strong Enough to Be Your Man 4. Country Ain't Country 5. If You're Going to Straighten Up (Brother Now's the Time) 6. Doesn't Anyone Hurt Anymore 7. You Really Wouldn't Want Me That Way 8. I Don't Ever Want Her to Feel That Way Again 9. Time to Get Crazy 10. Now I've Seen It All 11. God Must Be a Woman 12. I Can't Seem to Get over You
- Highlighted Album Tracks -
”Can’t Tell Me Nothin’“
”God Must Be a Woman“
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 7, 2022 21:53:34 GMT -5
"Strong Enough to Be Your Man" was released in July 2002 as the first single from the album Strong Enough and was a Top 15 hit later that summer. This was a solid top 30 contender for its entire run and even managed to get just a spot shy of the top 20 towards the end. In fact, all but two participants placed this outside of their top 30 altogether with both castleoblivion26 and .indulgecountry lumping this into their bottom 10. This is one hit that bboat11 surely remembers quite well lol as he was the lone participant to put this in their top 10 with Cody Wants Out... following on the heels of that with a top 15. Lmao nope, this was one of my best discoveries :'( The only thing that existed from Travis during this period of time was "It's A Great Day To Be Alive" 😂 I had no idea that he still had a few top 20 hits in the years that followed!!
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 21:56:08 GMT -5
Of the highlighted tracks above, some of you are likely already familiar with the song "Can't Tell Me Nothin'" as Tim McGraw recorded the song for his 2004 album Live Like You Were Dying. While I enjoy Tim's version well enough, I've always been partial to Tritt's as his voice gives the song an extra layer of grit that Tim's voice can't quite muster.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:00:53 GMT -5
Won't you tell me if you can 'Cause life's so hard to understand Why's the rich man busy dancing While the poor man pays the band Oh, they're billing me for killing me Lord, have mercy on the working man 23. "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man” Released: August 1992 Album: T-R-O-U-B-L-E Peak Chart Position: #5 Total: 244 (Tied) Average: 24.40 Std Dev: 13.57 (3rd Highest) {Songs Remaining} Anymore Best of Intentions Between an Old Memory and Me Can I Trust You With My Heart Country Club Drift off to Dream Foolish Pride Help Me Hold On Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) I’m Gonna Be Somebody If I Lost You It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Love of a Woman Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde More Than You’ll Ever Know Nothing Short of Dying Sometimes She Forgets T-R-O-U-B-L-E Take It Easy Tell Me I Was Dreaming The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Where Corn Don’t Grow
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:06:03 GMT -5
"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" was released in August 1992 as the first of five singles from his third studio album, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, and was his eighth Top 10 country hit. Also, Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker, Tanya Tucker and Porter Wagoner all sing background vocals on the final chorus. This had a bit of a rocky start thanks to an initial bottom 5 rankings from someguy which was only to followed up by a bottom 10 from Kanenrá:ke. It was granted a top 25 reprieve from myself upon which it would begin its decent into the top 30 where it would remain for the duration of the rankdown. As this was tied in points with the previous song, the tie-breaker ended up going to this as it received a top 2 ranking from gardyfan who unfortunately takes another hit to his top 5. While a handful of others also placed this in their top 25, it received an additional bottom 10 ranking from castleoblivion26 which in turn makes this our third most polarizing song of the rankdown.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:08:38 GMT -5
Believe it or not, I still hear "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" from time to time on a local radio station here in Austin and it always feels me with nostalgia. That said, looking back I've always felt like this was an odd single to lead off with into Tritt's next album era.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 7, 2022 22:08:46 GMT -5
"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" is one I am not really surprised to see leaving now. I actually feel like this one managed to celebrate the working class without getting overly political, which was nice to see from Travis. Other than the "Them politicians treat me like a mushroom" line being cheesy af 😂
But no, the reason why I ranked this one as low as I did is because the melody is just a little bit simplistic and predictable. It's a classic country sound, but imo the repetitiveness makes it a little less interesting than many of his other big hits. I enjoy this one when it comes on, but there has never been an instance where I have wanted to listen to it again immediately after listening to it once.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:11:43 GMT -5
I thought I'd be just fine without her I'd be happy a free man But the hurtin' side of lonesome Is what I didn't understand And the lessons that I'm learning Lord, I'm learning awful well 'Cause nights I used to spend in Heaven Have been replaced by nights of Hell 22. "Nothing Short of Dying” Released: February 1992 Album: It's All About to Change Peak Chart Position: #4 Total: 237 Average: 23.70 Std Dev: 7.70 {Songs Remaining} Anymore Best of Intentions Between an Old Memory and Me Can I Trust You With My Heart Country Club Drift off to Dream Foolish Pride Help Me Hold On Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) I’m Gonna Be Somebody If I Lost You It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Love of a Woman Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde More Than You’ll Ever Know Sometimes She Forgets T-R-O-U-B-L-E Take It Easy Tell Me I Was Dreaming The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Where Corn Don’t Grow
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 7, 2022 22:16:02 GMT -5
Hmm, I didn't have "Nothing Short Of Dying" pegged as missing the top 20. But I'm not too upset about it. Of his bigger ballad hits, this tends to be one of them that I forget about sometimes. I always enjoy it more while actually listening than I do when just thinking about it.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:16:12 GMT -5
"Nothing Short of Dying" was released in February 1992 as the fourth and final single from Tritt's album It's All About to Change and was his seventh Top 5 country hit. This remained a solid top 30 contender for its entire run where it even briefly flirted with the top 20 early on. Only myself and gardyfan left this outside of our top 30 while everyone else found room for this somewhere at or very near the top 25. Both Kanenrá:ke and .indulgecountry lose a top 20 while toomuchboy loses a top 10.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:17:26 GMT -5
Hmm, I didn't have "Nothing Short Of Dying" pegged as missing the top 20. But I'm not too upset about it. Of his bigger ballad hits, this tends to be one of them that I forget about sometimes. I always enjoy it more while actually listening than I do when just thinking about it. Same and that's the reason it ended up further down on my list. To be honest, I always end up forgetting how the song goes until I hear the first few notes and then and only then does it click lol.
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:20:25 GMT -5
And where would we be without the love of a woman Standing behind her man even when he's wrong The true, pure, undying love of a woman Makes a man a fool to think he can make it alone 21. "Love of a Woman” Released: June 2001 Album: Down the Road I Go Peak Chart Position: #2 Total: 236 Average: 23.60 Std Dev: 8.13 {Songs Remaining} Anymore Best of Intentions Between an Old Memory and Me Can I Trust You With My Heart Country Club Drift off to Dream Foolish Pride Help Me Hold On Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) I’m Gonna Be Somebody If I Lost You It’s a Great Day to Be Alive Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde More Than You’ll Ever Know Sometimes She Forgets T-R-O-U-B-L-E Take It Easy Tell Me I Was Dreaming The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ Where Corn Don’t Grow
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Post by tim on Apr 7, 2022 22:25:15 GMT -5
Missing the top 20 by just about five points, "Love of a Woman" exits next and is the first song to leave from Down the Road I Go. Released in June 2001 as the third single from that album, it would go onto become a Top 2 hit later that summer. This started off just a spot shy of a top 10 thanks to someguy where it would remain inside the top 20 for the duration of its run. That is up until the very end when it dipped back one spot as a near bottom 10 ranking came in from .indulgecountry. Other than that, the majority of the group all placed this at or very near to the their top 20.
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