Babooshka (track)
by Kate Bush
Babooshka appears on the following album(s) by Kate Bush:
- Never For Ever (track #1) (this album) (1980)
- The Whole Story (track #12) (compilation) (1986)
- This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (track #90) (compilation) (1990)
- Kate Bush (1983) (track #3) (compilation) (1983)
- Kate Bush (1984) (track #1) (compilation) (1984)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/18/2026 18:27 |  DommeDamian | 75,712 | 51/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 08:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,855 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2025 13:52 | byuzak | 32,959 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2025 05:33 | Invader666 | 389 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/09/2025 08:56 | mash | 4,561 | 92/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.0/100, a mean average of 88.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.3.
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tw1nk 02/28/2019 08:27 | #232765
Probably the most aurally fantastical song about an extramarital affair you'll ever hear
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