1. Feel It2. The Man with the Child in His Eyes3. L'Amour Looks Something like You4. Cloudbusting5. Running Up That Hill6. Snowflake7. Night Scented Stock8. A Coral Room9. Oh to Be in Love10. Wuthering Heights11. In the Warm Room12. Nocturn13. Army Dreamers14. Lake Tahoe15. Night of the Swallow16. Mother Stands for Comfort17. The Dreaming18. The Kick Inside19. Misty20. Wow
ALBUMS
1. The Kick Inside2. Hounds of Love3. Aerial
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 30 August 2012 11:51 (9 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 LifeThe DreamingThe Man With the Child in His EyesWuthering Heights ('86 version)NocturnLeave It OpenCloudbustingBreathingHello EarthThe Sensual WorldHounds of LoveNight of the SwallowWaking the WitchSat in Your LapSnowflakeLilyGet Out of My HousePull Out the PinTop of the CityExperiment IV
ALBUMSThe DreamingHounds of LoveAerial
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:53 (9 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 (9 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 (9 months ago) Permalink
LET'S EXCHANGE THE EXPERIENCE
NocturnRunning Up That HillCloudbustingHounds of LoveSuspended in GaffaThe Morning FogOne Last Look Around The House Before We GoLove and AngerRubberband GirlBig SkyThis Woman's WorkBreathingExperiment IVA Coral RoomJig of LifeThe FogHeads We're DancingThe Man with the Child in his EyesSymphony in BlueBig Stripey Lie
albumsHounds of LoveAerialThe Dreaming
― Euler, Thursday, 30 August 2012 16:49 (9 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 (9 months ago) Permalink
Very belated thanks to IK for running this and for the beautiful rollout.
My ballot:Tracks01 The Sensual World02 The Dreaming03 Rocket's Tail04 The Man with the Child in His Eyes05 Sat in Your Lap06 King of the Mountain07 Army Dreamers08 Leave It Open09 The Infant Kiss10 The Red Shoes11 Get Out of My House12 All the Love13 Moments of Pleasure14 Delius (Song of Summer)15 Suspended in Gaffa16 Nocturn17 Deeper Understanding18 Houdini19 Them Heavy People (On Stage EP version)20 Ken
Albums01 The Dreaming02 Aerial03 The Sensual World
― Jeff W, Monday, 3 September 2012 12:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
Many thanks to Ismael forSam great poll. A bit late to followup, but...
*5. Wuthering Heights617 points, twenty-two votes, three no.1sThe Kick Inside (1978) (two votes for The Whole Story (1986))debut performance*
*5. Wuthering Heights617 points, twenty-two votes, three no.1sThe 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 (9 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 (9 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 (9 months ago) Permalink
(Not calling '86 "Kick Inside" vocal takes crap, mind)