The Whole Story
by Kate Bush
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Kate Bush bestography
The Whole Story is ranked 10th 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 17,731.
(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 Whole Story 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 Whole Story 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 |  Patman360 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1986 | 6/92 | 5 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 84 Music Albums of 1986 | 39/84 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Band Compilations | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 17 Music Albums of 1986 | 17/17 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 52 Music Albums of 1986 | 37/52 | 2 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 97 Music Albums of 1986 | 18/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1901-2000 | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 97/99 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 42/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 70 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 277 | |||
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The Whole Story ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/21/2026 08:44 |  jeremy9 | 3,801 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 16:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,619 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 16:49 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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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 81.4/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Forum mentions
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Squonk007 04/21/2025 13:37 | #308666
A very very good compilation album. (Edited)
Goliath 12/04/2021 17:14 | #277099 | TOP COMMENT
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A good overview of Kate Bush's singles output, but this collection is in no way representative of her work. This is a 'Greatest Hits', definitely not a 'Best Of'. (Edited)
An excellent compilation. Compilations are never going to please everyone but this set list sure packs some punch! There are no tracks I don't like so I am quite happy. Worth mentioning also that Kate Bush is an excellent musician as well as vocalist. I am led to believe that she was discovered by Dave Gilmour.
Great collection of Kate’s style. Perfect way to decide if you want to go deeper in to her music. (Edited)
This particular record, a slightly premature greatest hits album (from '78 to '86), is nothing short of wonderful. I fell in love with each beautiful, eccentric track and it clearly mapped out the artistry of a young female artist who is sincerely out of this world.
An excellent compilation although I must knock off some points for the reworked version of "Wuthering Heights" (one of my favourite songs of all time) which is inferior to the original by a mile. (Edited)
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