The Dreaming

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Meh. Great voice but selections... not worth it

I think I get it, I just know I don’t like it.

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.

Boo 2/5

1,9 Highlights: Sat In Your Lap, Pull Out the Pin

Interesting time signatures sometimes, but not the easiest to listen to

Nice

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

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".

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

Is this children's music?

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.

Kate Bush rules but do we really need her 4th album? Sakes.

icon, i dont mind kate bush but never really got it… idk.. a few hits but overall id pass

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

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.

No va

No wild and windy moors here

Much weirder than I was expecting - not for me really

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 ei oikein toimi mulle. Tämmöistä musikaalia. Jotenkin rasittavaa.

This was really weird

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.

This was kinda annoying

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.

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

sehr schwierig und teilweise unangenehm anzuhören.

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

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.

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.

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

This is a fun little fever dream if you're in the mood for it.

I am not the target market for this album.

2/5

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.

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.

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.

Not my favourite Kate bush album I’m afraid

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

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.

Obsessed with those theatrical Miss Piggy Vibes - you can even hear her in the back vocals (just listen to the first track again).

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 little too whimsical for my taste. Kate Bush should have exactly 1 album on this list, not 3.

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

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.

Noisy. Don’t understand the appeal. Becomes diva-esque by the end with some lush sounds, but I don’t get this at all. A terrible sound, often-screeching.

Decent album not the type of art I enjoy right now but will probably enjoy later in my life

This was a hard start. It felt off and something that I would hate. The urge to just put this down as “not for me” is as high but I decided to persevere. Having listened to the album I can appreciate that it’s an attempt at saying something, at expression. Honestly I have no idea what it’s trying to say, and it really wasn’t for me, but I do appreciate the work for what it is.

Spontant besviken. Gillar kate bush som fan men det här känns som passerad gräns av teatralitet parat med 80s reverbdille. The Kick inside eller hounds of love är båda mästerverk, denna når inte upp. Kul att hon testar att sjunga som en traditionell kines. Gillar det inte svinmycket, men plus för den konstnärliga totalfriheten.

Respekterar detta, men det klickar bara inte

Väldigt mycket professor Trelawney över det här. Eller kanske Bellatrix. Otroligt knasigt. Men rätt kul att lyssna på när man knicketiknackar. Jag gillar det. Night of the swallow var riktigt svängig och hon har ju en skaplig pipa, det har hon. Men knappast Mankemangsmusik egentligen. Jag är ju heavy metal.

Man, this is a WEIRD album with a capital WEIRD. The first listen through was one of the most miserable experiences of my entire life. I could not wait to turn this off. This is the second Kate Bush album I’ve rolled for this project, and I gotta be honest and say she’s 0/2 on personal enjoyment. Here’s why this album is so weird. Kate has a great voice, but the ways she chooses to use it range from caterwauling like a mad woman with plenty of voice cracks left in the final product, using way too much unnecessary grumph, or as another reviewer mentioned, literally making animal noises. It’s not only off-putting, but it takes me out of the songs completely. A cardinal sin when I’m trying to get lost in the music or work with it in the background. Even the songs that I actually do like have these random interjections that I just don’t vibe with. Bad vibes on this album all around. Yet, I managed to spend the day listening to it. Have I sort of found a weird level of understanding with Kate that makes listening to this easier, or have I just lost my mind completely?? I don’t know. When it’s good, it’s a 3. When it’s bad, it’s a 1. Therefore, I think I’m going to give Kate Bush a second 2 star review, even though some of the noises she makes on this album are actually offensive to my ears. My favorite songs on this album, when she’s not being annoying, are “Leave It Open” and “Night Of The Swallow”. To my astonishment, I found something to actually enjoy with both of those songs. One more try at an average rating for Kate Bush. I don’t like her odds honestly. If anything can be said about Kate Bush, it’s that she’s unique and clearly having a lot of genuine fun here. That should at least be celebrated, even if I don’t enjoy it personally.

thought i liked this more than I actually did. It started to grate. Not my favourite KB

Enjoyed the guest appearance of Cookie Monster -surprisingly, not on the track with the donkeys.

Very varied, with the main theme being consistently irritating.

This was an interesting listen. Unique and eccentric vocals. Not really for me though

I expected more from this album, unfortunately it did not reach expectations

Painful

Pretty weird album

Only had another Kate Bush album a few days ago, too much Bush in too short a time.

Hmmm skulle ønska eg likte da bedre

Not one of Kate's best in my opinion some good tracks towards the end. However her voice annoyed me at the beginning too wailly. I like Kate Bush but this album fell short I left feeling short changed it seemed thoughtless

I like Kate Bush. I like the 80s. I do not like this.

Random thoughts: 1. It is universally known that if you are going to force someone to listen to a Kate Bush album, it should be "Hounds of Love". 2. Didn't we already get a Kate Bush album? I feel like we did. If so, this is just being redundant. 3. When I write my book, "1001 ROCK Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" (which will include Rap/Hip-Hop), I will not include this album. 4. I'll bet she was an insufferable theater kid. 5. Why do I dislike Kate Bush's music almost as much as I do enjoy Tori Amos'? This requires further self-examination. Pour out a half-star for all the artists who deserved to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before her.

2.5

I was bummed that this didn't do anything for me - from what I've heard from her singles that have had a resurgence, I liked Kate Bush so far. Yet, this album didn't do much for me at all. I enjoyed that it was non-conventional and atonal at times, and that she was very creative with her use of vocal tones and inflections. I think I might enjoy other projects by Kate more; we'll see.

I am so sorry, but I did not click with this album at all. I did enjoy a handful of songs, and the donkey closer is hilarious, but I found it a bit exhausting listening to this album.

2/5 too much shrieking

Wasn’t too enjoyable but I can hear her influence to this day in artists like Tori Amos and Lady GaGa. Some songs were enjoyable. Most were not.

That was really strange

This was is a bit too strange for me, sounded almost like a seance at certain points, and gotta love what sounded like a donkey “eee-awh” chant at the end…. I’m not opposed to artists experimenting, but I’m not enough of a Kate Bush fan to appreciate it for this album.

Nope

I think, after reading through some of the other reviews, that you either love Kate Bush, or you do not. I do not. Too experimental for me. Who sits down to listen to this??

1.5

odd

I don’t know why Kate Bush doesn’t work for me. She uses all the same tricks as other artists I dig, Peter Gabriel, Frank Zappa… she even sounds like Nina Hagan, who I also enjoy… but something in the mix just doesn’t do it.

Pas écouté mais je mets 2 pour la cover nulle

No Kate, no, así NO me gusta

Hmm. Well, it’s not what I expected. Seems like some experimental stuff. I wish I hadn’t listened to this album of her’s first. She was really reaching here.

There’s very little I like about this album. I don’t like her voice and I don’t like her backup singers’ voices. It sounds a lot like screaming the same thing over and over. Very strange music, though I can see why some might like it.

Ah well. A 3.Maybe not even. Not that exciting. I get the experimental stuff etc but wouldn’t want to listen to it again. Will be a 2.

I like Hounds of Love and Sensual World but didn't enjoy this one at all.

Вперше послухав цей альбом — він здався мені занадто прогресивним і надто мистецьким актом. Крім того, не дуже сподобалися аранжування у першій половині, які викликали стійку асоціацію з якимось водевілем. Вокально дуже яскраво, різноманітно, експресивно, прото гроул якийсь навіть є. За цим елементом дуже цікаво була на альбомі спостерігати Схоже, що цей альбом варто слухати не один раз, і я планую зробити це згодом. А поки що моє враження радше ні, ніж так.

Interesting lyrics and fantastic vocals but the music all together isn't my favorite.

What on earth is this? Felt like I walked into a circus. A point for originality, though.

Album cover review - better than average, she looks great, chains and a lock, a key in her mouth. Love it. Love her or not, Kate Bush is an ARTIST and Electronic Music innovator.

"The Dreaming" finds Kate Bush in her experimental phase, and let’s just say it’s a bit too "out there" for my taste. While she’s often ahead of her time, this album feels like a swing and a miss. It’s definitely not her best work, and I’d prefer to forget it quickly.

Not my favorite. Kind of sounded like show tunes gone wrong at some points. Sorry, Kate!

Some really wild bits in there, I wouldn't listen to the entirety of it in one go.

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I know cool girls like art pop ,but this is where I tearfully admit that I am not cool, and am beginning to think i may never be cool. I love unique creative music (when are the Tom Waits albums coming?), but when it comes to pop my tolerance starts at a low level to begin with.

The uptempo synth backing and weird "oof" percussive noise make the opening track sound like someone is playing a 16-bit beat-em-up in the background. Which is potentially a good thing... Love everything about Kate Bush, except, frustratingly, a lot of her music. When she's brilliant, she really is brilliant, it's just never quite often enough for my tastes. When she is not so brilliant, she is, at least, usually interesting. The Dreaming is an album I haven't really listened to previously. It definitely benefits from repeated listens - weirdly inaccessible, it comes off like a art-pop-prog experiment with shades of Bowie in the vocal delivery and unsettlingly stark backing tracks which seem much more concerned with rhythmic content than the melodic. Unconventional in almost every department, it is still unmistakably an 80s pop record. I never had the time, nor the patience, to devote to dissecting the lyrical themes, which may mean I am missing a lot of the point here, but I still found this an intriguing listen, which is lacking immediate hooks and strong melodies. In a world where there are albums I would gladly wipe from existence completely, The Dreaming is an album I am glad I listened to (several times) but it can go back on the shelf now, if that's ok. Suffice to say, she has produced far better albums IMO.

5/10

Frankly bizarre. I've never been much of a fan of Kate Bush, although I know some people love her. But I really don't understand why this album was included as well as Hounds of Love. Some of the choices on here are just weird. The mockney There Goes a Tenner, the pseudo-Australian The Dreaming, some of the "singing" in Houdini. Suspended in Gaffa had moments of familiarity, although whether it's because I've heard it before or because it just sounds like Hounds of Love I can't be bothered to find out. I suppose I owe this more than a star because I've praised other albums which stretch boundaries and this is certainly not like many other albums on the list, so an extra star for originality.

Do you like waltzes, accordions, and shrieking? This might just be the album for you.

I do not like her style of music.

Weird, really weird. Reminds me of Joanna newsome. Lots of weird character voices done. Very experimental.

Tror jag är för dum för kate bush

2/5

2.0 - Weak

Annoying but not as bad as the other Kate Bush album on here.

bland det konstigaste jag någonsin har hört. det är lite bra emellanåt. suspended in gaffa är ju en kanonlåt. men det är som en psykotisk mäniska som gör obskyr synthpop samtidigt som den försöker deklarera eller nånting.

not my vibe at all i feel like im in some weird musical running through a magical forest while being chased by an army of short men calling me a witch however i do understand why it’s popular, as she is clearly very talented if it’s your kind of music update: it’s kind of growing on me… it has a really interesting instrumentals and cool voice layering especially on “all the love” i will not listen to this again, and would go out of my way to turn it off if it were playing

I love some of Kate bush’s albums but not this one. I found it pretentiously irritating and so next level progressive pop that I almost couldn’t listen to it. Kate bush is awesome, this album is not!

Do you accept any orders? So stop this annoying thing please!

While I've been doing this challenge I have also been going through the RYM top rated albums of all time, but skipping the albums that I know are also on this list. I had Hounds of Love from this list already and I wasn't super crazy about it, but it was fine, it shocked me to see that it was the 56th highest rate album on RYM. I am currently on album 150, and this one is rated 142 so I just skipped it. I don't get it. I don't know what people see in Kate Bush, it sounds like circus pop music. I don't know how see has 2 albums in the top 200 of all time on RYM. It isn't the worst album, and I love weird music, but this like weird in boring way. This just kinda made me want to listen to the Cocteau Twins, but I was also buying David Byrne tickets as I was listening to this so I was thinking about that more... and it is hard for anyone to compete with the Talking Heads High 2.

This album didn't catch me nearly as well as Hounds of Love does. It's kind of hard to listen to. I do enjoy Kate Bush, and as far as difficult albums go so far in this endeavor, this was certainly not the hardest. I just didn't get anything out of it from two listens.

Album got better as it went on. Not really feeling this album. It has a theatrical feel.

Second Kate Bush album I've gotten after Hounds of Love. Certainly more 'out-there' as an album.

I’m not really sure how to describe this. Like a pop opera? Interesting but a bit too weird for me.

Wow. I knew I wasn't much of a Kate Bush fan, but I must admit I never dreamed she'd created an album as bad as this. And.such.truly.embarrassingly.horrible.videos! All of them somehow managed to make the album even worse: the bizarre jester-themed "Sat in your lap"; the extremely amateur and atrociously-accented "There goes a tenner" (but kudos for inexplicably incorporating gelignite in the lyrics!); the painful mime/art-dance/Riverdance moves in a wind-tunnel barn in "Suspended in Gaffa", and the culmination of all that is unholy in the title track video (or at least *extremely* offensive on pretty much every level; I mean, why didn't *anyone* tell her that dressing up people as Aborigines in some bizarre Mad-Max landscape and appropriating instruments and music and terms and some bizarre pan-faux-British jabberwocky accent, could only fail on an epic scale? And what's with the inexplicable giant masturbation-like movements with the laser beam and that poor guy's torso?). I kept thinking that she should have gotten Darryl Hannah as her marionette stand-in in the videos (a la Pris in "Blade Runner"); that would at least have made the videos a little less goofy, but only a little. This is an atrocious album, mainly because she clearly thinks it's far more interesting than it is. I guess the only positive thing I can honestly say is that she definitely flexed her imagination in coming up with this cornucopia of clownish songs, and the fact that she not only wrote but also produced all the songs definitely saves it from a one star ranking. And I can totally see why the likes of Bjork consider this one of their favorite albums, which really only reinforces my ranking and my frustration that many other far more worthy albums got left off of this collection because of tripe like this (I'm not entirely sure I can understand why Big Boi (Outkast) also lists this as a favorite album, though).

I do like a lot of Kate Bush songs but this album isn’t my favourite from her! So interesting songs but won’t be rushing to listen again.

A little wacky

Not gonna beat around the "Bush..." this album feels like an angry Disney movie soundtrack at times. Odd use of shriek sounds. It wasn't my favorite

A rare miss from Bush, as this fell over the line from quirky, breathy woman of the earth singing beautiful and ethereal songs over msytical backing into...well, that, but in a hugely irritating fashion. I'll let her off, and accept that it's probably my failing rather than her, but really, the difference between this and Hounds of Love is very stark.

Like I said in a review of another Kate Bush album, I’m just not a fan of Kate and her voice. There are some interesting ideas in this album, but with no “Running Up That Hill” to save it this time there’s nothing for me. I particularly disliked the tracks where she over abused and annunciated the British Cockney accent. Doesn’t suit her style.

Another where I hear so much of what must have influenced several artists I really enjoy. Also, made a mental note to recommend to anyone who ever says they want a Regine Chassagne solo album, which I wouldn’t think would be that many people but here we are.

2.5

Some interesting moments but not a lot. Feels overproduced for what it contains.

It's over. I don't have to listen to any more Kate Bush ever again. Considering adding more enjoyable female artists to this list. Experimental doesn't always mean influential.

Really don't like it.

Did not like

I had certainly heard of Kate Bush, but in all these years I never actually heard Kate Bush. After listening to this album, I just thought the whole thing was kind of weird. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t care for it much either. At least it wasn’t boring, I‘ll give it that. But I guess I will give it 2 stars.

Day442 - i try but there’s only so much of kate bush that my ears can handle

I’m sorry Kate Bush but you irritate me. I didn’t enjoy this.

oho! nyt tuli aika paskaa albumia katilta! harmittavaa tosiaan kun on ihan hyvää ollut mitä tähän mennessä kuunneltu. ei tosiaan ikinää vokaalit vienyt minnekkään enemmän rakennelmat, musiikkin struktuuri.. ja tässä aika saatanan tylsää ja tylsää 800 luku paskaa lähinnä. Karolingien renessanssi ja viikinkien hyökkäykset tapahtuivat tänä aikana. Lähi-idässä viisauden talo perustettiin Abbasid Bagdadiin, mikä houkutteli kaupunkiin monia tutkijoita. Algebran alan perusti muslimipolymaatti al-Khwarizmi. ok loppua kohden parempi leavi it oopin

Reminds me of Tori Amos. I like some of Tori's stuff, but most of it is rather grating to me. Same w/Kate. They both clearly have talent, but it's a bit too. . . out there? artsy? for me. But at the same time, I can respect them for doing their own thing. Just prefer it's not in earshot of me. 2.5* rounded down. Started at 3 and kept gradually losing stars for me.

So, so weird.. Shades of Bjork. In some ways it felt like listening to the soundtrack to a musical I didn't understand the plot to.

i could’ve gone my life without listening to it .

Appreciate her art but can’t get past her voice

Fine

Felt like it tried just a little bit too hard

I kinda hated it but have to acknowledge its inventiveness

Okay I get that this was maybe pushing some boundaries in the day, so extra credit for that, but I think the tides of time should maybe sweep this one away. It sounds like the songs Gene Belcher makes that they play at the end of Bob’s Burgers episodes.

huuui de 80er johr keyboard saxophon sound huuere hässlich. aber ihri stimm isch scho speziell cool. sie beltet huere. there goes a tenner isch recht funny als titel. nimmts sich selber nöd würkli ernst? checks nonig. pull out the pin au wieder irgendwie sehr whimsical das ganze. gitarre am schluss afoch nöd ide tonart und so. und kontrabass macht doinnmnng. suspended in gaffa au wieder suuper titel. ich check d musig null. sötts irgendwie johrmärtsmusig sii?? the dreaming meh sochli EPIC aber jo ich fühls noooonig. night of the swallow findi etz no geil. aso frfr irgendwie high-concept es änderet tempo und alles und s funktioniert au mit ihrere stimm zeme mega. all my love hetmer no gfalle es isch scho reeeecht viel. houdini eig au cool aber es isch seehr melodramatisch. aso jo sie het sogar son halbe screamo satz drin. get out of my house het chli groove mit de trommle undem bass. oke s isch immer chli s glich und sie schreit afoch chli. und jetz schreit auno en dude alte. ich fühls null? glaub da git leider es zwei. ich verstoh wies eim mega chan berüehre es isch mega dramatisch und sie het e sehr cooli stimm und brucht sie super. aber jo äh nai. sorri käthi.

Odd

I started this project because I wanted to expand my musical tastes and maybe find some new things I liked. What I’m finding is I’m very closed minded and don’t like most things. This was one of those things. Congrats to Kate Bush on her “One of a kind musical journey” but it’s not for me. This was pitchy and wailing, and I’m good to not listen to it again.

"often characterised as her most uncommercial and experimental release" - Makes sense, I'd say.

Considering the art rock, avant style, I knew I wouldn't be a fan of The Dreaming. I was not prepared for how very weird and off the wall this album is! Now, I appreciate creativity to an extent. The second listen allowed me to get over my initial impression and truly hear more. Still, The Dreaming is just weird. Kate Bush is a unique talent with a beautiful voice, which sure makes for a more agreeable listen. But I can't do more than a 2.

So, I know I'm not saying anything revolutionary here, but I will be the first to admit that Kate Bush is odd. But I honestly like her brand of weird. This album, however, may be her at her weirdest. It's experimental, even by her standard. I didn't hate it, but it definitely felt more like work to listen to this. She definitely found her groove and her balance after this album. 2.5-ish, not rounding up.

Ehh, not quite my cup of tea. But can tell there is quite a background story to every song and the tale that the album tells as a whole. Didn't have enough time to really understand or enjoy the entirety of the album. Fav song: All the Love

Pop opera I think with very unique songs. Feels like it could have been a musical. Felt a little corny at times for me and did not quite work, opening track felt like something charlie would write in always sunny

I think a little too '80s for my taste

Meh, not Kate at the top of her game.

The Sensual World? Yes. Hounds of Love? Probably. This album? Not so much. I always dig the uncommercial and very experimental stuff. Impressive that she was producing this at such a young age too. But this one was just annoying to listen to. If I had a choice between this and other female driven art rock, I’m definitely choosing Bjork, Siouxsie and the Banshees, St. Vincent etc.

First things first: I do not like this album. You swing big, you miss big. I can see how it inspired the likes of Bjork (I also get some St Vincent vibes as well as Fever Ray/The Knife...quite the list) but it's too tough a listen to be enjoyable. I am notching a quarter higher for influence and to ensure it is rated slightly better than our first Joni Mitchell album. 2.25/5

This is not really my style of music

There is at least one Kate Bush track that is very close to my heart. But at least last night when I listened to this album, it totally landed with a thud. One day I should definitely give it another try when I'm in a better mood.

I didn't know that women became menopausal at 24. My thoughts and prayers go out to Kate Bush ❤️❤️❤️ Okay, in all fairness she definitely deserves a place on this list and more credit than I am presently giving her. I've always thought that Kate Bush existed as a sex symbol with how many times I've heard her described as an icon of traditional femininity, which is why it's nice to know that there is a craft and meaning to these songs. It's just a shame that she forgot to make them sound good. I do respect this album for daring to be whatever the hell it's trying to be, which is why I am graciously saving it from the one-star slot. I can't imagine there being a worse place for me to start out in her discography, which is why I'm gonna keep an open mind with her other albums in the future. I gave this one a relisten and I appreciate it more on the second go. The "heavy" production on these songs is pretty good for the most part, and her vocals are at most tolerable. I have no clue how to precisely articulate my thoughts on a vocal performance, but that fluttery, rolling thing she does with her voice is just terrible. Same goes for all the random screech-shouting. On an unrelated note, I'm going to my first-ever live concert on Sunday and I don't have weekend albums enabled. One of my all-time favourite bands is playing one of my all-time favourite albums, which just so happens to be included on this list. I'm going to cast all of the psychic and cosmic energy within me out into the universe so that it can force this website to recommend Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots as tomorrow's album. I have about a thousandth of a chance of this coming to fruition, but I'm confident in my luck. Please shield yourself from the incoming wall of unicode. This is powerful sorcery. ━━━━━★⋅.˳˳.⋅ॱ˙ ˙ॱ⋅.˳˳.⋅ॱ˙ ˙ॱᐧ.˳˳.⋅. *･｡ﾟ✧⁺⋆˚⊹ ⟡ ݁₊ . .݁ ₊ ݁⟡ ⊹˚⋆⋆｡༄⋆˚⊹✧ ˙✧⋆⭒˚｡⋆⊹ ۪ ˑ ִ ֗ ִ ۫ ˑ⊹ ۪ ﾟ｡⋆☾ ִ ֗ ִ ۫ ˑ｡⊹ ۪ ˑ ִ ֗ ִ ۫ ˑ༄.ೃ࿔࿐໋✧˖°.˚. ✦.˳·˖✶ ⋆.✧˚.˚ ༘`✦ ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹ ˖ ✦ ‧₊˚ ⋅. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁♡.˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳.・.ೃ࿔:･♡⋆⭒˚｡⋆°‧⋆.｡.∗⁕☆*:✧★✧:*☆⁕∗ Σ(O口O ) The algorithm getting btfo'd by my epic magic ⬆

Kate Bush is good and I like Hounds Of Love but this isn’t it.

I tried. I just couldn’t do it. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me most of the time. She bounces between nasally high pitches and low, unappealing tones. There are moments where she doesn’t screw around and sings in a more middle of the road tone and then she’s fine but it’s not often enough. I won’t be tracking down more of her work.

non mi sta a piacere

I'm sure if Kate Bush had become a corporate accountant or something, she would have regretted it, but I sure wouldn't.

Bit too far afield for me.

she’s got a good voice but i just didn’t connect with the music at all.

Really did not care for this one. I can see that Bush was trying to push herself and have a unique, dramatic sound different from her previous hits, but I do not think it was successful. There were mutliple points in the album where I stopped and thought "wtf am I listening to?" Overall- one of my least faves. I'd say 1.5/5, but I do think the technical proficiency and scope of the album warrent a 2.

This is the third Kate Bush album I've listened to now for this project. I think this is the only one I really "get" in terms of what makes her special. It's still really not my thing, though.

Weird even for Kate Bush.

The only Kate Bush songs I knew weren't on here which is a little disappointing because none of these match up to them. Also, her voice does get very annoying after about 3 songs

weird and unsettling. not for me.

I didn't expect an experimental album from Kate Bush! Not that I know much about her apart from her singles from the radio. I suppose she wanted to be seen as a proper artist and not just a sex symbol I suppose. I did recognise one song and it wasn't disastrous.

So far I find this annoying. I like some Kate bush but overall not a huge fan. Sometimes feels like weird for the sake of weird. I’m gonna bail I think. I don’t want this.

Dette hørtes ut som et musikalsk Friteater. Altså altfor sært for meg, og det var ingen melodier som satte seg i hodet, eller ingen låter jeg ønsker å ha i mine spillelister. Men får to stjerner på grunn av interessant Lydproduksjon

Obnoxious.

Too 80s and not even the good 80s. All the vocal play lost me from the same song

Ever since I heard "Hounds of Love," I really, really tried to get into Kate Bush. I genuinely did. I appreciate her creativity with multimedia a lot and believe she's a talented musician. However, "The Dreaming" was nothing like "Hounds Of Love." Kate Bush's voice is naturally high-pitched and she shrieks throughout 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺. I'm not sure if new wave was the direction Kate wanted to take in the album but it did not compliment her well. "The Dreaming" ended up scratchy and shrill. I love Kate Bush for her soaring melodies and lush vocals but neither are present in "The Dreaming." While some people may appreciate it, I found her coquettish vocals overly performative and the unnecessary audio effects (i.e. an engine screeching) completely drove me away. "Pull Out the Pin" was particularly obnoxious as Kate oscillates b/w whispering and screeching, accompanied by clips of cats wailing, in a Björk-esque fashion. I'm sourly disappointed :c

2.5

It was hard to get into this album, it really was just weird and not in a good way I think. I understand she was being experimental with production and I can see the influence it had on albums such as Hand Cannot Erase. However, I feel Steven Wilson took the foundations of The Dreaming and made it much more coherent and musical (it's one of my favourite concept albums). I'll maybe give this another go as it feels like an album which works situationally and didn't work for me when I did listen to it to really appreciate it.

This is very experimental, and not in a positive way.

Weird, experimental music which would fit perfectly in some fairytale musical. Also, I don't get the appeal of Kates voice.

weird and a bit annoying after a while

Annoying garbage. Like if Tori Amos tried to be that weird girl by making goofy voices.

Here’s my controversial opinion: Yoko Ono crawled so Kate Bush could walk so Björk could run

I did not listen to much Kate Bush when I was young. I knew she was an object of some ridicule but I my never knew much about why. Then she had a renaissance recently, and I thought I had probably had missed something worthwhile. But now I'm thinking it was this album that my friends were reacting to -- it's just too strange. Too overproduced and too 80s.

This album is just exhausting. Every track is buried under layers of weird production choices, bizarre vocals, and forced quirkiness. Instead of sounding creative, it feels like a mess of ideas thrown together without any real focus. A couple of moments almost work, but most of it is just grating. The songs wander all over the place and never settle into anything enjoyable. People call this a masterpiece, but I just found it confusing and annoying. I was ready for it to be over by the halfway point.

Reminded me of that one Marina song from tiktok, didn't know who Marina was, thought it was actually Kate Bush's song Lowkey unlistenable, more unhinged than her other albums for sure

Weirdo music for women I want to date The instrumentals for Pull out the pin and There goes a tenner remind me of indie metroidvania titles

this bush was hard to get through.

As someone who loved the last Kate Bush record that was given to me I was shocked by how much I hated this. There’s a lot of screaming and weirdness but not much of it is good. 2/5

Polarising reviews. I was looking forward to giving this a listen to see where I sit on the 1’s or 5’s. There is little in-between. I gave it 2 listens before reviewing to make sure I was fair as this album is nuts. On reflection this is an album of moments, some of them are brilliant and some of them are just bizarre. I can’t work out if I love Sat in your lap and there goes a tenner or absolutely hate these tracks. Favourite song: I couldnt pick one, they are all nuts. I dont know if I love them all or hate them. Least favourite: Same as above Album artwork: Cool cover

Creepy and purposely incomprehensible, gauzy, difficult. Kate Bush has a fine voice, but listening to lyric-based music always makes me search for the meaning and in this case I kind of don't want to know. Feels a bit (a lot?) self-centered but isn't appealing enough to make me want to explore further. Hearing this was a good idea, I get why people like her, but it just has a grating effect on me.

Groan. The first song her shrill voice turned me off. But I will listen to the whole thing, and hate it.

Not really sure who the intended audience was but I don’t think it’s me. 2.5/5

I don’t get her but I know lots of people do.

Talented artist with a distinct sound, but too weird for me. Not really my style.

I like weird and different but somehow this doesn't quite line up with my weirdness

There are some Kate Bush songs I love. None of them are on this record. I found this exhausting. There are so many elements (vocals, songwriting, instrumentation, production,…) of what I like in music here but none them come together in my opinion.

Weirder than I expected. I can't decide if I like some of this or not. There Goes A Tenner appeals to me as do parts of the second half, but a lot of it was a chore.

I can't say I'm a Kate Bush fan, she has a creative and whacky kinda style

Good drums

Disappointing

another album by kate bush, another nice medievalish track lol well this one doesnt have running up that hill.. 2 for me and i seriously dont get all the praise she gets.. for sure she's kinda unique and does her own thing but its definitely not any masterpiece

I like Kate Bush but not this album, just didn't do anything for me

Not really a fan

I thought it was good

2.5 weird

People like her more than I do

Hmm. Very experimental.

Not a kate bush fan. If you can't connect with her voice, there's not much here for you

Levyn taustoja lueskellessa ilmeni, että tämä on taitelijan itse tekemä ja tuottama kokonaisuus. Pisteet siitä ettei mogulit ole tehnyt tästä kaupallista pläjäystä, mutta se kyllä autttamatta kuuluu myös läpi. Kyllähän tuon kuunteli, mutta ei tarvitse toiste kuunnella.

En päässy kii tähän levyyn. Vaatis varmaan jonkin sortin päihteitä päästäkseen samalle levelille

This album was disappointing. Certainly it is experimental, but I don't believe that many of the tracks succeed is sounding *good*. Most of them combine strange instrumental palates and vocals in a way that is abrasive (and not in a challenging, fun way. In a grating way.) The three exceptions to this are Leave it Open, Houdini and Get Out of My House. Each of these tracks explored different registers of Kate's vocal range and really positively surprised me. Leave it Open was especially impressive. But only really liking 3/10 songs and appreciating the general experimental nature of the album only takes this to a 4/10. 2/5.

The Dreaming by Kate Bush is a wild and ambitious departure from her earlier work. This album is marked by its experimental nature, filled with eclectic sounds and unexpected turns. Bush incorporates random animal noises and unconventional instruments, creating a soundscape that is both chaotic and captivating. Tracks like Sat in Your Lap and the title track The Dreaming showcase her willingness to push the boundaries of pop music. However, this adventurous spirit also makes the album less accessible. The complexity and intensity of the arrangements can be overwhelming at times. Despite its eccentricities, The Dreaming remains an interesting listen, revealing new layers with each play. While it may not be one of my favourite Kate Bush albums, its boldness and creativity are undeniably impressive. It stands as a testament to Bush's fearless artistry and her desire to explore the outer limits of musical expression. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 2 STAND OUT TRACK - Suspended in Gaffa

Damn, Kate Bush had some brutal fever dreams. Idk what I just listened to but I kinda enjoyed it? Def not necessary to hear before you die, tho

Great opening track. The rest is meahhh

Very theatric. Not for me 2/5

Couldn’t get into it. Found it confusing

This is everything that a two star album should be; not very good.

I appreciate her incredible experimenting and the variety in her skills however in this specific case I just could get super attached to it. I recognize what she can do with her music and the impact and influence she had but it didn’t appeal to me.

I was a bit disappointed. This album was messy most of the time. It does get a bit better near the end. There's nothing here that I'll replay. At least Bush can sing and write good lyrics. 2 stars for "The Dreaming".

It's weird, but it definitely feels like it has it's fingers in a lot of things that came after and draws from all kinds of influences.

I’m a fan of Kate Bush and appreciate her eclectic and theatrical style but I think this is the first end to end listen for me and I would much prefer these songs to be sprinkled throughout a movie rather than listen to them back to back.

Ugh sorry Kate, this was a toughie. I quite like your other album but this was pretty hard to get into.

Appreciate the artistic vision but I didn’t enjoy this. The album is well produced though.

Not a fan of Kate's voice, or the often syncopated rhythm of the lyrics. Many songs are interesting and boring at the same time. 'Pull out the pin', i'm looking at you. All over the place. Could not finish. Two stars

Sounds like a very scratchy experimental rock opera. It's difficult to listen for a long time. At the same time I Imagine it should feel better since it's opera.

It was ... Interesting... I wouldn't be surprised if Kate Bush listed Yoko Ono as an influence. The second half of the album got better.

I tried, couldn’t make it more than halfway. Her voice just got too annoying and the songs got worse and worse

It wasn't bad. I didn't even hate it that much. It was just her high pitched singing and squealing and screeching. I couldn't take it after awhile. However, it did have funky little beats and I'm impressed by Kate's vocal range. 2/5

Interesting arrangements but vocals ranged no from shrieking to juvenile sounding banter. Night of the Swallow was my selected favorite.

Amazed to find this on here instead of all the superior Kate Bush albums. Found this grating and pretentious but only had time to listen once. All though this clearly paves the way for the self-produced 'Hounds of Love' that was next, it does sound like she's in a bit of a creative cul-de-sac here, maybe even crisis, it's all trying too hard. If she had to go through this one to get to HoL then great, but this is not essential. Will try again... eventually.

I kept telling myself it wasn't bad. No matter what bizarre, unorthodox, idiosyncratic choices she made, I just said to myself, "It's just a little weird, but nothing TOO unbearable." And then. The God. Damn. Mule. Noises. Yes, they really were that bad. Not that there was much of the album to ruin, anyways, but the mule sounds made me put my foot down and officially call this a bad album. I guess there's a couple of songs that weren't so bad, but most of them were bad at best. Thank God this was just a misstep in a successful career.

That's not my taste in musik.

Urgh, my second Kate Bush album, both either side of the excellent Hounds of Love, both unmitigated shite...

Well, I’m pretty sure this album wouldn’t have made a list done in 2024

The only Kate Bush album that I'm familiar with is Hounds of Love, which I really like. This is my first album of hers to review for this project, and I was really excited to see it pop up for me today. Unfortunately though, I didn't really care for this much. This album is certainly ambitious; Kate Bush really went out on a limb with her avant-pop sound, but the result feels like a mess. I found the overall sound pretty jarring and not really enjoyable to listen to. There were small musical elements here and there that I enjoyed, but nothing could soften the overall sound of this album for me. Lyrically, the album was all over the place as well. The subject matter of these songs range from humanity's quest for knowledge to Houdini, without any themes that tie everything together. The individual songs are well written, and incredibly creative, but I didn't care for how this album felt like a patchwork of lyrics and music. I know that Kate Bush is incredibly underrated and influential, but this album just wasn't for me.

06/06/24 S Tier—————————5 A Tier—————————4 B Tier—————————3 There Goes a Tenner Night of the Swallow Suspended in Gaffa Pull Out the Pin C Tier—————————2 Leave it Open The Dreaming Get Out Of My House D Tier—————————1 Sat In Your Lap

Mostly dreamt of listening to another album.

The haunting witch vocals throughout really tie the room together.

Sounded like it should be the soundtrack to a musical. And not a great musical.

Kate Bush is een van de artiesten die ik altijd een beetje heb vermeden. Ik heb het vermoeden dat ze fantastisch goed is (als ik mijn moeder mag geloven). Het is dan toch een keer tijd om Kate een kans te geven. Meteen is de introsong bijzonder, de structuur is interessant. Iets wat je verwacht van Kate Bush. De nummers er na werden wel héél barokkerig, art-rockerig, melodramatisch. Voor mij vaak net wat too much. Maar qua experiment, uniekheid en muzikaliteit scoort het een heel hoog cijfer. Rating: 7/10 Highlights: Sat In Your Lap, Get Out Of My House

Ik waardeer muziek waar de grenzen van geluid worden verkend, en Kate Bush is mogelijk de vrouw die de meeste grond in de "last frontiers" der popmuziek heeft gecultiveerd. Haar werk zit altijd vol met sounds waarvan de luisteraar geen idee heeft wat of wie ze maakt, wat haar albums voor mij altijd op muziektechnisch gebied echt fascinerend maken. Dit was voor mij een wat minder bekend album, en hij zit na twee luisterbeurten zeker niet bij m'n favoriete werk van de avonturier. Waar ik vaak in haar discografie wel een goede balans weet te vinden tussen interessante experimentatie enerzijds, en luisterplezier anderzijds, heb ik bij dit album een beetje het idee dat ze te veel wilde. Het is artpop met de nadruk op art, wat soms een kakofonie aan abstracte geluiden en vocalen oplevert zoals in 'Pull Out The Pin'. Als Kate expressief begint te brullen dan voel je dat echt wel, en het levert wat realisme in een overwegend fantasierijk muziekstuk. Maar deze stemwisselingen overdoet ze wel een beetje, wat een zenuwachtige luisterbeurt oplevert. Dit bouwt langzaam op naar de orgastische explosie in de afsluiter, waar we nog even mee mogen genieten van een geluidsfragment opgenomen in een ezelfokkerij. Sterke momenten zijn er ook, met de opener 'Sat In Your Lap' en het weergaloze 'Suspended In Gaffa'. Die tweede is wel de absolute kroon op haar discografie. Bij deze twee songs is de balans tussen comfort en experimentatie wél juist, maar die is te vaak zoek om er echt een prettige luisterervaring aan over te houden. Maar ik waardeer projectjes als deze wel, die hit or miss zijn, maar altijd veel deuren openen voor andere muzikanten. 6/10 Highlights: Sat In Your Lap Suspended In Gaffa

Ik ben nogal ambivalent over the Dreaming van Kate Bush. Ergens wekt de plaat een bepaalde irritatie bij me op en tegelijkertijd is het ook fascinerend. De nummers gaan soms van hot naar her en op het moment dat je denkt; "hier ben ik wel klaar", breekt het beste stuk van het nummer aan. En ja, wat moet je er dan van zeggen? Ik ga het nog wel een keer proberen, later. Of niet. 6,5/10 Highlights Geen idee

2.5 This was really weird but kinda fascinating? Suspended in Gaga was genuinely great then in Houdini it sounded like she was doing a muppet impersonation. I don't know if I love it or hate it, definitely needs a few more spins

It’s interesting but would take a good few listens to get into

Very theatrical and eclectic. Not my thing

I know the critics love her, and understand she's trying to push the boundaries, but at a certain point it's just noise. Other than Running Up That Hill, I'm passing on most things Kate Bush.

Not my jam.

I was excited to see another KB album seeing how much I enjoyed HOL. This go around though...not so much. This album was out there. Songs had me picturing KB lying in fields of silk to dancing around bubbling cauldrons. Very theatrical. In fact, sounded like it was a broadway play score. I did not like this as much as I had hoped but if it were to be made into a broadway play, I would go. I would love to see the interpretation (specifically the finale with the lead kicking a possessed donkey out of here house).

Did not care for it

Not great

It's a bit wild and quite a bit of it doesn't hit.

Couldn't finish it, not her best album

Not a fan.

I’m sorry I wronged Kate bush so early on in this list but how was I supposed to know there would be so many less than average albums. The previous two Kate bush albums I’ve gotten show her talent but I just cannot really get into. 80s Brit pop is a very polarizing genre. Some I enjoy some I don’t. This is adequately in the middle of that. 4.2/10

Has a few redeeming qualities, but generally sounds like Yoko Ohno if she could carry a tune. Haha!

Kind of weird, but, for me it is not some "pleasant weird" like Bjork, but "uncomfortably weird". I suppose, the album was intended as experimental, but now it sounds sooo 80s it hurts. Good experimental albums should be hard to age-date. I'm pretty sure that for Kate Bush's fans at the time this was kind of fresh air or stepping out of a comfort zone, but for me now... just weird stuff.

I believe that Kate Bush fills a very special niche in music. However, though I can appreciate the quality it contains, I am not part of it.

bad. only good if it gets meme'd

Disappointing, given the other Kate Bush albums I've had on here which I've rather enjoyed. Feels a bit out of left field this album, alternative and edgy in a negative way. The growls and screams can work great in the right genre, but this is not it.

Disliked.

Why doesn't this connect to me more. Breathless, sensitive, evocative, quirky and clever. I think it's got potential still, barely a three star. Just because it's Kate, because she is clever and because I am prepared to try to listen again. But not quite a three star because I wouldn't ask her out, or this album out, for my own modest personal reasons for how I enjoy music. Let's hope 2 stars can rise to three with more listening.

Respect the artist? Yes. Relate to the artwork? Ach, not so much.

What on earth is going on here

Weird

Ugh.

avante garde with a smidge of vaudeville and layers of 80's overproduction

meh

Annoying

2.1 per track. I absolutely hated this at the start but kind of liked it as I listened more? Only Kate bush I had heard before was Running up that hill, which is a great song despite how much it overplayed during the Stranger Things spotlight, this album is not what I was expecting.

I'm not sure what you call the style of this album, but it doesn't do it for me. There are some moments I enjoyed, but overall maybe just too theatrical for my liking.

No my kind of tunes

hard listen. too experimental.

I forgot to add notes and now I forgot about most of it, so didn't much of an impression. Will I listen to again: 1%

I don't genuinely get this artist....never have, never will. Very overrated with a very annoying voice

I get it, but now for me

It's easy to see from the first time you hear Kate Bush that her voice is singular. But besides Running Up That Hill (not on this album BTW), how much does that singularity translate into importance / listenability. I don't think very much. I want to love an album like this, but just can't get past the same thing that probably makes her fans love her so much-- that voice.

There are times that the way she uses her voice reminds me of Tori Amos. I prefer those moments but most of this is just too experimental and not cohesive enough for me.

I know synthesizers were all the new rage and everything, but this sounds comical in retrospect. And I’m coming to realize that it’s not just Ms. Bush’s effort here. Rather it’s the popular music of this whole time period at the forefront of synthesizer/keyboard exploration. At the time, I imagine it was like “holy shit this is cutting edge.” Having 40 years of musical history since, even focusing only on pop, this album and much of its contemporaries sound like a parody to me. I have a hard time taking them seriously as evidenced by my 1980s ratings. It is by far my lowest rated decade and my average rating has the biggest gap with the global ratings for any decade. If I were 10 years older, I might say “hell yeah” to the 1980s. This is not to say that I dislike this whole album. I don’t. I respect the experimentation as it’s necessary to make progress. And some of the sounds hit temporarily so as to make this album not a complete bust.

Coming into this album with the only Kate Bush song I know is Running Up That Hill due to Stranger Things. In general, I find female vocalists difficult to listen to. This album was no different for me. The music for the first couple of tracks was the only reason I’m not rating this 1/5.

Not really my Jam.

Weird

Eh, better on 2nd listen but not great

Generous 2 stars as I like Kate bush, so am giving her the benefit of the doubt, but this is a right load of old keek

While I respect Kate Bush’s artistry here, this was a tad too eccentric for me to enjoy.

Bit strange, gave up half way through.

Some songs I’ll start to recognise from samples or such and then they’ll veer off wildly, makes for an interesting experience.

Sorry Kate, probably your worst yet

Absolutely not it. Not sure what was going on with the vocals, disturbing at times. 4/10

Artsy! Not radio friendly though.

I suspect this takes a number of listens to really appreciate. It didn’t really stick with me after the first.

Bush writes and arranges her own songs and clearly has zero desire to fall in line with music industry conventions and expectations, all of which I respect and admire. She's undeniably a talented artist, and I understand why people enjoy her work, but it appears I'm not one of those people.

This is rubbish, shouldn't have made the list. Didn't sell well, wasn't critically acclaimed, and doesn't seem to have much in the way of redeeming features. Maybe it's one that grows on you, but it hasn't made enough of an impression first time around to deserve another chance. Occasionally finds an interesting combination of her overly theatrical voice and the overly theatrical music, but most of the time it's just too much. 2/5.