Hounds Of Love
by Kate Bush
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Hounds Of Love is ranked as the best album by Kate Bush.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 32 hours ago | TheGadge | 23 | 80/100 | |
| 06/08/2026 08:21 | Leginlists | 3,605 | 83/100 | |
| 06/06/2026 10:14 | lvillela | 122 | 93/100 | |
| 06/04/2026 03:46 |  awesomness425 | 1,982 | 77/100 | |
| 06/01/2026 15:39 |  swed | 1,214 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 85.0/100, a mean average of 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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There are some iconic songs on this album like Cloudbusting and Hounds Of Love which are very good, but I did think some of the songs dragged on a bit. There is a general tendency for the songs to be long which I didn't like so much. I think I prefer the Kick Inside album to this one. Kate Bush kind of went out of fashion in the 1980's and then she came back into fashion later on in her career. She has always gone for the experimental type of music and sometimes it works and sometimes not. On the whole this is pretty good and even the Irish jig song seems to work out ok. Its shows that this is no. 1 of 1985 which surprises me a bit, but it would be in my top 20 of that year.
Ilolahti 10/02/2025 12:25 | #311166
How about 1997 edition with 6 Bonus Tracks? Are those listed and rated somewhere?
Kinda like David Bowie’s Low…Side One instant and vibrant, Side two…Weird and brilliant!!! Great Album
MCOTho 10/11/2024 01:19 | #305607
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First half is really good second half is also really good but also really strange
arturguerra 07/06/2024 14:32 | #304188
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It is easy to love side one, which is a line up of beautiful, catchy songs. Whether or not you love the album as a whole depends on what you think of the song cycle on side two. For me, it is mesmerising. WHAT SAY YOU GOOD PEOPLE?
lleon79 11/20/2023 23:06 | #300084
I think I prefer "The Dreaming" over this. Her previous record felt more cohesive and visionary. This one is okay, but it falls short on so many ends. Besides "Running Up That Hill", my second favorite is definitely "The Big Sky".
Kate Bush demonstrates loads of flare on what is her most engaging and enjoyable record she has ever put out. This is primarily due to the exceptional first half which is full of some stunning songs. The music is also well layered and it has a lot of depth behind it due to Kate Bush's desire to experiment with more instrumentation. This makes for an enthralling listen that remains exciting even on the slower second half. She is not scared to mix up her style either with there being some unique tracks on here, such as Jig Of Life, which are always exciting to come back to as they give the music an additional edge and a bit more character. Her vocal is fantastic as well as she demonstrates both her voices power but also its beauty on here. Overall, this is an elite record that is Kate Bush's most exciting and enjoyable to listen to.
Decent. First 5 tracks are awesome, then it's mostly downhill from there. Can see why it's highly rated but there are few too many duds for me to make it a great album (Dreams of Sheep, Hello Earth, Under Ice).
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