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Post by tim on Jun 6, 2022 0:28:16 GMT -5
The correct song left in last place. While I appreciate the sentiment behind the songwriting of it, "Country Music Jesus" is just very much too loud for my ears.
"Keep On" gets props for being even better live than the studio version. Not entirely surprised to see it exit in the bottom 3, though.
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Post by tim on Jun 6, 2022 0:31:37 GMT -5
The songwriting surrounding "Jack Daniels" is actually quite clever and that is something I can appreciate for sure. Sonically speaking it just isn't something that I gravitate towards.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 6, 2022 0:31:43 GMT -5
The last reveal of today, Jack Daniels is one of the three songs that doesn't have a last place. There are two top 3 losses still, including a #3 loss for gonecountry and more painfully, a #2 loss for George Strait Junkie. Kanenrá:ke got a perfect ranking. It's probably not the first song to compare an alcoholic drink to a person, but I think this has to be one of the funnier ones, as exemplified by the high streams for an album track. The music itself did take the longest time to grow on me due to the irregular rhythm at points, but when it clicked it is really addictive (just like the subject?).
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 6, 2022 0:32:57 GMT -5
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Creepin' Drink In My Hand Like Jesus Does Hungover & Hard Up Homeboy Springsteen I'm Gettin' Stoned Over When It's Over
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 6, 2022 16:25:29 GMT -5
Glad I saved the bonus track from being last. "Country Music Jesus" has such a corny hook. Sounds like a parody of a country song, lmao.
Sad that "Keep On" left already. It was one of the best non-singles imo.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 8, 2022 23:50:51 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 9, 2022 0:02:25 GMT -5
I will reveal till the top 5 today. The first one is I'm Gettin' Stoned, which features a simple yet effective hook of opposites (together versus alone, headed versus gone, rock versus stoned, etc), and a bit funky outro. This did take a while to grow on me as it is a major shift in style regarding to the song that precedes it (Springsteen). HeyHeyHey and austin lose a top 3, while castleoblivion26 loses the last rank. gardyfan, fearlessarrow, tim and bboat11 got a perfect ranking. This spent about half of time in top half before being beaten down by .indulgecountry's tank.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 9, 2022 0:03:30 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 9, 2022 0:23:02 GMT -5
3. Which songs will be the most divisive? Homeboy Not even close! Homeboy is the lowest divisive song here as most of the ranks are between #4 and #9, except for Kanenrá:ke's last place. bboat11, 🌺CountryLineDancer, someguy, castleoblivion26 and I got a perfect ranking. I guess it must be surprising to learn the album lead single being this rock sounding back then. My #7 rank (and any songs that I ranked below #7 here) accounted for the overproduction, which weakens the dynamics of this song a lot. Also I have seen some discourses online about the lyrics being potentially racist but I'll just leave it here.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 9, 2022 0:23:36 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 9, 2022 0:30:17 GMT -5
Hungover & Hard Up won the tie by having two #3's as the highest rankings. .indulgecountry's #3 also boosted this to top half at the last submission, before which it constantly hovered around bottom 3. Therefore, its performance here mirrors that in singles rankdown years ago. The melody never clicked with me, even though the wordplays in the lyrics are proficient (especially the ones that I highlighted in the reveal). The jumps in his vocals are just so weird and not very pleasant to me. Congratulations to George Strait Junkie for having a perfect ranking.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 9, 2022 0:32:23 GMT -5
Top 5Creepin' Drink In My Hand Like Jesus Does Springsteen Over When It's Over I am going to finish this on Friday night.
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Post by bigd79 on Jun 9, 2022 19:31:34 GMT -5
The first time i ever saw EC in concert was during the chief years. I remember very well when he played i’m getting stoned, at the time i thought it was decent and all, but after seeing him do it live, i became hooked. Its only my #5 because of how strong this album is. It would definitely be a higher rank if it were on any of his other albums.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 10, 2022 22:53:40 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 10, 2022 23:05:03 GMT -5
Wow - I thought “Like Jesus Does” was going to be in the top 3 for sure and possibly even top 2.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 10, 2022 23:15:44 GMT -5
Like Jesus Does is the second single leaving the rankdown, costing .indulgecountry's #1 in the process unfortunately. Meanwhile, zack97 loses his last place rank, and austin and HeyHeyHey got a perfect ranking. This was the only song not written by Eric Church in his main albums discography for a long time. In this song, Eric talks about how much his wife loves him and compares her love to Jesus'. I am not a particularly religious person so it is mostly a solid song rather than a great or excellent one. I often see the lines "I thank God each night, and twice on Sunday" being quoted as one of the best lyrics though. This fluctuates between #4 and #9, eventually settles down at higher side.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 10, 2022 23:32:28 GMT -5
The last non-single (but received a music video) left the rankdown at #4. No #1 or #12 ranks are lost. 🌺CountryLineDancer got a perfect ranking. It's castleoblivion26's #1 in free-to-choose album tracks "rankdown" (does it hold true today?) I love this closer and in fact it is my favorite of his. The chemistry between him and Joanna Cotten is top notch. It stayed at #3 for most of the rankdown, but slid down to #4 after .indulgecountry's submission.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 10, 2022 23:54:42 GMT -5
Of three remaining singles, nobody should be too surprised Creepin' is the first to leave. Kanenrá:ke loses his #1 but 🌺CountryLineDancer loses his #12. tim and bigd79 got a perfect rank. As the rankings are all over the llace, it's poised to be the highest divisive song. And I get why. The "bom, bom, bom"s, "creepin" and "down, down, down" are designed to be repetitive, but the way Eric delivered these parts match the song title, and so the deliberately overblown drums and guitars fit the song more and has a natural progression. I also like the memorable analogies (ivy crawling up a hickory tree/molasses in late December) used here. What's more, it's definitely my favorite music video this era.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 11, 2022 0:20:49 GMT -5
It was no contest between these two as Drink In My Hand is not top 10 in artists rankdown while Springsteen is #2. The tankers really tank so they are 3rd highest and 2nd most divisive song here. Condolences to bigd79 and George Strait Junkie for losing their #1 at #2, and my #12 finally leaves the rankdown at #2. Congrats to .indulgecountry for having a perfect ranking (yet has to see his #12 winning the rankdown), castleoblivion26 , someguy , gardyfan , austin , bboat11 , zack97 and me for picking the winner, and especially tim , fearlessarrow , gonecountry , HeyHeyHey and 🌺CountryLineDancer for the perfect top 2. That's 12/16 of us having a perfect ranking for #1 too. Drink In My Hand has always rubbed me the wrong way because it's such an annoying song. Cringy falsetto especially. Tired from all the discourse that Eric is bro-country because of this song. The music video is also one of the dizziest I have watched. I don't really have any new comments towards Springsteen other than that the commercial and critical success are well-earned.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Jun 11, 2022 4:39:27 GMT -5
The Outsiders (2014)The Outsiders A Man Who Was Goona Die Young Cold One Roller Coaster Ride Talladega Broke Record Like a Wrecking Ball That's Damn Rock & Roll Dark Side Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess Of Darkness) Give Me Back My Hometown The Joint The fourth album of Eric Church is often regarded as his most adventurous and braggadocious era, which is lead by "genres are dead" and "no shuffles" comments. Sonically this album ranges from hard southern rock, contemporary country, and some that are...interesting I guess lol, and some of the lyrical themes are definitely too cool for mainstream country. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums chart, with sales of 288,000 in its first week of release. It was the best-selling country album of 2014 (and tenth overall) in the United States with 811,000 copies sold for the year. It was certified double Platinum by the RIAA on April 29, 2019, and has sold 1,240,200 copies in the US as of April 2017. It also charted in Canada (#1), Australia (#23), UK (#70) and Scotland (#70). There are five singles from this album just like the previous album. The title track and Cold One are relatively flops where they peaked at #25 and #20 respectively on country airplay chart, while Give Me Back My Hometown and Talladega are #1 smashes and peaked at #36 and #43 on Hot 100 respectively. Like a Wrecking Ball is a special case where it underperformed on country airplay (peaked at #11) but has great sales and recurrent streaming (2nd highest daily increase streams behind Talladega in terms of songs from this album). The certifications for tracks include: The Outsiders - Platinum Cold One - Gold Talladega - 2x Platinum Like A Wrecking Ball - 2x Platinum Give Me Back My Hometown - 2x Platinum It is nominated for album of the year awards in ACM Awards and CMA Awards and Best Country Albums in Grammy Awards, while Give Me Back My Hometown is nominated for Song of the Year in ACM Awards, Single and Song of the Year in CMA Awards and Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song in Grammy Awards. Furthermore, Talladega is nominated for Single of the Year and Like a Wrecking Ball for Song of the Year. All didn't win. The vinyl version of this album includes extended version of title track and a cover of Come Together. Both I don't think will do well here so I didn't include them. Last but not least, this is my first Eric Church album so it has a special place in my heart. Instructions: 1) Rank the songs from #1 (most favorite) to #12 (least favorite). 2) Send your list to me via PM on or before August 1stAugust 3rd. Participants: 1. Darkest Hour 2. George Strait Junkie 3. HeyHeyHey 4. tim 5. gardyfan 6. someguy 7. gonecountry 8. bboat11 9. 🌺CountryLineDancer 10. zack97 11. castleoblivion26 12. austin 13. fearlessarrow 14. 31299915. kw946116. .indulgecountryTags 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 @xfer zack97 @trilogy
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jun 11, 2022 6:24:56 GMT -5
"Springsteen" just has a timeless feel to it and I think it captures the feeling of nostalgia really well, it's been my favorite Eric Church song for a while now and I honestly don't know if anything will top that one for me but you never know! Thanks for hosting Darkest Hour!
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Post by tim on Jun 11, 2022 9:21:23 GMT -5
"Springsteen" just has a timeless feel to it and I think it captures the feeling of nostalgia really well. This pretty much sums up my sentiments regarding "Springsteen" as well as it sounds just as great today as it did 10 years ago. It's one of those songs that whenever I do hear it, I have to turn the volume up a dial or two and listen to the rest of the song. Those first few notes still stop me in my tracks to this day. As for the rest of the top 5, if any album track was going to squeeze in there "Over When It's Over" stood the best chance. This has always felt like a single to me anyways and I'm kinda surprised it was never released. I definitely wish they would've released that over the likes of "Homeboy". Thanks again Darkest Hour and I'm looking forward to revisiting The Outsiders which I think will be a bit more of a divisive album across the board. I have my preliminary list done, but first I want to dust off the vinyl record I have and give this a couple of spins before I finalize it.
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jun 11, 2022 16:31:23 GMT -5
‘The Outsiders’ is my least favorite Eric Church album which is weird because it’s right between my two favorites.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jun 11, 2022 17:41:15 GMT -5
Always hated "Springsteen" but I fully knew this was happening, lol.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jun 11, 2022 18:59:07 GMT -5
The last non-single (but received a music video) left the rankdown at #4. No #1 or #12 ranks are lost. 🌺CountryLineDancer got a perfect ranking. It's castleoblivion26's #1 in free-to-choose album tracks "rankdown" (does it hold true today?) I love this closer and in fact it is my favorite of his. The chemistry between him and Joanna Cotten is top notch. It stayed at #3 for most of the rankdown, but slid down to #4 after .indulgecountry's submission. "Over When It's Over" easily remains my favorite album track from Eric thus far. There are many songs from him that I love but there is something about that one that is leagues ahead of any others that I've heard.
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Post by gonecountry on Jun 12, 2022 13:52:26 GMT -5
thanks for hosting Darkest Hour. great rankdown, and not surprised with the top 5 in the slightest. heading into a more challenging EC album. I'm going to have to play this one quite a few times to give it the consideration it deserves.
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