The Dreaming
by Kate Bush
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Kate Bush bestography
The Dreaming is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Kate Bush on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kate Bush is Hounds Of Love which is ranked number 53 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,735.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Dreaming track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Dreaming rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | skrapoel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 4/100 | 89 |
| 2026 | WayneMC | BBC Music Magazine: 1982-The 21 Greatest Albums | 6/21 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 21 Music Albums of 1982 | 14/21 | 2 |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 46 Music Albums of the 1980s | 25/46 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 34/82 | 3 |
| 2026 | BoxFL | Top 46 Music Albums of the 1980s | 29/46 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Nagaiwolfwood | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 100/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 6 Music Albums of 1982 | 3/6 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 663 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,044 | |||
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The Dreaming ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 17:08 | Rayzer6 | 1,627 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 13:39 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:22 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
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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 81.5/100, a mean average of 80.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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The Dreaming forum mentions
albummaster 10/10/2026 07:15 in Year Change Notices
BestEverAlbums 09/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5450): By DeusExMackiaView latest topic →
neilgee 09/12/2026 18:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)View all forum mentions
The Dreaming comments
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God, "Pull Out The Pin" has to be one of the best war songs I've ever listened to. The desperate "I LOVE LIFE" battle-cry to the backdrop of helicopter sounds sends chills down my spine.
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/20/2018 18:38 | #211350 | TOP COMMENT
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It took a few listens, but I've finally cracked it. The Dreaming is Bush at perhaps her most expressive and most volatile; it's a hard sell in my books, but you'd be hard pushed to find an experimental album quite as coherent or as majestic as this.
Frankly, words do not do it justice; so much could be written about each song that it's hard to know where to begin or end. All that can really be said is that it demands full attention and has to be experienced.
Breathtaking but also calming, grand yet also detailed, terrifying yet also outstandingly close to the heart. It's an album for all seasons, all feelings and truly spans the musical spectrum. This is Kate Bush, the queen of avant-garde, at a seminal peak.
Kate goes crazy!!! And does it well. Marvellous and worth any ones money (Edited)
Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2011 17:32 | #30027 | TOP COMMENT
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Tough music to get into. If you don't get that type of music there is no point trying to explain. To be listened to very loud. VERY different from her other albums (which are ALL great by the way - except Lionheart which I can't stand. Sorry Kate).
ProfessorSquid 08/16/2013 03:57 | #84037 | TOP COMMENT
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It occurs to me we'd all benefit from some of today's more popular female vocalists having a good listen to this record.
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