Kite
by Kirsty MacColl
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Kirsty MacColl bestography
Kite is ranked as the best album by Kirsty MacColl.
(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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Kite track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Kite rankings
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Kite ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2026 10:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 20:20 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:52 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2025 06:59 |  MadhattanJack | 5,994 | 66/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2025 01:30 |  imacgill | 2,812 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Kite comments
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A great collection of quality songs, only the production grinds a little, the Marr, Glenister guitars in Smith's mode after a while begin to irritate. Fifteen minutes is brilliantly observed as are many tracks, perfect pop song writing with the Kristy edge.
LadyGodiva 02/20/2015 08:17 | #135335 | TOP COMMENT
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Beautiful album with teeth and a sprinkling of wit. RIP Kirsty!
Shiny, beautiful, effervescent and at times biting pop music. I love it.
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