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After promising to do this an absolute age ago, I have finally got round to sorting this out.

The most enigmatic and talented performer the UK has produced.

 

How do you rate her music?

 

RULES

 

You must rate EVERY song and album out of 10.

You can give one song a rating of 11 and one album a rating out of 11.

Just keep ratings to whole marks please.

 

Here's the music:

 

SINGLES

 

Wuthering Heights

Them Heavy People (from the On Stage EP)

Army Dreamers

Rocket Man

Moments of Pleasure

King of the Mountain

Lyra

 

ALBUMS

 

Lionheart

The Hounds of Love

The Sensual World

Aerial

Fabulous!

 

Strangely although The Dreaming is my favourite album BY FAR the singles from it don't work so well alone. Now if you'd included the Irish release of Night Of The Swallow...

 

 

 

SINGLES

 

11 Wuthering Heights

10 The Man With The Child In His Eyes

09 Them Heavy People

08 Hammer Horror

07 Wow

10 Breathing

10 Babooshka

08 Army Dreamers

07 December Will Be Magic Again

08 Sat in Your Lap

09 The Dreaming

10 There Goes a Tenner

10 Suspended in Gaffa

09 Running Up That Hill

09 Cloudbusting

08 Hounds of Love

07 The Big Sky

09 Don't Give Up

10 Experiment IV

07 The Sensual World

08 This Woman's Work

06 Love and Anger

06 Rocket Man

08 Rubberband Girl

06 Eat the Music

06 Moments of Pleasure

07 The Red Shoes

06 The Man I Love

06 And So Is Love

07 King of the Mountain

07 Lyra

06 Deeper Understanding

07 Wild Man

 

ALBUMS

 

10 The Kick Inside

09 Lionheart

09 Never For Ever

11 The Dreaming

09 The Hounds of Love

07 The Sensual World

06 The Red Shoes

07 Aerial

07 Director's Cut

07 50 Words For Snow

Do you want to edit your votes as I've now included Them Heavy People

Strangely although The Dreaming is my favourite album BY FAR the singles from it don't work so well alone. Now if you'd included the Irish release of Night Of The Swallow...

 

I did include Eat The Music although that was never a UK a-side so I probably should have included Night of the Swallow.

 

Do you want to edit your votes as I've now included Them Heavy People

Done.

09: Wuthering Heights

09: The Man With The Child In His Eyes

05: Them Heavy People (from the On Stage EP)

03: Hammer Horror

07: Wow

04: Breathing

10: Babooshka

06: Army Dreamers

03: December Will Be Magic Again

03: Sat in Your Lap

04: The Dreaming

10: There Goes a Tenner

10: Suspended in Gaffa

10: Running Up That Hill

04: Cloudbusting

11: Hounds of Love

09: The Big Sky

09: Don't Give Up

05: Experiment IV

04: The Sensual World

10: This Woman's Work

05: Love and Anger

09: Rocket Man

10: Rubberband Girl

04: Eat the Music

08: Moments of Pleasure

05: The Red Shoes

02: The Man I Love

06: And So Is Love

06: King of the Mountain

04: Lyra

05: Deeper Understanding

03: Wild Man

 

ALBUMS

 

09: The Kick Inside

05: Lionheart

07: Never For Ever

10: The Dreaming

10: The Hounds of Love

06: The Sensual World

05: The Red Shoes

05: Aerial

04: Director's Cut

07: 50 Words For Snow

s/o to night of the swallow and pi too ~

04: Breathing

06: Army Dreamers

03: Sat in Your Lap

04: The Dreaming

04: Cloudbusting

05: Experiment IV

 

UM WOT @ all that

SINGLES

 

10 Wuthering Heights

10 The Man With The Child In His Eyes

08 Them Heavy People

05 Hammer Horror

09 Wow

10 Breathing

10 Babooshka

09 Army Dreamers

06 December Will Be Magic Again

09 Sat in Your Lap

08 The Dreaming

08 There Goes a Tenner

10 Suspended in Gaffa

10 Running Up That Hill

10 Cloudbusting

10 Hounds of Love

06 The Big Sky

09 Don't Give Up

11 Experiment IV

07 The Sensual World

09 This Woman's Work

07 Love and Anger

04 Rocket Man

08 Rubberband Girl

05 Eat the Music

08 Moments of Pleasure

07 The Red Shoes

05 The Man I Love

07 And So Is Love

09 King of the Mountain

09 Lyra

08 Deeper Understanding

09 Wild Man

 

ALBUMS

 

10 The Kick Inside

08 Lionheart

09 Never For Ever

11 The Dreaming

10 The Hounds of Love

06 The Sensual World

05 The Red Shoes

08 Aerial

07 Director's Cut

08 50 Words For Snow

 

Oh em gee - how is one supposed to chose between Wuthering Heights, Suspended in Gaffa and The Woman's Work for one's 11.

I absolutely love the three songs I've heard from her so I will vote.

 

This Woman's Work to win.

I'll rate all I know, but I'm not a completist for any artist and there are gaps. Those I don't know are 1's, because how else can I judge them....(and Kate will never be a 1 in any real world)

 

sorry!

 

 

SINGLES

 

 

10 Wuthering Heights

10 The Man With The Child In His Eyes

8 Them Heavy People (from the On Stage EP)

8 Hammer Horror

9 Wow

7 Breathing

10 Babooshka

10 Army Dreamers

8 December Will Be Magic Again

10 Sat in Your Lap

8 The Dreaming

6 There Goes a Tenner

1 Suspended in Gaffa

10 Running Up That Hill

9 Cloudbusting

11 Hounds of Love

8 The Big Sky

10 Don't Give Up

8 Experiment IV

10 The Sensual World

10 This Woman's Work

8 Love and Anger

9 Rocket Man

7 Rubberband Girl

1 Eat the Music

10 Moments of Pleasure

6 The Red Shoes

1 The Man I Love

1 And So Is Love

9 King of the Mountain

1 Lyra

1 Deeper Understanding

1 Wild Man

 

ALBUMS

 

5 The Kick Inside (for the singles)

6 Lionheart

6 Never For Ever (for the singles)

5 The Dreaming (for the singles)

10 The Hounds of Love

9 The Sensual World

6 The Red Shoes

5 Aerial (for the singles and tracks Ive heard)

5 Director's Cut (ditto)

5 50 Words For Snow (ditto)

 

If there are tracks that you don't know then click on the links. The titles link to each track.

 

If you do decide to not rate some tracks or albums then leave it as an xx and I'll ignore those.

 

The results will be an average score out of 10 so it won't matter if there aren't the same number of raters for each track.

SINGLES

 

11 Wuthering Heights

09 The Man With The Child In His Eyes

07 Them Heavy People (from the On Stage EP)

07 Hammer Horror

09 Wow

08 Breathing

10 Babooshka

08 Army Dreamers

09 December Will Be Magic Again

08 Sat in Your Lap

08 The Dreaming

09 There Goes a Tenner

10 Suspended in Gaffa

10 Running Up That Hill

09 Cloudbusting

10 Hounds of Love

08 The Big Sky

09 Don't Give Up

09 Experiment IV

08 The Sensual World

10 This Woman's Work

06 Love and Anger

03 Rocket Man

08 Rubberband Girl

08 Eat the Music

07 Moments of Pleasure

08 The Red Shoes

06 The Man I Love

07 And So Is Love

10 King of the Mountain

08 Lyra

09 Deeper Understanding

08 Wild Man

 

ALBUMS

 

09 The Kick Inside

07 Lionheart

07 Never For Ever

10 The Dreaming

10 The Hounds of Love

08 The Sensual World

07 The Red Shoes

08 Aerial

07 Director's Cut

08 50 Words For Snow

If there are tracks that you don't know then click on the links. The titles link to each track.

 

If you do decide to not rate some tracks or albums then leave it as an xx and I'll ignore those.

 

The results will be an average score out of 10 so it won't matter if there aren't the same number of raters for each track.

 

If I get time after BJSC I'll try and click to link to some singles, though Kate's usually a grower and needs multiple listens.

cheers!

I know I started the rate but how the hell do I do this justice.

This woman's work has been the absolute pinnacle of my time listening to music.

I think everything (well except some of the Red Shoes) has been sublime.

I seriously would not rate any single below an 8 (Yes even those collaborations)

 

And as for the albums... (my fav changes every so often according to where I am in my life)

 

Oh well I'll submit my rate before I start collating the results which reminds me... anymore rates?

 

Grading here on a completely different scale to normal... 8s here are 10s in any other rate. She is just the best ever.

SINGLES

 

10 Wuthering Heights

10 The Man With The Child In His Eyes

08 Them Heavy People

08 Hammer Horror

09 Wow

10 Breathing

10 Babooshka

10 Army Dreamers

09 December Will Be Magic Again

10 Sat in Your Lap

10 The Dreaming

10 There Goes a Tenner

10 Suspended in Gaffa

11 Running Up That Hill

10 Cloudbusting

10 Hounds of Love

09 The Big Sky

09 Don't Give Up

10 Experiment IV

09 The Sensual World

08 This Woman's Work

07 Love and Anger

07 Rocket Man

10 Rubberband Girl

08 Eat the Music

08 Moments of Pleasure

09 The Red Shoes

07 The Man I Love

10 And So Is Love

08 King of the Mountain

07 Lyra

08 Deeper Understanding

07 Wild Man

 

ALBUMS

 

09 The Kick Inside

08 Lionheart

09 Never For Ever

11 The Dreaming

10 Hounds of Love

08 The Sensual World

07 The Red Shoes

08 Aerial

07 Director's Cut

09 50 Words For Snow

 

I don't care if I'm not allowed all those 10s. She deserves every one.

Army Dreamers >>>>> Everything.

Grading here on a completely different scale to normal... 8s here are 10s in any other rate. She is just the best ever.

 

I don't care if I'm not allowed all those 10s. She deserves every one.

I think that's what I'll have to do too.

 

No limit on 10s. You wait til you see mine!

Anymore rates?