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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 18, 2023 10:59:03 GMT -5
Well Soul just cannot stop losing songs at this point. Lynyrd Skynyrd Jones tells a story of a mixed race child born in a Lynyrd Skynyrd show, only for him to learn about his Black father at his mother's funeral. With sly references to Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, this feels more like a fan-service kind of song to me. I also wasn't the biggest fan of the melody. bboat11 got a perfect ranking.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 18, 2023 11:02:52 GMT -5
13. Stick That In Your Country SongTrack 5 from Heart written by Davis Naish and Jeffrey Steele Gimme one about the teacher who's Trying to change a life or two She'll be rocking out all night with you Tomorrow she'll back in a red brick school Where kids are climbing off the walls It's scary walking down the halls She's underpaid, she's overworked Come on man, shout one out to herTotal: 157 Average: 13.08333333 SD: 8.670308093 (highest) gonecountry 1 gardyfan 2 castleoblivion26 3 tim 5 HeyHeyHey 12 zack97 13 bboat11 13 someguy 18 🌺CountryLineDancer 20 Darkest Hour 22 zaclord 🌈 24 .indulgecountry 24 {Movements}13 11 8 11 11 17 14 13 15 14 13
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jun 18, 2023 11:06:17 GMT -5
I enjoy "Stick That In Your Country Song" and it is my first Top 10 loss. I'm not surprised to see it out here cause I know this one has a lot of detractors. Glad it wasn't any lower than 13 though
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 18, 2023 11:13:20 GMT -5
No complaint so far. I hope that the lead single would exit before the top 10 You got your wish. The lead single of this triple album is the first single out. In Stick That In Your Country Song, EC uses a hard rock production to urge country music to tell more of social issues and highlighting one of the less mentioned demographics - teachers. While some of the general public thought the album would be political in nature as a follow-up of the song message, it ultimately is not the case. Funny how the fact that this is used in the promotion videos of both ACM and CMA Awards. I think the hard rock production is at least better than those in The Outsiders album, but it is not one of the songs that I revisit much. zack97 and bboat11 got a perfect ranking. Condolences to gonecountry for losing the #1. Congratulations to zaclord 🌈 and .indulgecountry for losing the last place. Despite my thoughts towards the song, the CMA Awards performance is worth a watch if you haven't, which features Ragged Old Flag as intro. And with this song out, the two songs that Eric Church didn't co-write in the triple album are out in the rankdown.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 18, 2023 11:15:42 GMT -5
Top 12 Crazyland Doing Life With Me Heart Of The Night Heart On Fire Hell Of A View Lone Wolf Love Shine Down Never Break Heart People Break Rock & Roll Found Me Russian Roulette Through My Ray-Bans
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 18, 2023 11:50:25 GMT -5
I cannot believe Where I Wanna Be isn't in the first set of eliminated songs because this is not very good in general sense and is bottom-tier in his discography. The ending where EC and Co. chanting the "ah"s has to be the worst moment of the entire album, but it somehow got a #1 ranking? Condolences to .indulgecountry for losing your #1. I finally get rid of my last ranking. I'm just as confused it got a last place ranking. This is one of the best songs he's put out ever. ETA: Glad to see "Stick That in the Garbage" finally go out. Majorly overstayed. What a steaming pile. Re-listening to that again made me notice some of the lyrics are... kinda not too different from Jason Aldean's newest single in their angry 'big city bad' approach. 🤔
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jun 18, 2023 12:28:11 GMT -5
Still scratching my head that they somehow decided to release Stick That as the lead single, even though there are a bunch of stronger songs on the album(s). Sure, it does stand out among other songs on the radio and has an interesting writings, and EC team has the history of risk taking, so not surprised, but it is lacking melody and the chorus is just him screaming the title of the song. The only reason it escaped my bottom spot was because his performance of this song when I saw him live was more enjoyable than expected, given the expectation was low on the song.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 18, 2023 12:45:09 GMT -5
Still scratching my head that they somehow decided to release Stick That as the lead single, even though there are a bunch of stronger songs on the album(s). Sure, it does stand out among other songs on the radio and has an interesting writings, and EC team has the history of risk taking, so not surprised, but it is lacking melody and the chorus is just him screaming the title of the song. The only reason it escaped my bottom spot was because his performance of this song when I saw him live was more enjoyable than expected, given the expectation was low on the song. At this point after him doing it several times, it seems like he intentionally releases the most out-there choice for radio first because it's at least guaranteed to be a top 25/30 hit based off the pre-arranged hourly debut airplay alone, so even if it "flops" it at least gets some exposure. Then he follows it up with a song that's really palatable and radio-friendly and it flies up the chart. His strategy is a bit predictable at this point, lol.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 19, 2023 8:02:25 GMT -5
I cannot believe Where I Wanna Be isn't in the first set of eliminated songs because this is not very good in general sense and is bottom-tier in his discography. The ending where EC and Co. chanting the "ah"s has to be the worst moment of the entire album, but it somehow got a #1 ranking? Condolences to .indulgecountry for losing your #1. I finally get rid of my last ranking. I'm just as confused it got a last place ranking. This is one of the best songs he's put out ever. ETA: Glad to see "Stick That in the Garbage" finally go out. Majorly overstayed. What a steaming pile. Re-listening to that again made me notice some of the lyrics are... kinda not too different from Jason Aldean's newest single in their angry 'big city bad' approach. 🤔I try to like most of the replies in this thread but this part I can never give a like. Since when Eric Church says 'small town good' after 'big city bad'? The narrator never acts as the superior one in this song, but rather wants the voice of the underrepresented groups to be heard by mass. Maybe you should re-listen it
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 19, 2023 8:55:32 GMT -5
I'm just as confused it got a last place ranking. This is one of the best songs he's put out ever. ETA: Glad to see "Stick That in the Garbage" finally go out. Majorly overstayed. What a steaming pile. Re-listening to that again made me notice some of the lyrics are... kinda not too different from Jason Aldean's newest single in their angry 'big city bad' approach. 🤔I try to like most of the replies in this thread but this part I can never give a like. Since when Eric Church says 'small town good' after 'big city bad'? The narrator never acts as the superior one in this song, but rather wants the voice of the underrepresented groups to be heard by mass. Maybe you should re-listen it It's by no means entirely identical to the Jason Aldean song, but the opening verse is Eric talking about how scary Detroit and Baltimore are, which are two of the more liberal-leaning and black-populated cities in America. There's nothing mentioned about small towns and how they're "better" like in Aldean's, but it still plays into Conservative talking points with 'them big cities = dangerous'. Based on the later lyrics about veterans and teachers, I assume Eric probably meant well like you indicated, but it is just a poorly-written song or at the very least a poorly-done opening verse.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 9:57:37 GMT -5
The random Eric Church news preceding today's reveals is that the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has invited him to be its 18th artist-in-residence. Church will produce and perform two shows, on Tuesday, August 29th and Wednesday, August 30th, with doors opening at 7 pm.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 10:12:26 GMT -5
12. Heart Of The NightTrack 2 from Heart written by Eric Church, Travis Hill, Jeff Hyde, Jeremy Spillman, Ryan Tyndell Put lightning in this Thunderbird till the metal comes alive The rhythm of the road will give these horses wings to fly And my true north is anywhere I can leave it all behind Let's point this thing west into the chest of the still beating heart of the nightTotal: 152 Average: 12.66666667 SD: 5.466149273 bboat11 4 .indulgecountry 6 tim 9 🌺CountryLineDancer 9 castleoblivion26 10 zaclord 🌈 13 HeyHeyHey 14 someguy 14 zack97 15 Darkest Hour 15 gardyfan 20 gonecountry 23 {Movements}11 16 17 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 12
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 10:24:35 GMT -5
Heart of the Night has the narrator asking his lover to leave the town together because the town feels like a cage and he doesn't want to be trapped like his father, sounding like one of the biggest hits on the chart right now. Musically it features loud drums after the choruses, but I would say it didn't grab my attention as much as other songs did.
It's a consistent top 10 challenger but just missed out by the very last list.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 10:33:10 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 10:43:45 GMT -5
Rock & Roll Found Me is a relatively low-key but also subtly catchy song about being saved by rock & roll music. The underlying theme of Soul is reflected in this song, as he sang a Black man singing Ode to Billie Joe (which is about suicide) ironically saved him. I like the midas touch where that line is sang by Joanna Cotten instead. This tied in points with Heart of the Night and won the tie because of someguy 's #3.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 10:49:23 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 10:56:07 GMT -5
It's since a while to see a track from & to be eliminated, and Lone Wolf is the forth from that EP to leave the rankdown. In this steady anthem, the narrator feels like a lone wolf being saved by a woman despite the occasional wild side. This song also has a lengthy outro where they showcase the drum to add suspension and resolve. Personally I find that part to be a highlight.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 11:00:23 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 11:04:21 GMT -5
Despite being the second shortest track from the triple album, Love Shine Down actually still have completely normal music structure. Its lyrics hint the narrator wronged his woman and hope she will forgive him by continuing loving him. Unfortunately I found this song quite repetitive despite the length, and the choir feels a bit overused starting from this point. zaclord 🌈 got a perfect ranking.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jun 21, 2023 11:06:55 GMT -5
Glad to see Love Shine Down made it to the top 10. While the chorus could have been a little better, the verse melody is pretty infectious and the production is also interesting, (whatever the instrument being used that I cannot really name).
Solid top 10 overall. Heart On Fire did grow on me a little bit as I heard it a lot being a radio single, but it should still leave before the top 5.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 11:07:40 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 11:12:54 GMT -5
First previewed as acoustic form in ACM Presents: Our Country, never Break Heart mixes his "life teachings" theme with tenderness, as he sang at one point "It's okay to cry". I like the grand production and surprisingly, the extended outro that connects to the next song of the album (Crazyland), but my only complaint would be the endless "heart" at the end of the lines, which clearly is meant to be a part of the missing comma trick (the song title should read as "never break, heart", but one can also read it as "never break (somebody's heart" which is quite neat), but the execution can be a bit annoying.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 11:16:05 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 11:19:45 GMT -5
I still have no idea why Doing Life With Me flopped on charts because this being 2nd lowest divisive song (with only one rank in bottom half) here in higher region means it should be a safe hit if not too impactful rather than the actual outcome, especially the fact that this is a thank you letter to his wife. 🌺CountryLineDancer , HeyHeyHey and castleoblivion26 got a perfect ranking. This is also the loser of a tie.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 21, 2023 11:20:08 GMT -5
Top 6 Crazyland Heart On Fire Hell Of A View People Break Russian Roulette Through My Ray-Bans
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jun 21, 2023 11:25:17 GMT -5
Never Break Heart is really good, and it totally deserves the top 5. One of the strongest melodies from these albums. It would have been a great single in the place of Heart On Fire, but I guess the team wanted something uptempo after Hell Of A View.
Doing Life With Me was kinda weak when it was released in the sea of other radio singles, but comparing other materials from &, it was not a bad choice. I still think it is one of the most forgettable singles in his career.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 23, 2023 9:28:47 GMT -5
No random news today. Just to see how the top 6 plays out.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 23, 2023 9:44:12 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 23, 2023 9:54:38 GMT -5
Look at all these #3 ranks for People Break! In this song, EC uses things that physically and metaphorically break to illustrate that feeling when you finally had to face the truth of being brokenhearted. I love the chorus melody and feel it would be a solid late album cycle single, but I guess some of the wordplays are a bit forced ("This truck felt hungry and she's chewing up this road" can be a bit awkward to read).
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 23, 2023 9:57:46 GMT -5
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