The albums of KATE BUSH ranked

[@michaelfavreau7617]

The Dreaming... Incredible album. This is easily my favorite Kate Bush release. But not only that, this is easily one of my favorite albums ever. I listen to The Dreaming all the time. and I`ve owned it since its release date in 1982 when I was the tender age of 12. These songs were magical to me then and now. I couldn`t imagine a world without this wonderful recording in it.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

That's exactly how I feel. I heard it first in 1988. I knew KB was good from her singles but I didn't realise how good. It's a masterpiece.

[@erikverkoyen8689]

Yes, this was a good list. I grew up with 5 older sisters and I remember one sister had a grey vinyl version of The Kick Inside and that was the first music I really loved (I was 7 or 8) I don't remember Lionheart making any impression at all but I do remember listening to Never Forever a lot while checking the liner notes and working out what all the instruments were (Moog? Fairlight? What's that?) I bought the singles Suspended in Gaffa and Sat in your Lap from the discount bin with my pocket-money and later bought the cassette for The Dreaming. I was a bit shocked at first but intrigued as well. It was the album that taught me to really listen to music. So these three albums I associate with me growing up (musically) and I would also put them in that order.

[@klik64]

Totally agree on the Dreaming.. i utterly love it so much, I had it on cassette and wore it out. Love those donkeys eyoh eyoh!

[@regaltip8A]

Kick Inside for me by a mile. The solo by Ian Bairnson on Wuthering is class.

[@ingivalgeirsson4483]

Great video. For me is number one THE SENSUAL WORLD. I like her voice so much on this album . And all songs are great.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I'm glad you agree...I took a risk ranking that one so high but I think you are right.

[@scottiverson7829]

Love Kate!!!

[@irina1296]

The Dreaming always was my #1 Kate album, even though I love all of them.

[@progwolf12]

Thanks Andy. Respect to your reasoning and choices. Kick Inside will always be my number one album from Kate and is permanently in my top 10 of all artists. I was very impressionable when I first heard the album, it was simply off the page.... I also had the pleasure to see her on stage twice on that original tour, front row at Birmingham Hippodrome, night 2 and that remains my favorite gig of all time. I was also at The Hammersmith Odeon for the gig that was recorded onto CD and videoed. In the Warm Room is the one song I would want her to sing to me one to one if the chance ever occurred.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I agree...there is something very special about that album...

[@MauriceHotblack]

I've been a fan of Kate since Wuthering Heights. I had chicken pox as a teen and Wuthering Heights was on heavy rotation on Radio 1 as I lay in bed trying not to scratch myself. It was just so different to everything else. A few years later me and my mates used to go to a pub on Sunday evenings that had a dj. He was open to us bringing some of our records in and he would play tracks from them for us, bands like Sabbath, Tull, Genesis etc. I took The Dreaming in just after its release and he said 'why have you brought that shit in?' I lost all respect for him at that moment. For years I think The Dreaming was misunderstood but I loved it from the moment I heard it.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I liked Kate until The Dreaming came out, it was them I realised she is a genius.

[@classicalbum]

Must do one of these myself... well done for this

[@jackg5893]

Thanks for the video Andy. I didn't know much about Kate Bush with the exception of "Running up that Hill" and her vocal work with Peter Gabriel and others. Now I have some exploring to do! Thanks again! Jack G from Canada

[@lyndonaldridge6437]

50 words for snow is a grower for me ❤ melancholy

[@matereo]

The first three albums, if you reverse the order there you have 1-2-3.. i think never forever is the best one. Then the more experimental the dreaming as 4, then Hounds of love 5.. And i really like Aerial, its 6. Sensual world 7, then 50 words for snow 8.. i also like the red shoes the least. The production is interesting on Sensual world, but im a bit of a sound geek and it just sounds so flat. many many thanks to Kate Bush and the Bronte sisters!

[@allenmozek1]

I love this video! It would be amazing to see a video of Andy ranking and discussing the solo albums of Scott Walker, another completely brilliant original of British song craft. There's a synergy as well, since both Kate Bush and Scott Walker have impersonated donkeys on their respective masterpieces!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I wish I had the knowledge to do Scott Walker....

[@marzzt]

Pleasantly surprised to see you ranking Kate Bush! A big favourite of mine as well. Bought the LPs as they came out except for the debut and for me The Dreaming is best, still love it to this day. Also remember being blown away by side 2 of Hounds of Love. You’ve convinced me I need to re-listen to Sensual World again. Many thanks for the video.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I'm glad people have been surprised by this, I may do some more like this....

[@mattf9076]

Again I am reminded that I live under a rock as I have not heard of Kate Bush. Maybe when I go through her discography next week some of the songs will be familiar. Some albums that have stood out for me in the past few weeks are: Don Byron - Bug Music. I don't know how to describe this, "Big band/30's music with a twist"? It held my interest all the way through. Stewart Copeland - Rumble Fish(Original Soundtrack). I have not seen the movie and Spotify recommended this to me. All I can say is this is gold, I hear exploration/curiosity and optimism/happiness. I look forward to watching this movie because this will be the first time hearing a soundtrack first and having a concrete idea what the movie should be like. On the topic of movies, one of my favorite music based movies is "Sound of Noise(2010). Some "new" songs that stood out for me this past month have been. Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette - Back-Woods Song. GOLD Don Cherry - Lonely Woman. GOLD. I listened to this after the above song and they both struck similar nerves. These were on an ECM 70's playlist. Dewa Budjana - Swarna Jingga. I found this album "Naurora" because Dave Weckl is on here, but it also includes other giants. Mike Stern - Trip. For me Stern is hit or miss, but this song felt very fresh. 3lation - Frohn Jusciante 2: Electric Boogaloo - 800 Percent Quieter version. 2 of the Aristocrats are on here, Beller and Minneman. Todd Terje - Alfonso Muskedunder. I love the melody, it seems this song can read my mind, just when I start getting bored it changed. Adam Nitti - Antisocialmedia. The bass playing by Nitti is phenomenal

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I think Kate Bush has sold 20 million albums in the US and Canada alone....she is a giant popular music...

[@bennievargas2673]

Was listening to Kate before I stumbled upon your channel via 73 jazz rock video

[@CCardew2397]

Brilliant commentary! Always wonderful to hear a fellow Kate connoisseur confirm her genius and to hear more insight into her music and artistry. Love your recognition and mention of Powell and Pressburger, too, (and my favorite P&P film, what is called "Stairway to Heaven" in the US).

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I actually have a video on here about Powell and Pressburger

[@CCardew2397]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I will have a look late today, thank you!

[@scottiverson7829]

I get your reasoning and you have expanded upon my appreciation of her and the scope of her work, so I will retract my initial knee-jerk reaction to your putting “hounds of love” at number five!

[@DrMackSplackem]

For me, Never For Ever has some superb tracks and a few misses in there too, but what it also has is great continuity. Everything just flows together so well and the whole can induce a peak musical experience for the astute listener. The whole is indeed greater than the sum. It's a bit like U2's The Unforgettable Fire in that regard, though the latter is (to me at least) more of an autumnal or winter experience, while Never For Ever is quite the opposite.

[@Heartwing37]

Kate Bush is everything

[@wagstaff6135]

I love this video. Really surprised to find how closely this matches my own ranking, down to a pretty close experience of some of the later material (i.e., not particularly absorbing it well, for reason of not being particularly absorbed by it!). The Dreaming is the one I still listen to beginning to end, the one I give to friends to this day.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Glad you agree...and glad some of the followers to this channel love Kate too...I did not know how this one would go down...

[@ganazby]

Would love a Powell and Pressburger top ten, Andy! I’m a huge fan, too. ‘Aerial’ is a grower. For me, it’s more of a mood piece, best listened to all the way through. I’d definitely rank it higher than ‘Lionheart’. And I’d have ‘Hounds’ a bit higher, too. But I agree that The Sensual World is even better. Your numero uno is spot on, as far as I’m concerned. I love how she references films in her songs. “It’s in the trees; it’s coming!” (from the very scary ‘Night of the Demon’). Great vid, as always. Cheers.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Yes...I will do a Kate Bush references video I think and get into all the stuff...

[@Drinckx2]

Good list with excellent reasoning. However, I think The Red Shoes is very good, sharing much sound wise and in the writing with The Sensual World. Moments of Pleasure is one of her best songs with wonderfully evocative lyrics, and You're the One is one of the best break up songs ever written, with some stunning Jeff Beck guitar for good measure.

[@gilespeterson120]

Wonderful video, Andy thank you :) Greetings from New Zealand. Sat in my lap is my favourite album too. Freddy Mercury as a song writer as well :). I will listen to more of your reviews, very interesting. I still hounds of love as number 1, but it's so interesting hearing from musicians and educators like yourself, with such deep experience. So sad about the death of Del Palmer - the sound engineer genius. I think Kates collaborations with others, would also make a great video. Hope she releases a new record, soon :)

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidstafford9921]

We are in precise agreement on those choices.

[@zaradragonia9863]

I just scrolled through your transcript to see your listing. It's terrific, very close to my own. Good stuff 😸

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I have since wished I ranked Hounds a lot higher...

[@slumdogjay]

My joint number 1 is The Dreaminggand Hounds Of Love. I have to mention the live album from about 10 years ago too, which I think is fantastic.

[@ianp9086]

Great job attempting the impossible! I’ve been a fan since seeing the wuthering heights video on top of the pops and Hounds might have to be my #1 as I have at least 6 copies of it, loving the Fairlight and ninth wave (under ice on a good stereo is incredible). But Never Forever and Dreaming are right up there too. I always loved that fusion bit in Egypt! Aerial deserves a bit more love and I would have it above Lionheart just for such fine tracks as King of the mountain, pi, and how to be invisible.

[@CCardew2397]

Kate Bush albums ranked: 1) The Kick Inside 2) The Dreaming 3) Hounds of Love 4) Never For Ever 5) The Sensual World 6) Aerial 7) Lionheart 8) 50 Words for Snow 9) The Red Shoes My number 2 & 3 are constantly switching spots, and my number 4 & 5 as well. My ten favorite Kate Bush songs - The Man with the Child in His Eyes Wuthering Heights Running Up That Hill All We Ever Look For Sat in Your Lap Them Heavy People - Wow (tie) The Dreaming Moments of Pleasure Violin - Hammer Horror - Kite (tie) The Ninth Wave (And Dream of Sheep, Under Ice, Waking the Witch, Watching You Without Me, Jig of Life, Hello Earth, The Morning Fog) Also love (not in order): Suspended in Gaffa, Hounds of Love, Babooshka, Army Dreamers, Reaching Out, Love and Anger, This Woman's Work, King of the Mountain, Love and Anger, The Sky of Honey, Breathing, Cloudbusting, A Coral Room, The Big Sky, The Fog, Deeper Understanding, Moving, Strange Phenomena, Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake, Heads We're Dancing, Misty, Bertie, The Sensual World, Pull Out the Pin, Symphony in Blue, Snowflake...

[@martinbroten9467]

Love Kate Bush. "Hounds of Love" was the album that got me back into progressive music (was listening to a lot of alternative stuff - Husker Du, Replacements, Minutemen, REM - when it was released). "The Ninth Wave" is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. I don't think she ever got a lot of airplay in the U.S., but some of the "Hounds" videos showed up on MTV. Agree that "The Dreaming" is one of the most daring albums ever released by a major artist.

[@kenbaird3395]

Great ranking and video, Andy! I agree very much with what you say and your choices-I might move the top three around a bit for me but....maybe not---going to listen again to these soon!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thanks Ken....if my videos inspire people to go listen that is the job done.

[@7321janedou]

KB backing vocals on 'There's no way out of here', on David Gilmour's first solo album s/t.

[@geoffwindle3607]

Yes, yes a thousand times yes! The Dreaming is her best album and Matter of Life & Death is the best film ever made. A man of great taste i.e. same as mine 😉 Going to give Sensual World another listen I think I've missed out there.

[@ronmazurkiewicz3331]

Another great video Kate Bush is my favorite female artist and your top 2 albums I couldn't agree with more Never Forever with all those amazing songs and yes the Jan Hammer style moog solo and The Dreaming a total masterpiece one of the most creative and original albums of all time Kate at her creative best totally letting go ,but unfortunately like a lot of great albums went over a lot of people's head's and got rubbished

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I think as time has gone on The Dreaming has taken the place for many as her greatest achievement

[@arjenamsterdam5351]

Funny how these things work. I’ve always found The Sensual World one of her weaker albums. I don’t like the sound of it and I feel that most songs are mediocre. Lionheart by contrast I think is very underrated. I love it, the songs are wonderful and are beautifully sequenced from start to finish. Totally agree with you on The Dreaming. Remember when it came out and it blew me away and still does after 40 years.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

This Woman's Work is one of her greatest songs...Sensual World, The Fog and Rocket woul all be on my best of too

[@darrellhickey1990]

Kate Rules.

[@git606]

When I first heard Aerial when it originally came out and she started singing about washing machines going wishy washy, I thought ok she's really lost it so maybe didn't give the album as mush playing time as I should. Then I saw her at Hammersmith a few years ago and she played A Sky of Honey, it was a revelation. Utterly amazing atmosphere, a masterpiece. Listening to the live version certainly brang it to life. The whole Before the Dawn album is fantastic. Can't agree with putting Hounds of Love at number 5, this isn't just the best Kate album, it's the best album of all time, definitely for me. Never Forever and The Dreaming are albums where Kate is experimenting and developing her skills in the studio to get her ideas out on to tape and the Hounds of Love is where she has perfected everything. I'd play Get Out of My House to people, they looked terrified and looked at me like I was mad listening to this music, always mad me laugh. The Red Shoes when it first came out sounded very strange, very boxy, something wrong with the EQ like it was mixed in a bad sounding room, I thought this was why she remastered/mixed the albums for the Directors Cut, definitely sounded better. Although not her greatest album but it has Moments of Pleasure which is easily up there with her best songs. Not sure why she rearranged it for the Directors Cut, took all that was magic about it out of it. Kate is one of the most important artists we have and certainly one of the most respected so thanks for keeping the light burning for Kate, let's just hope she's busy in her studio and suddenly emerges with new work soon.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I can see where you are coming from. I always want to get a personal and yet challenging POV on these videos or they get boring. I liked KB when I was young but when I heard The Dreaming I realised she was a creative giant, so that album was where I really got won over. Yes lets hope she does, and lets hope she gets some of that old fire back too

[@Kuesel68]

I only found this video by you and as a HUGE Kate fan since the early 80s I have to see it. Well, I agree with some things, but not with all. For example for me Sensual World was at that time as big as a disappointment as the Red Shoes (which is really bad, you are right). Sensual World has great lyrics, but the music imo is boring compared to the previous 3 albums. I really like Snow on the other hand - for me it's Astral Weeks with piano (but I know you hate that album :D). Hounds for me has to be on top because of the 9th Wave, which as you said is one of the greatest prog/art suite ever composed. And yes: Army Dreamers and Breathing are some of the best songs ever! So my list would be: Hounds - Dreaming (only second because of the 9th Wave) - Breathing - Kick - Lionheart - Aerial - Snow - Sensual - Shoes. BTW for me Get out of My House (one of my totally top fav songs when I was a teen and still think it's her best apart from Jig of Life) has several meanings. One of them is really very sexual and the house is her body. If you look at the lyrics it really could be.

[@malvanlondon8683]

I think Never For Ever might be my favourite album of Kate's (or joint top with The Kick Inside). My favourite Powell and Pressberger film is I Know Where I'm Going.

[@meloralovesdarkness2495]

The 9th Wave is "Kinda Like" a Progressive peice?? At Leasest most of it! I Love Kate!! And I agree with You Sensuale World" Is Awesome Perfection, I Think, but Not a Prognation in Music! Never Forever, Is a great intrudution and her Progressive and weird things!! "The Dreaming" Is an Awesome intrroduction!! Never Forever is her second Hit and The Hounds of Love is her Major Album!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Ninth Wave is full on prog...it's just Kate's version.

[@SwampEye1]

Good job as ever .. I would have ranked "Aerial" a little higher ...

[@gerhardvanderwesthuizen1261]

My favorite is probably Never Forever.

[@canaryinacoalmine7267]

I do not really know what Prog Rock is, in the states she fell into the category called "New Wave", I am not sure what that really means either, but it encompassed everything that was odd to American ears. She is my favorite artist of all time, I do not think anyone comes close.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Prog Rock is like Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP and early Genesis

[@kevinlawrence2229]

Kate's records (all excellent -- even Dylan and Bowie had some real mishaps, but I honestly love every one of these albums so it's so difficult, but...) ranked: 10. Lionheart 9.The Red Shoes 8. The Sensual World 7. Director's Cut 6. Never For Ever 5. 50 Words For Snow 4. The Kick Inside 3. Aerial 2. Hounds of Love 1. The Dreaming

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

That is a pretty good top ten. Since doing this I have started to think I ranked Hounds and Snow too low. But as you say they are all amazing albums

[@jamescorcoran4130]

It should be clear to any Kate Bush fan that 'Why Should I Love You' is her crowning achievement, however not the butchered Prince version but her original version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5OzXpeXpdljb7M. Agree with most of your thoughts Andy, but Sensual World second only to The Dreaming in album terms.

[@FundamentalsUK]

Personally Really like Red shoes Andy. Moments of pleasure is a wonderful song.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Yes...that one is good

[@zaradragonia9863]

Long live The Dreaming!:)

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

That is her masterpiece IMO

[@daviddavenport7146]

I can't choose . There's brilliant bits on all the albums . It's a bit like asking someone to choose between their children .

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

That is the ridiculousness of these videos. I see it as a fun way of talking about the music and hopefully introducing some people to these amazing albums

[@Captain_Rhodes]

The Red Shoes is great. I dont know why nobody likes it. Probably because its too pop but so what. She does a collaboration with lenny henry and prince on the same song! How random is that?. Bit cheesy maybe but its got great vocals from all, a great guitar part too. Rubberband girl is maybe my favourite video she ever did. A great song and her dancing in the video is sublime. I think its underrated because her audience is a tad pretentious to be honest.

[@scottiverson7829]

5 ouch!

[@scottdraper1822]

Bjork!!

[@gerhardvanderwesthuizen1261]

I'd rate Hounds of Love higher than The Sensual World.

[@gerhardvanderwesthuizen1261]

The Sensual World was released in 1989 not 1990.

[@HP_____]

The Dreaming is indeed her best. But she lost me when she came out with The Sensual World and I haven't been following her ever since. All her inventiveness seems to be cluttered up in a mush by her overuse of "sensuality."

[@stereofidelic67]

Is she Prog or is she 'Art Rock'?

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

both...sometimes one, sometimes the other

[@stereofidelic67]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer have you ever covered the subtle differences between Prog and Art Rock?

[@bobsbigboy_]

Brian Wilson is the greatest songwriter ever