The Dreaming

I’m sorry, 20 seconds into the first song, I couldn’t stop laughing. I have a good tolerance for nonsense, but seriously?

Noup

How have I never listened to Kate Bush till now? Her music is weird but really good. It has a Little Shop of Horrors feel at times.

Oh wow, I love this immediately. This is so singular and perfectly strange. I’ve listened to a lot of albums and this one shows that I can still be surprised! Can’t wait to revisit. Must-listen #366

There Goes a Tenner is so Madness coded Shoutout to the speeding car SFX She definitely has an aesthetic I keep fluctuating between ‘this is great!’ And ‘what am I listening to!?’ This made for a very trippy post-nightshift commute soundtrack I entered a Kate Bushkeptic and left Konverted (Bush)

Kate te amo reina madre diosa. Nunca había escuchado este entero, siempre más otros o algunas sueltas. Portada icónica, música increíble, voz magistral, ambiente y drama.

this was awesome, i really enjoyed it bunch of great tunes and experimentation

Loved this when it came out. Continue to love it. Have owned as tape cassette then cd, now vinyl. My go-to Kate Bush. Preferred over later albums. Unique and experimental but also fits in with other music of the time like early Cure (Pornography), Siouxsie (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse) and Cocteau Twins (Garlands). Night of the Swallow- perfect. Actually the entire album is perfect.

Loved it. Love Kate bush

Took a couple of spins but it's incredible. Great discovery for me and a must revisit. Fav tracks: Suspended in Gaffa, The Dreaming RYM: Y (#149) Saved a song: Y

80’s New Wave ⭐️Get Out Of My House

Fucking loved this. Kate Bush on her full weird Peter Gabriel/Cocteau Twins vibe. Like listening to a real *twisted* fairytale, but not as cringy as that sounds. Her choices on this record are so out there and wild, and I was onboard with them. There’s multiple tracks where she just does, like, a heavy metal growl and screech. So cool.

Bush's most Bowie-like record, in terms of attitude & theatrical antics, The Dreaming is weird even for Kate's performative standards. 'You learn to ride the Earth / When you're living on your belly / & the enemy is city-birth.' I've got no clue what that means, & it doesn't strike me as necessary to go find out what it may signify. W/ this said, this is no pretentious album, & by the time 'Suspended in Gaffa' concludes, you've been seized by what can be called Bush's magnetic creativity. There are artists & albums that, w/o any lingering doubt, exhibit the highest levels of creative energy, but they end up leaving you cold & uninspired. This is not that, & as much as I love Wuthering Heights & Running Up That Hill, as a full project, this is the best.

Rating: 4.9/5 Short Review: Wild, theatrical, and completely uncompromising. Feels like someone turning their subconscious directly into sound. Strange, emotional, unsettling, playful… somehow all at once. Favorite Track: “Night of the Swallow.” Beautiful and anxious at the same time. The shifting rhythms and emotional intensity feel almost dreamlike.

I lovee this albumm i listen to kate bush a lottt

Love me a weird songstress

Love her & her wonderful voice

literally the best album in the world

Favorite track(s): all of them Some of the most brilliant, inventive pop music ever written. And ackshually I liked her before Stranger Things. Heard before Previous rating: 10/10

This is, bar none, Kate Bush’s most uncompromising work; as such, I can only seriously recommend it to those already seasoned in experimental music, or die-hard Kate Bush fans. Thankfully, I’m both, so I had a great time. +1 for making people who I think are knobs angry, as well.

Sometimes the instrumentation gave me pause like what was she thinking but then the songs came together and she shows once again how she’s one of the best to ever do it

Amazing Kate Bush., Everyone should listen to this one.

One thing I've been learning from the outliers section of my history on this site is that I clearly have higher than average tolerance levels for quirky/challenging female artists. Bjork, Joanna Newsome, PJ Harvey, Fetch the Bolt Cutters-era Fiona Apple, I love you all, so how can I not love the final boss of quirky/challenging female artists at her weirdest?

Why did I not know about this earlier?Awesome.

Suck me hollow, Stranger Things. You chose the most boring Kate Bush song to bring to the zeitgeist. They do NOT know ball. That said, even though you will never see any single in this album top a chart, it's such a satisfying and smooth transition from the first track to the last. This album might be her most noticeably British one too.

Yeah, this was awesome to me. Dramatic. Interesting. I didn't quite get it the first listen, but the final track made it all click for me somehow and might be my favorite, and when I listened over I'd like it more and more. It has to get a 5 from me. This was really deeply artistic and unconventional and uninhibited and just stands out for me.

Définitivement pas pour les faibles. 4.5 étoiles

That was weird, fun, captivating. It was definitely one of the better 80s albums I've heard on here. Experimental usually means I'll love it or hate it. I love it in this case. I'm not sure I can explain why.

Et album der kun bliver bedre jo ældre jeg bliver. Top ti all time for mig. Ud over en mega uforudsigelig produktion har det her album hendes bedste tekster

A shade weaker than Hounds of Love that would follow, still Kate Bush is at the peak of her genius. Nearly perfect.

Okay Besties, it's Kate Bush time! I'm sooo excited to listen to this again, I truly love this album! From the cover, oh my god how I truly adore the cover! It's just so iconic! The sepia filter, her hair, the houndstooth outfit she's wearing, her eyeshadow, the key in her mouth, the way she's grabbing his head yet looking to the side, the chain with a lock around him, did I mention THE KEY IN HER MOUTH?!?!?! I LOVE everything about this image so so so much!!! This website isn't 1001 album covers you must view tho, so onto the music. When I was around 20, discovering new music, I heard a cover of "Running up the Hill". I thought "huh, that's a cool song", but not much else. About 2 years later Stranger Things season 4 came out. I, like many others, got introduced to Kate Bush for the first time in an unignorable way. That show, and Mic the Snare's Deep Discog Dive on youtube about Kate, threw me into the world of her music and I've been living in bliss ever since. Well, okay that's dramatic, but I've had so much fun exploring her discography over the past few years that she's honestly become one of my favorite artists of all time! Yes, she's weird and over the top at times, does strange things with her vocals or production, and weaves quite odd stories sometimes, but that's literally the charm of her work! There's so much love for the craft of creating in her music that I can't help but love it. Even if on first listen it's slightly off putting you end up feeling like "okay, but I kinda want to hear that again" and before you know it the melodies have set up a permanent camp in your brain and then it's 2am on a Wednesday and you're craving Kate Bush music. If I go track by track for this it will just be me gushing about how I love nearly every track. Instead I'll try to point out a few favorites and least faves. "Sat in your Lap" is iconic and just so fun! "Pull out the Pin" is eerie perfection. "Suspended in Gaffa" is dreamy and kind of sounds like you're at a carnival almost. the bagpipes on "Night of the Swallow", I just...it's iconic. Argue with the wall. "Houdini", which the album cover is based around, didn't actually vibe with me at first oddly enough. Honestly only recently have I started really appreciating it. It's just so good If I am being honest tho, "The Dreaming" and "Leave it Open" are often skips for me. Maybe one day I'll come around on them, maybe not 4.75/5 Iconic album, I don't care what anyone else says. Okay, thank you, bye.

This album reminds me very much of a bad time in my life when I lived alone in a flat in Manningham, Bradford (yes it was that bad!) This album together with others and including Kate’s previous release to this Never For Ever, got me through that time. I played this album endlessly and it is probably an indication that my life choices did get a whole lot better that I seldom played it start to finish until today. It was an album which was very experimental and probably the first one I had which featured the Fairlight. It also introduced me to the haunting sound made by the uilleann pipes which prompted me to seek out more music made this instrument which I love to this day. Kate is at her best when singing sad songs sat behind her piano. This album sadly does not have one of those but All The Love goes close and is my favourite track. It is a very challenging album to get into and even today listening to one or two tracks I have not listened to in ages you wonder what the hell was it all about? But this is why Kate is one of my favourite artists. She never serves up the same thing twice, keeps you on your toes and occasionally gives you the most beautiful song (and in some cases a whole album) which makes a deep impact on your life. 5/5 29/3/26

I'm so glad Kate Bush is finally getting her flowers in pop culture, she is INCREDIBLE. I don't know that I agree that "The Dreaming" is the most normie-friendly album of hers, but she kills it anyways.

My favourite Kate Bush album.

She made a lot of unconventional choices that makes this album a really interesting listen.

she's so cool

puta merda mlkada o que a kate bush fez nesse eu particularmente achei absurdo fui cheio de preconceito pq achei o the kick inside dela legal, mas meio distante de algumas coisas que eu gosto, esse aqui me pegou totalmente incrível

ou, eh pedrada. fiquei bem surpreso, papo reto. pop experimental e art rock na medida certinha. que isso, ce ta doido. e dá pra sentir uma vibe post-punk malucona também, viu. bela produção, btw. eh 5 estrelas, né? gostei bastante!!! fiquei com vontade de ouvir tudo dela. mas vou aguardar os outros saírem aqui no site.

It's been nearly a year and a half since I got a Kate Bush album from the generator. I think on some level, because I got Hounds of Love as my first Kate Bush record, I was better prepared to hear her prior album, The Dreaming. In some ways, one can connect the two and hear the sonic evolution that unfolds. But even then, boy, does this album get weird. After a successful run of three albums, Kate Bush produced this record all by herself, and the newfound creative freedom shows. This is certainly one of the most excessive and intricately assembled albums of its time. Opening with the whiplash percussive brushes of bamboo sticks and cascading pianos on "Sat in Your Lap", into the hazy synths contrasting the syncopated horns on "There Goes a Tenner", the tribal-esque percussion accompanied by the piano dirge and electric guitar strokes on "Pull Out the Pin", the thunderous drums of "Leave It Open" and "Get Out of My House", the ornate mandolin and string accompaniment on "Suspended in Gaffe", the bullroarer and digeridoo on the title track, the bagpipes and other such Celtic instruments on "Night of the Swallow", such a wide variety in sounds colliding. Throughout, Kate puts on quite a spectacle with her voice, going from soft croons to full-on harsh screams and even an Australian accent on the title track that somehow works. I can see how this album could be overwhelming for some people on first listen. But again, seeing the throughline between this and Hounds of Love, not only do I hear the greater depths in storytelling that were achieved in execution, but I was pretty much into the eccentricities of it all. It also helps that the lyrics feel just as varied and striking. Some tracks touched on Kate's personal issues as she strove for her artistic freedom, like the existential dread on "Sit on Your Lap", the exploration of one's darker side on "Leave It Open", the desire to experience something truly ethereal on "Suspended in Gaffa", and the strife to process through loneliness and grief on "All Your Love". Other tracks saw her explore various subject matter that tapped into her storytelling prowess, including the plight of Aboriginal Australians on the title track, the suspense in the crimes illustrated in "There Goes a Tenner" and "Night of the Swallow", the Vietnam War allusions on "Pull Out the Pin", and the passionate tale of magician Harry Houdini's widow trying to contact her dead husband in the song that bore his name. It all culminates in the closing number "Get Out of the House", wherein Kate draws from the works of Stephen King's The Shining and Ridley Scott's Alien to create a chilling horror story that metaphorically deals with self-isolation and the anger and frustration that can spill over from such drastic measures. All in all, The Dreaming is a batshit record, and I adore it. Obviously, Kate Bush's later releases would become more accessible, but for once, there was beauty in the madness.

My queen

What the fuck. Yeah I know Kate Bush is supposed to be amazing and an innovator and yadda yadda, but this really hit me in a way I didn’t expect. This is an album of dreaming, dreaming of a world where your lost relationships are found, where you didn’t fuck things up, where you feel like a whole person, where you don’t feel the urge to disappear. But just when you think everything’s going great, you finally have to wake up, and you’re back in that house of mistakes. No amount of dreaming can change that, can change you. At this point you can either let fatalism in and say, “well, I can’t change things, I can only live with it. At least I can keep dreaming.” Never letting anyone in, stubborn as a mule. Or, you can take that key you forgot you still had, that you wish was one of the many things you’d lost, and you can decide to unlock that door… and walk out.

Her best album, the amount of talent she holds is crazy. Every single song is great and I would give 6 stars if I could.

The dreaming-Kate Bush Sat in your love: 4.75 Theres goes a tenner: 4.7 Pull out the pin: 4.95 Suspended in Gaffa: 4.85 Leave it open: 4.7 The dreaming: 4.5 Night of the swallow: 4.6 All the Love: 4.75 Houdini: 4.5 Get out of MY HOUSE: 4.8 Experimental, brilliant, thought provoking and boundary pusher. Avg 4.71==5/5

I worship the altar of Kate Bush

Really good!

This is my kind of music, so weird and experimental, but addictingly listenable. The first trio of songs is my favorite, with There Goes a Tenner being my favorite of the album, but Pull Out the Pin not being too far behind. Kate's voice is the exact amount of airy and mysterious for this dreamscape of sound. Suspended in Gaffa and Night of the Swallow also rock. I really enjoyed this whole album, and definitely expect to be back.

But now I'm learning how

This album was all over the place and i genuinely had no idea what was coming. The songs can be drastically different from back to back. Her singing was good from the pirate shanty esque vocals to her normal single. And the production was chaotic and used a lot of strange unexpected sounds but it flowed together well. Going from song to song was like a roller coaster. With all that being said, I loved this album. It’s so innovative and unique and you can really hear her influence in some musicians from today.

dreamy

Avant-garde, theatrical, warm, melodic, inspiring.

#261/1001. This was the first Kate Bush LP I bought, and (still? I am not sure if it was one at that time...) after 30+ years one of my desert island discs. Kate at her most angry, reading, weird, funny, even sentimental. Her uniqueness puts people away and that is fine with me, choose your own religion among the hordes of mediocre possibilities. Again I was thinking of her way to construct and perform music as non-human: I think I talked about out of this planet or divine possibilities in the last review not too long ago, but another comparison came to mind: Bella Baxter, a frankenfetus from Poor Things, brought back to this world, not really knowing how to behave or act, tries to imitate things - of course not managing to do it, but somehow this creates immense beauty. So maybe that is how Kate Bush was created: someone planted the brain of Mozart's and Afrodites unborn baby in her head.

my 365th album since using this generator last year! can't think of a more perfect album for the occasion. i've already listened to this as a fan of Kate Bush but i have no problem relistening for rating purposes Sat in Your Lap - 5/5 There Goes a Tenner - 5/5 Pull Out the Pin - 5/5 Suspended in Gaffa - 5/5 Leave It Open - 4/5 The Dreaming - 3/5 Night of the Swallow - 5/5 All the Love - 4/5 Houdini - 4/5 Get Out of My House - 5/5 Average score: 4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ not my all-time fav release of hers, but definitely a top 5 album of hers. depending on the day, it might even be top 3

Absolutely love it

Lush in its soundscape with synths that sound dream-like and ancient. love this album

ich liebe verrückte frauen

I only know running up that hill because of Stranger things. I love this opening song “sat in your lap”. I’m sick of Running up that hill so this album could not have been served at a better time. On track two. This album has a samba/dance feel and almost sung like the villain in a musical. This is fun. I’m so thankful this album came up today. Now I get it. I get why she’s considered a genius. I’m disappointed it took stranger things for me to hear about her. “The dreaming” is a great song. Really enjoying this album. “Houdini” is a great song. Man I missed out not hearing her sooner, but boy is it nice to discover this. Wow was this good. She this came out I could not have handled it. Glad I heard it now.

Banger

There's nothing else like this. A couple of strange misfits in here, like the burglary one. But the voice and the production and the strange songs... really great. No immediate bangers but I'll return to this album

😍SMITTEN😍

*Self-Note before listening*: Recently listened to Kwesiisbored on YouTube, who listens to albums for the first time and gives thoughts. One thing I noticed about Kwesi that I want to carry forward for my own reviews and thoughts is looking deeper into the lyric meanings and how implied meanings can change due to how each lyric is delivered. "Sat in your lap" is a hell of a way to start album, with it's erratic structure and lyrics and Kate's softly aggressive delivery of the refrain. The lyrics resonated deeply; someone who feels like they don't belong in the Rat-Raced western world. "There goes a Tenner" was a little more on the nose with what it was about, but also eased me into the relative 'weirdness' of Kate Bush; I feel as though Bjork could have been influenced by her with the jarring lyrics and disjointed harmonies, making for something that asks you to meet it half way in order to fully appreciate it; your efforts more than often rewarded. It's hard to find music that achieves the same in this day and age. "Pull out the Pin" quickly became my favourite with it's twangy bassline and urgent lyrics, you feel that 'I love life' line deeply as if it is it's own instrument. Like Tenner, "Dreaming" I loved just because Bush appears to be pushing her British accent to the max; love it, as a fellow Brit. The wind instruments and the overall medieval/historic feel to "Night of the Swallow" also made me fall in love. Possibly playing heavy bias now in my perception of this album, I learnt that this was Kate's first fully independently produced album, leading it to be her most experimental and expressive. I love encouraging this in anyone and everyone, so my rose shades might be on here. "All the Love" I also never want to forget. Overall, I really enjoyed this album. The idea of an artist cementing her style, producing under conditions that made her more comfortable and happy, elevates this one for me. Looking forward to hearing more from her.

Yo. Kate Bush. You’re kinda weird. I love it.

I feel like I’m right inside Kate Bush’s head, listening to this. This artist is just different. This is stratospheric genius. Words fail me.

What a masterpiece. The voice effects - crazy time signatures - variety of genre - stunning. I can see how early Marina and the Diamonds stuff must hsve neen hraviling influenced by this.

4.5/5

I cannot review this album objectively since as an 18 year old I bought it when it was released and played it to death. Except it never died because there’s always something new to hear. 

 Kate, you can experiment on me anytime. 4½

♥️

It was a really weird album, never really heard anything like it but it had a strange charm to it

5/5. This is basically Bjork, Tune-yards, PJ Harvey, etc. before those artists. The influence this album generated is insane. And does it slap, just full on personal creative force, with some beautiful vocals mixed with aggressive and up front vocals about a diverse array of topics. The instrumentation is unique and haunting, and Kate does not hold back. It's new wave in the best way, akin to King Crimson and heavier Bowie. I have no complaints about the album and I just want to listen to it again. It's truly awesome. Best Song: The Dreaming, Sat In Your Lap, Get Out Of My House, Suspended in Gaffa

Pretty quirky album. It's a grower if you give it multiple listens. And it has Jimmy Bain playing bass on a few tracks. I've been a fan of his work since Dio. This is the 6th new to me album in a row the generator has thrown at me this week. The whole project has been great.

I love how wildly unhinged this record is. Reminds me of my favorite Bowie album, Lodger. This is also my favorite Kate Bush album that I’ve heard so far.

This album is strange... But terribly delicate, wild, beautiful and enchanting. It is such a journey, and it has so many layers that needs of more than one listen to get to perceive all of its interest. I will listen to it more, and it's going to grow on me. But, my first thoughts about it are that it is something great, so experimental. I loved some songs. I guess I will end up liking more the others. But, overall, I've enjoyed a lot this album. Listening to it has taken me to many places, to many thoughts, to many emotions. This album is really good. I liked it a lot.

Kate Bush rules, but honestly, I haven't looked into much of her music outside of 'Hounds of Love' and her debut 'Wuthering Heights' - both of which have songs that I revisit more than frequently. This was one of her more acclaimed albums, so I was excited to get into it - despite the first track scaring me a bit. To me, this album shares the same British wit, charm, and forward-thinking avant-garde leanings as many of Eno's earlier works, especially 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Storm'. Like Eno on those albums, Bush is just so fun to listen to, and the music manages to (somehow) match the whimsy she exudes on just about every track here. It's a surreal combination; there's just something about Bush reaching into those upper registers in songs like 'Suspended In Gaffa' and 'There Goes A Tenner' that scratches an itch that very few other vocalists do. Not to mention her weird inflections on songs like 'Leave It Open', which I just don't understand, but love all the same. She's certainly expressive as well, I love how her voice cracks with the "I Love Life" cries of 'Pull Out The Pin', a song that seems to depict some war-placed moral dilemma. That emotional expressiveness can also be seen with the closer, 'Get Out Of My House', which, despite the emotional turmoil driving the whole thing, has one of the more catchy refrains here (minus the donkey noises) - it's a fantastic closer that goes in so many captivating directions. And honestly, for as weird and experimental as this album is, it still manages to be pretty catchy at various moments throughout - especially that chorus in 'Suspended In Gaffa' or the one in 'Houdini'. And I have to mention the incredible 'Night Of The Swallow', another tragic song that has one of the greatest outros I've heard in a while with those pipes and theatrical vocal arrangements. And I feel Bush understood just how good this part was since it goes on for just about 2 minutes. So epic. The title track I also really loved, it's super atmospheric and employs a didgeridoo perfectly fitting the theme of the song, which seems to tackle indigenous struggle in Australia. What an incredible listen. I actually held off writing this review until after a few listens, and I think that was the right move; this thing really grows on you with every play. But honestly, I also loved it after my first listen. There is something really special about this album that I latched onto very early on.

5/5 no need for additional praise

Look, I love Kate Bush, and she'll get nothing but 5s from me, but I can understand how this album would be a tough sell to the uninitiated (especially upon first listen). I urge you. If this is the first time you're hearing her, and you're like WTF, do yourself a favor and start somewhere else. Her next album, 'Hounds of Love,' is still Kate, but quite a bit more accessible. Don't get me wrong - there is no "shallow end" to her pool, but I'd hate for you to miss out on a truly great artist just because this challenge pushed you in at the deepest point possible.

I had no idea what I was getting into with this one. It was weird. Like a good weird. A good, fun, sensual weird. Like a weird, i like to bathe my feet in jello.

This is my favorite Kate Bush album. It's so wonderfully artsy and theatrical in a way that feels really unique to her. All the songs tell really great stories as well, especially All the Love, that one still kills me the third time around. All around her best work to me.

i love this woman

I really wonder how she does this with other musicians - how does she communicate what she wants?. She brings her singular vision from another world to life. Amazing 4.6

Excellent record!

I need more Kate Bush in my life. Only really knew her through Peter Gabriel and I should have followed through back in the 80s. Will have to make up for lost time. Some people get to put a capital A when they are referred to as an Artist, and she is one. So much going on with this album, so much beauty and crazy. She freely gets to experiment with sound and the equipment of the time and we are all better for it.

Haha what a weirdo. I loved it. I know I’m listening to this again, because there was a lot going on and there’s a lot I didn’t catch.

Incredible album from an artist I’ve never listened to. Super weird, strong production, great sounds.

KATE BUUUUUUUUUUSH

Simply her best and a really fabtastic Album

Great

Absolute manic masterpiece

Incredible

I love weird pop music

I have not one but two shirts with this album cover on it.

For the record, I love a lot of KB’s music, but this was an album I always struggled with. Reminds me a bit of Radiohead with Kid A many years later….an album so wilfully not what went before and clearly the work of an artist pushing the boundaries. Neither are the best introduction to the artist either! Listening again now it’s actually aged like fine wine, or I’ve reached a point where I can appreciate this more. Going into rotation. Love it.

Eclectic, quirky, out there, very well performed. What else do you want?

Talk about someone way ahead of their time. Bush's abstract, lush, strange compositions force you to sit and think about what you're listening to. There is nothing passive about this album. But if you're willing to absorb it, I promise it will resonate with you in ways maybe you didn't even know were possible. Easily one of the best records on this list.

There's something undeniably intoxicating about an artist taking full control of the studio to create such a unique, fully realized expression of self, and The Dreaming finds Kate Bush doing precisely that with fearless intensity.

I really enjoyed this album, it was very thought provoking. There were a lot of eclectic and experimental moments. Kate has a beautiful voice throughout the tracks, and it's beautifully accompanied with her more emotional lyrics. My favourite track is very much 'All The Love', that spoke to me. In particular the 24 year old me who questioned her friendships reciprocity. Gorgeous song, Gorgeous album. Get Out Of My House, was also a stand out. The titular lyric screamed with such emotion was powerful. I would listen again.

I need the Fairlight CMI

The first time I ever heard Get out of my House was with Ben while we were on a hiking/camping trip. He played it for me after we had driven over a mountain pass and were heading down into a forested valley. The sun had just set, and because of the windy road and dense trees we could only see a short ways ahead of us in the headlights. It was terrifying. I would listen to Rush 1000 times to hear Kate Bush again for the first time. Kate Bush Donkey Noise Kate Bush Donkey Noise

Very important album 4 Me Fav song: Suspended in Gaffa HM: Get Out of My House

Kate Bush is so cool!! This album sounds way ahead of its time.

Now I understand why half of dark cabaret artists list Kate Bush as their inspiration

Ziemlich schräg - aber gut!

Outstanding album. Blew me away.

Increíble disco. La experimentación en la composición, en los sonidos, en la voz, en lo surreal de las letras es fascinante. La capacidad que tuvo Kate Bush para utilizar elementos "raros" a nivel sonoro y hacer que suenen coherentes y cohesivos a la escucha es excelente. El estilo circense por momentos que da un aire risueño, la utilización de sonidos de ambiente alterados, los coros... todo hace de este un disco muy especial. Sin dudas un nuevo favorito para mí.

It's experimental, it's weird, it's difficult, it's freaking amazing from start to finish. It might be an acquired taste, but I love this album so much and find no fault in it. A desert island disc for sure. If you don't like it, go back and listen to it again. Louder. Let it sit. Repeat this process. If you still don't get it, that's a huge loss for you and I am so sorry because you are missing out. The songs: Sat In Your Lap: great start! There Goes a Tenner: so fun and catchy. Pull Out the Pin: oof...so good. Her voice is incredible here--there's so much power and emotion--and David Gilmour grounds her. I love life! Suspended in Gaffa: no notes; perfection! Leave It Open: We let the weirdness in. Yes, Kate, we really do. And it's fantastic. The Dreaming: such an interesting song. It's all over the place. The structure is fascinating. You hear something new each time you listen to it. The way this bleeds into Night of the Swallow is so enjoyable. Night of the Swallow: one of Kate's best songs ever. I've heard it so many times and it still elicits an emotional response. Play it loud. All the Love: it has a hard act to follow after Night of the Swallow, but it holds its own. It has a haunted quality to it. It's a nice layover before Houdini. Houdini: some people don't like the vocals on this; those people are wrong. This song is a rollercoaster in the best possible way. If you like metal, you should like this. There's so much emotion in Houdini--anger, fear, love, tenderness. It's beautiful. Get Out of My House: It's raw. It's difficult. There are donkey noises. It's freaking amazing. I feel like this is such a woman's song, coming from such a feminine perspective. What a way to end an album.

Dude this is fascinating. It’s almost more like a theatre production than a typical album. This woman is insane.

Listens: 3 or 4 Standout tracks: Suspended in Gaffa Added To Library: TRUE Early impressions are that this album or Kate Bush in general could be an influence for someone like Grimes or the genre that someone like Grimes falls into. I'm getting major baby/angel pop vibes from a few songs. There's a lot of vocal layering, high pitched shrill, growling-like and other voice manipulation involved. There's also plenty of traditional rock elements, and musical elements found in 80s British rock. It's not clear if the lower, deeper backing vocals are another person or just more vocal layering. There a weird clacking sound in Suspended in Gaffa that keeps faking me out. Did a double take when I heard it the first couple of times. Sounded like there was someone knocking on the wall. This album is the right amount of weird and I am onboard with it.

A challenging one for the One Album A day format, as this album takes a few listens to fully appreciate. So I can see why this has some mixed scores, although anyone who gives the follow up Hounds Of Love less than 5⭐ should be instantly decapitated. It's dense and rich, and once you get to know such a rewarding listen. Absolutely an album that should be in the 1001, and 5⭐ from me.

Y'know, I thought I got Kate Bush. Not enough that I'm able to put it into words, I mean, but if I were to imagine it off the top of my head I feel like I'd get closer to her general sound than I wouldn't. Now, I'm not gonna say this album changes that too much about that, but this album does enter in an element of her sound that I don't think I ever considered before. Coming into this thing, I was expecting the more experimental aspects. After all, "experimental" is how I read this thing described — riveting, eh? But yeah, I knew this was still a pop record, so it wouldn't be **that** over the top, like a Residents record. What I hadn't been expecting, though, but I was very happy to discover... Was the theatricality of it all. Like, if I had to use any one word to describe the material on this album— I mean, I can't think of any other I'd want to use. Part of this comes from the variety of styles present on the album. There's stuff that I'd say sounds more typical, but then you got something like the title track, which is so Australian it hurts. The one after that, meanwhile, is a straight dive into Irish music — and following that, you've got this airy, floating ballad number. And surely, it's a compliment to how well this stuff is all arranged and composed. If there's any one thing, though, that gets me to call this album theatrical... It all comes down to Kate Bush's performance. Throughout the album, if I'm imagining anything, it's her on stage — but not a concert stage. More like a play stage, acting these songs out like disconnected numbers from various strange musicals. It's captivating to listen to. Like, honestly, of the Kate Bush albums I've heard before — and at this point it's just HOUNDS OF LOVE and THE SENSUAL WORLD — this might be my favorite thus far? And it's just for that fact. I mean, seriously, there are parts and styles on this album where I'm reminded of Sparks and their own odd British-by-way-of-California sense of glam theatrics. That's a compliment and a half right there from me. It made me wanna go and listen to some of her other work — or at least "Running Up That Hill" and "Cloudbusting" from the follow-up album, if nothing else. Obviously, being more conventional (on this side of the record, anyway), she doesn't aim as big or go as hard as she does on THE DREAMING, but... Keeping what she's capable of in mind, I'm able to appreciate her performance way more than I did before. Like, if I was an 8 before, then we've cranked it to 11. You've gotta give an album props if it can do that. And, hey, if I think those songs are even better with this context, I look forward to seeing what it'll do for my opinion of the **second** half of the album. I remember not being too fond of that half when I first heard HOUNDS OF LOVE... But I'll get there when the Randomizer's RNG randomly decides it's time. In the meantime, I think this album is really worth the people's time. Get a little theater in their day, y'know? And heck, some Kate Bush in general. She's the good stuff, y'know...

Wonderfully weird pop. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I am surprisingly at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. It took a little bit for this album to really start registering in my brain, because it is SO wildly & radically different from what I’d expect a Kate Bush album to sound like at this point. Between “The Sensual World” & her features on Peter Gabriel’s albums, her style seemed pretty defined, so to get such an avant-garde & experimentally bold one like this threw me off guard. I think I liked this, though. Admittedly, I’m still not even quite sure what the overall theme of the album is – “The Sensual World” was a look into the human condition & how human connection is a necessary thing, but this album feels like a more scattered look into pain, panic, plight & paranoia, whether it’s Vietnam-induced PTSD, a seance to summon the ghost of Harry Houdini, the struggles of Australian aborigines, or whatever the hell “Get Out of My House” was. It’s a much wider album, and that wideness comes with a variety of soundscapes & styles, all rooted in a little bit of chaos. Well, chaos & a myriad of synths, drum machines & MIDI instruments. For 1982, this feels almost like Kate Bush trying to do a Bjork album, and it really did work for me. I don’t know that I can type too much more about this; it’s gonna vary wildly from person to person, and I’ll probably need another pass or two with this album to really dig deeper into its eccentricities. It’s an interesting listen, and I’m probably giving it the bump up to a 5 just because I found it captivating & fascinating; from a purely musical standpoint, it’s compositionally closer to a 4, but there’s something in the delivery & structure of the album, and how it ramps up the chaos even more from track to track, that commands attention. I liked it; it’s probably no less than a 3. Maybe a 2 if you’re THAT thrown off by how wildly different this is. For me, it’s a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5 – certainly a weird one, but it’s worth digging into.

RYM: 5.0 | AOTY: 97 | Favorite Track: Pull Out the Pin —————— Ever since first listening to this album, I've been fascinated by how bold and uncompromising it can be. Kate Bush really pushes her sound into strange and experimental territory, making an avant-pop record that pulls from all sorts of corners of post-punk and art rock while still bringing her signature sound. You can hear a strain of new wave influence through the album, especially the kind of dark, art-pop direction from Peter Gabriel's 1980 self-title album which served as major influence. This is most heard in "Sat in Your Lap" and "Suspended in Gaffa" with their dense percussive energy and surreal atmosphere. My favorite tracks on this album though are when she pulls off a neo-psychedelic post-punk by way of Siouxsie and the Banshees in tracks like "The Dreaming" and "Pull Out the Pin" which is my favorite track on the album. These track display a beautiful mix of eerie textures and hypnotic rhythms. Lyrically, these tracks explore everything from anti-war and anti-colonialism sentiment to references to Stephen King's The Shining on "Get Out of My House". Overall, I see this as bold gothic pop album that is experimental and theatrical in all the best ways.

she is everything

mischievous sexy clown music

Ok wow, I need to start listening to Kate Bush cause this album is crazy. Like sonically it sounds like someone made this album high on adhd meds cause it’s wild. It’s kinda silly at parts, and at other parts it’s very brooding and emotional. And what Kate does with her voice on this album is super unique I’ve never heard an album that sounds like this and I ADORE it!

March 1, 2025 (T-27) The last time this website gave me a Kate Bush album was in 2022. Perhaps the long wait for the second is the universe's punishment for me calling 2022 "the year of Bush"*, in reference to the Stranger Things-led renaissance of "Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God)". My curiosity and impatience led me to listen to The Hounds of Love on my own time, but I never heard this one before. This one definitely required a second listen; I almost docked a full star for the “turning into a mule” section, but I appreciate that building on the oddness of previous tracks like in “Sat in Your Lap” and the partly screamed “Houdini” ten tracks in couldn’t have been easy. But she did it. “Leave it Open” is another song that made a bit more sense on the second listen. “We LeT tHe WeIrDnEsS iN!” Having listened to Hounds of Love and The Sensual World before, knowing that we’re 3 for 3 in Kate Bush albums featuring Irish traditional elements is surprising. (Didn’t know her mother was Irish). My thoughts on The Dreaming can be summarized as “Why? …Why not?” HL: “Night of the Swallow”, “There Goes a Tenner”, “Pull Out the Pin”, “Suspended in Gaffa”, “Houdini” *the title track contains the lyric “push them from the pull of the Bush”, so I don’t feel quite as weird now

I can see why so many people would be turned off by this. Kate Bush is not super accessible at the best of times (maybe excepting Running Up That Hill, who doesn't love that song?), so her "least accessible" album is probably gonna be a stretch for a lot of people. That said, I love it. I've always really liked the sort of weirder female performers like Kate Bush and Bjork. They kind of have a 'fuck you I'm doing this how I want' attitude about them that I feel makes their music better. For this album, is it weird? Yeah, it's weird. It isn't so weird to be off putting or weird for the sake of being weird. But it's not like anything else you'll hear today and I do feel like you'll be better off for having heard it. I don't think it's her best work, but it's a fantastic record for sure and one that I would recommend to people looking to get a little outside of mainstream. 5/5

Incredibly creative; a thoroughly engaging listen. People who can’t at least appreciate this album are boring

Stunning and creative, a songwriter at the peak of her powers, and oh so strange!

Incredible. This is up there for one of my favorite pop albums ever. Such a unique tapestry of sounds and it has gotten better every listen. This or Never for Ever I think is my favorite of hers. The like the first half more but still great Rating: 4.8

KATE BUSH FUCK YEAHHHHH one of my favorite albums of all time, happy to see her here, she deserves it. fav tracks: night of the swallow, there goes a tenner, suspended in gaffa, sat in your lap, leave it open

One of my all-time favorites. Just overflowing with great musical ideas.

Somehow I've never heard this before, but it reveals another side to Kate Bush, makes her more human and less of a manic pixie dreamgirl type.

Kate Bush.

This albums fucking bonkers and I loved it. Just one listen and I don't think I fully appreciated it but that first impression was something special. Kate Bush at her Bushiest and I'm here for it.

In other reviews before and for sure in the future I've made the comment "lord save me from the mid guy with a singular guitar music" and the answer to that is THIS album. Bert Jansch or Gene Clark could never hope to be this interesting. I'd never heard this album prior to today but this album is FANTASTIC. Its so incredibly interesting in musicality and vocal performance. There's so much here, but I will happily listen to it multiple times to dig into it further.

Can never say anything bad about Kate Bush, the most creative influential singer/songwriter of a generation. Overall not her best album but still up there. Brilliant

Wow… speechless. I love this record so much. Every song really does feel like a dream. each one tells a different story, and each one has something unique that makes it unforgettable. From the moment it starts with that haunting, addicting piano the album pulls you into its surreal world. The production is wild, unpredictable, and incredibly detailed... it feels like no one else on Earth could have imagined these sounds but Kate Bush. It’s insane how Kate went full-on experimental here, and the craziest part is how perfect it all is. She wrote and produced every track herself, and you can feel her vision in every second. This album feels so alive, so majestic, so artistic... I can’t even explain it. The storytelling here is on another level. ‘There Goes a Tenner’ is insane with how vividly it paints its little crime-gone-wrong tale, but honestly the whole album is filled with that kind of imagination. Kate takes you through Australian outlaws, Houdini, nuclear fallout, dreams and nightmares, and she makes it all feel alive. Her voice shifts and transforms with each track, becoming a character in every story. This is such a classy, beautiful, and influential piece of art.

Kate Bush utilizes emotion like she would a Fairlight; this time, she used mania. every song is filled with a histrionic turn, a swing of one's fists in the dark as they feel the walls closing in on them. it's cabaret, it's theater, it's drama, it's a dance in the misty grass. nothing like The Dreaming existed before it was released, and nothing like it will exist after. no notes. perfect, in every sense.

i keep trying to put down words about it and i just cant. im considering a full kate bush re-dive at some point so maybe ill try to be articulate than but all i can ever manage to say about this one is that it feels like ive unlocked the secrets of the universe while im within it and than am unceremoniously jolted awake. kind of like the ninth wave but even more disorienting and harder to connect in any way to the waking world. kate gives possibly the best vocal performance in pop music across this record, if u wanna call this pop music. i do, but in a strange partially-remembered way. if i hadnt gotten the downward spiral recently this would be the best record ive rolled in this whole project so far by a landslide and its not like it lacks competition

This album is beautiful, mysterious, weird, experimental, ahead of its time, and clearly an influence on several well-known musicians and bands that came later. And for all that it deserves 5 stars.

This is great. It's experimental but I found it to be easier to get into than other Kate Bush albums

Actually interesting, creative, progressive music.

The Dreaming, released in 1982, is one of the most original and eccentric albums of Kate Bush’s career. From its opening, with the title track “The Dreaming,” we are immersed in an experimental sound that blends elements of rock, pop, and folk music. Kate utilizes a variety of vocal and instrumental techniques, creating a sonic experience that defies the norms of pop music at the time. The production, which features innovative mechanisms and complex arrangements, makes each song feel like a new adventure, highlighting not only her talent as a songwriter, but also as an artist willing to take risks. The lyrics on The Dreaming are equally striking and reveal Kate Bush’s creative mind. She addresses themes of dreams, identity, and the human condition in poetic and often surreal ways. Tracks like “Sat in Your Lap” and “There Goes a Tenner” not only defy simple interpretation, but also invite the listener to delve deeper into their narratives, providing a continual reflection on dreams and the realities of life. The way Kate articulates her emotions and personal experiences is a testament to her originality, allowing listeners to connect with the essence of her songs in unique ways. Furthermore, the visual aesthetic of The Dreaming, reflected in its artwork and videos, complements the album’s eccentric musicality. Kate Bush has always been a figure who transcends convention, and this album is no exception. It encapsulates not only her individual artistic vision, but also a spirit of freedom and innovation that sets her apart in the music scene. With The Dreaming, Kate has not only delivered a body of work that stands out for its originality, but has also helped to upend expectations of what a pop artist could achieve, inspiring a new generation of musicians to explore uncharted territories.

This album is absolutely fantastic. So many great songs I can't pick a favorite. The songs fit seamlessly together and you can hear the ingenuity in the sound. She is so creative and has a real strong musical perspective. Perfect album!

kate bush is brilliant and to me, this is one of the biggest pieces of evidence. every song on here is dramatic as fuck and i love every second of it. her vocal range is great, as usual. everything about this album is so creative and out there, and yet, not really inaccessible (although admittedly, it's not her most accessible album). the production on here is pretty dated (full of of-the-era synth sounds that have not aged particularly well) but if you can get past most of this album sounding like an old video game, it is truly great. it's definitely an album that i'm sure most people think sounds like a cat getting its tail stepped on, but to me, that's part of the charm of kate bush. she's out of left field and unabashedly so.

Bon, on va pas se mentir, 1982, c'était une drôle d'époque. Pendant que la moitié de la planète se trémoussait sur de la new wave synthétique bien propre sur elle, avec des coiffures qui défiaient les lois de la gravité et des clips qui ressemblaient à des pubs pour laque, une Anglaise, déjà perçue comme une créature éthérée et un peu perchée, a décidé de tout envoyer péter. Mais pas avec la rage frontale du punk qui commençait déjà à sentir le sapin, non. Avec une manière bien plus insidieuse, bien plus déstabilisante. Kate Bush, après trois albums qui l'avaient installée comme une valeur sûre de la pop arty, une sorte de fée clochette sous acide, a décidé de prendre les commandes. Toutes les commandes. "The Dreaming" est le premier album qu'elle produit entièrement seule. Et cette information, mes amis, n'est pas un détail technique pour musicologues à lunettes. C'est la putain de clé de voûte de tout le projet. C'est le moment où l'artiste, libérée des "bons conseils" et des regards inquiets des producteurs qui flippent pour leurs ventes, ouvre la porte de son asile personnel et nous invite à y faire un tour. Et autant vous le dire tout de suite : l'asile est un sacré bordel. Un bordel magnifique, terrifiant, mais un bordel quand même. Oubliez les mélodies évidentes de "Wuthering Heights" ou "Babooshka", oubliez la pop, même la plus sophistiquée. Dès les premières secondes de "Sat in Your Lap", on comprend que le voyage ne sera pas une promenade de santé. Le rythme n'est pas une simple pulsation binaire pour faire bouger les culs en discothèque. C'est une cavalcade tribale, une charge de cavalerie menée par des percussionnistes fous qui martèlent des peaux de bêtes. La production est dense, claustrophobique, presque agressive. C'est comme si Phil Collins, après avoir découvert le "gated reverb", avait décidé de l'utiliser pour enregistrer le son d'un accident de voiture au fond d'une grotte. Et c'est ça, le génie de "The Dreaming", c'est un disque primal. Kate Bush, visiblement fascinée par les rythmes du monde entier, a foutu à la poubelle la batterie rock traditionnelle pour aller chercher quelque chose de plus viscéral. On entend un didgeridoo australien menaçant sur le morceau-titre, des cornemuses irlandaises sur "Night of the Swallow", des bouzoukis, des mandolines... Le tout est passé à la moulinette du Fairlight CMI, ce synthétiseur/sampler qui était le jouet préféré des laborantins sonores de l'époque. Sauf qu'entre ses mains, ce n'est plus un jouet, c'est une arme. Elle tord les sons, les étire, les mutile. Elle sample des bruits d'animaux, des hélicoptères, des voix qui semblent venir d'outre-tombe. Et par-dessus ce chaos organisé, il y a sa voix ou plutôt, ses voix. Car sur cet album, Kate Bush ne chante pas, elle interprète. Elle devient une multitude de personnages, elle est une cambrioleuse terrorisée ("There Goes a Tenner"), une combattante vietnamienne ("Pull Out the Pin"), l'épouse d'Houdini tentant de le contacter dans l'au-delà ("Houdini"). Elle hurle, elle grogne, elle prend des accents cockney à couper au couteau, elle murmure des insanités. Sa performance vocale est une dinguerie absolue, une prise de risque permanente qui la place bien au-delà de la simple chanteuse pop. On est dans le théâtre sonore, la performance vocale totale. C'est à la fois fascinant et profondément dérangeant. On comprend sans peine pourquoi ce disque a été un bide commercial monumental à sa sortie. En 1982, le public n'était absolument pas prêt pour ça. Pendant que le bon peuple achetait du Culture Club par palettes, ce truc-là était l'équivalent d'un film de David Lynch diffusé en prime time sur TF1. C'était trop étrange, trop exigeant, trop personnel. Il n'y avait aucun single évident, aucun refrain à chantonner sous la douche. C'était une oeuvre d'art brute, sans concession, qui demandait un effort de la part de l'auditeur. Un effort que peu de gens étaient prêts à faire. Et pourtant... Putain, quel disque. Pour quelqu'un comme moi, "The Dreaming" est une évidence. C'est l'album d'une artiste qui n'a absolument rien à foutre des conventions et qui suit son instinct jusqu'au bout, quitte à se planter commercialement. C'est un disque qui ne cherche jamais à séduire, mais qui hypnotise. Il faut du temps pour l'apprivoiser, pour en comprendre les méandres, pour accepter ses aspérités. Il faut accepter de se perdre dans ce rêve tordu. Aujourd'hui, il est considéré par beaucoup, et à juste titre, comme son chef-d'oeuvre. C'est le disque qui a prouvé que Kate Bush n'était pas juste une excentrique douée, mais une véritable visionnaire, une architecte du son qui a construit un monument unique, sans plan ni autorisation de construire. Un disque qui, près de quarante ans plus tard, n'a pas pris une seule ride et continue de sonner comme s'il venait d'une autre planète. Pour conclure, ce 5/5 n'est pas juste une bonne note, c'est une marque de respect profond pour un acte de bravoure artistique total. "The Dreaming" n'est pas un album que l'on "écoute" en faisant la vaisselle. C'est un album qui vous écoute, qui vous regarde, qui vous travaille de l'intérieur. Il est la preuve que la musique pop peut être aussi complexe, déroutante et enrichissante que n'importe quelle autre forme d'art. Accrochez-vous, le voyage est mouvementé, mais la destination en vaut mille fois la peine. Ce n'est pas un disque, c'est une expérience. Et putain, quelle expérience.

Ir’s just wow

Historic - Kate's first self-produced album and her first efforts creating with a Fairlight CMI. A huge leap in her artistic maturity from her prior efforts. Fascinating, incorporating world music; truly unique and clearly influential for artists like Bjork. I've loved this album since I first heard it in 1983.

Classic

my favorite kate bush album i love everything about it

This is pretty great. I think that not only is it brilliant, but it will likely get better the more time spent with it. its weird, its atmospheric, its different, its just really really good. i think it's a 5, i think it might be better collectively than Hounds of Love but doesn't have those big hits that Hounds has. I think 5

I wasn't much of a fan of the first album of hers that was offered on this site. But this one was outstanding. I totally dig it. Especially the first half. Just the weirdness but in an artistic sense that makes sense, vs. weird for the sake of weirdness. This is still melodic for the most part.

-AHHH ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME… Kate at her absolute most daring and creative. The storytelling aspects are incredible and every song feels like a whole new world. I wish she did more like this -Favorites are uhh all of them this album has zero flops. But if I had to choose, Sat In Your Lap, Suspended In Gaffa, Night Of The Swallow, Houdini, and Get Out Of My House

Well, Kate Bush officially joins the ABYD 5-star Club. Criteria seems to be an artist or album I’m not already very familiar ++ significant repeat value in that I feel like I could listen to it, intentionally, forever and don’t want to move on. I don’t want to move on after 2-3 listens. These rating are all relative, of course, so this one could have been influenced by the fact that its predecessor was Sade — meh — but The Dreaming is now in good company with Talking Heads Remain in Light and a near 5-star Eiensturzende Neubaten debut. Something about the production techniques and sensibilities of the time period seems to really be resonating with me, as both a music fan and hobbyist music maker. Hmmm…

💙 incredible. I liked this the first time I heard it, and then listened again and liked it more, and now it's definitely in the rotation. A very weird and cool album that she produced herself (werk). The effects she uses must've been wild in the early 80s. Even now, they're super unique to Kate Bush's sound. You can totally hear the influence Kate Bush had on Björk. Rad as hell

J’aime beaucoup Kate Bush, sa voix particulière, ses explorations singulières, une vraie artiste

An inspiration for many contemporary popular artists. She’s just perfect and this album is way ahead of its time.

Second album of Kate Bush on this list that I absolutely love. I think this list is converting me into a Kate Bush fan.

The album was so bizarre but in a very structured way. Absolutely fantastic.

Some fives are better than other fives. I read one guy who worked with Kate Bush who felt that this album was over cluttered with too many sounds but I think that's what makes it so great. Every time you come back you hear new things. Also some of her best lyrics and use of different styles of singing in the one song, line even.

WOW. Kate seems totally unhinged and unrestrained on this album, and just so over-the-top theatrical and dramatic. I love so many aspects about this album including the wild orchestral instrumentation, mix of Kate's and deep male (almost chant-ish) vocals and just how raw it all feels. Since starting this list I've gotten quite a bit into Björk and I can absolutely see this as a huge influence. Crazy fun! 9/10

9/10. Completely bonkers. Haven't heard anything like it before, not even from Kate Bush herself. I love it. Great opening track which immediately got me excited followed by two more bangers. After that it sometimes becomes a bit too slow or weird but it's all just too charming to fault it for that. Highlights: Pull out the Pin There Goes a Tenner Sat in Your Lap Night of the Swallow Get out of My House All the Love Suspended in Gaffa

This was the first Kate Bush album I bought myself. My father loved her and had the older ones. Although it was completely different compared to the older material, I was mesmerized. She is a phenomenal storyteller, often using different dialects to fit her role in her songs. Knowing the back story of the songs helps to understand them better (like e.g. Pull Out the Pin). My favorites are still The Dreaming and Night of the Swallow.

Insane

Ladies and gentlemen, it's a K-Town Banger!! Just perfect.

Yeah, this was cool then and its cool now. Kate Bush is an original.

I love this album. It’s so beautifully weird. I love how her songs don’t sound alike (or like anybody else) and yet they all sound like Kate Bush. Soooo creative! This is a good one.

This is what happens when you give an incredibly talented, weird musician carte blanche. I love the weird stuff.

I’d not heard this album before this. Hounds of Love is the only Bush album I have listened to before and I don’t love it, so I had lowered expectations for The Dreaming. It’s amazing though. Sat In Your Lap immediately announces that is album is different. This song to me would fit on Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters. From there it goes on a strange journey. This album is weird as shit! And wonderfully so. Pull Out The Pin is a bit of a creeper, and the screams add some horror to the sound. This is an incredible album from start to finish. A typical a sign of a masterpiece is when the album feels like it takes you on a journey. Five Stars.

Kate Bush used to make crazy, weird, genreless, sometimes genius music. I genuinely believe she would get less criticism if she were a man. She used innovative sampling techniques and interesting chord progressions. I really like Sat in Your Lap, it is truly a nuts song but there is nothing else like it. Her mockney accent (and donkey braying) did always make me cringe, and Hounds of Love is a better album but this one is still a unique work of art in my opinion, and I do love our Kate.

This is a masterful effort, and it's an actual masterpiece. So complexly imagined and executed at levels of musical intricacy rarely achieved. Just a little shy of giving it 5 stars because a couple of songs bleed a little into pop sounding. Yeah but you know what, I've rarely given any 5 star ratings so far, I'll do it it!!

absolutely no fucks given

Kate Bush can do no wrong

My intro to Kate Bush and a brilliant album that now resides under the shadow created by its successor, Hounds of Love. It still belongs on this list.

Not as experimental as Hounds of Love, but a wonderful and strange album nonetheless. I could see how someone would find her voice a little whiny and it took me a bit to get used to (over the years) but it’s so unique.

I found The Sensual World a bit underwhelming but this album far exceeded my modest expectations, it’s ace. I knew tracks 1 and 6 from a greatest hits CD but outside of that context I can better appreciate what mighty, deranged bangers they are, and the rest of the album lives up to them. It’s as nuts and experimental as you’d hope from Kate Bush (the line ‘we let the weirdness in’ from Leave It Open is a fitting mission statement/badge of honour for the album) but also far more listenable than many reviews suggest. There are frenzied, soaring vocal hooks in almost every song that may turn other people off, but they’re like aural opium to me. 4.5

I thought this was pretty great - she could teach Fiona Apple a thing or two. Best tracks; Suspended in Gaffa, Night of the Swallow.

Kinda fabulous

The Dreaming was a bold and daring move by an hugely popular artist. Without easily accessible singles, it wasn't going to win her new fans that way, and the theatricality and delving into dark depths probably had a lot of her fans scratching their heads. Of all her albums, it's the one that most needs repeated listens to grow on you, to see the intricacy of craft and revel in the diversity of styles. Essential for those who appreciate Kate Bush, though probably a little out there for those first coming upon her. (This 1001 list should come with side-notes or disclaimers for albums like this. "Not for Introduction to This Artist" - with a link to Hounds of Love. Like having Scary Monsters as your first Bowie album. ) Not as coherent as Hounds of Love, the risk-taking and resultant highs are worth it, and this remains my second-favorite Kate Bush record. A solid 9/ 10, rounded up for the sheer jaunting joy that is "Suspended in Gaffa".

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My favourite Bush album so far. The title track includes contributions from well-known animal impersonator Percy Edwards, and well-known didgeridoo player Rolf Harris. Bush herself channels Kenneth Williams’ Rambling Syd Rumpo. She really embraces the music hall tradition, 60s and 70s light entertainment and novelty records. The whole thing is completely bonkers, loads of fun.

In this release, Kate Bush goes all-out on her crazy ideas, putting more energy and experiments than in any other album. She has a strong and versatile voice; one of the most memorable of the era. The music varies in style, but most of it is lush and atmospheric, often feeling like a mad house. The cabaret intro "Sat in Your Lap" that sounds like a tense musical number, the wacky ska-like "There Goes a Tenner", the space-age "Leave It Open", the British folky jig of "Night of the Swallow"... this album just keeps giving, and the ideas always nail. It's not overwhelming though. The first four tracks are the high-energy pop tracks. The next two are very dark and focus more on ambiance and mood with a sparser sound, which many can find off-putting but is just as if not more creative. From that, the mood gradually calms down and becomes more predictable. "All the Love" is the least experimental song, being mostly a piano ballad, but it's still overlayed with samples and atmospheric synths. "Houdini", another piano ballad, is overlayed with beautiful strings and a frenzied vocal performance. Finally, we close with the fan favorite "Get Out of My House" which is the least accessible track, also super dark but highly experimental and doesn't follow a standard song structure. It's an unforgettable closer. It's not as structured as her next album, Hounds of Love, and a lot of her ideas here are hard on the ear and require active listening. But when you do actively listen to it, it's some of the most fun you could have with an album. No filler or skippable tracks, which each one serving a well-defined purpose. Countless memorable moments, and some of the best songs in her discography. There were other art pop artists in that early 80s period, like ABC, Madness, and the Buggles. But this record really cemented no one was like her in the 80s.

Haunting music about mundanity and more

An album that confused many at the time - it wasn't what we expected from Kate Bush! But turns out, it was exactly what should be expected from Kate Bush. Ground-breaking and influential in so many ways, not just musically. I loved it at the time and I still do.

Wild decisions in this, going big, going weird, I liked it a lot! "Sensual World" hadn't really sold me, but knowing she had *this* in her makes people's praise of her make way more sense

A wonderfully dense, creative, experimental mess of an album which makes more and more sense the more you listen to it. 4.5/5

Pretty good 80’s album. I like it better than sinade O’Connor or other comparable artists

album before hounds of love. sat in your lap - so theatrical, dramatic. big synth there goes a tenner - bit kind of oompah. pull out the pin - maybe most conventional pop so far. love the bass (know this from hounds of love) suspended in gaffa - waltz thing. cute i'm enjoying this. so far - theatrical, less poppy than HoL but not irritating!

Hounds of Love & Sensual World gfallt ma bis dato iwie besser, aber still.. it's Kate Bush

Not the best Kate Bush album, but a great album!

Really loved this album!! So ethereal and experimental! Every song felt like it was in a different genre, so unpredictable yet somehow works together. Her vocals are amazing. Saved songs: There Goes A Tenner, Pull Out The Pin, Leave It Open, All The Love, Get Out Of My House

I love Kate Bush.

So far, this week is an exploration of my CD collection. I LOVE this album. I realize it may make some folks run for the hills, but not me. I discovered Kate Bush via Hounds of Love, at the time of its release, browsing through a record store — bought it on vinyl. I was immediately smitten, that album is genius. So I went out and bought this album on CD, the release that precedes Hounds, and I was forever a Kate Bush devotee. I was blown away by her willingness to follow every idea down the rabbit hole as far as it went. I was thrilled by her bravery as an artist, to go out on a limb over and over again. And in the end, I really just love these songs. The opening drums and stilted rhythm of the opening track is a great introduction to the album. So many elements that get featured in the course of the record are included here. I get chills during "Leave It Open," Night Of The Swallow," and "All The Love" (great opening line to that song); "Get Out Of My House" is an sonic journey from shimmering guitar to braying vocalists that slays me every time; I remember a buddy from college freaking out on me for turning him on to "Houdini" (it was like a horror film that got under his skin). Hell, every song on this album goes in a direction you couldn't have expected. There's not a track I don't love. Bush is a singular songwriter and producer who sits atop many an artists' list of influences, and this is her at her most manic and chaotic and inventive. If you didn't pick up on this already, I'm a Bushie through and through.

Until today, I had never listened to an entire Kate Bush album. Which is weird, because in college I practically wore out a copy of her greatest hits collection, The Whole Story. But yet somehow I never got around to picking up any of her albums. Earlier this year, when Stranger Things brought her back into the public's eye, I made an attempt to listen to The Hounds of Love, but I got distracted and never got around to finishing it. Anyway, I'm glad I finally got to listen to this, as I'd always been captivated by its cover. I've always been stunned by her vocal range, but damn on this album she's just flat out ridiculous, sometimes becoming four or five different characters in a single song. No wonder she worked with Peter Gabriel as their two approaches to singing are so similar. There's a lot to digest on this album and my one listen isn't going to be enough to fully "get it," but I'm going to go ahead and give this a full five-star review, just for its sheer audacity (these aren't even songs as much as they're experiences. Whole worlds are contained therein) and for her bravura performances. It's possible this will settle into four-star territory as I become more familiar, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.

Art pop queen

I'm a big fan of Kate Bush and this is a great album. Really enjoyed Sat In Your Lap, Suspended in Gaffa, and The Dreaming.

phenomenal

love love love

Absolutely incredible and still only the third best Kate Bush album

Kate Bush is magical and on The Dreaming she opens up her magical dreamland for all of us to enter. The record is ambitious, theatrical and full of sound bites and untraditional production fitting for a highly untraditional artist. 'Sat In Your Lap' is an incredibly powerful opener, but like a well-written piece of fiction, Bush makes sure to include both intense stretches and parts more suitable for reflection on the record. Baroque instrumentation floods the album with vocal inspired equally by Shakespearean readings as by Chinese operas ('Suspended In Gaffa'). And what vocal Kate Bush has. Dramatic, theatrical and with an incredible range. The vocal production is as adventurous as Bush ('Leave It Open') - her hoarse intensity on 'Night of the Swallow' is beyond belief. And what a tune! The Dreaming is simply a power performance by one of the most iconic voices ever. And just in case anyone had any doubt, it's quite evident: without Kate Bush, no Björk

Wow this album is so original and unpredictable . It’s so weird and cool and It sounds way ahead of its time. She is a very expressive singer with a unique voice. The songwriting and arranging are great and there is some of the most beautiful fretless bass playing on this record.

Kate Bush is weird. Having said that, I absolutely adore this album. Her songs are mini suites with lessons in contrast, layering, and idiosyncrasy. He unusual lyrics and placement of vocal lines border on baroque and she is a master of building and releasing tension. Her interesting use of typical new wave instrumentation leads to interesting sounds that remind of some contemporary artists such as St. Vincent. Overall, this album is a experimental pop masterpiece and even if her seminal ‘Hounds of Love’ is better developed, ‘The Dreaming’ is still a phenomenal album.

One of my all time favorites 10/10

One of Kate Bush's more challenging albums. There aren't a lot of pop hooks to latch onto so dont go in expecting the sensual world or hounds of love. This is active listening material - not something to put on in the background. What may appear chaotic at first listen is a brilliantly orchestrated album of sharp, rhythmic layers of drums, piano, synths, guitars, and multiple vocal tracks. Kate Bush is one of the greatest vocalists of our time and this album deserves multiple listens.

Eclectic, unique, and worth a re-listening!

I'm still with Hounds of Love for peak Kate, but is this truly her most experimental album? Yes.

This album is just cool. Kate Bush does all kinds of cool things with percussion, instrumentation, and her voice! Her songs each have cool stories. Cool cool cool.

This was an awesome Kate Bush album. So interesting musically and lyrically.

Wowwowwow. Complicated and strange in the best possible ways, this album maxes out the scale for originality. Unsettling, beautiful, and totally badass.

Cant believe I haven’t heard this full album before! Amazing

I’m so glad I’ve listened to this many times before because my appreciation for it has only grown with each listen

You can definitely tell why Bjork expressed admiration for this album

At times quirky, at times dramatic, experimental music with a sense of craft. Right up my street. I can't figure out the meaning of the cover art though. 

An artful, whimsical delight. Gorgeous arrangements. Powerful, frequently surprising vocals. Unabashedly, unapologetically weird and all the more endearing for it. Kate Bush is an acquired taste, but she's also a once in a lifetime talent. I've been listening to her for 40 years and this album just gets better with every listen. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Suspended in Gaffa, Sat in Your Lap, All the Love, Houdini, Night of the Swallow, Get Out of My House, Leave It Open, The Dreaming, Pull the Pin Out, There Goes a Tenner

It is very nice to this album on the list, as I always thought the common view was that the album was a bit of a failure with musical experiments that did not fully worked. Something I never understood: the music is great, and I still much enjoy listening to it. OK, Hounds of Love is quite a bit of an improvement, but this one is also definitely 5 star.

I dreamed a dream and it was kinda great

This is such a fun listen! Watching the music videos definitely helped make the experience more enjoyable because you can see her weirdness and eclectic style come out. Houdini is the pop version of Western Emo haha

lovely lovely lovely Kate Bush, she's like the UR/OG Bjork

Eins vorab: Bloß kein schlechtes Wiedergabegerät wählen!!! Denn was hier musikalisch durchkommen will, ist keine leichte dafür aber für offene - oder lediglich von headphones verstopfte - Ohren sehr rewarding, üppig, krass das Attribut ‚vielschichtig‘ an seine Grenzen pressende Kost. Bei kongenialer/geistiger Schwester Laurie Anderson steht das erlebte Klang-Experiment im Vordergrund, doch Kate Bush schiebt ihre Kompositionsmonster wie bspw. „Houdini“ auf der zu engen Kleinkunst Bühne gen Pop-Song/Micro-Epos. Wurden viele Frauen in den letzten Jahrzehnten fremd- oder selbstbestimmt als ihre Inkarnationen gefeiert (Julia Holter) so erkenne ich in der Sparks’schen Theatralik als gegenwärtigste Entsprechung das Falsett Wild Beasts’ Hayden Thorpe und die eerie soundscapes vom The Knife Spätwerk „Shaking the Habitual“. Ein brutales Stück Kunst und ich hab da nicht mal die Texte beachtet. Fang ich gar nicht erst an, sprengt jeden Rahmen. Aber das Album so zu nennen und den Titeltrack auch an dieser aboriginalen Erinnerungskunst zu orientieren, um damit dem Album ein sehr exzeptionelles Stück zur Namensgebung zu verpassen, macht den inneren Sherlock aufmerksamer für jede falsche Fährte. Genius 4.8

Freakin' the best

Some of these hits have such great rifts, like running up that hill, her voice is so punchy and the music very dynamic. Really good

This was amazing! A real creative record, it shows where Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey and a million others were being inspired from. Loved it

Crazy, witchy brilliance.

Not one of the "iconic" Kate Bush albums I'm more familiar with so I wasn't sure what to expect, but really enjoyed the soundscapes and increasing use of cockney accents. I also like when she screamed about Houdini dying. I'm sure that pissed people off but I enjoyed it!

Favourite Songs: Sat In Your Lap Suspended In Gaffa Leave It Open

This is a pretty weird record. Very experimental but I think I really like it. A lot of the other experimental or concept-y stuff I’ve listened to so far on this list feels same-y throughout but this one is really varied. Definitely worth a few more listens. 4/5.

Back when every album of hers was theater and sonic experimentation. I love the dramatics, the accents, the fun. I want to hug her when she croons. I am besotted. She is other-wordly and we will not see her like again.

This is bananas haha

Sat in Your Lap - 4.5/5 There Goes a Tenner - 4/5 Pull Out the Pin - 4/5 Suspended in Gaffa - 4/5 Leave it Open - 4/5 The Dreaming - 4/5 Night of the Swallow - 4.5/5 All the Love - 4/5 Houdini - 3.5/5 Get Out of My House - 4.5/5 I had only been tangentially aware of Kate Bush mostly through her resurgence in popularity in the past few years, so getting her album deemed the most "commercially inaccessible" was definitely a challenge from the start. It's all over the place in a good way, doing whatever she wants without really caring about if it will sell well. There is that mix of baroque-ness and theatricality all throughout that makes this weird, eclectic mix somehow work. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Sat in Your Lap, Get Out of My House

clown music that sounds like it’s spiraling out of control (i love it)

A wonderful intersection of beauty and oddity. Might not be everyone's cup of tea but fucking lol at those people on this site somehow listening to a Kate Bush album and walking away thinking it utter garbage—our souls are made of different things, man.

Kate Bush knows how to get down with those out of pocket vocals.

Stands the test of time. Not her best, but still very listenable.

genius

I can see why Peter Gabriel recruited Kate Bush to work with him later on in the 80s, because this felt like a companion piece to his first four albums. Loud drums, quirky orchestral and theatrical music, and wow, that voice. Truly so unique. I had known a little bit about Kate's performance style going in and I wondered if I was going to get tired of it as the album neared the end. Instead, I found myself being pulled in more. I'm ranking this as a four because, well, as much as I liked about it... I don't remember anything I listened to. I don't need it to be catchy to be good, but I'm not sure I walked away from it fully understanding what I just heard, I guess. Does that make sense? I could see this growing on me more with repeated listens, and I definitely want to hear this again.

++: Sat in Your Lap, There Goes a Tenner, Leave It Open, Night of the Shallow, All the Love, Houdini +: Pull Out the Pin, The Dreaming, Get Out of My House +-: Suspended in Gaffa 7,9/10

4. Fun and weird, but not 100% for me.

great album with lots of interesting vocals from yoko-like shrillness to heavier growls and screams. The Dreaming is a bit of a lesser song here.

Nice

Great, weird, spooky. Fun to hear her yell hard. Love it!

"Bird impersonator Percy Edwards provided sheep noises."

One of the icons of art pop creating an iconic album

Is this the most challenging listen amongst Kate Bush albums?

1978 debut - can her her mark on Bjork Really fantastic listen

i really like the cover. this album is really fun but the only thing i don't like is sometimes her screaming gets a bit too much for me

Only maybe my fourth favorite Kate Bush Album, but still a 4

I have definitely heard this album before --maybe a roommate had it? A little feminine weirdness is definitely welcome.

Olihan hieno ja monipuolinen ääni!

Incredible little album.

it's just so bizarre and captivating. love it.

No such thing as a bad Kate Bush album. Was working in a record store when this album came out. It was different from anything else. Her later albums only got better.

I like it. "Night of the Swallow," "The Dreaming," "All the Love" — which I just realized start side 2, although not in quite that order — are all things I've now listened to more than once. Actually, the more I listen, the more I appreciate the entire album.

A fun album that I'm sure would grow more on me with multiple revisits. The Dreaming was the highlight track to me. I love the range of dynamics and the flipping between calm and crazy, traditional and dischordant. Houdini highlighted this nicely.

Weird but approachable. Im glad I heard this.

Funky stuff!

favoritas: sat in your lap, suspended in gaffa, night of the swallow, get out of my house

Great Stuff Peak pop

This is the album of a WEIRD woman. Who rocks.

Super interesting, weird and unique.

Wow. This whole album was way weirder than I was expecting. In the best way. Some songs sound like 4 genres in one. Also, those drums that kick off track one...

You know I've got a lot of time for this. You can't accuse Kate Bush of being boring, and I respect how weird, bold and out there this is. I can see how her music would have influenced some other artists too. Even though it's kind of different, it reminds me of Janelle Monae's ArchAndroid in places, and how weird and quirky that can be. Just that complete lack of fear to stick it all out there and do whatever the fuck you want. You have to admire her as an artist, although I concede that some bits of this are objectively hilarious. I like that though. 3.5 rounded up.

I didn't think I would enjoy a full Kate Bush album, but this one was really good.

oh she jus lost her mind on this one not even bad i actually liked it a lot, it just not as memorable as other albums i heard from her. except for the end of the album where she starts making donkey noise idk wtf was happening there. very creative tho

Album #118 Kate Bush: The Dreaming Another bizarre dream from the mind of Kate Bush. This is an album that Bush (feels almost derogatory to call her that), produced herself and had to fight to create, and as a result, she is truly unshackled. She is able to push her experimentation to her heart's desire, for better or for worse. This album has the potential to be Kate’s best, and honestly, maybe it is, and I’m just not ready to admit that yet, but my feelings today are that, though this album is quite gorgeous and captivating, there are some moments which just don’t resonate with me. They are few and far between, but their presence is enough for me not to commit my unconditional love over to the dreaming. The noises on Leave It Open, and of course, the donkey chorus to close out the album, are the worst offenders in my book. But really, this album is mostly positive, with some of Kate’s greatest and most perplexing tracks. I’m not sure what it is about England, but they really do produce some of the most one-of-a-kind artists of all time; all of their legends have such a distinct identity. I feel like whenever people try to shit on the music of the 80s, show them some Kate Bush or Peter Gabriel and see how they react. Amongst Kate’s albums, I would say that she hadn’t quite figured out how to mix the experimentation and pop appeal as she would on Hounds of Love, but I would rank this above an album like The Kick Inside (despite it having some of my favourite Kate Bush songs) simply due to ambition alone. Maybe in 10 years, I will consider this thing a masterpiece, or maybe I will consider it a pretentious mess, depending on how elegantly my tastes age. Best Songs: Suspended in Gaffa, Night Of The Swallow, There Goes A Tenner Worst Song: Leave It Open Score out of 10: 8.5

Har svært ved at forstå at Kate Bush kommer fra samme planet som mig.

nobody knows where theyre going

Eftir tvö rennsli fannst mér ég verða renna þessari einu sinni enn, hún var í þristi en mér fannst hún stefna í fjarka. Og viti menn, hún endar í fjarka. Fjölbreytt og mun skemmtilegri production en á Sensual world.

The unapologetically eccentric vision of a big theatrical weirdo. Even stranger than Hounds of Love somehow... I like it, deranged donkey braying and all.

This album feels more experimental. I love that Kate Bush produces all her albums. This isn't peak for me, but I still enjoyed the listen.

I think this has probably been the weakest Kate Bush album of the challenge. As I understand it, it's a transition point for her career and was widely celebrated by other artists. It's very experimental, post-punk influenced and cool, just not as memorable as some of her other work. But like all Kate Bush albums, it's grows on me the more I listen to it. I'm not sure that it will ever be a favorite, but I think it climbs up my rankings with every listen.

We stan Kate Bush in this household, pt. 1. 4/5

I thought she was a pop singer. This is why I signed up for this. Experimental, wild, wonderful sonic landscape that I thoroughly enjoyed. What this was doing in 1982 I cannot fathom.

Poetic, odd, bold, dreamy. I wish I had been introduced to this as a teenager.

Kate Bush you’re INSANE

A very British, very sureal, theatrical and listenable album-4 out of 5 as I probably will never listen again Favour track was Suspended in gaffa

This is #day594 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's my second Kate Bush album. What I'm hearing on this one is something very different for its time. Or rather, something leaning into avant-pop and the more experimental side of new wave, which I'm all for. I can only imagine how daring it was to release a record like this in 1982. Absolutely radio-unfriendly. But who gives a fuck about the radio when you're creating such eccentric sonic worlds? Wondrous and challenging, as art must be. This is a 4 out of 5. Looking forward to #day595.

Ok

Another dreamy Kate Bush album. I particularly enjoyed ‘Sat in your lap’ ‘Leave It Open’ and ‘Houdini’ Rating: 4/5(20.03.2026)

dude it’s kate bush

Samma som ovan. Detta är fortfarande inte ett av hennes tre bästa album. Men såklart enastående och spännande nästan en femma. Stark fyra.

Wild album. I liked it. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.

The Dreaming isn’t the easiest Kate Bush album to love, but that doesn’t diminish her brilliance—if anything, it highlights it. When you stop worrying about the jagged song structures and focus on the storytelling, the album reveals itself as something astonishing. Each track is its own vivid, theatrical world, with Bush slipping into different characters and narratives like it’s second nature. It’s chaotic, intense, and utterly fearless—an album that rewards you not with accessibility, but with imagination.

suspended in gaffa que obra de arte

Oh that's a weird one

Very weird. Enjoyed!

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Weirdly very 80s yet unlike anything else. Very British. Couldn’t stand it at first. But dammit I was rooting gor her by the end.

Is it kind of all over the place? Yes. Is it a little unpleasant on the ears at time? Yes I was initially off put by the first song, because of the unpleasantness. But I would challenge you to read the lyrics and then listen to what she is saying up against the sounds. Its the female experience and the struggles, pain, confusion and completely unrealistic expectations/outcomes that females feel with and deal with. Suspended in Gaffe, is this playful carnival like music up against the narrative that females can have it all, showing the pitfalls we fall into trying to do that, while convincing ourselves it is normal and even fun! In the Dreaming, she focuses on racism and the removal of Aboriginal children from their families to try and erase an entire race and culture of people. Its deep, its raw, and its angry, something women are told to not be. This is not a commercial album, its not one you are going to listen to on the radio, but it has deep impact and meaning. It is worth a listen just to feel the impact of the world and her anger, the anger many people have and are not given the chance to express.

Loved this

So many bangers! The second and fourth songs remind me a lot of Marina.

The great Kate!

She's a hell of an artist. I like it.

She's strange. I like her. More like a 3.5

Review - a much stranger album than I would've expected. So many of the songs are incredibly good that you can forgive the occasional miss. Incredible that this was as popular as it was at the time. Also amazed to find that this came before Hounds of Love. A cracking album. Rating - 8.5/10 Need to listen? YES

Very, very good.

i originally have plans to individually listen to this album due to it being part of my other listening challange as well and its really good to fulfill parts of two listening challanges together. ive listened to weird shit before. however this is weirder due to how kate utilizes her voice. most of the time the songs are not as catchy as the things on hounds of love but night of the swallow blow my feeble little mind into pieces. same with get out of my house, which kinda channels the plot of the shining and i can clearly imagine jack getting more and more mentally insane as the music and the plot goes on. overall a strong 4/5. finally breaking my streak of mediocre 3.5 albums.

Kate Bush needs to be listened to multiple times. Her songs diverge from what you think a pop song is supposed to be. She's a true pioneer of the artform.

Odd, in a challenging way.

wondrous meandering playful sound from another crazy dimension. i like.

A real challenge to listen - "Grandmother of Art-Pop"

A pretty good album, I liked There Goes A Tenner the most.

Apparently this is one of her more experimental albums and thus least accessible, but either this statement is false, or I just like her music, because I very much enjoyed this album. Got some great stuff on it. Also she produced it herself, which is kinda cool. Will definitely be jumping into her other albums soon. 8 / 10

Love how crazy but smooth this is.

a visionary

It's my least favourite Kate Bush album, but that's like saying the Levante is my least favourite Maserati

Sat In Your Lap There Goes A Tenner Suspended In Gaffa All The Love Houdini Get Out Of My House

The eclectic instrumentation is so cool. I love the prominence of the fretless bass and the guest appearance of a didgeridoo. This music is so bizarre whilst being cohesive. Bush's vocal range is incredible! She can pull of soft and sultry, powerful lingering vibrato and rageful screams.

I felt it was more like the background score to movie montage of the world diving into chaos! Especially “leave it open” and “the dreaming” … just chaotically whimsy enough to be entertaining and haunting at the same time

Great apart from t

Very creative, feels a little too weird for me but probably just needs time to grow.