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Cowboy Bebop track ranking

17. Memory (Track #17)
Score: 28 (Average Rank: 13.4/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Fluttershy_Pony (#8)
Biggest Detractor(s): Mega_Mana, rwlh (#17)

rwlh: the only ones i don't like (alongside "The Egg and I")

16. Digging My Potato (Track #16)
Score: 29 (Average Rank: 13.3/17)
Biggest Fan(s): rwlh (#5)
Biggest Detractor(s): MaxGalactica, Fluttershy_Pony (#17)

jcgamer107: slightly better harmonica than Spokey Dokey. Now I want a baked potato.

15. Felt Tip Pen (Track #14)
Score: 29 (Average Rank: 13.1/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Mega_Mana, jcgamer107 (#9)
Biggest Detractor(s): FoolFantastic, MaxGalactica, Fluttershy_Pony (#16)

jcgamer107: this ollll' Ruby rider.......is Ruby ridin' alonnngggg . This is what you hear when you hit the ol' dusty trail.

14. Cosmos (Track #6)
Score: 37 (Average Rank: 12.4/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Fluttershy_Pony (#6)
Biggest Detractor(s): Seanchan (#17)

jcgamer107: OK little trumpet interlude

13. Spokey Dokey (Track #3)
Score: 38 (Average Rank: 12.4/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Mega_Mana (#5)
Biggest Detractor(s): Sheep007, HBJDubs (#17)

Sheep007: Im sorry, but can we please have a tiny, teensy bit less harmonica? Just a tad? A smidgen toned down, perhaps? I promise, I like it. I love your harmonica, Ms Kanno, I really do. Its just a lot, yknow?

jcgamer107: kinda grating harmonica that goes on for too long. decent slide guitar.

12. Pot City (Track #10)
Score: 49 (Average Rank: 11.1/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Fluttershy_Pony (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): Mega_Mana, FoolFantastic (#15)

jcgamer107: Kinda similar to Cat Blues, not quite as good

11. Car 24 (Track #12)
Score: 54 (Average Rank: 10.7/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Mega_Mana, jcgamer107 (#7)
Biggest Detractor(s): FoolFantastic (#17)

rwlh: sitcom music, a little too cheesy for me

10. The Egg and I (Track #13)
Score: 72 (Average Rank: 8.8/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Mega_Mana (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): rwlh (#16)

jcgamer107: cool slide guitar, and interesting use of fife. Sounds like some PilotWings shit or somethin.

rwlh: the only ones i don't like (alongside "Memory")

9. Cat Blues (Track #5)
Score: 74 (Average Rank: 8.7/17)
Biggest Fan(s): rwlh (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): Mega_Mana (#14)

jcgamer107: chill & groovy. Begging for someone to recite beatnik poetry over it.

8. Waltz for Zizi (Track #8)
Score: 75 (Average Rank: 8.8/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Fluttershy_Pony (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#17)

jcgamer107: Pleasant enough. Sounds like something I'd have on while sitting by the fireplace around Christmas time.

7. Rain (Track #15)
Score: 76 (Average Rank: 8.5/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Mega_Mana (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): Fluttershy_Pony (#15)

jcgamer107: wtf is this. No lyrics allowed. Pretty jarring to throw this in near the end.

6. Too Good Too Bad (Track #11)
Score: 90 (Average Rank: 7/17)
Biggest Fan(s): FoolFantastic, jcgamer107 (#4)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#12)

jcgamer107: fun brass & sax. Snare makes it into like a jazz-march ?

5. Bad Dog No Biscuits (Track #4)
Score: 99 (Average Rank: 6.9/17)
Biggest Fan(s): jcgamer107 (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Sheep007 (#16)

jcgamer107: this song goes HARD right from the start - the brass, the drums, the radio static sounds - everything is great. Really pushes the boundaries of hard jazz. Then opens into this wild ska section just over a minute in. I eat it up every time. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (PS3) allowed you to insert your own custom soundtrack into the game - I put this song in, and for some reason it always played whenever the game started up, at the title screen. It was bad-ass and got me pumped for some hard drivin'.

4. Piano Black (Track #9)
Score: 109 (Average Rank: 5.5/17)
Biggest Fan(s): rwlh (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): Mega_Mana (#13)

jcgamer107: more dope jazz. Not enough piano though, given the title.

rwlh: lovely repetitive crunch

3. Rush (Track #2)
Score: 114 (Average Rank: 5.2/17)
Biggest Fan(s): jcgamer107, Seanchan (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): Fluttershy_Pony (#14)

jcgamer107: This is quite my tempo - jazz with some real punch. The Bond motif section is neat.

2. Space Lion (Track #7)
Score: 142 (Average Rank: 4.4/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Mega_Mana, MaxGalactica, rwlh, Fluttershy_Pony, HBJDubs (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): jcgamer107 (#17)

Sheep007: I very nearly like this more than Tank and thats high praise indeed.

MaxGalactica: This is one of my favorite songs of all time. The ambient intro with the gorgeous sax is incredible. Amazing melody, amazing chords, amazing soundscape, I love everything about this song.

jcgamer107: wow this is long, it's puttin' me to sleep. I'm sure it serves its purpose within the context of the show, but I wouldn't ever listen to it on its own. Plus the vocals are just weird.

rwlh: 10/10 song for me, an all-timer

Fluttershy_Pony: I love this song enough that I listened to the entire album just so I could give it first place. I kinda hoped to find something on its level on this soundtrack, but alas, this song is *way* beyond anything else here. I'm not sure any other album we've covered has such a massive gap between first & second place.

1. Tank! (Track #1)
Score: 155 (Average Rank: 2.8/17)
Biggest Fan(s): Sheep007, FoolFantastic, Johnbobb, Seanchan (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): rwlh (#10)

Johnbobb: might be the most obvious winner we've had, and that's stiff competition

jcgamer107: an all-time great TV show theme, that I can only ever hear with Bill Cosby (impersonations) thanks to YTMND

Fluttershy_Pony: Eh. I've honestly never been a fan of this song and kinda hate the shorter intro version of the track. I blame Super Robot Wars T; whenever any of your characters attacks or gets attacked, their anime's theme will play. So if you use Spike, you're going to hear "Tank!" whenever he does anything. And since he's a pretty decent character--very evasive, decent damage, and you get extra money for each enemy he shoots down--you'll probably hear the song hundreds of times per playthrough. After three trips through that game, my distaste for the song has turned to hatred.

BUT this extended version isn't all that bad. There are enough new moments that it feels different & the instruments are much clearer and high quality than the game's rendition. I still don't like it--and the fact that it's so high up on my list should tell you how I feel about the album as a whole--but... this song is pretty okay.