Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Nov 29, 2022 8:43:09 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Nov 29, 2022 8:59:42 GMT -5
Title track is understandably the first single out, costing the #1 from gonecountry and zack97 , while .indulgecountry can sigh a relief that his #11 is finally gone. Lyrically it shows his swagger well, with some daredevil imagery such as walking glass barefooted and strolling across hot coal, courtesy of Ray Wylie Hubbard's outlaw persona, or you may remember the numerous "boo" chants between every part of the song, or the drums which sound very similar to Rolling Stones' Sympathy For The Devil. In the music video, EC got busted by agents whose uniforms read EMI which is the name of his record label while sending out the album, mirroring the release strategy of the previous album. PS. Ray Wylie Hubbard reworked this song with The Band Of Heathens in his recently released album Co-starring Too.
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Nov 29, 2022 9:08:07 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Nov 29, 2022 9:21:31 GMT -5
With absolutely no surprises, Some Of It is the champion of Desperate Man album rankdown with 20 points lead over Monsters, which took the second place. Monsters is the slightly stronger song for me because I like the words more (melted like butter, minefield of bad decisions). It's heartwarming to see his sons and him leaning towards different figures for peace. I really wish this song would have got a music video because the thematic arc ending on Some Of It feels under explored especially when the ending is supposed to be a teaser. I feel Some Of It to be a safe hit song from him. The lyrics about what one has learnt are a bit checklisty, but what saves it is the flowing guitar playing that really eases up the mood. I also think his acting in the music video is solid. Congratulations to gonecountry and zack97 for getting a perfect ranking for Monsters, tim, someguy and George Strait Junkie for a perfect #1, and 🌺CountryLineDancer, HeyHeyHey, austin and castleoblivion26 for the perfect top 2.
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Nov 29, 2022 9:26:00 GMT -5
And that's the end of Eric Church's album rankdown series this year. We will rank Heart & Soul and some extras before the grand final album tracks rankdown next year. See you then!
|
|
🌺CountryLineDancer
4x Platinum Member
Biggest Canadian Country Music Fan on Pulse
Joined: May 2020
Posts: 4,090
Pronouns: he/him
|
Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Nov 29, 2022 13:11:24 GMT -5
Great top 3. Eric Church's single choices are usually hit or miss for me, but this album was the only era when I liked all the three singles. Also glad to see Hippie Radio making it to the top 5, as it was the obvious standout of all the album tracks for me. Thanks for hosting!!
|
|
gonecountry
3x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2014
Posts: 3,429
|
Post by gonecountry on Nov 29, 2022 13:37:44 GMT -5
Thanks Darkest Hour for a great rankdown! Not surprising to see top 3, pleased to see Monsters make #2.
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Apr 16, 2023 2:44:56 GMT -5
Heart & Soul (2021)Heart On Fire Heart Of The Night Russian Roulette People Break Stick That In Your Country Song Never Break Heart Crazyland Bunch Of Nothing Love Shine Down Through My Ray-Bans Doing Life With Me Do Side Kiss Her Goodbye Mad Man Lone Wolf Rock & Roll Found Me Look Good And You Know It Bright Side Girl Break It Kind Of Guy Hell Of A View Where I Wanna Be Jenny Bad Mother Trucker Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones The news of a potential new album was first teased in a photo with the caption "Mountains of North Carolina | January 2020 | Coming Soon" posted in February 2020. Of course we all knew what happened in March 2020, but eventually the lead single, Stick That in Your Country Song, was released in June 2020. Droplets of singles with three types of background colors were released almost every month afterwards. And finally, someone (me) found the triple album news in his website page by "hacking it" (changing the url of existing Outsider Radio tapescript pages) in January 2021, and the albums were finally released in April over a span of a week. They are Heart (released on April 16th, 2021), & (released exclusively as a vinyl record to members of his fan club on April 20th, 2021, then released as digital on August 19th, 2022) and Soul (released on April 23th, 2021). He said each song were written in a day during a 28 day trip to North Carolina mountains, and decided to make this a triple album because he thought every song deserved to be on the record. Despite the messy rollout (if it was released now it will be a 24-song long album), Heart managed to debut at #5 on Billboard 200 with 40k pure sales and 49k SPS. Soul debuted at #4 on Billboard 200 with 41k pure sales and 53k SPS. & debutted at #83 on Billboard 200 with 11k sales based on vinyls purchase only, and re-entered at #166 on Billboard 200 after the wide release. There are four singles from these albums. Stick That in Your Country Song earned him the highest debut in Country Airplay chart at #22, though it was also the peak. Hell Of A View peaked at #1 on Country Airplay and #28 on Hot 100, good enough to make in Hot 100 year-end at #91. Heart On Fire is one of his three songs that charted on Hot 100 for the longest time (22 weeks) and just missed year-end according to predictions. Doing Life With Me is his third worst performing radio single so far as it peaked at #34 on Country Airplay chart. The certifications for tracks include: Stick That In Your Country Song - Gold Hell Of A View - Platinum Heart On Fire - Gold Unfortunately, these albums received lukewarm responses from the award shows. No ACM Awards were nominated. Only Stick That in Your Country Song is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance in Grammy Awards. It fared slightly better in CMA Awards, as Heart was nominated for Album of the Year, and Hell Of A View was nominated for Single and Song of the Year. Instead of doing three rankdowns for these three albums, I decided to do one grand rankdown because most media and critics treat this as a unit anyway. Instructions: 1) Rank the songs from #1 (most favorite) to #24 (least favorite). 2) Send your list to me via PM on or before May 28thJune 11th. Participants 1. Darkest Hour 2. tim 3. gardyfan 4. zack97 5. someguy 6. 🌺CountryLineDancer 7. .indulgecountry 8. HeyHeyHey 9. castleoblivion26 10. zaclord 🌈 11. bboat1112. gonecountryTags 312999 Adrian C. 🍓 austin BB🌕 bboat11 bigfan101 George Strait Junkie kamala 2024 truther castleoblivion26 ccarter1023 cedric Cody Wants Out... HeyHeyHey ClevelandRox g8erboi tim LBTrocks 🌺CountryLineDancer Crimsonio ethanhunt Fancy fearlessarrow gardyfan hydraflare Sambalada CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry jamesflame James Leo ✔ born Kanenrá:ke The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 lady𝓐fan Mylo13 💜 netti RobbyFlorida schnetzka someguy zaclord 🌈 SwiftlySheeran Au$tin toomuchboy twigs zack97 @trilogy
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Apr 30, 2023 2:09:24 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 7, 2023 1:51:11 GMT -5
|
|
🌺CountryLineDancer
4x Platinum Member
Biggest Canadian Country Music Fan on Pulse
Joined: May 2020
Posts: 4,090
Pronouns: he/him
|
Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on May 7, 2023 3:27:18 GMT -5
^Not me being excluded from the tag list after participating in all the games on this thread, while bigfan101 is still getting notifications on Eric-Church-related posts ... Anyways, please tag me in the reminders, as I will try to do this one.
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 7, 2023 23:54:36 GMT -5
^Not me being excluded from the tag list after participating in all the games on this thread, while bigfan101 is still getting notifications on Eric-Church-related posts ... Anyways, please tag me in the reminders, as I will try to do this one. I do it so as to troll him Anyway you are added to the reminders (I should've just copied the initial tags tbh)
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 14, 2023 3:10:51 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 21, 2023 23:54:34 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 23, 2023 7:47:31 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 25, 2023 8:48:37 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 26, 2023 6:26:19 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 27, 2023 6:46:58 GMT -5
Need more lists, so I will extend for two weeks. 2 weeks and a day left to submit.
|
|
gonecountry
3x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2014
Posts: 3,429
|
Post by gonecountry on May 27, 2023 17:59:32 GMT -5
I'm working on it. Should have it in shortly.
|
|
.indulgecountry
Diamond Member
Best Country Poster 2011, 2017, & 2018
"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
|
Post by .indulgecountry on May 27, 2023 18:33:32 GMT -5
I'll be submitting soon!
|
|
bboat11
Moderator
Pulse's Resident Martina McBride Expert
Joined: February 2013
Posts: 27,412
My Reviews
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Staff
|
Post by bboat11 on May 28, 2023 5:08:42 GMT -5
Oh good, I may still do this this weekend, but the extension will still be helpful :)
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on May 30, 2023 23:47:14 GMT -5
|
|
HeyHeyHey
3x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2010
Posts: 3,757
|
Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 1, 2023 15:24:00 GMT -5
I’ll listen to this tonight!
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 4, 2023 1:27:35 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 4, 2023 23:53:42 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 6, 2023 7:32:25 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 8, 2023 0:25:03 GMT -5
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 9, 2023 7:33:35 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by castleoblivion26 on Jun 9, 2023 16:01:42 GMT -5
Gonna try and complete this tonight while traveling.
|
|
Darkest Hour
Diamond Member
album listener
Joined: January 2017
Posts: 15,651
|
Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 10, 2023 2:29:51 GMT -5
Less than 2 days left to submit.
|
|