Forget "one of the greatest female singer/songwriters"... just "one of the greatest singer/songwriters" will do.

Here's my top 10:

1. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE
2. NIGHT OF THE SWALLOW
3. SUNSET
4. MOVING
5. THE KICK INSIDE
6. A CORAL ROOM
7. AND DREAM OF SHEEP
8. BREATHING
9. HEADS WE'RE DANCING
10. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

Can't narrow it down to 10.

Cannot. Do. This.

Far too difficult!

But it'll definitely have 'The Sensual World' in there. I love, love, LOVE that song.

where's cloudbuster? still bussy with the sheep in the shack?

This is too difficult for me to do....but I´d definitely put
-The Fog
-Running Up That Hill
-Breathing
-This Woman´s Work
-The Sensual World
-Mother Stands For Comfort
and of course Cloudbusting in there, though the latter requires a bit of background info in order to fully appreciate its beauty.

Oh God I hate lists because I can never ever pick a definite number #1. I will say that "Heads We're Dancing","Kite", "Infant's Kiss","Rocket's Tail" ,"Under the Ivy","December Will Be Magic Again" (I listened to that one the other day....it's nowhere near December....that's how much I like it.), "Jig of Life", "Waking the Witch", "Experiment IV", "The Fog", the live version of "Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbreak", "Lily" are somewhere in there. Is that over 10 already? see.....too hard. I even tried picking favorites from different albums to spread it out....still couldn't do it. If your favorite album is Hounds of Love.....it would really be hard to pick a Top 10 KB songs. That albums ties in together, so the bulk of your list would probabaly be from that album How about a Top 10 Kate Bush Albums instead I was shocked to see someone else say "Heads We're Dancing" too. Most fans hate that one for some reason It's starting to storm here

As a casual fan, these are my favorites:



Be Kind To My Mistakes

Running Up That Hill

Delius

Blow Away

The Sensual World

This Woman's Work

The Man With The Child In His Eyes

And Dream Of Sheep

Love and Anger

King Of The Mountain





...

I'll have to think about this one.

Under Ice
Mother Stands For Comfort
All The Love
Running Up That Hill

But I only have 2 of her albums.

I'd say Under Ice and Mother Stands For Comfort are probably in my top ten of ANY artist and those two songs epitomize and capture what I strive to do as an artist myself.

heartbeatocean said:

Does anyone love "Delius"? I don't see many mention the album Never For Ever.

GangstaFam said:

One of my faves on that album.

Cloudbuster said:

"Army Dreamers" and "Breathing" kick my ass too.

Since you're the Kate expert around here, what do you think of that album? Do you know its standing among Kate's fans?

GangstaFam said:

Love those two as well, and Babooshka.

It's not one of her most popular albums, rarely do people include it in their 'Top 3 Kate albums', yet it's not often singled out for a bashing, either.
Most fans seem to consider it a good album but not one of her best.

What do I think of it?
I think it's a good album but not one of her best.

Cloudbuster said:

Your homework for today: rank, rate and review all of Kate's albums.

GangstaFam said:

Yeah, didn't I promise you such a thread last year?

Cloudbuster said:

Umm...yeah!

But I'll accept late entries for partial credit by this time tomorrow.

GangstaFam said:

Cloudbuster said:

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Wtf?

Cloudbuster said:

I'm Mr. Garrison. You're Mr. Slave.

GangstaFam said:

Cloudbuster said:

Now get to work!

GangstaFam said:

GangstaFam said:

I like Delius alot too, but it's not my favorite from that album. Infant Kiss is my favorite from that one

Well, so far I've managed a top 3:

Cloudbusting
The Sensual World
A Coral Room

Now I've gotta choose the rest from a shortlist of 60.

Cloudbuster said:

I never realised you loved that one so much.

It's so intoxicating, sometimes I even prefer the instrumental version.


She'll probably release a new album before you sort that Top 10 out.

onenitealone said:

It took a while to really have an effect on me (thought it was boring as shit at first ) but its sheer beauty won me over in the end.
It's easily my favourite album opener of hers and possibly the sexiest song ever written.




And how likely is that?

Cloudbuster said:

'Boring as shit'?? I'm glad you like it now. :phew:



Call me crazy but how anyone cannot like a song that has Kate softly murmuring 'Mmmmmm, yes...' in their ear, I have no idea.

Best album opener? Defintely.






We should put bets on it.

onenitealone said:

I was merely 14 when I first heard it and was more into typical chart fodder at the time.

onenitealone said:

I'll bet my Tori Amos albums on it.