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Originally Posted by Maxd9
P.S - I just tried ranking Kate and Stevie's albums together, and I found it impossible. I think most of Kate's albums are stronger, more interesting and more artful than Stevie's, but I listen to Stevie far more often, and have a greater emotional reaction to her work. When it came to ranks, I just couldn't do it.
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^ I know what you mean...it's hard to rank them knowing that Kate is more of a producer of her own work (and in that respect, more like a Lindsey Buckingham). For instance, in ranking their debut albums, it's hard to ignore the fact that Jimmy Iovine shaped Stevie's sound in a big way for Bella Donna (which I love) while Andrew Powell actually hampered Kate's vision for The Kick Inside (which is why she began producing her own stuff shortly thereafter). Both albums catch the essence of the performer....but in the end I ranked Bella Donna higher because it sounded more polished (i.e. better produced).
Kate doesn't have a Fleetwood Mac to co-inhabit her time, so there are fewer instances where there's filler on her albums. The instances where filler does appear (in both Stevie's and Kate's works) are the albums that I ended up ranking the lowest. Otherwise, I just ranked them according to which ones I listen to more often, rather than respect more. I think I respect The Dreaming above all, but I don't listen to it nearly as much as Aerial or Hounds Of Love.