50 Words For Snow
by Kate Bush
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50 Words For Snow is ranked 7th 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 17,755.
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50 Words For Snow track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
50 Words For Snow rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2011 | 25/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 90/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 70 Music Albums of the 2010s | 59/70 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Bach | Top 8 Music Albums of 2011 | 6/8 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rock First Best Albums 2011 | 24/65 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 24 Music Albums of 2011 | 4/24 | 4 |
| 2026 | emptysquares | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 89/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 32 Music Albums of 2011 | 26/32 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 240 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,231 | |||
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| ! | 07/02/2026 18:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,128 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 15:15 |  Squonk007 | 773 | 24/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:46 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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If You are a fan of Kate, this is the undoubtedly best album of 2011. If You are not, You will become one after listening carefully. Do not hurry with opinions, this piece will grow inside You after several tries. Then shall stay there forever. And, although hit is not her best, it is still a proof that December might be magic again.
easily the best album of 2011. Even PJ Harvey and Bon Iver cannot really compete. not to mention they are both Kate's descendants:-)
jnfbn 03/03/2018 12:20 | #209992 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is like magic, a cold and haunting magic, espacially Lake Tahoe; a beautiful combination of piano and vocals
Loved this album. "Wild Man" and "Snowflake"would be some picks of mine. Nice, snowy, piano sound.
Applerill TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/14/2011 18:42 | #30600 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm sorry to say that this is a bit bland. Twenty years ago, Kate Bush had one of the most beautiful voices imaginable, but now it's died out into mediocrity. And the instrumentation, while pleasant, takes far too few risks for anyone to think this was the same chick that made The Dreaming.
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