Kate's eras

going with a Kate marathon after we finish listening to Valentyne Suite. I just asked Raff and she had a hard time pinpointing a favorite for her. A good sign ehhh.. mark of quality. unlike many that peak out of the gate and ride that wave into mediocrity.

she drew a blank on all of them, favs period. Era, album, song. Too many great ones to choose..

of course I strategically asked her when I was getting a bitch out for my smoking..(get those every couple of weeks)  so she might have been distracted

Well this one is a slam dunk for me....easier than the songs

A/B/D/C

I rank these in chronological order.

BCDA

hellogoodbye wrote: Precisely 1 Lion Heart, 2 The Dreaming, 3 Never For ever, 4 The Kick Inside ... then not far, but not too close, Hounds Of Love, The Sensual World and 50 Words For Snow.

hellogoodbye wrote: Precisely 1 Lion Heart, 2 The Dreaming, 3 Never For ever, 4 The Kick Inside ... then not far, but not too close, Hounds Of Love, The Sensual World and 50 Words For Snow.

Pierre, your first four match mine pretty much....nice to see there are a few Lionheart devotees around here. 

B is best by far, these are my no. 1 and 2 Kate Bush albums. The others are close. I'd say DAC (C without Red Shoes would be higher).

B. Never For Ever/The Dreaming
A. The Kick Inside/Lionheart / C. Hounds of Love/The Sensual World/The Red Shoe

^ I think I follow you.  I agree her recent work is more sophisticated and mature, a deep beauty in those songs.  She would certainly place her recent work above her early work. 

But my own personal appreciation is often taken with the naivety and wonder of youth.  Whether Kate or Syd Barrett, that whimsical and "breath of fresh air" that can only be ascribed to youth if one is to be honest, because we all lose it.  Older people who go for the same feeling are a forgery.  You have to actually be young to pull it off, with perhaps a few exceptions, but they are rare.  Kate did so well on those first three albums that they defy everything around them.  She created her own universe with which to play.  Despite whether one actually likes her or not, creating your own universe is truly rare.  Then to top it off, she manages to convert those songs into a stage show that mimics the wonder of the music.  Adding her own choreography and dancing ability to the "Tour of Life", which had only the benefit of those "juvenile" albums, is astounding.