Director's Cut
by Kate Bush
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Kate Bush bestography
Director's Cut is ranked 12th 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 17,733.
(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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Director's Cut track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Director's Cut rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 24 Music Albums of 2011 | 21/24 | 1 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 26 Music Albums of 2011 | 14/26 | 3 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2011 | 8/18 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 52 Music Albums of 2011 | 44/52 | 1 |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 71 Music Albums of the 2010s | 24/71 | 14 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 2011 | 73/77 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2011 | 71/84 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 88 Music Albums of 2011 | 24/88 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 64 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 172 | |||
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Director's Cut ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/27/2026 15:50 | uppertona | 3 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 19:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,261 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:18 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,150 | 84/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 67.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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Director's Cut forum mentions
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You definitely have to skip around, but some of these "redo" tracks are real gems and often better than the dated originals. Check out "Song of Solomon", "Deeper Understanding", "Moments of Pleasure", and "Never be Mine".
I actually really like this. I had avoided it for years because I expected it to be pointless and terrible. It might well still be pointless but I found it quite enjoyable. Not bad at all.
A vastly underrated album that manages to mostly improve on the originals. Just because it's not a "new" album doesn't mean that it should be ignored.
I prefer the originals for most of the tracks.
If this was a stand-alone album where all the tracks were original, this album would rank as one of her very best albums, but it's a reworked album (revisiting tracks from "The Sensual World" & "The Red Shoes") that's quality manages to justify its existence.
Tracks on this album generally appear to gain more warmth (or frost, in the case of remarkable ballad "This Woman's Work") and lose more dynamism. It's an album of highs and lows, of some success. The highlight for me (which I gather is an unpopular opinion) is the revisited version of "Deeper Understanding" which uses autotune in a *great* way in order to enhance the feeling of detachment from the world and attachment to technology - brilliant track.
I wouldn't say it was an unmissable album, but it's certainly worth spending a bit of time on it for a richer, more mature sound from Kate Bush.
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