Hounds Of Love (studio album) by Kate Bush

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 59th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
85/100 (from 1,330 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1985 (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of the 1980s (7th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (59th)
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85/100 (from 1,330 votes)
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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 84.9/100, a mean average of 83.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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From 02/29/2024 14:32
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?
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85/100
From 11/20/2023 23:06
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".
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From 05/06/2023 13:56
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.
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From 04/22/2023 19:13
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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From 12/22/2022 09:14
This album is amazing, it perfectly balances pop and art side of Kate Bush. First side is filled with excellently produced, emotionally sung beutiful pop song, obviously Running Up That Hill which is probably top 20 songs of all time, Hounds Of Love, Cloudbusting and also often overlooked The Big Sky. Side two sounds more like The Dreaming and I really like experiments that she's doing it, I especially liked reversed vocals on Watching You Without Me, irish folk sounding Jig Of Life, monumental Hello Earth and it ends really nice with The Morning Fog.
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95/100
From 11/28/2022 12:26
Side one is amazing. I find it hard to engage with side two, which still has some interesting tracks though. All in all, an absolute classic. Side one Is as good as any ever produced.
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90/100
From 08/31/2022 03:37
Solid album
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From 06/14/2022 22:37
Run Max run!
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From 02/25/2022 18:30
This is just an incredible album, Kate Bush manages to meld so many different influences and sounds to create a truly wonderful album. The track 'Cloudbusting' is probably my favourite song of all time.
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Best Albums of 1985
1. Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush
2. Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
3. Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
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