The Sensual World

Bordel que c'était nul à chier par terre.

There are so many boring songs on this album.

This album is from when she had started making music to please herself, and not the buying public. And why shouldn't she. In essence that is what all musicians should do. And it's where Kurt Cobain fell down. But it means your left with an album that is all filler, no thriller. Earlier albums all had a couple of hit singles on them, this has nothing. Why should it? If that is what she wants then why not, but in all honesty I can't give it higher than a 1. For me this has nothing going for it.

Surprised how much I disliked this album. Felt very unsatisfying, and a lot of songs were lacking any real sound depth or counter-melodies in lower voices. There is also a register that Kate Bush hits at least once a song that I find very grating.

It's not often I'm left scratching my head asking "Who is this for, exactly?", but that is exactly what happened by the time I'd reached track three of "The Sensual World." If you told me that the people of East Berlin tore the Berlin Wall down to get away from a Soviet-attendance-mandated Kate Bush concert in 1989 I would believe you, no questions. "This Woman's Work" is the only tolerable song on this album. It has been put to good use in charity appeal commercials over the years.

Bit shit innit? 1 star.

Mostly weird. Didn't enjoy it really.

Progressive Pop with a vocalists which wander aimlessly, rarely, if ever, approaching anything resembling a melody, let alone a legitimate hook while loosing me exhausted by trying to follow.

Can't do it. I have tried enough times over the decades (even went to her concert) and have had to surmise that there’s really no depth to about 90% of her meandering soft focus new age depresso-pop. Others will disagree vehemently, but for me there is only one worthy listen on this album and it is This Woman's Work.

Just does nothing for me.

All the songs sounded the same - high pitched and a little warbly, very 80s. I'm not personally a fan.

Not my thing at all, last song is okay! 1.5

Not my kind of music

Unlistenable.

There are two types of people in the world - people who hate Kate Bush and absolutely insane that need to have a CAT scan.

Just not a fan of Kate Bush. I really don't get what makes her special for folks.

I didn’t know Bush’s music beyond her Wuthering Heights hit til i listened to bit of this album. It doesn’t mean much, her songs, just cute pop music. Meh.

Another Kate Bush….geez…..ugh…..

Sigh, I already feel uneasy about listening to this album. It's probably the hardest listen so far of this challenge. This Woman's work was my only highlight, solely because they used it in an It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode. 1/10

English Yoko Ono. Interesting instrumentation and presentation but it just comes out as "Tears for Fears but worse". Fav Track: Between a Man and a Woman (I guess)

Not working

Nah.

This shit sucks

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

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.

1.5

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.

really not my favorite.

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

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

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 my style

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.

That was a struggle. Her voice was grating, there were weird string accompaniments that felt really outta place. Even the hit "This Woman's Work" seemed really abbreviated. I like to think I have a somewhat wide taste in music as far at least tolerating different varieties but this one was testing that.

Fuck off Kate Bush.

Stop that whining please

fucking hell, how many kate bush albums are there?

After eating a whole head of human shit for brunch, I wasn't in the mood to listen to this wretched record, which has more in common with a lost amazonian tribe that it does with modern music. An exceptional waste of time and effort.

HEATHCLIFF! IT'S ME, I'M CATHY. I'VE COME HOOOOMMME! If that's not on this, I'm not interested.

Couldn’t make it through this one

Couldn'y really get into it. The music felt a little to all over the place. And I kept hearing instruments sounding either off tune or out of sync with the rest of the band. I'm sure it was styled that way, but just didn't sound right to me.

I do like Kate's voice.....in 1-2 song increments. But the songs themselves were not that good. It's almost like they just slapped together some music and figured that nobody would notice because of her voice. Honestly, except for "This Woman's Work", it sounded like she was singing the same tune just with different backing tracks.

This reminded me of everything I hated about 80s pop. I delayed it all day until I was cleaning the house. I put it on all the speakers in the background, and it still managed to ruin housecleaning.

No thanks

In that section of the world of arts where things are weird seemingly deliberately, "The Sensual World" is right at home. Kate Bush seems to sing from the back of her throat, very rarely belting out lyrics from her whole being. The title track paints a desperate overly saturated picture of a romance novel's cover art, heavily implicating that maybe this album is not just by a woman, but perhaps even for women. In the world of 1989 finding love in a computer from a program ordered from a magazine is either super weird or remarkably prescient, or both. "Deeper Understanding" could have been a metaphor in 1989, but today a person might hear the song and wish for a voice console that meets intimate needs. The addictive properties of personal computing that current (2022) society deals with compared to how it was in 1989 is largely amplified to include the need for family interventions. As the song progresses, even the lyrics break down into the broken brevity of computed language. As far as an opinion on the album, at least this is slightly better than Suzanne Vega anything, and that's generous.

this is effing boring

Yeah this one is a big NOPE from me. Couldn't wait for it to be over.

Really not good. 0 recognized songs

Not my style except the classic “this woman’s work” for the culture

I thought there wasn’t a contender to Janet Jackson. Boy was I wrong this is infinitely worse. Who rated this album? Someone obviously had tinnitus from a young age which has muffled their hearing

Must have got this album mixed up with the 1001 worst albums of all time! Absolutely awful.

A voz da senhora é insuportável, é tao esganiçada, os instrumentos também não ajudam, parecem ter uma sonoridade opressora, e juntando com esta voz só peço socorro. Nota:2/10

Terrible

Hm, känns verkligen som något typ Kristian Luuk älskar. För mig, inte så vidare värst bra. Nej, gillar inte soundet helt enkelt.

I don't know what the odds are but I am disappointed i got two kate bush albums in a row. As I said in my last review I really don't like her style, so I didn't even listen to the album. The first 2 songs were listenable but not enjoyable didn't even go any further. 1/5 ):

I don't find her shake-voice compelling or pleasant to listen to. She should have been a poet. Best track: This Woman's Work