The Dreaming (track)
by Kate Bush
The Dreaming appears on the following album(s) by Kate Bush:
- The Dreaming (track #6) (this album) (1982)
- The Whole Story (track #11) (compilation) (1986)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2026 14:56 | daCritic | 39,876 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2026 15:38 | jtc91 | 13,969 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 10:53 |  Liedzeit | 11,208 | 77/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.4/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.0.
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Amazed that I'm the first to comment on the title track - and my favourite - of this album. It's probably the nearest I'll get to the Outback.
