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

5. THE KICK INSIDE
23 points, five votes, two no.1s

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

4. NEVER FOR EVER
32 points, eight votes

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:04 (8 months ago) Permalink

27 people voted for albums btw, it's fair to say that the big scorers are yet to come

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:07 (8 months ago) Permalink

3. AERIAL (2005)
71 points, seventeen votes, two no.1s

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

Come on The Dreaming. Kick that Hounds' arse.

― Jeff W, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:25 (8 months ago) Permalink

i likes me some Aerial, but so far ahead of Never For Ever is kerazy

― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

2. THE DREAMING (1982)
124 points, twenty-two votes, eleven no.1s

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

1. HOUNDS OF LOVE (1985)
135 points, twenty-three votes, twelve no.1s

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

Not troubling the scorers: The Whole Story, The Red Shoes, The Director's Cut, 50 Words For Snow

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:37 (8 months ago) Permalink

I'm going to get a spot of work done before starting tracks, but meantime: what should I do about youtube links? I want to link, but don't want to clog the thread up. I put youtu.be instead of youtube.com, is that right? Do I need to linkify it too?

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 13:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

Thanks for leading off with a Bimble quote. I'm glad he's with us in spirit.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 13:54 (8 months ago) Permalink

Ismael, if you click the "share" button underneath any YouTube video, it will spit out a link that won't automatically bring the video into the thread.

― Clarke B., Monday, 27 August 2012 13:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

Okay I've got one that ends _gdata_player, do I just paste that in and ilx does the rest?

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 14:04 (8 months ago) Permalink

Hmm, that I'm not sure; my techie skills are pretty sad. It seems the link they spit out with "share" is indeed just the regular link with the youtu.be substitution you mention above, now that I'm looking at it.

― Clarke B., Monday, 27 August 2012 14:11 (8 months ago) Permalink

I'll play safe then rather than relying on cleverness. I'm doing this from my phone too, which adds another layer of things-to-go-wrong.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 14:13 (8 months ago) Permalink

I expected the #1 and #2 spots to be a race between Hounds of Love and the Dreaming, but wasn't expecting Aerial to trounce Never for Ever so handily in the contest for #3!

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 27 August 2012 14:31 (8 months ago) Permalink

TRACKS

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 14:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

49. Aerial
102 points, five votes
Aerial (2005)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 14:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

"Aerial" over "Never For Ever"? Wow.

― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 August 2012 14:53 (8 months ago) Permalink

Is that an equal 49th?

― Jeff W, Monday, 27 August 2012 14:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

Aerial is completely incredible though - that's the one I've been devouring most this past week. I ended up with it as my no.1, though in fairness I could've had any of the top three there.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 14:57 (8 months ago) Permalink

i think what's important is

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 27 August 2012 14:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

I FEEL I WANNA BE UP ON THE ROOF

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 27 August 2012 14:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

Yes xp, 49 is a tie, I'm not being eccentric. 46 is a three-way tie, and iirc 39 is a tie too; but I think above that they're all unique.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

It hurt me not to vote for this track. Listening to it now, I should've just figured out a way to do it.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

49. Love And Anger
102 points,  five votes
The Sensual World (1989)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

think i dropped this from my ballot at the last minute :/

― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:24 (8 months ago) Permalink

too low! guessing we'll see very little of The Sensual World or The Red Shoes then, & pretty much all of HOL.

― Euler, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

I found a Sky of Honey's tracks even more problematic than the Ninth Wave's, as they are even more of a piece. Wonder if they might not suffer a bit as they end up being randomly chosen as placeholders for the entire album side.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

Re. the albums, I tried really hard to reacquaint myself w the first three records. There may come a time that I love them -- the ballads, the theatricality of it all. But short of a few songs on Never For Ever, even with the re-listening these last few weeks, this isn't that time.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:37 (8 months ago) Permalink

I've never gotten past the video for "Love and Anger," which was my introduction to Kate Bush. On another thread, I wrote this about TSW:

I'm still trying to get a grip on the whole thing, but the record opens very strong. On the whole, it still sounds a bit...overstuffed -- the video for "Love and Anger" indicated as much, featuring very LUSH optics, sparkly confetti and Dave Gilmour, who himself looks overstuffed.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:39 (8 months ago) Permalink

Re. the albums, I tried really hard to reacquaint myself w the first three records. There may come a time that I love them -- the ballads, the theatricality of it all. But short of a few songs on Never For Ever, even with the re-listening these last few weeks, this isn't that time.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, August 27, 2012 8:37 AM (1 minute ago)

a selection of tracks from the first four albums = by far my favorite kate bush material

― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

46. Lake Tahoe
103 points, five votes
50 Words For Snow (2011)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

46. Waking The Witch
103 points, five votes
Hounds of Love (1985)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

and there's my first to place. i must admit, my primary reason for voting vor this was "wake up man".

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 16:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

these song images are awesome, BTW.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 27 August 2012 16:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

love "waking the witch". witchy part always freaks me out.

― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

Thanks. Some relate to the songs, some don't - I let my mind wander a bit while I'm doing them.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

these song images are awesome, BTW.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

well that was yesterday well spent

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:04 (8 months ago) Permalink

working fine here

― Cong rat ululations (seandalai), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:05 (8 months ago) Permalink

The album covers were fine.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

same

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

working here for me in Chrome

― wise men farting over you (snoball), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:11 (8 months ago) Permalink

yeah they're good here, tho i'll admit to being completely flummoxed by them so far (but that's fine).

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:12 (8 months ago) Permalink

GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:12 (8 months ago) Permalink

46. Misty
103 points, six votes
50 Words For Snow (2011)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

Fantastic effort, Ismael. Really enjoying this.

― Leonard Pine, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:18 (8 months ago) Permalink

for a while this was my favourite from '50 words for snow', it's not quite now but it does encapsulate everything that's good about that album.

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

Voted for "Lake Tahoe". Glad to see it here!

― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

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

― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

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

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

"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

― direct references of (seandalai), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:13 (8 months ago) Permalink

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.

― etc, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

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!

― Sebastian (Royal Mermaid Mover), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

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

― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:46 (8 months ago) Permalink

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

― TOP FEMALE LAWYER & CARTOONIST FOR 2011: (donna rouge), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:58 (8 months ago) Permalink

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...

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 23:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

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

― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 23:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

yes, thanks ismael for this!

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 23:04 (8 months ago) Permalink

hooray IK!

― TOP FEMALE LAWYER & CARTOONIST FOR 2011: (donna rouge), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 23:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

Great list, thanks Ismael.

My votes:

1. This Womans Work
2. Houdini
3. Wuthering Heights
4. Wow
5. The Wedding List
6. A Coral Room
7. Suspended In Gaffa
8. Oh England, My Lionheart
9. Breathing
10. And Dream Of Sheep
11. Moving
12. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
13. Nocturn
14. Cloudbusting
15. Hello Earth
16. The Man With The Chid In His Eyes
17. All The Love
18. Blow Away (For Bill)
19. Sat In Your Lap
20. Get Out of my House

Only Blow Away didn't place so no complaints really.

Agree with Lex that This Wommans Work might just be the most moving song ever made.

― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 30 August 2012 00:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

It took Kate for me to break down, post and participate in one of these polls.

Tracks:
1. Wuthering Heights
2. This Woman's Work
3. Running Up that Hill
4. Babooshka
5. A Coral Room
6. Get Out of My House
7. The Wedding List
8. Suspended in Gaffa
9. Nocturn
10. The Big Sky
11. Sat In Your Lap
12. Hounds of Love
13. Misty
14. Hello Earth
15. Top of the City
16. Breathing
17. The Rubberband Girl
18. Sunset
19. Jig of Life
20. Coffee Homeground

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

Somehow, I forgot to include a space for Cloudbusting! I was in a bit of a haze trying to limit that list to twenty.

― chris_coolidge, Thursday, 30 August 2012 02:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

Hello! My ballot:

1. Hounds of Love

2. A Coral Room

3. Breathing

4. Get Out of My House

5. Cloudbusting

6. The Big Sky (The Meterological Mix)

7. Experiment IV

8. The Sensual World

9. Rubberband Girl

10. King of the Mountain

12. Sat In Your Lap

13. And So Is Loe

14. Rocket Man

15. Love and Anger

16. Running Up That Hill

17. And Dream of Sleep

18. The Man With the Child in His Eyes

19. Under the Ivy

20. Babooshka

ALBUMS

Hounds of Love
The Sensual World
Aerial

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 August 2012 02:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

oh dear, Egypt all the way down there at no. 62. i think it was my no. 3.

― charlie h, Thursday, 30 August 2012 02:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

1. Hounds Of Love
2. Wuthering Heights
3. Violin
4. Suspended in Gaffa
5. The Big Sky
6. Delius (Song of Summer)
7. Moving
8. Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake
9. Get Out of My House
10. How to Be Invisible
11. This Woman's Work
12. Leave It Open
13. Deeper Understanding
14. Hammer Horror
15. Jig Of Life
16. Waking The Witch
17. James and the Gold Gun
18. The Red Shoes
19. The Infant Kiss
20. King of the Mountain

― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 August 2012 02:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

Alfred I thought you liked Red Shoes more than Sensual World???

― Tim F, Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:06 (8 months ago) Permalink

My ballot:

SONGS:

Hello Earth
The Dreaming
Hounds of Love
Nocturne
Night of the Swallow
Mother Stands For Comfort
Leave It Open
And Dream Of Sheep
The Sensual World
Breathing
Running Up That Hill
The Fog
Get Out Of My House
Sunset
Suspended In Gaffa
Moments of Pleasure
Army Dreamers
This Woman's Work
Cloudbusting
Moving

ALBUMS:

Hounds of Love
The Dreaming
Aerial

― Tim F, Thursday, 30 August 2012 03:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

albums
the dreaming
never for ever
the sensual world

tracks
the sensual world
sat in your lap
running up that hill
get out of my house
violin
suspended in gaffa
the fog
cloudbusting
hounds of love
this woman’s work
breathing
love & anger
the kick inside
deeper understanding
king of the mountain
nocturn
hammer horror
feel it
big sky
don’t give up

― balls, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:06 (8 months ago) Permalink

Songs
1 Hello Earth
2 Night of the Swallow
3 Hounds of Love
4 The Kick Inside
5 The Sensual World
6 Suspended in Gaffa
7 Rocket's Tail
8 Aerial
9 Jig of Life
10 December Will Be Magic Again
11 Delius (Song of Summer)
12 Experiment IV
13 The Dreaming
14 Hammer Horror
15 Never Be Mine
16 Running Up That Hill
17 Nocturn
18 The Morning Fog
19 Somewhere in Between
20 Be Kind to My Mistakes

Albums
1 Hounds of Love
2 Aerial
3 The Dreaming

Only surprise for me was that the track the Kick Inside didn't place higher than that, and shouldn't December Will Be Magic Again have 43 points and not 22? Me and one other person voted for it in slots 10 and 11 respectively.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

i love aerial but i am kinda surprised by just how well it did here, i do wonder how much of that is maybe for a large segment of ilx it was the first kate bush lp they experienced first hand so to speak.

― balls, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:27 (8 months ago) Permalink

Aerial is classic, proven by science!

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:28 (8 months ago) Permalink

I just can't believe I was all secretly "I wish she'd do another Ninth Wave type thing, except better" and she did.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

Er...there was some love for In Search of Peter Pan, IK. It was at 12 in my poll:

1 This Woman's Work
2 Night of the Swallow
3 Running Up That Hill
4. Cloudbusting
5 Deeper Understanding
6 Lake Tahoe
7 The Sensual World
8 Under The Ivy
9 Jig of Life
10 Snowflake
11 The Infant Kiss
12 In Search of Peter Pan
13 Moving
14 Symphony in Blue
15 December WIll Be Magic Again
16 Wuthering Heights
17 Experiment IV
18 All We Ever Look For
19 Get Out of My House
20 Nocturn

Albums:

1 Hounds of Love
2 Never For Ever
3 Lionheart

― Guilty_Boksen, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

Stuff that came very close to making my ballot:

The Saxophone Song
In Search of Peter Pan
Delius (Song of Summer)
Egypt
Pull Out The Pin
All The Love
Jig of Life
Experiment IV
Never Be Mine
Lily
A Coral Room
Somewhere In Between
Aerial
Snowflake
Lake Tahoe

― Tim F, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

was not able to submit a ballot because of weird irl issues this past weekend but here was my prelim untangled ballot
The Man with the Child in His Eyes
Wuthering Heights
Babooshka
Delius (Song of Summer)
Blow Away (For Bill)
All We Ever Look For
Egypt
The Wedding List
Violin
Army Dreamers
breathing
Sat in Your Lap
There Goes a Tenner
pull out the pin
Suspended in Gaffa
leave it open
The Dreaming
hounds of love
cloudbusting
the sensual world

― buzza, Thursday, 30 August 2012 05:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

Unranked

― buzza, Thursday, 30 August 2012 05:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

A couple of corrections in the minor slots:

December Will Be Magic Again - four votes and 81 points
In Search Of Peter Pan - two votes and 34 points

Don't keep 'em coming

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 30 August 2012 06:26 (8 months ago) Permalink

1. This Woman's Work
2. Them Heavy People
3. The Man with the Child in His Eyes
4. Deeper Understanding
5. The Sensual World
6. And Dream of Sheep
7. Joanni
8. Suspended in Gaffa
9. Army Dreamers
10. How to Be Invisible
11. Rocket Man
12. Pull Out the Pin
13. In the Warm Room
14. Breathing
15. Mrs Bartolozzi
16. Mother Stands for Comfort
17. There Goes a Tenner
18. Wuthering Heights
19. Somewhere in Between
20. Babooshka

i don't love Hounds of Love as much as a lot of you i guess

― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 August 2012 07:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

I didn't vote (I only knew "Hounds of Love" and a handful of other songs here and there) but had a lot of fun following the results and finally getting around to hearing more of Kate Bush's music. Great poll, thanks Ismael!

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 30 August 2012 08:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

Bold didn't place, including my #1 sadly.

1. Why Should I Love You?
2. Wuthering Heights
3. Running Up That Hill
4. This Woman's Work
5. Cloudbursting
6. Moments of Pleasure
7. Watching You Without Me
8. An Architect's Dream
9. Army Dreamers
10. And Dream of Sheep
11. The Dreaming
12. There Goes a Tenner
13. The Big Sky
14. Hounds of Love
15. Bertie
16. Rocket Man
17. Man With The Child In His Eyes
18. Misty
19. Breathing
20. Them Heavy People

Albums

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

― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

i love aerial but i am kinda surprised by just how well it did here, i do wonder how much of that is maybe for a large segment of ilx it was the first kate bush lp they experienced first hand so to speak.

Process of elimination for me. HOL is her only perfect album for me. I even regret sticking TSW on my list.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:54 (8 months ago) Permalink

1. Feel It
2. The Man with the Child in His Eyes
3. L'Amour Looks Something like You
4. Cloudbusting
5. Running Up That Hill
6. Snowflake
7. Night Scented Stock
8. A Coral Room
9. Oh to Be in Love
10. Wuthering Heights
11. In the Warm Room
12. Nocturn
13. Army Dreamers
14. Lake Tahoe
15. Night of the Swallow
16. Mother Stands for Comfort
17. The Dreaming
18. The Kick Inside
19. Misty
20. Wow

ALBUMS

1. The Kick Inside
2. Hounds of Love
3. Aerial

― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 30 August 2012 11:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

Hmph. Totally would've preferred Cloudbusting or Hounds as #1. I'm always glad to hear Running, but it's never been one of my Kate faves. Anyway, here's mine. Think everything placed except the two Red Shoes tracks.

Jig of Life
The Dreaming
The Man With the Child in His Eyes
Wuthering Heights ('86 version)
Nocturn
Leave It Open
Cloudbusting
Breathing
Hello Earth
The Sensual World
Hounds of Love
Night of the Swallow
Waking the Witch
Sat in Your Lap
Snowflake
Lily
Get Out of My House
Pull Out the Pin
Top of the City
Experiment IV

ALBUMS
The Dreaming
Hounds of Love
Aerial

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:53 (8 months ago) Permalink

And great poll, IK. Thanks. The pictures were gorgeous.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

this poll has made me realise how much attention i should have paid to All The Love, amazing bit of work.

― piscesx, Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

LET'S EXCHANGE THE EXPERIENCE

Nocturn
Running Up That Hill
Cloudbusting
Hounds of Love
Suspended in Gaffa
The Morning Fog
One Last Look Around The House Before We Go
Love and Anger
Rubberband Girl
Big Sky
This Woman's Work
Breathing
Experiment IV
A Coral Room
Jig of Life
The Fog
Heads We're Dancing
The Man with the Child in his Eyes
Symphony in Blue
Big Stripey Lie

albums
Hounds of Love
Aerial
The Dreaming

― Euler, Thursday, 30 August 2012 16:49 (8 months ago) Permalink

if this poll happened a week ago i would've been mondo annoyed at running's placement. it always left me cold. but i happened to hear it on the radio while driving last night and i was like 'damn this owns doesnt it' so i guess it finally clicked. still think wuthering not being #1 is mild challops (i might've voted for gaffa tho)

― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 31 August 2012 14:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

Very belated thanks to IK for running this and for the beautiful rollout.

My ballot:
Tracks
01 The Sensual World
02 The Dreaming
03 Rocket's Tail
04 The Man with the Child in His Eyes
05 Sat in Your Lap
06 King of the Mountain
07 Army Dreamers
08 Leave It Open
09 The Infant Kiss
10 The Red Shoes
11 Get Out of My House
12 All the Love
13 Moments of Pleasure
14 Delius (Song of Summer)
15 Suspended in Gaffa
16 Nocturn
17 Deeper Understanding
18 Houdini
19 Them Heavy People (On Stage EP version)
20 Ken

Albums
01 The Dreaming
02 Aerial
03 The Sensual World

― Jeff W, Monday, 3 September 2012 12:50 (8 months ago) Permalink

Many thanks to Ismael forSam great poll. A bit late to followup, but...



*5. Wuthering Heights
617 points, twenty-two votes, three no.1s
The Kick Inside (1978) (two votes for The Whole Story (1986))
debut performance*

On the original, the way she phrases "It's me/Cathy, I've come home" leaves her running out of breath by the time she reaches "I'm" (it's already an odd phrasing, putting the "I'm" in the line with "home" instead of "So cold" but the clipped way she sings it makes it even odder). But on the remake, her superior breath control allows her to extend the "ee's" of "me" and "Cathy" so that she can go straight into a hugely powerful "Co-o-o-ollld." That in turn allows her to use the line "Let me in-a-your window" as the climax of the chorus instead of the kind of tag it serves as in the original.

Not altogether unlike Sinatra ca. the Capitol recordings, the skill of her singing by this time was at its absolute peak. And on this, it allows her to fundamentally transform not just the feel of one of her best-known songs into something even more powerful and natural -- but the melody itself. It's amazing.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 3 September 2012 13:06 (8 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, but a) the original sounds like a crazy person singing alien music whereas in '86 it just sounds like Kate Bush, b) there's a MIDIVerb or something on the '86 version that makes it sound as if she's singing in a bathroom instead of on a wild and windy moor, c) one needs to hear how untamed her voice was on those early singles to really appreciate the subsequent "soft focus" approach to her singing on "Lionheart" moving into the high drama of "Never For Ever".

― nedless summer (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:14 (8 months ago) Permalink

I'm 100% in favour of remixing and revising and think more people should do it. Even when it creates crap, which it does, like 90% of the time, having a polished-up crap version only sharpens the ingenuity of the original

― nedless summer (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

(Not calling '86 "Kick Inside" vocal takes crap, mind)

― nedless summer (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:16 (8 months ago) Permalink