The Sensual World

Without women’s work, this is a 2. Production is really cool in places, but it’s struggling under its own weight. Feels a little pompous in places, and slightly scared of itself.

I really wanted to like this album but it never touched me emotionally and at times it just dissappeared into the background. It was never BAD though.

I thought this was good in a meandering dreamy kind of way. I would assume this album isn't as good as her previous and seemingly more popular album, but I haven't listened to that yet!

It's decent. I don't understand why people worship the ground she walks on but she's fine.

Kate is always wonderful. And also a little mad.

Good stuff

I don't really know much about Kate Bush. I had the preconceived notion of her being one of those artists that are weird for the sake of being weird. This album was a pleasant surprise. Melodic and atmospheric with touches of weirdness. I really enjoyed this. The thing I'm left wondering though is why this album? It doesn't have any hits so I doubt it's her biggest selling. It's not a debut and I haven't heard of any other artists mention it as an inspiration.

So good! Very emotive. I like the lyrics, vocals, and sax parts the most..especially those deep cuts

Favorite Track: This Woman’s Work The Sensual World

If there is a problem in loving and appreciating an artists work so much, it is you are sometimes so familiar with a particular album you seldom listen to it in full. This is one of the great things about following this list in that you are sometimes ‘forced’ to listen to an album you thought it was impossible not to find anything new in. I realised that a few days ago when I was dealt Tarkus by ELP and reinforced today with this massive album. I knew it was bloody good but if you asked me yesterday where I would have put it in the complete Kate Bush catalogue it would have been near the bottom. But how the passage of time sometimes distorts your view or memories. Just one listen through again and I had to reassess to conclude it is impossible to grade any Kate Bush album as they are all masterpieces in their own way and completely different from one album to the next. That’s the magic of Kate Bush and why I and billions of others love her music. Because of the passage of time it was like hearing one or two of the lesser known tracks for the first time and since I have upgraded my listening equipment over the years discovered new sounds within the tracks. “This Woman’s Work” is a track which has never slipped my mind and one of my all time favourite Kate Bush songs. What a beauty it is. When Kate Bush sits behind a piano and sings a song with little accompaniment there is no-one like her to produce such emotion and sadness which always invariably brings me to tears. 5+/5 10/4/24

Eh, first, let me just say I wasn't able to take this album in as well as I wanted to the day my group got it. I'unno, things happened. But I will say, from what I did manage to take in—yep, that continues a lot of the stuff I loved hearing on the first side of HOUNDS OF LOVE. That's an easy 4 stars from me.

Kate Bush always delivers with her musical talents, and this is no exception. 4.5 down to 4.

I’m at a 5. This is my first Kate Bush album – obviously, Running Up That Hill was huge a few years ago, but I never really took a deeper dive into her music. What’s here is one hell of a look at the idea of the human condition and the need for relevancy, comfort, and connection, bedazzled and supplemented with fantastic production work that seems to be the absolute pinnacle of the mid-80s style, refined all the way to this point in 1989. Her vocals are incredible throughout this album, and the lyricism is pretty damn good throughout. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard a more effective beat drop in my life than the launch of “Rocket’s Tail” – just a masterclass of how to do that sort of thing and have it work perfectly. It’s one of the many examples of great production work blending with Kate’s vision that are scattered throughout the album, but it hits brilliantly on that track in particular. This Woman’s Work might be one of the most emotional album closers that I’ve ever heard. Seeing the scene it’s paired with adds an incredible layer of depth. Really, I could keep glowing with praise, but I just felt really touched by this album. It hits a few snags of repetition or empty spots at points, but those get immediately washed away by some great line or a great vocal hit or something crazy in the soundscape. It’s just a really fucking strong album, and a very easy 5 for me.

C'est pas trop mon vibe, mais il y avait une qualité éthéré que j'haïssais pas tant que ça

Folk-adjacent at parts, if not entirely Folky, this one was interesting. It’s not my favourite of the Kate Bush albums I know, and I don’t think I’m likely to come back to it any time soon, but I’m glad I took the time

I like the bells at the start of this album - promising and atmospheric. But the track that follows is pretty dreadful: a mish-mash of sounds, with a godawful drum beat throughout. Also, Kate's voice - what happened? So oddly polished. Anyway, the next track is also pretty awful. And so it goes on. Reaching Out made me want to stop listening there and then - so so bad. The only track that stopped this being a one star album is This Woman's Work - although it's not a great version. Disappointing.

'Hounds of Love' is fantastic, 'Aerial' is wonderful, two albums that would easily make my top 100. I wouldn't put this one in the top 1001 though! Somehow she sounds so much more worthy here, and it's all too lush, over produced, overblown and boring. Even 'The Fog' which I like initially is overdone. One exception, 'This Woman's Work' is so sad but so beautiful. This got me listening to 'Aerial' again, an album that floats and transports the listener. Unfortunately this one is not in the same league!

A testament to how much sound design can influence the outcome of an album. Feels like Kate Bush was held back by the technical aspects of the recordings. Hopefully some of her classic albums come up later :)

Didn’t really enjoy this. Production was too over-the-top-80s. She’s a good singer but I found her wailing style a bit tiring after a few songs. Not my thing.

The Sensual World Love and Anger This Woman's Work

After Hounds of Love, this album was a bit more mature, with Celtic/Irish Influences. Not bad by any stretch, but even now I have trouble remembering any songs in particular. 3/5

That is one beautiful and pure voice, and quite boring. I need more than a voice, great though it may be. Not my genre, but must be wonderful for those who are move by it.

Listened this morning. It was pleasant and easy to listen too. Bush's voice is enchanting, and I liked the way she plays with vocal harmony. Overall I enjoyed it, but nothing really stood out. Just a solid pop album

No sorry

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Having listened to two of her albums in a short span, I can say that her music doesn't work for me. It might be objectively good and beautiful with lush instrumentation and feminine poetry, but that kind of experience doesn't interests me. Here too, the songs are at no fault objectively (except the thin production and the too drowned out vocals on some tracks), but they don't appeal to my sense of beauty like Kate Bush's face does. Liked: The Sensual World, Reaching out, Rocket's tail.

This woman’s work is so iconic. The rest is just ok

This woman's work is a great song, but I prefer the Maxwell cover. The rest is not really my vibe.

Not working

This isn't really my thing, but I do respect it. It's interesting at least. I really like the moodier elements, and some of the more grandiose moments. So much is forgettable for me though, and it mostly wafts along in the background, with a lot of songs blending into each other.

-this was a good album from Kate Bush -her vocals are stunning -songwriting is so good here -production is so good -the cover gives off an artsy vibe too -it has some absolutely beautiful songs, like The Fog and This Woman's Work. -favorite songs: Love & Anger (<3), The Fog (<3), Reaching Out, Deeper Understanding, Rocket's Tail and This Woman's Work (<3) -least favorite song: Between A Man And A Woman

I liked her voice and there were a lot of cool elements to the music. Overall it felt a little dated and didn't really grab me. But there were a few good tracks

It was fine. None of the songs really stood out to me.

I would have never have thought of pairing jaunty folk instuments with, well, the sensual world. But I'm not Kate Bush Better than I expected even from her tbh! Heads We're Dancing was a revelation. I didn't think we'd get such a BEAT! Rocket's Tail was bloody gorgeous. She's just a real visionary and it shows here, throughout. She seems more purposeful this album than the one I had to study But I did in fact get called out by the spending my evenings with the computer like a friend line...

Deeper Understand and This Woman's Work are great. Loved the imagery. The other songs didn't hit as hard, but I still enjoyed it overall.

So her voice is mysterious and pretty. I think maybe I just associate it with adult things I didn’t want to understand from the 80s? Like how mauve was a popular color?

Nah.

This album has few flaws, but I wouldn’t revisit it. All the tracks sound similar, and her style gets annoying quickly. 3

People like Kat bush more than I do

the queen of my heart

Interesting and kind of beautiful. Her voice is lovely

Not my thing. It was nice, but i wouldnt listen again

Congealed and monotonous

Lovely voice

I've heard more songs by this artist in the last 2 years than I ever did in the late 80s. I enjoyed the album and will listen to it again

I actually own this on cd because of Maxwell. I've never really dug it. I've tried a few times. Another musician that others love and I don't get. Maybe one day 🤷🏻‍♂️

One of the small number of people for me who need their own scale.

I love Kate Bush but this isn't my favorite. Most of the stuff doesn't really stick except for this woman's work. I'm sure if I listen to it more, it'll become one of my favorites but out the gate, eh

Try as I might...just don't get Kate Bush. 2/5

I truly despise the late 80s, it ruined many things it dared to touch, including many great artists, and while the finale to Kate Bush's "holy trinity" is still a good album, even as someone who isn't the biggest Kate Bush fan can recognize this is the obvious lesser product. It really does start to grab hold of itself by the final couple tracks, and morph itself into something harrowing, with big moments and revolutionary realizations about the world sonically, but most of the album feels like dated, half-baked ballads with synthesized instruments galore. There's little nuggets of something good buried deep down, but it feels more interested in being the people pleaser, and it can leave me feeling bored over its relatively short runtime. It can drag, but those moments of quality do keep you going, and the reward at the end is worth the time, I'd say, but I can't help but feel that all uniqueness, all quirkiness, all charm, is lost here. This feels like an okay enough late 80s pop record, but it doesn't feel like only Bush could've made it, and that left me disappointed. There is a silver lining, and that's that I'm only more excited to listen to her other projects more, and give them a proper time of day once and for all.

wired，有时间再听听

109% brilliant

Although the singing is of typically high quality the material is just aimless and meandering. Let's the whole thing down and there is better out there. 2.5*

Listened to it many times. She’s awesome. Wife loves it too. 😘

Pop music with an original sound (though quite 80s) and a unique vocalist who can impress and perplex. Kate Bush is somewhat new to me - I’ve browsed a few albums but never dove in deep. I’m not sure how to take this as a whole, there are a few cool songs and wonderful moments but a few that I don’t care much for here as the album started to drag a bit as it went on. Her vocal delivery requires close listening to really tease apart the melodies. But I can appreciate the novelty of what she’s doing and the strengths of this album. There seems to be a surface and deeper layer to this music that can reward casual and repeated listens. Just not sure I really see myself coming back to it much.

Very pleasant generally, feels very 80s

This shit sucks

A solid album. Didn't have time to give it time. You can't help but feel that she's settled into herself as a person and an artist on this, in a good way. It's mature and thoughtful and well sensual but steps back from the high drama and jumpy jigs of earlier albums. Will return to it.

hard to hate kate but this seems like an inferior retread of hounds of love

Yippee Kate Bush time. The Fog really makes you FEEL like a fog. This song, Heads We’re Dancing, is how it feels to talk to someone on the internet with the lyric. “That’s a picture of Hitler” “He’d go ‘Doodoo doo’”. Ok Rockets Tail was good and probably the best if I didn’t love This Woman’s Work because my mum introduced it to me :) 8/10, Kate Bush always servers.

Okej album utan de stora hitsen.

based

Almost as bad a Bjork, but not as Bjorky.

Kate Bush is a whole ass mood. She knows exactly how to craft her lyrics so that they aren't overwhelming but instead paint evocative scenes. An unparalleled songwriter. Her lyrics and her voice pair perfectly together and only add to how dreamy The Sensual World is. Including an unusual aspect in pop music, like Celtic music, can be abrasive or plain difficult, but she doesn't overly depend on it. Instead, the Celtic music appears only on a few songs and isn't overpowering; they add to the dreamy vibes instead of taking away from them. I find similarities between Bush and Prince because of how encompassing their music is and was. Their music envelopes the listener completely and provides a one-of-a-kind experience. They both dabble in pop music and are rather accomplished songwriters. This probably isn't a comparison most people would make, but it came to me immediately when I began the album!

So excited to finally get some Kate Bush on this project! A lot is owed to her in terms of eclectic/alternative/progressive pop music among women solo artists. She pushed the standard a lot and inspired many women in this corner of the music world. This album dabbles a lot in Celtic sounds; in some songs, the sounds are more overt, and in others, it's a little bit more discreet. But nonetheless, it is present across most of the album. It is a sound that definitely works and layers well with Bush's mysterious, ethereal, new wave-y style. Arriving in 1989, this album came around during Bush's transition into her 30s, and seems to reflect a more focused, more mature oddity than some of her previous works. This album also came toward the end of Bush's major surge of popularity. Whether intentional or not, it seems well timed, as the 90s would bring about a lot more "hard" alternative sounds outside of what Bush was really known for. But still, the point stands, Bush's fearlessness in letting her musical freak flag fly informed much of what would come. She still impacts artists today.

Love a bit of the Bush….

Kate Bush is one of the most amazing female singer-songwriters ever. Tracks like The Sensual World and This Woman's Work are standouts and absolute bangers. 4 stars because this is however not close to Hounds of Love or her debut. One month! (31)

Didn't know this one yet and now I know why. It's not a bad album, but I get why it doesn't get noticed between The Kick Inside and Hounds of Love. 3.4*

it’s fine

Definitely some of her best work.

Another really good album from an artist I’ve learned a lot more about the past couple of years. Probably five stars with more listens. I love the song Love and Anger, especially the subtle tempo change in the middle of the song.

I dunno it just go meandering all over the place, not being able to tie in pleasant (sometimes) passages together at all. And its evidently not her best album either. Ao eh? NNN

Diverse selection of instruments and tone for each song. Makes listening to it in album form very enjoyable.

One of my favorites of Kate Bush. There's a mystical feeling to this one I really enjoy. Favorites were The Fog, and Deeper Understanding.

I preferred Hounds of Love to this, but this was still good. Favorite songs were Heads We’re Dancing, Rocket’s Tail, and This Woman’s Work.

Given enough money and fame, artists tend toward fart sniffing.

It all is easy to vibe to. She's got a soulful voice. 4.5

Kate Bush has always had an interesting and unique approach to music, and I think this album shows that. Generally, I found it an enjoyable listen, though Kate Bush, as always, can go a bit over the top in ways that can be a tad annoying at times.

it was pretty good throughout but i was really expecting a little bit more unfortunately

ngl i listened to the dreaming instead of this one bc i want to get into her discography more but people say this one's less weird and i want weird and experimental ... and i got exactly what i asked for and i love everything about it!! kate bush the woman you are!!

Sensual World is a bit of a slow burn and because I really do appreciate Kate Bush, I gave it a deeper listen on headphones. I did enjoy it quite a bit more on the second listen. It could be a grower that I need to spend more time on, there is some quirky shit going on, specifically her rolling tongue yelps on the closing track. Rocket’s Tail was my favourite track, great energy. Overall it felt a bit dry at times, I will give it more time but for now it’s 3 stars

Good stuff

Nearly every song sounds identical.

i could see myself in a mood one day to come back to this album. i honestly enjoyed it more than i thought I would.

If I was sitting down when I was listening to this I would've fallen asleep.

Unique, soft gentle voice, excellent accompaniment with the piano, and a timeless sound. This is one of her better albums though I prefer Hounds of Love a bit more. 3.8

Progressive pop perfection.

Mostly relaxing, nothing too standout. Has a good transitional 80-90's sound

Kate Bush is an interesting artist. Her vocal delivery especially. It's almost Björk-like in it's otherworldly style, but she can go high ala Lauper and other 80s pop divas. She's kind of in her own world in that regard. I'll admit that I haven't explored enough of her discography outside of the singles, though, so this was a fairly new listening experience. I thought the middle to back half of the album shined the most. That's where the power chords started to hit a bit more and the backing vocals became prominent. Everything culminates with the beautiful "This Woman's Work" as the emotional closer. Things took a bit to get going, but I enjoyed the overall body of work nonetheless. A high 3 for me, so let's round up.

I have a slight distrust in anyone who calls Kate Bush 'too weird'. I do kind of understand though. Her vocal style is unique, her music refuses to be complacent, and she's routinely compared to Bjork (not a bad thing in my opinion). The last point is slightly unfair as Bjork was still aimlessly jumping around Icelandic punk bands when Kate Bush was already established. If anything, it's Bjork who sounds like Kate Bush. I've always been intrigued by her music though it didn't immediately make complete sense to me. Repeated listens and multiple albums really help to connect the pieces though. There's something different and truthful about Kate Bush that's sitting there waiting for new generations to discover. Thanks to 'Stranger Things' that's exactly what has been happening. If you didn't like this one or found it 'too weird', I'd encourage another listen. Like a good wine, sometimes you need to let it sit for a short while before drinking it.

Zonder ook maar één track van dit album te kennen weet ik wel ongeveer wat ik voor de kiezen ga krijgen: Wat geheig, wat gefluister, wat spookachtig gehuil, wat gothic met af en toe een vleugje hoop. Björk zonder het accent. Mensen die haar niet kennen hebben geluk, want via deze lijst mag je maarliefst drie keer van haar genieten. Voor een keer is dit helemaal prima, maar dit gaat hier in huis niet elke dag aan. Ik denk dat de hond dat niet zou trekken, aangezien die beesten hoge tonen nog beter horen dan wij natuurlijk. Opvallend dat ze drie keer in deze lijst staat, maar haar debuutalbum staat er zowaar niet in. Raar, aangezien debuutalbums heilig zijn en drie albums verre van het maximum aantal is. Dit betekent dat we nooit naar het fantastisch verschrikkelijke Wuthering Heights zullen mogen luisteren. Leuk voor een keer, te raar voor vaker. 3 sterren.

This may have been a little soft for me but it was a decent listen nonetheless.

наушники. вернуться на колонки. пока не понял. кабуз в наушниках сильно все в мешанину.

Her voice lowkey gets kinda annoying. It's very shrill. Not to my taste ngl.

Yes oh yes, having a Molly Bloom, Song of Solomon moment to start things off. Sensual world yes indeed. It has a late 80s bigness to it. It has some moments, but not enough of them to my tastes. I don't ever get a chance to get hold of things.

Half the songs on here had me in tears. It really is a study of emotions - not my favourite Kate Bush album but some corkers on here. I have some weird memory which I don’t if it’s true but it’s of Pans People or a later iteration dancing to A Woman’s Work and botching it big-time. It was a very misunderstood song (and album methinks). It’s come into its own now though

I just listen to this album a few weeks ago. I love this album and Kate Bush in general. I love the mixture of traditional and contemporary music. Great story telling and very emotional.

I’m not sure how I could love Kate Bush and dislike this album so much, but here it is. I disliked everything except the song ‘This Woman’s Work’, which is fantastic.

Hot on the heels of my faulty memory (see my Skunk Anansie review), this one is indelibly printed on my brain. By the time this was released I was a full-on Kate Bush devotee, owned all her albums, was steeped in her catalog and thought The Dreaming and Hounds of Love were both incandescent albums. So her outdoing those releases seemed pretty impossible. I bought the CD, raced home — by this point I had discovered cannabis, so — I smoked up, put on my headphones and listened to the album twice through, staring at the liner notes and album cover and just immersing myself. And, while I love the album, there are many moments of genius, it ultimately does pale slightly in comparison to the aforementioned incredible albums. So, you get it, I'm a massive fan, but not sure this is a must-listen, as good as it is. But that doesn't mean I wasn't thrilled to revisit this. I love the dreamy landscapes, Bush tempers her vocals on this outing — I guess you'd call it maturity — there are evocative images of sexuality, "Deeper Understanding" spoke of how computers might integrate with human relationships way ahead of its time, and "This Woman's Work" is just a beautiful song.

Cool though a bit uninspired. I wouldn't say this is an essential listen, but if you like KB, which I do, this will put a smile on your face.

Such a lush blend of lyrics, vocals, and instruments ---uilleann pipes, bouzouki, fiddles. Every song conjured an image of her longingly looking across the heath.

Very sensual indeed.

Ни рыба ни мясо

deep purple between two bushes! This one was good too, I liked the surprise of hearing this woman’s work

Bommm

Unearthly, dreamlike, and as the album title suggests: sensual. Classic Kate

Liked more than i thought i would

I mean it was fine. Some cool things on it. Not sure I’d pursue it again?

I think this is good and I totally see why people like it, but it's not my style.

The only other Kate Bush album Ive heard was Hounds of Love, which is as clear a 5* as I’ve heard. This isnt as good as that. It does reach some of its heights at times, but I think chunks of it are too experimental without much substance at times. When it’s good though, it’s very good. I just wish I couldn’t compare it to HoL.

Kate Bush is a lot like Bowie, in that the good songs are great but a lot of it is a bit too odd. I thought the second half was a lot better than the first, I was really struggling for the first mins. It's definitely an acquired taste, and not one I think I've acquired, but all in all it was decent.

I thought the Maxwell version of This Woman's Work was the original. Either way, this was a dreary slog, tedious. Hard to review - This Woman's Work is brilliant, but the rest feels like an empty repeat of her previous work. The Hounds of Love album, just a few years prior, is brilliant. Just scrapes a 1.5.

This album comes across very dated and I hated the mixing, it sounded like she was really far away. Far too New Wavey sounding for me.

Developed a bit of a thing for Kate Bush during my PhD years, thanks in part to Luke so was looking forward to this.... Was pretty disappointed though :( Too artsy for me and none of the hits I wanted to hear. I see a public review called what Kate has here "bjorkitis" or something which is accurate. 2, but I'm sure we will have better Kate Bush albums coming. Sorry Kate This woman's work was the best track

Tämä on jo näitä vähemmän poppeja levyjä. Aivan mainiota musiikkia kaiken kaikkiaan. 4/5

Upea! Tähän pitää ehdottomasti vielä palata, tältä erää 4/5.

Oon alkanu lämmetä Kate Bushille, tekee hienoa pop-musaa ja komea äänihän tällä on. 4/5

So good. That one's tween kids are getting into Kate Bush crica 2024 speaks to the quality. "Love and Anger" and "Woman's Work" are outstanding and much in between is very strong, too. KB remains an under-appreciated treasure.

Excellent album that is much more than just a collection of songs. The songs and soundscape are written to be part of a whole without the too obvious need to produce them for single release. Dua Lippa eat your heart out.

The 80s was a dark period in pop music, especially the latter half of the decade. Things were so commercialised and overproduced, and everything just sounded the same and was painfully cheesy. For my whole life I have only ever been able to describe it as this "annoying 80s sound", without knowing what it actually was. But anyway, you get the point. I'm just going off on a tangent now. Kate Bush was a beacon of hope in the 80s. In such a commercial era of pop music, her progressive lyrics and forward thinking approach to art pop is so refreshing, and has aged absolutely beautifully. She did what she wanted and never sold out and became just another 80s pop star that faded into irrelevance in the early 90s. She kept making genuinely good music and I couldn't be more thankful for it, as fantastic albums like this show how there still was great pop music in the late 80s.

Eerie vocals over some well written and produced instrumentation. It’s witchcraft in the best way.

Didn't love the beginning but it continues only to get better

I was pleasantly surprised.

3 5

Was ok.

Great listen

Album 404 of 1001 Kate Bush - The Sensual World Rating : 3 / 5 Good album if the mood is right. Very low key. Nice voice. Nice sounds.

No...

Well, it’s Kate Bush. For me this one flags at the start of side 2. Still gets a 5 though. This Woman’s Work has the ability to reduce me to tears

meh

Nope. Really didn't have to listen to this before I die.

You really have to be in the mood for Kate Bush or else she sounds horrible. Wasn’t in the mood today :( The maximalist yet abrasive sound is just too much

I liked it. This Womans Work was the best for sure - Poggers

Absolutely excellent. I will never not give Kate Bush anything less than 5 stars. While The Sensual World isn't Kate Bush's best or, dare I say, flawless (see The Dreaming or Hounds of Love), it does have my favourite KB song; Never for Ever.

Never Be Mine // Rocket’s Tail // This Woman’s Work //

Enigmatic genius makes album full of weird and wonderful stuff

Kate Bush is an exceptional talent, even amongst the exceptional talents of a collection like this. Her voice is magnificent, and the production of this album is off the charts good - but I don't really understand what it's for. I mean, it's not something I can really imagine anyone sitting down and listening to. It's definitely not something to dance to. I can't see a place for it as a soundtrack, and it sure ain't incidental music to have playing while you do something else. So I just don't really get it. I'm sure it's doing something, but I've been left completely befuddled about what that thing is. Other than that, it's Kate Bush. And it's not actively bad. Just - what? I mean, I'd be pretty embarrassed about putting it on if I wanted some sex music. Despite it being called "The Sensual World", it's just not sex music either. So I really - genuinely - don't know where it's supposed to be. And that's kinda sad, because I feel it should be better.

Bonerific

Not a good album by Kate Bush. Her style is already very controversial (in my opinion), and when the music is as boring as on this record, then there is nothing redeemable about it. Whole album was a perfect example of music for human tortures, probably it's number 1 in Guantanamo. I think I'm a bit too harsh, but definitely it is not a record for me.

This album is well thought out and masterfully executed. The instrumentation and writing is beautiful. The lyrics are both introspective while also drawing from numerous historic references. Somehow this is still a chore to get through. I find listening to Bush more exhausting than anything else. That feat on its own should be commended, but I can’t this album a stellar score given the fact that I felt no enjoyment at any point throughout this endeavor. 3/5

Kate Bush is very good at what she does, but her style has never spoken to me. It haunts me occasionally, but it's not something I actively seek out.

The Sensual World (track) is an interesting song that uses some egyptian sounding scales. Rocket's Tail has some nice singing and guitar solo. Overall a pretty dreary album I couldn't get into.

Music

1.5

5/5. I don't know how she does it, every album feels so expressive and experienced. There is a passion and world-building that exists through your voice but also through great choices in instrumentation. This album, and most of her albums, spawned a generation of art pop that allowed female artists to explore the experimental without commercial or executive pushback. Just an awesome album, just like most of her stuff, great harmonies and backing vocals as well. Best Song: Love And Anger, Rocket's Tail, This Woman's Work

Gorgeous, Sensual, unique, wonderful.

Strange, lovely, different.

Mmmmmmh yes

Well it's sensual so Kate Bush is honest, reliable. And also a great artist with a big A.

brilliant

This is the third Kate Bush album on this list. It is a weird album. I didn't really care for it and no song stood out in particular.

So apparently Kate Bush releasing The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, and The Sensual World in order might be one of my favourite three-album streaks ever. And I had absolutely no idea before going through this list.

Kate Bush utilizes the bouzouki, uilleann pipes and a damn fishing rod on the first track - and I'm all aboard. It's a bit less dreamy and more grounded (if any Kate Bush album from this era can be called that) and it suits the songwriting, production and her vocals immensely. The Sensual World ends an insane trio of albums by Kate Bush, with this, the last of her 80's-albums, being slightly better than The Dreaming and almost as good as Hounds of Love.

She's got a distinct sound, style, vocal, and musical arrangement that just isn't similar to anyone else. It is unclear to me how Kate Bush can have more than one album in the 1001 collection when they all sound the same.

Just such a unique voice. You can really feel the passion.

listened 2x on 4/15/24. reminds me of Tori Amos / Bjork but not as good. 1.8/5

really not my favorite.

I wanted to like this one more than I did. I definitely enjoy some of Kate Bush’s music but a lot of this album was too ethereal and seemed to go nowhere.

Lush arrangements combining rich orchestral string & piano sounds with pure 80s whoompy bass, industrial synth, gnarly guitar, and big echoey gated drums tones. She's in Depeche Mode mode here, taking a bit of the edge off her earlier more challenging work for a glossier sound that still retains the darkness and operatic flair. A few songs have a propulsive driving beat pushing verse to chorus to big a climax, building layers and layers of texture and pulsating rhythmic intensity. Others linger in a more structureless slow swelling ambient zone - a bit aimless, but they're effective platforms for her distinctive singing. Alternatingly frail and booming, smokey and piercing, whispered and wailed, the album is all about the vocal performance. It doesn't depend on deliving a central melody, but floating around a mood, rising and falling in and out of the instruments, adorning the songs with short bursts of intensity and signaling shifts in the feeling of the songs. The incredible This Woman's Work is the obvious stand out: the initial sigh is disarming, stripping back the arrangement to piano and some sparkly synth swells lets puts the full spotlight on the forcefully tender vocal and the most memorable combination lyrics/melody on the album. Favorites: Sensual World, Love and Anger, Heads We're Dancing, Deeper Understanding, This Woman's Work

Kate has a beautiful voice and is very recognizable but she is not someone I listen to often.

I do appreciate Kate's voice and lyrics and the music is very unique, but Kate is not music you listen to lightly. Kate is classical literature that you struggle to understand in a good way. She's hard to decipher. I listened to this mostly in my car without access to lyrics and felt like I only caught words here and there. Come home, read the lyrics, and find out one of the only songs I liked was about accidentally dancing with Hitler. I would like to come back to this one and devote more time to it. It's pretty heavy.

I find Kate Bush's music so extremely structureless that I can never get immersed into her albums. You can mix and match the instrumentals and vocals on these songs and I don't think I'd even notice. It's like the whole album is being held together by Play-Doh and if I move too suddenly, it's going to implode into a black hole. She has a lot of ideas, but all of them are playing at 50% volume. Does that make sense? I dunno, but I can't explain it any better. She's at her best when she's doing literally anything else than the art pop she's best known for. That's why the Irish Folk song "Night of the Swallow" is her all-time best work, and why the, uh, Progressive Bulgarian Rock(?) song "Rocket's Tail" is the best on this album. Same for Björk, who's at her best when she's doing weird fucking electronic alien music for swamp creatures instead of her usual crooning. Basically what I'm saying is that I don't get it.

They can’t all be winners. This album I found pretty boring. Most of the songs sounded very similar and while I appreciate her vocal range, it just did not move the needle.

I'm really just waiting for the album to end. It's kind of terrible.

I would place this exactly midpoint on the Bush discography: below Hounds of Love, Aerial, Never for Ever and The Dreaming. Equal with Red Shoes, and above Kick Inside, Lionheart and 50 Words for Snow. One of those disconcerting albums when side 2 is much better than side 1, and nothing else to say about what has to be a four. Hope the others are on the list. Not that I need to listen to them.

Love it.

Needs more than 1 listen....

better than “Hounds of Love” dare I say…

Very chaotic in a boring way. 2/5

It warrants 5 consideration because it contains the song made famous by usage in a lesser known John Hughes movie. Apparently Kate Bush wrote the song specifically for the montage of that movie, which only makes me love her even more. Follow up: out of the small number of Americans who were into Kate Bush in the 1980's, how many guesses would you need before you landed on John Fucking Hughes? I mean, Molly Ringwald makes sense. But John Hughes? At this point in her career, it was obvious Kate Bush was swinging for the fences on every song, giving an epic sweep that builds over each track. Even the one she wrote to underscore scenes of Kevin Bacon thinking about his wife's work. "A Woman's Work" has become one of her signature songs, right up there with Running Up That Hill and Wuthering Heights. If we can believe the Spotify data, this is Kate Bush's most popular album, maybe even her legacy work.

Beautiful voice. Amazing lyrics.

Okay Kate. I forgive you

Extra half star for effort. But… meh.

Unique voice but not my jam.

Bisschen boring, aber ich mag Kate Bush echt gern. Das Album ist nicht rein nach Schema F gemacht und das gefällt mir. Bleibt trotzdem nicht doll hängen.

- Absolute Geschmackssache, aber mir ist Kate Bushs Stimme leider immer ein bisschen zu nervig/piepsig - Das war nicht bei jedem Song so und ich fand auch viele Songs erstaunlich gut, besonders einige instrumentals haben mir gut gefallen - Der Großteil ist nicht wirklich hängen geblieben - Insgesamt also ganz gute 80s Platte mit Abstrichen Rating: 2,75-3/5

- Ich finde Kate Bush irgendwie cool. Auf der einen Seite steht die stilistisch und musikalisch total für die 80er, auf der anderen Seite finde ich, dass sie sich vor allem durch viele verschiedene Genre-Einflüsse total abhebt. - Ich kannte bisher nur das Album Hounds of Love (Was unter garantie auch noch kommen wird) und ein paar andere Songs. - Muss sagen, dass meine Sympathie ihr gegenüber, ihr Einfallsreichtum und diese gewisse Extravaganz sehr über dieses Album trägt. Denn rein kompositorisch war ich jetzt nicht unbedingt begeistert und streckenweise auch gelangweilt. - Dennoch kamen aber immer wieder Momente, die bewiesen haben, warum ich die Musik so cool finde. 3,5

- die Instrumentals haben mir echt richtig gut gefallen

Blows me over each time I listen - which has been many times.

Again this list digs deep into the discography of a relatively fringe artist. Simply don't get it. This wasn't un listenable and the production is over the top. She's got an interesting voice.

Running up that Hill seems to be her only good song.

honestly just can't remember it anymore and that's ok by me. Nothing bad to say, but nothing great either really Will I listen to again: 0%

The Sensual World This Woman's Work

it's very new wave the sensual world love and anger heads we're dancing

Never really got into Kate Bush. I sort of get it, but I suspect that this is the sort of album that I'd need to listen to a bunch more to really appreciate what's going on. I love the soundscape sort of approach, but I've never been entirely convinced that I particularly enjoy Bush's voice over more than a couple of tunes in a go. This Woman's Work is excellent and there's a lot that I think I should like on this, but I imagine that I'd need a week to be sure that it's some sort of genius. Tentative 4 stars because it's probably brilliant and I don't really have time to decide if it is or not.

This Woman’s Work always gives me chills when I hear it. It is profoundly moving. I’m not familiar with Kate’s full catalogue of work, but I think this might be the most accessible and enthralling she has ever been. Hounds of Love was giving me life too, but this album is an ethereal ghostly beauty that captivates and arrests my attention. The soundscape created here is lush, emotional, and airy; I love this side of Kate, she’s brilliant at creating fully realized sonic worlds where listeners can luxuriate in the splendour of it all. Top marks!

I had to get up multiple times to make sure my cats were okay. Nope, just Kate Bush singing

I love Kate Bush’s music and creativity. This, though an excellent album, is not near the top of the list if I was ranking her albums. It’s good, and I like it….but I like most of the others better. Still, it’s better than many other artists’ best efforts.

I wanted to like this album but none of the songs really did anything for me. Overly meandering and operatic.

Amazing!

I can see why people would love this but not really my thing

Warbler, boring

Perfect beauty.

Cute cover. I wanted to talk about how much this is not-Björk, but honestly I wouldn't even draw a parallel between them if it wasn't for the top review. Deeper Understanding is relatable, I love my 'puter so much.... Sometimes sounds very 80s which I don't really like, but the atmosphere is pleasant. Would not listen to any of these songs outside the album but together they work nicely

hella weird

This album felt like music played in the background of an early 90's cd-rom of a slideshow featuring grainy landscape photos. So you can imagine my surprise and laughter when Kate tells us how to operate a computer in Deeper Understanding. This album is just plain boring and keeps the same droning energy throughout.

Maybe I’m just in a bad mood but I did not enjoy this album. The song about the computer was very dated and I enjoyed that. But otherwise this one was a bit of a dud

I really like her voice, even tho this album didn't catched me at all, maybe because i think that is repetitive in some parts.

I wasn’t blown away I’m afraid.

Very good.

Not my cup of tea. Standard 80s feel, nothing groundbreaking was done on this album.

A very sweet voice and some interesting instrumentation at times. I like it overall, but no songs in particular stuck out to me

Nothing here I could really say Id want to listen to again.

Previously rated: The Dreaming (2/5) *********************** Sorry, Kate. I still can't get into your music. I think this one was more straight-forward then The Dreaming, but I still couldn't connect to it in any way. I started zoning out after a while. I barely remember anything about it after listening to it yesterday.

Rather tame for Kate Bush.

Some relatively generic Kate, warbles and smooth ethereal music alongside. Not her best but very listenable.

Fantastic album. Must buy on vinyl.

awesome

Not bad. A little schlocky. My friends are all reccommending other Kate Bush albums. I may check them out.

"Art-Rock" always concerns me. And this is definitely art-rock. I didn't totally love it. Lyrics hard to understand with her high airy voice. The last song "This Woman's Work" somewhat redeemed it for me. That is a great song. But not enough to get a 4 star.

Her voice is very unique. Toes a like between beautiful and annoying but all in all good

Deeper Understanding is surprisingly applicable today given when this was released. Great vocals and imagery throughout.

I'm familiar with a lot of Kate Bush's work; I was a big fan of her throughout her catalog up to and including Hounds Of Love and for whatever reason, she fell off my radar. This album rivals HOL and The Dreaming for what she's known for best: excellent songwriting, top-tier musicianship and arrangements, and state-of-the-art production quality. Fabulous album. Mick Karn's bass on Deeper Understanding is a real standout treat.

Not huge on Kate Bush but I enjoyed this album more than I thought. I also love a reference to Joyce

I really really need to start listening to Kate Bush more, she's truly phenomenal. 4.5/5

This Woman’s Work is one of Kate Bush’s finest songs (which by default puts it on a very high pedestal) The rest of this is not always her most accessible work and suffers accordingly

I respect Kate Bush as an artist but I do not like this album. She has some much better work. Some of this borders on unlistenable for me. 'This Woman's Work' is almost a song I really like.

Not for me

Where do I even start? From the time I first watched "She's Having a Baby" and heard This Woman's Work, I was captivated by her voice and her music. SO SO thankful this came in after Taylor Swift, because it was a much needed refresher.

Not my thing. Never been a big fan of too much bush.

After Wuthering Heights, I thought I'd heard all I needed to hear from Kate Bush. Turns out this album has everything I loved about that song but without the almost shrill edge that made me avoid the rest of her catalog. I'm glad this album was on the list. Time to give her a deeper listen

Am not super familiar with Kate Bush despite the recent renaissance in her pop culture relevancy. She seems great, but is just not for me.

I want to like Kate Bush. I've tried. I know she's super talented and I admire her singular vision. And there are some songs of hers that I really like - Wuthering Heights is just sublime. But overall, her music just doesn't connect with me. Her voice is a bit grating. Compared to all of the Kate Bush I've listened to, this album is very good, but it's still just a 3 star album for me.

Before: I already know I will like this. After: Yeah I loved that. Dreamy, dramatic. Needs more listens to see what sticks.

Some incredible songs here and some lyrics felt way ahead of it's time. Gave me some comforting wintery vibes on a lot of tracks.

Love, love, love Kate Bush since the early 80's. Favorite all time female vocalist. But I didn't ever buy this album! I have several others.

There are Kate Bush songs that I really like, but non if them are on this album. It was very whiney.

Doesn't reach the heights of Hounds of Love, which admittedly is a soaring height to reach, but I just didn't find myself all that into these tracks. Fav track: this woman's work

This one didn't hit for me so much. There was a bit too much glam energy which I've never really responded to, and the dynamics that were so compelling on hounds just weren't here. Two and a half. Fave track: Between a Man and a Woman

Bush is singular in her approach to pop music and that is so appealing. I did find myself less attached to these tracks as I was to those on Hounds of Love. I still enjoyed this, but it proved hard not to compare the songwriting and production to her other work. Fave track: Deeper Understanding

This is the second Kate Bush album in like two weeks (after "Hounds of Love"). I was iffy on HoL, but liked it more after a couple listens. Might be the same with this album, but... I only listened once. Not really my cup of tea. She has a good voice, but it's just a bit too 80s, too theatrical, not enough hooks for me.

Not my favorite but still nice

Absolutely loved it. Definitely among my new favorite albums of its era - have listened to a bunch of Kate Bush before but never this album somehow. Magical. Amazing melodies and arrangements.

I know of one Kate Bush song...and I don't like it. A little nervous for this. I don't hate it but I don't like her voice much. The songs are interesting though...even if I don't really know what's going on. She does have pretty good range though. 3/5 It's mid.

Nice.

could i write poetry to this? y

I liked "Love and Anger" (hello, David Gilmour!) Unfortunately, the rest of it just didn't hold my attention. I imagine that we will see "Hounds of Love" at some point, and I will feel the exact same way.

Maybe I wasn't in the proper mood for this, but I did not enjoy anything about it. Possibly multiple listens would change my opinion, but I struggled to get through it once.

It’s a Kate bush album? Airy and a bit cinematic and 80s ish?

The title track of this record pops up on my random play quite a bit, and I really like it. The rest of the album is really good too now listening to it for the first time. This one is right up there with Hounds of Love.

More Kate Bush that rules 4/5

This is the one album from Kate’s “classic” era that I don’t own and I really should fix that. It’s largely mid-tempo and while that’s usually not my thing, she’s too talented for me to not give her a pass. Beautiful stuff. B+

I'm gonna be honest. I genuinely did not know that Kate Bush had a second album on here. I obviously knew that Hounds of Love would be on here, but I didn't expect to listen to another album of hers. I'm not upset or anything, I'm just a bit surprised. And why would I be upset? I really liked Hounds of Love, and The Sensual World is pretty good too. A lot of what I liked about Hounds of Love does carry over to this album as well. Kate Bush's singing is still very unique and pleasant to listen to. The sound is still very majestic, with this album also featuring some neat contributions from people like David Gilmour from Pink Floyd (speaking of which, why haven't I gotten a Pink Floyd album yet?). I think the best thing about this album is the storytelling. Songs like Deeper Understanding and This Woman's Work have such a way with words that makes Kate Bush's music really stand out. Overall, while I do consider Hounds of Love to be the better album, The Sensual World is still a really good album. Light 4/5.

"The Sensual World" by Kate Bush, released in 1989, finds the artist continuing her explorations of intricate and atmospheric music. While it retains Bush's distinctive voice and poetic lyricism, the album falls somewhat short of the innovative heights of her previous work. Tracks like the title song "The Sensual World" and "This Woman's Work" showcase Bush's ability to craft emotionally resonant pieces, but the album as a whole lacks the groundbreaking nature of her earlier releases. Scoring a middling 2.5/5, "The Sensual World" is not without its merits, but it doesn't quite reach the heights of some of Kate Bush's more visionary albums, offering a more subdued experience compared to the eclecticism that defined her earlier work.

Ein Album, dass ich schon lange nicht mehr gehört habe - und es gefällt mir wieder einmal sehr gut.

Ok. Incredible range but her voice was sometimes off putting

ik ben niet zo van de etherisch achtige muziek van deze meid

I adore Kate Bush. She’s an arty, sometimes comical, overly sensitive when she needs to be and tough when she’s not rock singer. Even though I haven’t listened to a lot of her albums (I’ve only listened to some of Lionheart and The Kick Inside and this one today), she makes some really good songs that stand the test of time. Her songwriting on this album is just like the others: Adventurous and not afraid to go the distance. Songs like the title track and “Heads We’re Dancing” are stellar examples of this newfangled sound she seems to have made. All of the songs on this album are pure gold in musical form. This is an album I’d definitely recommend to other people for the adventurous sounds alone. I’ll be sure to keep a look out for Hounds of Love and any other album of hers on this list, and I’ll definitely listen to this one again. 5/5 Favorites: “Deeper Understanding”, “Heads We’re Dancing”, “Between a Man and a Woman”, “This Woman’s Work” Least Favs: None

Track 1: I liked this song. Track 2: I like the driving energy it has Track 3: I like the strings in this Track 4: I like the big snare hits on this track. Track 5: I like the drums on this so far and Kate bush’s voice is really good. I like the drop out thing that happens too. Track 6: I like the vibe created. Track 7: I like vocal layering in the background. I also like the driving piano. Very 80’s Track 8: just a listen through song for me. Track 9: better as it went on Track 10: kinda slow song to end on but it’s nice especially towards the build up. Overall: 6.9/10. I would listen to this again but I do think I’d listen to other things other than this. I also really like Kate Bush’s voice throughout the album.

Ok in places, irritating in others.

I don’t know much about Kate Bush other than that song from Stranger Things, but this is a good album. Every song is weird enough to keep me intrigued, but not so weird that I want to turn it off. Some of these songs feel like “studio only”. There are a lot of random instruments that wouldn’t be practical to bring on tour, unless you just use a keyboard for them instead. And she also harmonizes with herself a fair bit. Or, they just would sound different live.

Not gonna lie, this was kind of a slog to get through. Some of the instrumentation was nice in certain parts but that’s all I really enjoyed. Can anyone else understand a word she’s saying?? It’s like every word is whispered. Say it with your chest lady!! But alas, probably should just be remembered as a one hit wonder. If I want to listen to some 80s power ballads I think I’ll look elsewhere.

Sounded very experimental and all over the place. Leading with the title song is always interesting to me, because it would be like starting a movie with the climax. Kate Bush hit a lot of different sounds on the album, but to me it feels like something of its own time. I imagine it was quite groundbreaking when it came out, but so was the Atari. With that in mind, I’m not going to go out of my way to play an Atari.

I knew Kate Bush’s music was experimental but I didn’t know it was this far out there. Every song seems to be different and the only thing that remains the same is the 80s sound. Each song tells a story so it’s great for those that pay attention to lyrics. All that being said, I don’t know if I’ll go searching for more Kate Bush music after this, except for Runnin Up That Hill. Solid songs were Love and Anger, Never Be Mine, the breakdown on Rocket’s Tail, and This Woman’s Work. This album is a two in my personal opinion, but I could be swayed to a one or a three based on the argument.

I am a huge Kate Bush fan! That is as long as she is singing a song that has recently regained popularity for being a major plot point in a prestige TV show that is heavily nostalgic for the 80's. Outside of that, I'm not really a Kate Bush fan.

J'ai toujours l'impression que la musique de Bush vient d'un monde d'un autre plan d'existence. Il y a quelque chose dans les sonorités utilisées, les mélodies et sa voix qui me donnent l'impression d'être dans une espèce d'état second de rêverie. C'est très étrange et loin d'être désagréable comme expérience.

Didn't get it at first, then I did. Made me cry amazing

I may have been overloaded with Running Up That Hill in recent times - it’s been less than 24 hours since I listened and I couldn’t tell you anything about its contents, spare from the cover art looking like Liza Minelli

Mm, not my cup of tea for the most part, but there's a ton of lush instrumentation here that I can appreciate.

Meh

This is the kind of thing I want from this project. I've always wanted to dive into Kate Bush beyond Hounds Of Love, but never have made the time. This was absolutely excellent, and I will definitely go all in on her catalogue now. Such a weird, beautiful record.

Kjedelig

Great sound with varied instrumentation and lush soundscapes

80s synth pop with airy vocals. Not my jam, but I get it's popularity

Nice!

Not my style

Similar vein to Peter Gabriel - So I dig the vibe.

I’ve heard one Kate Bush album prior to today (Hounds Of Love) and it completely blew me away. I didn’t realise quite how many songs of hers that I already knew until listening to that. Therefore, I’m understandably excited to give this a listen today! Songs I already knew: This Woman’s Work Favourites: This Woman’s Work, The Sensual World Holy hell, this album is phenomenal. I’d heard This Woman’s Work before but hadn’t properly listened to it, and it gave me full body goosebumps and got me quite emotional. Her voice is angelic throughout, and the music is very 80s, but also much more interestingly arranged than I may have expected before listening. Truly, Kate Bush is something else. This might have shot into one of my favourite albums of all time.

Really really pretty stuff. Huge fan of the "worldly instrumentals." Nice voice to pair with it. 4.2

Not for me

Best Song: Love and Anger. That belting voice really shines here. I love the rolling drums in the background, which add some tempo and intensity to the ethereal vocals. Worst Song: The Fog. Far too slow and plodding for a voice this powerful. Overall: A spectacular voice that unfortunately too often feels caged in overwrought ballads. I want to hear her belting out every song, with backing tracks that provide the energy needed to compete with that voice.

kyle said “movements of the same song” and he’s right tho

Fun album. For a first listen it was good 7/10

Please make the Kate Bush albums stop.

Not the worst, but pretty boring for me. Sorry kids.

This was great. David Gilmore screams on a couple of tracks, neat mix of 80s sounds with traditional Irish instruments, loved it. Will listen to again for sure

Svo ljúf og notaleg. Góð byrjun á árinu.

Quite 'of its time' in terms of sound, but still utterly lush. Particularly like the Bulgarian choir.

this was nice enough as pleasant background music. i probably didn't "get it" and it just made me think of bjork, but it was fine. none of the bigger hits i'm familiar with were on here but it was kind of nice to tune back into the songs whenever something interesting started happening, new instruments came in, etc. favorites: the sensual world, the fog, rocket's tail, this woman's work

Beautiful, subtle album. Peter Gabriel meets Bjorn. Pat Benatar uptown cousin. Recommend

A little too sweet and sickly for my liking.

Just like all Kate Bush albums, this has it's weaknesses, but they are minor ones and don't lessen the overall impact of the album, which as - as always with Kate Bush - bloody brilliant!

Didn't quite resonate like Hounds of Love but still had some good tracks.

So I liked this one slightly more than Hounds of Love, though still not a fan. Rocket's Tail with her vocals and Gilmour's solo was very nice.

Kate Bush has flashes of brilliance (This Woman’s Work) and many other very good songs. Very good production, composition in some but some pretty dated sounding stuff too.

A good listen. Didn't know much about it going in.

I didn't like the first Kate Bush album we had to listen to, and I like this one less. Like a lot less. This annoyed the crap out of me. Her voice is just so annoying.

Gear: Grado Hemp (Dekoni) Mische: Streicher und Synths ebenso zart und zurückhaltend wie die Vocals, viel Reverb, wenig Impact und einzig- bis eigenartiges Volume-Mixing Mugge: einmalige Vocals, die größtenteils aber nicht mehr als einlullen - aber es gibt definitiv ne Zeit und Ort für dieses Album bei mir Wertung: 3/5

Most of the songs sound the same. Great singing voice but it all bleeds together. Someone else reviewed that she just sings aimlessly and there's no hooks or melody, and that's spot on. Overall a rough listen, not a 1 star solely because she has a good voice

It’s ok

Obviously talented and an exceptional vocal talent. I like her style and her embrace of counter-pop, if I can call it that. She has a knack for unique mixing and instrumentation. I think I get lost a bit in the exploration and less than passionate delivery. More or less it’s just not in my camp.

Weird in a way I'm not cool enough to appreciate.

I really don’t “get” Kate Bush. She has a ton of critical acclaim and success, but just doesn’t click with me. I’m not the biggest fan of her singing voice. The production and instrumentals, however, were lush and divine. Reminded me of Pink Floyd in some spots.

Awesome

Great album. So many layers that make it worth multiple listens. Best Songs: Reaching Out, Rocket's Tail, This Woman's Work Listen Again:Yes

Nothing more sensual than Kate Bush tbh

Best listened loud. Some really good stuff on here, this woman's work is quality especially.

LOVE AND ANGER IS ONE OF THE GREATEST IN HER CAREER OH MY GOSH whole album was fire no notes probably listened to more than her first 4 albums for me

Eh

Nah