Comments on: The Best Singles of 2010, Part 1: #40-#31

By: KatieR

KatieR — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:00:49 +0000

I love Sunny Sweeney’s “A Table Away”. Has to be one of the better country songs I’ve heard in a while. Definitely in my top 10 of the year. (speaking of, it’s on the radio now ;)).

And your writeup on Sugarland’s “Little Miss” is spot on.

I feel like I must not be able to fairly judge Carrie, b/c I’ve seen many ppl who love “Temporary Home”, but I’m not one of them. Maybe I’m too hard on her? But beyond a few songs, I don’t see her appeal.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:23:24 +0000

So many things…

By: robinannhunt

robinannhunt — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:26:50 +0000

Since you didn’t include cowboy cassanova in your 2009 llist I thought you would have it somewhere in the 2010 list. I think the song was a big hit and should have been in one of the lists. What didn’t you like about this song?

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 01:45:21 +0000

Tempoary Home was a great single for country music this year. This single shows Underwood really does have country roots.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:49:28 +0000

While I loved “Why Wait,” I would have to agree that the rest of the album was a disappointment. The songs just all seemed to run together, all sounding the same. It wasn’t unlistenable, but it was pretty boring.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:43:59 +0000

Great beginning although Sunny Sweeney’s “A Table Away” is ranked much higher on my personal list. I love that song!

“Pray For You” did come out of nowhere, I was not expecting to see it make this list nor did I have included it on mine. I found it forgettable.

Great songs from Sugarland, Joey + Rory, and Carrie Underwood as well. Three bright moments for them this year.

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:31:51 +0000

“Why Wait” is a great song, but it became a disappointment because the rest of the album didn’t live up to the single’s promise. Biggest surprise of the year for me was “I’m In,” which is one of my favorite country songs from the 90s in its Kinleys version.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:00:38 +0000

Not bad thus far, “Temporary Home” would probably be my favorite from this set. Though, so far, the list is not a bad cross between critically acclaimed and critically acclaimed/radio hits.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:21:00 +0000

This list is kind of a mixed bag as far as my personal tastes go. I loved “Why Wait,” “That’s Important to Me,” “Little Miss,” “Back to December,” and “From a Table Away,” but there are a few that would be swapped out of my personal list.

I won’t deny that the “Pretty Good at Drinkin’ Beer” character is one that Billy plays well. I admit that I would be tempted to dismiss that song merely for the simplicity of its theme, but I think the real problem is that there’s no listener payoff at the end, and the paint-by-number lyrics just seem devoid of cleverness to me. As Karlie Justus put it, the song just “plods in circles.”

Couldn’t stand the arrangement on “I’m In.” I echo Erik North’s thoughts on “Temporary Home.” I appreciated and enjoyed the novelty of “Pray for You,” but I wouldn’t count it among my favorites of the year.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:15:21 +0000

Georgia Middleman co-wrote Keith Urban’s “I’m In” with Radney Foster 12 years ago. It was a non-charting single for Radney in 1998 and a single by the Kinley’s in 2000 which peaked at #35.

Guess i still have a bit of that college boy mentality 43 years after graduating cause I love “Pray for You”. A friend of mine, 10 years older than me, called it a “panic”, an expression I haven’t heard in many years.

My other favorite here is “From a Table Away”.