We Become Panoramic - THE KATE BUSH RESULTS THREAD (ilm artist poll #24)

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2. Cloudbusting
790 points, twenty-eight votes, three no.1s
Hounds of Love (1985)
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i don't mean that. it's fine, they're all great. pull yourself together man.

Sterling work, IK. Big thanks. Great images throughout. Pleasure to participate.

but you don't know what's no.1 yet

It's Rocket's Tail!

"Heads We're Dancing"?

so that leaves "heartbrake" as the only possible #1, right?

The single with Peter Gabriel?

so many possibilities, but

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1. Running Up That Hill
800 points, twenty-nine votes, three no.1s
Hounds of Love (1985)
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My number one, iirc. It's just perfect.

Fun poll! Glad to have added my two cents!

congratulations, you've just beaten the best song by anyone ever. i must admit i downgraded this a bit as i thought this may happen, how many points did my 11th place give it?

Kate's really big hits are also amazing songs that don't ever feel diluted by their exposure, IMO.

"Running Up That Hill" was played at a houseparty a few weeks ago and totally captivated the dancefloor.

brilliant poll!

and as this is the end, let's marvel at such an amazing video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

This poll was an absolute pleasure, thanks very much to Ismael Klata for making it happen!

No, thanks to all of you - especially the early voters, it really took the pressure off

Some stats to emphasise just how close it was:

• the winning margin was ten points. That was actually relatively wide. As voting progressed, one or other opened up a larger gap on only eight of the last thirty-one rounds;
• at no stage did any track enjoy a forty point lead (i.e. a whole ballot's worth);
• these two traded the overall lead six times;
• they were tied after 32 of the 36 ballots;
• when I went to bed on the last evening, leaving voting open 'til morning, Cloudbusting led by two;
• had I been strict about closing voting at midnight, Running Up That Hill would've won it when balls' ballot came in with three minutes to spare;
• every single one of the 36 ballots could've been tweaked individually to give Cloudbusting the win.

We're all to blame, is what I'm saying

Wait - even if one didn't vote for "Cloudbusting"?

(referring to your last stat)

c'mon, who wouldn't vote for cloudbusting

I didn't and I kicked myself after turning my votes in. Total brain fart.

As was not voting for something like 15 other songs : )

The last stat - what I mean is, everyone could've either lopped eleven points off Running Up That Hill or given eleven more to Cloudbusting, and we'd've had a different winner. Nobody maxed out on C while ignoring R.

thanks ismael, fantastic poll.

(and i do actually love 'R.U.T.H.', it's a deserving winner, just not as much as 'cloudbusting'. i don't love anything as much as that tho tbh).

I just know that something good is gonna happen. Amazing poll/images! I'm fairly happy with my ballot, considering I threw it together in a panic (hopefully my vote for "Rubberband Man" instead of "Rubberband Girl" was counted, too much T.I. on the brain). I'm curious as to where "Under The Ice" and "The Morning Fog" placed, as I've been surprised by where the other The Ninth Wave tracks ended up ("Waking The Witch" was my #2, and I hadn't realised "And Dream Of Sheep"/"Jig Of Life" were so widely-loved).

When's cool to post our Picks?

I'm just about to put up the full list, then have at it

etc - nearly everyone mystified one of their tracks, you're not alone!

Full list. Asterisks are no.1 votes.

1. 800 Running Up That Hill (29 ***)
2. 790 Cloudbusting (28 ***)
3. 668 Hounds of Love (24 *****)
4. 663 This Woman's Work (26 ****)
5. 617 Wuthering Heights (22 ***)
6. 570 Get Out of My House (24 *)
7. 563 Suspended in Gaffa (23 *)
8. 503 Nocturn (20 ***)
9. 479 Breathing (22)
10. 439 Hello Earth (16 ****)

11. 414 The Sensual World (16 **)
12. 401 A Coral Room (17)
13. 362 Sat in Your Lap (14 *)
14. 346 The Dreaming (14)
15. 342 Army Dreamers (16)
16. 294 And Dream of Sheep (12)
17. 286 Night of the Swallow (11)
18. 272 Experiment IV (13 *)
19. 269 The Big Sky (13)
20. 264 The Man with the Child in His Eyes (11)

21. 257 Jig of Life (12 *)
22. 254 Leave It Open (10 *)
23. 253 Mother Stands for Comfort (12)
24. 238 Sunset (11)
25. 199 Moving (10)
26. 198 Babooshka (10)
27. 187 Houdini (9)
28. 178 Pull Out the Pin (9)
29. 175 Under the Ivy (8 *)
30. 172 Deeper Understanding (8)

31. 163 How to Be Invisible (8)
32. 162 Wow (9)
33. 145 The Wedding List (7)
34. 131 Hammer Horror (7)
35. 129 Snowflake (6)
36. 128 There Goes a Tenner (7)
37. 128 All the Love (7)
38. 127 Delius (Song of Summer) (6)
39. 126 Rubberband Girl (7)
40. 122 Moments of Pleasure (6)

41. 119 Somewhere in Between (6)
42. 117 The Infant Kiss (6)
43. 113 King of the Mountain (5)
44. 105 The Fog (6)
45. 104 Oh England My Lionheart (5)
46. 103 Waking the Witch (5)
47. 103 Misty (6)
48. 103 Lake Tahoe (5)
49. 102 Love and Anger (5)
50. 102 Aerial (5)

51. 099 Never Be Mine
52. 097 The Kick Inside
53. 095 π or Pi
54. 095 Rocket's Tail
55. 090 Blow Away (For Bill)
56. 087 L'Amour Looks Something like You
57. 077 Be Kind to My Mistakes
58. 076 The Morning Fog
59. 075 James and the Cold Gun
60. 067 The Red Shoes

61. 066 Mrs. Bartolozzi
62. 062 Egypt
63. 061 Wild Man
64. 061 Violin
65. 061 Them Heavy People
66. 057 The Song of Solomon
67. 055 Rocket Man (1991; from Two Rooms)
68. 054 Feel It
69. 053 Watching You Without Me
70. 053 Top of the City

71. 052 Why Should I Love You?
72. 050 Under Ice
73. 048 Big Stripey Lie
74. 042 Night Scented Stock
75. 041 Lily
76. 040 Joanni
77. 040 In the Warm Room
78. 038 Bertie
79. 031 Symphony in Blue
80. 028 Something Like A Song (demo)

81. 027 And So Is Love
82. 026 All We Ever Look For
83. 025 Prologue
84. 025 One Last Look Around The House Before We Go
85. 025 50 Words for Snow
86. 024 Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake
87. 024 Coffee Homeground
88. 024 An Architect's Dream
89. 023 Oh to Be in Love
90. 023 Lord of the Reedy River

91. 022 December Will Be Magic Again
92. 022 Constellation of the Heart
93. 018 Prelude
94. 017 Snowed in at Wheeler Street
95. 017 Aerial Tal
96. 015 Heads We're Dancing
97. 014 Kashka From Baghdad
98. 012 Ken
99. 012 Don't Give Up

And the unloved:

 You're the One
 You want Alchemy
 Walk Straight Down the Middle
 The Saxophone Song
 The Painter's Link
 The Man I Love
 The Handsome Cabin Boy
 The Empty Bullring
 The Confrontation
 Strange Phenomena
 Show A Little Devotion
 Sexual Healing
 Room for the Life
 Reaching Out
 Ran Tan Waltz
 Passing Through Air
 Not This Time
 Ne t'Enfuis Pas
 My Lagan Love
 Lyra
 Kite
 In Search of Peter Pan
 I'm Still Waiting
 Fullhouse
 Eat the Music
 Dreamtime
 Candle In the Wind
 Burning Bridge
 Between a Man and a Woman
 Among Angels

My own ballot:

1. Hello Earth
2. Sunset
3. Night of the Swallow
4. Leave It Open
5. A Coral Room
6. This Woman's Work
7. Jig of Life
8. Nocturn
9. Suspended in Gaffa
10. Constellation of the Heart

11. Bertie
12. Running Up That Hill
13. How To Be Invisible
14. Get Out of My House
15. Snowed In At Wheeler St
16. Mother Stands For Comfort
17. Army Dreamers
18. Flower of the Mountain/The Sensual World
19. Wuthering Heights
20. Pull Out The Pin

1. Aerial
2. The Dreaming
3. Hounds of Love

Great poll, love the images, nice work - wish I hadn't been so busy the past few days and had time to chime in.

I had a blast doing this btw, thanks to you all. Special thanks to Or Something for drawing my attention to the cottage industry in youtube videos set to Kate's music - I'd been flicking through them without realising what was going on, but some really are excellent. I've linked where I've seen something good, but I'll've missed loads.

1.The Hounds Of Love
2. Houdini
3.Running Up That Hill
4. Night Of the Swallow
5. And dream Of sheep
6. Mother Stands For Comfort
7. Hello earth
8. Blow Away (for Bill)
9. Lord Of the reedy River
10. Jig Of Life
11. This Woman's Work (Director's Cut Version)
12. Moments Of Pleasure (Director's Cut Version)
13. Breathing
14. Under The Ivy
15. Egypt
16. Lake Tahoe
17. The sensual World
18. A Coral room
19. Wild Man
20. 50 Words For Snow

Albums:

1. The Dreaming
2. The Hounds Of Love
3. Never For ever

1. This Woman's Work
2. Nocturn
3. Get Out of My House
4. Night of the Swallow
5. A Coral Room
6. Cloudbusting
7. Experiment IV
8. Sunset
9. Top of the City
10. Jig of Life
11. Hello Earth
12. Pull Out the Pin
13. Breathing
14. The Infant Kiss
15. The Fog
16. The Song of Solomon
17. Moments of Pleasure (Director's Cut)
18. Aerial
19. Leave it Open
20. Why Should I Love You

it occurs to me i should've put "top of the city" higher, would've liked to see that place somehow

"Aerial Tal" was robbed, and I thought ILM loved animal noises :(

Anyway, my top 3 are among of my favourite songs by any artist and any of them could have been #1 on a particular day. Looks like three of my picks had no other voters, of which I'm only really surprised by "Kashka From Baghdad" which is my favourite track by far off Lionheart.

Hounds of Love
Suspended in Gaffa
This Woman's Work
Breathing
Jig of Life
Pi
Running Up That Hill
Cloudbusting
Pull Out the Pin
Wuthering Heights
December Will Be Magic Again
Sunset
Wild Man
Get Out of My House
Aerial Tal
Army Dreamers
Houdini
Kashka from Baghdad
The Coral Room
Egypt

01 Nocturn
02 Waking The Witch
03 Cloudbusting
04 Hammer Horror
05 Running Up That Hill
06 Under Ice
07 Hounds Of Love
08 The Morning Fog
09 The Big Sky
10 Hello Earth
11 Wuthering Heights
12 Wow
13 James and the Cold Gun
14 Mother Stands For Comfort
15 Aerial
16 Get Out Of My House
17 Big Stripey Lie
18 Be Kind To My Mistakes
19 Rubberband Man*
20 The Dreaming

*Girl

Threw this together at the last minute without much of a chance to listen to anything again, so it probably leans a little heavily on Hounds of Love, but there are worse fates.

Mine:

Songs

1. Under the Ivy
2. And Dream of Sheep
3. Army Dreamers
4. Suspended in Gaffa
5. Something like a song
6. A Coral Room
7. Pull Out The Pin
8. Mother Stands for Comfort
9. Hello Earth
10.Breathe
11.Running Up That Hill
12.Babooshka
13.Cloudbusting
14.The Song of Solomon
15.Delius
16.All The Love
17.This Woman’s Work
18.In Search of Peter Pan
19.Oh England My Lionheart
20.And So Is Love

Albums

1. The Dreaming
2. The Hounds of Love
3. Never For Ever

Not a lot of love for 'Something like a song', but that was to be expected.
Pity Kate never developed that gorgeous melody into a proper song/recording.

This poll was fun. Thanks Ismael!

Here's mine although now I wish I'd included 'Pull Out The Pin' 'All The Love' and 'Sunset'...whaddaya gonna do...

20.A Coral Room
19.King Of The Mountain
18.The Infant Kiss
17.The Night Of The Swallow
16..Wild Man
15.Pi
14.Somewhere In Between
13.Houdini
12..Breathing
11.The Wedding Kiss
10.The Sensual World
9.Cloudbusting
8.Wow
7.Leave It Open
6.Army Dreamers
5.Blow Away
4.The Dreaming
3.The Man With The Child In His Eyes
2.Wuthering Heights
1.Sat In Your Lap

3.Aerial
2.Never For Ever
1.The Dreaming

Cheers

Lee

my list was kind of 'canon', in retrospect

1. Hounds of Love
2. Wuthering Heights (original version)
3. Cloudbusting
4. Get Out of My House
5. Running up That Hill
6. Moments of Pleasure
7. The Dreaming
8. Hello Earth
9. Suspended in Gaffa
10. Breathing
11. Sat in Your Lap
12. This Woman's Work
13. Never Be Mine
14. A Coral Room
15. Love and Anger
16. The Kick Inside
17. Be Kind to My Mistakes
18. Nocturn
19. Snowflake
20. Under the Ivy

Albums:

1. The Dreaming
2. Hounds of Love
3. Aerial

my ballot -

1. Nocturn
2. Leave It Open
3. Aerial
4. Somewhere In Between
5. Be Kind To My Mistakes
6. Get Out Of My House
7. This Woman's Work
8. Under Ice
9. How To Be Invisible
10. Cloudbusting
11. Pull Out The Pin
12. Suspended In Gaffa
13. A Coral Room
14. Sunset
15. Mother Stands For Comfort
16. Breathing
17. Experiment IV
18. Hounds Of Love
19. All The Love
20. The Morning Fog

1. Aerial
2. The Dreaming
3. Hounds Of Love

kinda surprised "under ice" didn't place...

I had a blast doing this btw, thanks to you all. Special thanks to Or Something for drawing my attention to the cottage industry in youtube videos set to Kate's music - I'd been flicking through them without realising what was going on, but some really are excellent. I've linked where I've seen something good, but I'll've missed loads.

my pleasure ismael, it was only really through this poll that i discovered there was such a wealth of them myself. we should poll them haha! i'm kidding... or am i? ...yes, yes i am. anyway, here's mine:

1. cloudbusting
2. nocturn
3. hello earth
4. this woman's work
5. and dream of sheep
6. snowflake
7. prologue
8. blow away (for bill)
9. suspended in gaffa
10. under the ivy
11. running up that hill
12. experiment VI
13. sunset
14. prelude
15. mother stands for comfort
16. misty
17. watching you without me
18. babooshka
19. waking the witch
20. army dreamers

albums:

1. hounds of love
2. aerial
3. never for ever

yes, thanks ismael for this!

hooray IK!