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I didn't think I would enjoy a full Kate Bush album, but this one was really good.
Pff, not my cup of tea, it's just so experimental that it loses itself from deliviring nice songs to listen too in some cases. It's very theatrical with different voices and instruments carrying the album. I did enjoy some parts, but I don't see myself revisiting this very soon. 1. Suspended in the gaffa 2. Leave it open 3. Houdini
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.
Not popping but ok, 5/10
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
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
Har svært ved at forstå at Kate Bush kommer fra samme planet som mig.
Super experimental. Did not enjoy the oinking on the last track.
Mediocre
nobody knows where theyre going
My second Kate Bush album after Hounds Of Love and while it didn’t knock my socks off like HOL did, I still enjoyed it overall. I’m unsure of the score because it took me a couple of tracks to fully get into it. Second listen will decide. Top Track - Night Of The Swallow
This was definitely experimental. And unique. And avant-garde. But not for me.
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.
Last step before she unleashed the hounds.
Was going to give a four, but then the last song derailed it for me.
I had high hopes for this one. I don't know much about the artist. Loved that she had a recent resurgence from Stranger Things. But this one didn't have any highlights for me. I pictured a young Tori Amos studying every note.
A shade weaker than Hounds of Love that would follow, still Kate Bush is at the peak of her genius. Nearly perfect.
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.
Some songs were very grating and I didnt enjoy at all, would have been a 4 otherwise
God she’s such a little freak. I LOVE HER
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.
Someone described this album as a "cat scratching at my balls" and I believe him. Fave track: Pull Out the Pin
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.
sinceramente no me gustó, pero si que sorprende como puede jugar y cambiar su voz dependiendo el dramatismo que le quiera dar a la canción
Poetic, odd, bold, dreamy. I wish I had been introduced to this as a teenager.
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.
As one who is largely only aware of Running Up That Hill and having heard that song about a million times in the last few years cause of Stranger Things, I’m glad it wasn’t on this album.
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
I was very skeptical of the album when I listened the first song. As I listened to the album more it started to sound better. The album is totally theatrical and original. Favorite song: Leave It Open
I appreciate the gusto, but I’d rather listen to a fire alarm.
My favourite Kate Bush album.
I appreciate that Kate Bush is unique and different but her music still eludes me somehow. I do like a handful of her songs, none of which are on the dreaming.
She made a lot of unconventional choices that makes this album a really interesting listen.
she's so cool
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.
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.
One of the music critics described this album as eccentric, which I think is accurate. Also, a song about Houdini is a first. Still, pretty much all the tracks were forgettable.
We meet again, Kate Bush! Nice big album cover. Genuine train of thought: I hope this is the one where they go 🎵The Dre-aming is the hardest pa-rt 🎵. Oh no, that's Tom Petty, and it's not "dreaming", it's "waiting"? The album is gonna be a major disappointment. Compelling background music here (pianos and bloopbips) but somewhat annoying vocals in parts. PERE UBU-ESQUE even. If only a dour man could sing lead on this album instead. Let David Gilmour do it, he was crushing those BG vocals! I do like the lyrics, and I do like Kate Bush, but high pitched noises just stress me out, wacky singing included. I had no idea 'Suspended in Gaffa' was a cover (that is to say, I only knew the Ra Ra Riot version! which I do prefer, but of course I heard it first). In the end this was only a minor disappointment. Definitely very Kate Bush. Perhaps could improve on repeated listens, but I don't think I'm willing to put in the time. Highlights: "Some say that knowledge is oh-ho-ho-ho", 'Pull Out the Pin', 'Suspended in Gaffa' (good song)
Ok
Very theatrical album. I love Kate Bush. But this is a 3,5 for me.
Before hand I thought I might like this. First song was not great but the rest of the album was a bit weird and over the top.
Another dreamy Kate Bush album. I particularly enjoyed ‘Sat in your lap’ ‘Leave It Open’ and ‘Houdini’ Rating: 4/5(20.03.2026)
Album well named. Very odd like dreams. It might rank higher on further listens but only have time for one time listens of all these albums
Beetje jankerig
dude it’s kate bush
I don't know if I just listened to this on a bad day, but I found myself checking how long the album would be only two songs in. I wish I liked how experimental and strange it was, but there's something about it that throws me off. Get Out of My house is the perfect summary of how I feel about most songs on this album. I really like the vocal chant at the end, but there is so much other stuff in there (the donkey noises, the shouting) that push me away.
Samma som ovan. Detta är fortfarande inte ett av hennes tre bästa album. Men såklart enastående och spännande nästan en femma. Stark fyra.
Not many times does an album say man What the fuck is this shit This is one of those times I mean sure there’s some cool random sounds. but honestly, like I get it it’s experimental, but that doesn’t mean that it ain’t shit like none of these songs are like catchy make me want to return to the album at all. I mean props to the people that could give this album multiple lessons. it’s a one and done for me Miss Bush like you’re known for running for up that hill and that’s it. As of right now.
Honestly not feeling this one. I like her voice but noting worked on this one for me. Sorry Miss Bush. That one song in stranger things goes hard but it want on this album lol.
Only knew "Running Up That Hill" previously but didn't hear any of the same catchiness in this one.
Wild album. I liked it. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.
haha she's weird Some crazy accents going on here. Very theatrical, maybe too theatrical for me. I'm all for expression but reel it in a bit Kate.
Good
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.
Meh. Great voice but selections... not worth it
This is awful. Kate Bush makes Bjork sound like Aretha Franklin. Kate Bush is incredibly overrated. 80s music sucks. Of course this is one of Bjork's favorite albums. The title track is like a pirate shanty. This is terrible, there is not a single redeeming feature of this album.
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.
Je trouve cet album beaucoup plus difficile d'accès.
I think I get it, I just know I don’t like it.
My queen
Funky but not like running up that hill
I am not the target audience/demographic and I did not enjoy this creative endeavor. It sounds like the music they put on baby toys that look like instruments. The vocals sound like a high school theater kids first musical. Kate Bush in recent pop culture is associated with Stranger Things as one of the characters favorite musical artists. This shit is not for me and that's OK. 3/10 - it wasn't unbearable, just not good.
Not as stand out as the other album of hers I listened to.
suspended in gaffa que obra de arte
what the hell is happening here. This album is exceedingly loud and jarring to weird showtunes for a feature that doesnt exist. I appreciate her experimental nature, and some of these tracks arent bad, but the production feels so goofy. Surely someone was around to tell her to rein it in.
Kate Bush straddles the line between interesting and annoying and unfortunately this album strayed a little too far into the annoying. The biggest problem I had with this album was the sound mixing. For example… in the first song it’s just so in your face and aggressive sounding that it completely turned me off. It felt like my ears were being smacked around and I didn’t enjoy that. Also we’ve had 3 Kate Bush albums and we definitely didn’t need all 3
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.
My last Kate Bush album. From memory I gave the other 2 a fat 1, so I'm ready for this to be shit too. By about song 2 I knew this was going to be fucked and would be rating this low. I seriously don't get the appeal of Kate Bush, she is probably the most overrated artist from the 80's. The worst song on this fucking album had 18,000,000 streams (Suspended in Gaffa)? Why?? It's annoying at BEST. Anyways, it's not very often I have to give up on an album because it's so terrible - this is one of them. Thank God I never have to listen to another Kate Bush album again in my life.
Undoubtedly an extremely talented artist, Kate Bush can do some crazy things with her voice, I just don't think I'm the target demographic. The album has some weird production choices and overall I think it all goes a bit above my head. There are some good bits on here but I can't really say I enjoyed this, more like I felt obliged to listen to it. Highlights: There Goes a Tenner
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.
Oh that's a weird one
Very weird. Enjoyed!
Has Kate bush grown on me with age? I enjoyed this, album it was more pop esque than I expected. I might go on a Kate bush binge and check out all albums
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
Just a bit weird but mad respect
Boo 2/5
Unglaublich dass es mehr als 40 Jahre alt ist, holt mich trotzdem nicht so ab
1,9 Highlights: Sat In Your Lap, Pull Out the Pin
Very unique sound
Way more experimental than I anticipated. Closer to ooingo boingo than the song on stranger things in my opinion. It caught me by such surprise it would probably take me a couple listens to get what's going on. For now I'll rate it in the middle and if I care enough I'll go back and change it
Interesting time signatures sometimes, but not the easiest to listen to
if you can believe it, I had never listened really listened to Kate Bush before Stranger Things. this album is a 3 but in a positive way
Best Song: Suspended In Gaffa. There is a sort of fey whimsy here that feels quite fun. Worst Song: There Goes a Tenner. Really not a fan of this faux-theatrical presentation style. Also, even though I know she's English, it sounds like she's affecting an English accent. Overall: I like that it has this weird, uncanny sound to it, I'm just not sure that I care for this specific flavour of weird. I can understand how someone might listen to this and love it, and I'm happy for them, but they are not me.
Wasn’t sure what to expect and not sure what to say after… a couple of listens and it seemed better listening another time around. Her sound and performances no doubt influenced many female artists.
Nice
some parts remind me of hank williams
I worship the altar of Kate Bush
this album feels like one big trip. I really like it when artists go completely crazy and Kate Bush fits the bill in an eerie way. The melody of the songs and such are great but I am sorry to those who worship her, I don't really love her voice in a lot of these songs to put it mildly. a 3 because I don't dislike it per say and because, as I said, I really like the vibe of these songs at least.
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A couple good songs, but mostly an album that is not for me. Some weird stuff on the back half, too. 2.5 Stars
Ok
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.
Fantastic voice. Really interesting.
In a nutshell: abstract and angry. The Dreaming is the polarising Kate Bush album on the list. Unconventional for 1982. Not just in content, which is avant pop, goth-like, baroque and even ska in parts. Kate recorded and produced this album herself. She's been writing songs since she was 14. Not many, if any, women in the early 80s were doing all three. And if like to give a virtual face slap to anyone in the industry that thought that Kate couldn't do it. The bulk of the album is okay. What you hear on The Dreaming is a sample of what you'll hear later on Hounds of Love. Also in future artists, such as Björk and Janelle Monáe. What disturbed me is the title track. Kate is well intentioned to write a song about something many international listeners are unaware of (as an Australian, I'm ashamed to say that this still happens) she didn't need to adopt the vocalisations of a First Nations (ie Aboriginal) woman while doing it. It's like a white American impersonating a black American. Overall: 4/10
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.
This is different. I'm not really sure what to think of it. The instrumentation and expression is creative... not totally sold on the songwriting. Seems like a lot of interesting moments but nothing really clicks into a "good song" and not something I'd probably choose to listen to regularly. Pretty strange.
Kate Bush sounds like an overly imaginative 8-year old girl who spends her time locked in her bedroom of her family’s country estate with mostly a set of drums, a piano and her very wild sense of fantasy and intrigue. She talks to her dolls and herself and claims that her puppets are her best friends, probably because her parents are nowhere to be found. The 3 1/2 hour extravaganza show she’s created with and starring them is wild and shockingly Shakespeare-esque! The service staff accept her eccentricities and either encourage her out of pity or they just roll their eyes when she walks away. This is not a diss review. This mindset creates some intense shit and has the capability of pushing humanity forward mentally and emotionally. It also doesn’t mean that what she creates is good either. I guess my simple take on this album is that it is just REALLY FUCKING WEIRD, but hard not to pay attention to it. Props for being brave enough to let her inner voices and hidden demons scream and shout it all out. 3/5
My tolerance for weird music has grown a bit, but I can only like something I'd never listen to again so much. Points for creativity, but the avant gardeness is just too much for me to get into this in any kind of meaningful way.
Prior to this, I had only heard "Hounds Of Love" from Kate Bush, which is a masterpiece. This, unfortunately, was a major disappointment. I do appreciate the experimental nature of the album, but this just fell flat, and eventually became nonsensical. Favorite Track: "Night Of The Swallow".
Album 116. The Dreaming (https://open.spotify.com/album/1gRJsaJ7ExC9Q9YdB9ZMC5?si=eg7BWyd0RIawzv2wZPEjGw) — Kate Bush (1982) I can admit, listening to Kate Bush a lot is tough. And not just because of her voice. This one is tough because of the experiments and oddity of the album. I don't know how to rate it. Initially I wanted to give it 2 out of 5, but I understood there are many more layers and this music needs time. This is a hardly accessible album 3/5 Liked songs: — Pull Out The Pin — Night Of The Swallow
Too many silly voices on songs like ‘There Goes A Tenner’ and ‘ The Dreaming’. I just dont get Kate Bush, like pop meets prog rock
I didn’t know this album at all and, as much as I like Kate Bush, this was just too weird for me to really get into.
Two Kate Bush albums in less than a month on the Generator. This one as weird as the last one. I start off liking the weirdness and then towards the end start thinking it's a bit much. I love her voice when she's just plain singing, but the random voices and shouty bits just becomes *a lot* over a full album - especially when they just become silly voices like those I'd have done while reading books to my kid when they were a toddler. I thought the it was the fault of the b-side being "conceptual" on Hounds of Love, but the same thing happened here. Houdini for example is great musically, lovely when she is singing in her standard vocals, but then the comedy voices happen and it loses me. I really wanted to like this more than I did in practice. There is so much about it that should make it a 5 star album to me, but then there's a noise like someone is strangling a cat or pretending to be Eeyore and I'm rolling my eyes. 2/5
I really liked Kate Bush's other album here on the list (or at least the only other one I've seen so far), but this one was a little too... out there for me. It was alright, and the writing and performance from Bush were on point, but I guess the musical style was just a little too different from what I'm used to. A little too medieval, maybe? It was alright, but when it was over, I was kinda glad. Three stars.
Loved this
Really good!
She has some amazing songs, but a little goes a long way for me!
I liked this a lot. I really like when she gets weird.
This was like fairy tale music - felt like it belongs in Alice in Wonderland. Cool & unusual
Is this children's music?
Saucy prog-pop! There's a lot going on, only some of it is great but at least all of it is distinctive. Favourite tracks: Pull Out The Pin, Suspended in Gaffa, The Dreaming
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
What did I just listen too, more accurately, what did I just skip through. Awful mess that was all over the place.
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
Kate Bush is, like Bowie, one of those artists who if you say you don’t like them their fans go fucking mental. Kate Bush has done some good things. Two good things - Wuthering Heights and The Man With The Child In His Eyes. These were both done at the very beginning of her career, and I wish she had stopped there.
Vocina simpatica, ma è stata solo una meteora ... le concedo comunque tre stelle.
Very, very good.
Man this album is really crap. It's incredibly annoying at almost every turn. Kate Bush's voice grates like crazy. The one good thing I liked was sometimes the drums were cool. I just don't see what everybody else is seeing about Kate Bush, this album was terrible
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.
Kate Bush rules but do we really need her 4th album? Sakes.
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.
icon, i dont mind kate bush but never really got it… idk.. a few hits but overall id pass
Odd, in a challenging way.
Not for me
As much as I like Kate Bush, that's enough of that.
wondrous meandering playful sound from another crazy dimension. i like.
But now I'm learning how
Sounds much more folk like than rock.
A real challenge to listen - "Grandmother of Art-Pop"
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.
Was listening to this while on a walk on holiday in a warm country and honestly this shit was so insane I started thinking I was experiencing heat stroke and hallucinating this lol. But it was alright regardless. 3 stars
A pretty good album, I liked There Goes A Tenner the most.
I dislike this music and kate's voices. Never a fan and it has not changed. Experimental pop gone wrong
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
dreamy
Ранее уже была знакома с работами Кейт Буш и песни были очень хороши как по тексту так и по звучанию. Однако этот альбом просто не мое...
I admire her, but this is more challenging than I like my music to be. It's like a cross between Bjork and Les Mis. Too experimental electronica for musical theater, too musical theater for experimental electronica.
She’s one of a kind
Not feeling it, running down this hill tbh.
This is a weak album and took way too long to listen to as it didn’t hook my attention
Ah nice, I got another one of Kate Bush's albums a week or so ago. Overall, not a bad album, but there were a few songs that were quite weird. I would say that I maybe enjoyed one or two in the beginning of the album nad then it was a bit meh. It's overall alright for leaving it in the background while you're doing something else.
Lots of emo screaming
Theatrical and Bowie-esque. Kinda feels like seeing a cabaret show on shrooms. I respect that Kate Bush clearly had total creative control over this album, but I also don’t really know what to do with these songs. They’re too strange to just put on and jam to. They feel deliberately challenging. The distorted voices and affectations feel designed to put distance between the music and the listener. This is fascinating but kind of tough to listen to. I love this album cover though.
Super interesting intro song. Very Bowie-esque, very unique instrumentation, and fun play with vocals. Being picky I kind of wish there was just a little less compression on the master bus as it feels a bit squeezed and the dynamic level is a little bit narrow for how up and down she really gets. There's so many colors and flavors on this record. The second song gives so much and then around the 2 minute mark you get a cool fretless bass sound. It's like they just kept adding and adding interesting sounds and saw what stuck. I really dig it. Would make for some great re-listens.
Avant-garde, theatrical, warm, melodic, inspiring.
No va
#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.
Average.
Love how crazy but smooth this is.
a visionary
No wild and windy moors here
Much weirder than I was expecting - not for me really
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
This is a very experimental album for her. It's pretty good.
Quite theatrical and campy.
Absolutely love it
I don’t get the hype. She didn’t seem like a big deal in the 80s. Only time I heard of her was the duet with Peter Gabriel. Resurgence with the stranger things placement and use of song. Certainly has a unique voice but seems more theatrical than anything. Boring record
Lush in its soundscape with synths that sound dream-like and ancient. love this album
It's my least favourite Kate Bush album, but that's like saying the Levante is my least favourite Maserati
Deeply weird
I just don’t enjoy Kate Bush. After listening to several albums, I’m still not a fan. 2.5 stars.
Kate Bush is weird and I don't totally understand her. Hopefully I will someday. 3 *
Definitely not my favorite Kate Bush Album, a bit bombastic and half baked.
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.
So refreshing and full of whimsy, avoiding the pop tropes of its day.
Why does the opening song have a toad from mario in it
Not quite the kick inside
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
ich liebe verrückte frauen
iwie nicht so gut wie ich wollte, maybe zu hohe expectations idk. hab nicht auf lyrics geachtet und aus versehen doppelt gehört, weil ich auf das album iwie auf repeat hatte und es ist mir nicht mal aufgefallen. trotzdem gut ig
Kate Bush ei oikein toimi mulle. Tämmöistä musikaalia. Jotenkin rasittavaa.
Very creative, feels a little too weird for me but probably just needs time to grow.
Pretty much unlistenable.
I LOVE LIFE
This was strange and disjointed but I enjoyed it. I don’t know if I understand it or if I could really describe it. But worth a listen for sure.
It was interesting.
This was really weird
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.
I was only familiar with two of her songs, Running Up That Hill and Wuthering Heights. I wasn't sure I was going to like this after listening to the first two songs. But then the album got a lot better and I started to enjoy the weirdness. She has such an amazing voice.
3 - BAD
Somewhat over-produced, this album is supposedly Kate Bush's mote experimental one. Actually, I hugely respect Bush's determination to follow her own path in the music industry and her achievements there. It's just that I don't care for her singing style terribly much. And here we get (at least in some songs) a rather affected style of accents.
Banger
This was kinda annoying
Great atmosphere, sometimes a little over the top but how can you hate her, she just does her thing unapologetically. You either take it or leave it
Discordant, disorganized, and downright hard to listen to. I understand there's a level of artsy/ethereal going on here, but it does not land at all when the album is just plain bad
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
Wow, this is great. Have always appreciated Kate Bush, but have been limited to Hounds of Love and the singles. I have a bunch of other records of hers but for some reason never connected with them. This one is super weird and really did the job through headphones on the way to work this morning. Every song has a new surprise, whether it be in the production, or the arrangement, and especially in Kate's super unhinged and flexible vocal delivery. It starts with the high pitched screechiness of "Sat In Your Lap" and ends with the call and response donkey sounds of "Get Out of my House"...guessing it isn't for everyone, but this is a rare find and I'll be definitely be putting this one on again.
Probably a 2.5 for me. None of the songs stood out. Disappointing as the few Kate Bush hits I know are great.
This is one of the strangest things I have ever listened to, but I didn't hate it. But as I am typing this I got to the last minute of the album with this donkey, and it loses a number just for that.
I was expecting some basic 80s pop, but I really like the weird shit Kate Bush is cooking up here. Like the backup voice screaming "I love life" on Pull Out the Pin.
pretty delightfully weird, just fires my brain in a great way. it's kind of the opposite of the problem i usually have with jazz and blues records: where an album might blend together a bit in terms of sound, and play a bit like a musical mush from beginning to end, this album almost always feels stimulating or *interesting*, and every song is trying something neat. there's a couple of tracks that are reduced to "only technically having rhythm" and drift a little too close to soundscape, but they're not particularly grating. im not usually compelled to go back and listen to an album through again after i rate it but i think this one's an exception. Night Of The Swallow is my favorite track, im also really fond of Pull Out The Pin and Get Out Of My House (except for the donkey sounds they're evidently too interesting and stimulating for me)
Rating: 10/10 An original work of wild and eccentric genius, Kate Bush's most experimental and avant-garde album challenges the listener's attempts to even try to define and solve the puzzle that makes up the world of The Dreaming. It's completely understandable how this album will confuse and alienate on first listen, and maybe even second and third and beyond, but if these weird songs with all their chaotic progressions and their unique and varied vocal stylings resonate and speak to you in any way, if you feel this or that song was really cool and you're itching to listen to it again, do it and you will be rewarded more and more each time. I'm barely scratching the surface of what makes The Dreaming so cool. From a modern perspective, it feels like an album that redefined what pop and rock can be even though Kate really still doesn't get the recognition she deserves compared to her male contemporaries.
Weird and not in the good way, but I kinda respect Kate Bush for that. Sadly, respect doesn't earn you album rating score 3.6/10
Kate Bush's very avant-garde approach to music can draw people in. I've always liked her hits, but it's taken me a bit to actually get through the album. That's a testament to the focus I need to actually push through. I feel like it'll grow on me in time.
Whimsical
WTF war "Houdini"? Kate Bush versucht Metal, oder was? xD Nicht ihr bestes Album find ich
sehr schwierig und teilweise unangenehm anzuhören.
War okay, nicht so mein Fall, aber auch nicht granatenscheiße
Batshit but I love it
Oh, Kate, you glorious creature! An anomaly in music, all of her albums are highly intelligent, sonically brilliant, and unarguably groundbreaking. Kate was the original fearless performer and she was a master of SO many artistic realms. Bravo!
Didn’t really care for it
Track 1. (Sat In Your Lap) Interesting. 5.2/10 Track 2. (There Goes A Tenner) I feel like I don't love the super quirky alt music; it's almost unlistenable to me. 5.5/10 Track 3. (Pull Out The Pin) 6/10 Track 4. (Suspended In Gaffa) 6.2/10 Track 5. (Leave It Open) 6/10 Track 6. (The Dreaming)6.4/10 Track 7. (Night Of The Swallow) Much better than the first 6 tracks. 8/10 Track 8. (All The Love) Ok, getting much better. 7.2/10 Track 9. (Houdini) Don't know why there was such a change in genre, but it's much better. 7.4/10 Track 10. (Get Out Of My House) 6/10 Overall Score: 5.8/10
😍SMITTEN😍
I kinda love this Favourite song(s): Sat In Your Lap, The Dreaming
Hacia el final ya la cosa medio agarra, pero más de la primera mitad me pareció un álbum sumamente irritante. Me cuesta mucho trabajo el estilo y la voz de Bush. Y cuando creía que habían llegado canciones que sí me habían gustado, llegó la última pieza en donde todo mundo se pone a rebuznar. Muy high concept para este pobre jicotillo.
The first part gave me rocky horror picture show vibe. Felt ahead of its time a bit, but I could be wrong.
Stranger and stranger things.
I get that she's iconic and probably influenced others with her work but this album didn't do it for me. Too abstract I guess.
Embora eu não seja fã, Kate Bush é muito talentosa. Dos seus trabalhos prefiro Lionheart. É um bom álbum, bem teatral. É preciso estar num estado de espírito específico pra ouvir. Destaque pra "Night of the Swallow". 3,5
Amazing. Eccentric. Absolutely loved it. The instrumentation is so lush and the storytelling is top notch.
OMG why is she on this list???
What the fuck did I just listen to?
Goofy ahh album but creative nonetheless
I don’t know if I enjoyed this. But it’s by far one of the most unique, novel albums here and I really appreciate that. More performance art than music, it pushes the boundaries further than necessary. But what would music be without experimentation or creativity? Even now, we need more of this unabashed, unrestrained expression of imagination like Kate Bush.
I love weird pop, and my bar for weirdness is pretty high, but even by Kate Bush's standards I think this might be her weirdest work. That's a compliment. In a lot of ways, when we think of 80s pop I think we tend to think of Madonna's post-disco grooves or The Human League's icy synthpop, and not almost puppet theatre-sounding plucky piano/bass as Bush goes back and forth between unconvincing cockney and soprano "oh oh! oh oh!"s while singing about a failed bank robbery. And yet that's third single "There Goes a Tenner", Bush's worst performing album single ever. Reading up on this, it seems like the public was just not ready for this, which makes it almost crazier in retrospect that *this* was what preceded the blockbuster that was Hounds of Love. And yet I was pretty fond of this! Of course, "There Goes a Tenner" isn't the only song describing a failed crime on here; my personal favorite is the extended sparrow killing metaphor in the star-crossed smuggling love story "Night of the Swallow", and there's also other songs of escape like "Houdini". Unfortunately this isn't my favorite collection of Kate Bush *songs* but this album might genuinely contain her best vocal performances and some of her most fascinating musical choices; to wit on both ends I direct you to the vocal modulation on "Leave It Open" which anticipates The Knife/Fever Ray a full 25 years or so in advance. This album is true oddity and should be a delight for everyone, even the non-fish people here; submit to the vision and enjoy the ride.
Pretentious nonsense.
Quirky. Bonkers. Unlistenable, Christ, she can't half shriek.
I love Kate Bush but this isn't my favourite album. Her voice just gets a little bit too much to me sometimes. It's musically very good though - better than a 3. It'd an album I'll listen to again, carefully, when I am in the mood for it.
Had a very difficult time listening to this whole album. Personally not my cup of tea.
A bit too experimental and not enough melody
I appreciate she has mega talent as a musician, but her voice sounds like someone dipping a cat into boiling water. Sorry Kate.
Wish I was dreaming yes.
Night Of The Swallow // 1.5/5
I think this is a good album but unfortunately it’s not for me.
This is a fun little fever dream if you're in the mood for it.
For whatever reason I'd never actually listened to this before. Just astonishing avant-pop and I feel like this will really grow on me (just like all of Kate Bush's other albums)
I am not the target market for this album.
This is one of the stranger albums that I've encountered in this list. At times lush and beautiful at others dense and just flat out weird. I think this would probably reward repeated listenings. A knee jerk reaction says that this is a 2 or a 3. I'll come back and change the number if I come back to the album
one of my all time favorite artists, favorite albums, i love u kate u absolute freak
2/5
I always think about how Big Boi loves Kate Bush. The fact that this is 1982 is wild.
First thought was "That sounds like Phil Collins drums". It probably is the same sound but it was not Phil Collins. Hugh Padgham is the producer which explains that connection. I did not like this album. I had flashbacks of Tome Waits' "Bone Machine" album. It's just not for me whatever this genre of music is supposed to be. It does sound theatrical which I did like somewhat but the whole thing became irritating.
I'm honestly surprised by how much I liked this album. I was ready to "pffft! Next!" with this album but it's weird enough to get my attention. I believe I liked it because of how much it made me think of Ween. (Of course I say the same thing when I listen to Prince so......) Whatever it is, I think it's good.
Kate Bush once tried to join Houmous & Chutney. It was almost confirmed until Ken Chutney discovered her plans to break the legendary duo up and start a new band Chutney, Bush & Donovan. Ken was having none of it. Kate then wrote this album about the entire situation. They remained friends and still laugh about it all now. Still to this day, no one knows which Donovan it was going to be! 3.2 9/10 Houdini
this is what the cool girlies were listening to in the 80s and im here for it
Very biased with this particular album as it was a revelation when I heard it for the first time back in 1982. I’d never heard a female singer sing like Kate or be as stunningly inventive and original. Extremely experimental in parts, superb melodies and storytelling. Hooked me immediately and still sounds amazing 43 years later. Not her best or most accessible album (Listen to The Kick Inside, Hounds of Love and The Sensual World, but still superb.
Quite enjoyed this album, really liked half the tracks. Such an unusual voice.
Sorry Kate this was a big no from me. The weirdness was amped up too far
There is no way she has more than one, and I'm not listening to it again.
Non ho ascoltato le ultime tre canzoni, ma è un lavoro sicuramente interessante, lei ha una voce dal timbro particolare e le canzoni sono belle. Kate Bush da approfondire. Buon Natale!!
This artist has a way of articulating her words that began grating on my nerves. Music was typical of the 80’s and I missed it the first go around in high school. Not really a miss.
Alr 80s pop herwego T1 hate the beginning, started to like it as the singer started singing more weird. Seems like a concept album maybe? Excited to hear the rest of the songs, probably wouldn’t relisten often to t1 but I enjoyed listening T2 Hate this falsetto T6 Some weird tribal music hell yea T10 Ayo? Horse noises? That’s wild (echoes is the best PF song)
Enjoyed "Sat In The Lap" and "Suspended in Gaffa" the most, but generally enjoyed this! "There Goes A Tenner" and "Night of the Swallow" were also fun.
Have stay, I enjoyed this some songs much for than others, but this is an experimental album done well. I feel like with more time I would enjoy this album even more. Debated giving it a 4, but honestly think it’s a honest 3 at this time. Great intro to Kate Bush, I will be listening to more of her music.
My fav of the 3 Kate bush on this list!
When the generator threw this at me actually and literally two days after it gave me the excellent Hounds of Love I could only assume it was trying to invite me to spit out an unfavorable comparison to that later masterpiece except joke's on everyone, I actually like this album EVEN BETTER. Holy shit/oh my fucking God
на любителя.
Not my favourite Kate bush album I’m afraid
"The Dreaming" is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Art rock, avant-pop, progressive pop and progressive rock are the Wiki-listed genres. The album was recorded over two years entirely produced by Kate. It is characterized as her most uncommercial and experimental release. Kate was on lead and backing vocals and played piano, synthesizers and strings. 16 additional musicians were used. Commercially, the album reached #3 in the UK and #157 on the US Billboard 200. Initially, it had mixed reviews but its critical standing has improved over time. The albums opens with "Sat in Your Lap." Loud drums, piano and synth horns. Kate on lead and screaming and echoing vocals. Dramatic. Busy. For some reason, I thought of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Frustration and the search for knowledge. "Suspended in Gaffa" has a prancing melodic piano and synth fills. Glimpsing a truth but you need to work for it. The second side opens with the self-titled "The Dreaming." Kate tells a tale of the plight of the indigenous Australians. The songs begins with various percussions and a tribal beat. The song ends with a bullroarer and digeridoo. The album closer "Get Out of My House" was inspired by Stephen King. Guitar riffs, pounding drums and a prominent bass. Kate amps the "scarry factor" with some more screaming vocals. Experimental, indeed! A bullroarer, uilleann pipes and a digeridoo. Various percussions and time signature changes. Kate's lead vocals are mostly pretty standard but her backing vocals can be screaming, emotional and echoing. The lyrics can be stories or or have abstract meanings with topics such as Vietnam, a crime story, indigenous Australians and Harry Houdini. Kate cited Peter Gabriel's third album ("Melt") as an influence and you can definitely hear that. I have to admit that I was confused on the first listen, not really connecting the songs, but it grew on me with repeated listens; I started to appreciate all the experimentation and busy-ness going on. Although initially difficult, this album is worth listening to and giving it time. Also, anyone who's a Peter Gabriel "Melt" fan should appreciate some of the instrumentation.
So so close to 5 but just wasn't on Hounds of Love's level
Self indulgent noise. Hated it.
Ouffff nice
Apologies Ms. Bush, I was not familiar with your game.
Kate Bush is coo
I didn’t enjoy this one nearly as much as Hounds of Love, but it was still okay. A little more abstract. Standout Songs: The Dreaming All The Love
No. I’d rather rub one out with sandpaper than hear her voice.
Eccentric, experimental. Like it a lot.
really liked but definitely need to listen more closely
This was just jarring. I wanted to like it, I really did, but the attempts at screams just genuinely made my skin crawl each time. It was a rough listen and borderline painful.
The first album on this list I couldn’t finish
Definitely very weird and innovative. A couple of good tracks, glad I listened to it.
I can honestly say I hate this album, my first one star. I only know her from Stranger things so I woke up cautiously optimistic. I am not impressed with any part of it and at several times found it actively annoying.
Abrasive, weird, and experimental, but still genuinely fun. So many artists use "experimental" as a cover for stuff that's just wonky and unpleasant but I genuinely enjoyed listening to this, especially after I calibrated my expectations a bit. Definitely gonna revisit this one.
Big Boi is right
She is talented but sometimes she gets weird for the sake of being weird which is an issue for me. The donkey braying thing brought this album down for me and it made no sense to have it on here. I liked her other stuff on this list but this one I will pass on.
Generally alright. There are moments where I'm really digging what's going on and then the music gets weirdly cacophonous or discordant and it takes me right out. I can what Bush is doing, but it's not for me. I say this as someone who generally likes post-punk and experimental stuff, but eh, you don't have to love it all.
Obsessed with those theatrical Miss Piggy Vibes - you can even hear her in the back vocals (just listen to the first track again).
Kate Bush is the full package: Creative, talented, and in this album, willing to take significant risks. For me this album is too experimental to win full score as a timeless favorite, but it's absolutely a great, listenable album even when it's pushing boundaries.
This is so fucking weird and I love it. Why are they breying like donkeys? Why does she sound like a muppet? Why is she scream-growling "I love life" from down the hall? I don,t know the answers to any of these questions, but this album really does it for me. Another A+ KB album
This album was honestly incredible. I felt like I was listening to a revolutionary piece of media, but also something that seems so fitting with today’s age. Kate Bush was very much ahead of her time. This album felt like such a strange wild ride that constantly kept me engaged
I was not familiar with Kate Bush's catalogue outside of "Running up that Hill". This album is strange. There were moments I didn't mind, but some of it was a struggle.
Unique is what I will say.
A lot more visceral than I expected a Kate Bush album to be. Fantastic.
A little too whimsical for my taste. Kate Bush should have exactly 1 album on this list, not 3.
Very experimental. Love it
No more please pretty please. Ok, so I find the old Kate's bush joke funny, but music wise no. Currently enjoying some Big Time Senuality with Bjork
Was hoping for more, but felt a bit middle of the road
*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.
Первая песня запоминается, в первую очередь, запоминается своим будоражащим душу вокалом. Sat in lap прекрасна своей искренностью и открытостью. Курт Кобейн для девушек.
If I had a nickel for every experimental pop album by a woman I received in the last week, I'd have two nickels. That isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. That said, the above-mentioned coincidence isn't as weird as this album. The vocal histrionics on display are a bit off-putting, but it isn't horrible. It's definitely not boring(thank God!) but I'd rather listen to the Bjork album I had 2 days prior. I do like the sound of the percussion and piano, but the vocals don't do much for me. Perhaps her other albums rely less on vocal histrionics and experimentation and more on somewhat more mainstream pop tunes, which will likely be more palatable to me anyway. As it stands, this is pretty mediocre.
It's an odd album, like she got to do whatever and she released a concept album that Tori Amos heard and went, "I can do this." It's not bad it just kinda out there. Like it requires a few differ listens to grab it all. Might need to read the lyrics during one of the playthroughs. Interesting stuff. I can see this being a musicians favorite and it never getting any airplay.
I didnt mind previous Kate Bush albums so was positive coming into this, and disappointed leaving. This seemed to be her late album for the purists and lacked the hits and hooks of previous albums. Too much weird and not enough pop
She seems like an insane person in the best way. The vocals were all over the place and made a somewhat dull album very expressive. "Get out of my house" is absolutely unhinged.
It seems like there’s a good, possibly great album here. But it would probably require numerous listens. On the face of it Kate Bush just seems a little weird and this is a weird album.
"I want this man to go away now." Same, girl, same
This is kind of a cool album, and as much as I enjoy unusual music, for some reason it wasn't for me.
Not as dreamy as Hounds of Love, but damn does it rhyme. Equally unconventional and ambitious, Kate Bush is what the art in Art Pop stands for.