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Baffling, especially with her voice at its screamy screechiest. I'm sure Kate has her place but not with this wildy experimental and self-indulgent album.
This one did not land the way she wanted. Is this a joke?
I think Kate Bush is trying to out weird Bjork. Very bizarre style. I know she can sing but not on this album. She sounds like she took singing lessons from Yoko Ono. There is not a single song on this album I would willingly listen to again.
This is my 2nd review for a Kate Bush album I think I just don't like Kate Bush.
'Experimental' apparently means shit in the music world. The 'Layers' of music are different layers of shite.
Nope. Not good at all.
Maybe this is my bad for not knowing this album would be a weird concept album posing as the score to an off-broadway musical I would never attend. That is to say, I had expectations (an album of normal Kate Bush songs), and they were unmet. All that being said, if somebody had warned me, I would have come in hating it. It’s like telling somebody the movie will have a twist, and then they’re looking for it. If somebody had said I should prepare for donkey hee-haws and intonations that sounded awkwardly like a drama camp recital, it would also have ruined this album.
God... that was just terrible. Weird to be weird. So glad Kate got her shit together for Hounds of Love a couple years later. It's like night and day between these two albums.
I was today years old when I learnt that Kate Bush sucks. The Dreaming is a bad musical soundtrack. 2.7/10
Didnt really like her voice
What did I just listen to?
I did not like this. 1
Apparently I don’t like any of her musc based on her 2 albums I’ve listened to.
I just don't understand her appeal. She's got some crazy energy.
3/10
Do you like to listen to women scream over mediocre melodies in a repetitive fashion? If so, boy have I got the album for you. 1/5
Not for me. 1/5
The only thing this album has going for it is that it tips its hand from the onset and lets you know it’s going to be garbage.
I just did not enjoy this. Cannot think of a situation or mood where I’d be like, “Hell yeah…let’s put on some The Dreaming by Kate Bush.” I’m at a 1.5 was gonna round up because of influence, the one of the high squeals came on in Suspended In Gaffa….thats a 1 son.
The only thing memorable about this is the album cover.
This is objectively a terrible sounding album. I had hope for one song but then it quickly turned into a mess. Idk who pissed Kate off and drove her to make this horrendous album but they should be put in prison or stoned to death for their crimes against humanity.
Really repetitive, her voice gives me the creeps, and many of the songs have annoying background singing. Best song: Night Of The Swallow
High pitched shrieking, and over use of the sound affects cupboard. Did I hear an oompah band in there too? All nonsensical musical theatre.
That “musicians such as Björk … have cited The Dreaming as one of their favourite albums” told me everything I needed to know about this album, and yet I somehow was still surprised at how awful it was.
Couldn't finish, I'd like to listen to other albums of hers though.
What. In. The. Hell.
1.25
nul
Some experiments shouldn’t see the light of day. This was one of them.
Not good
I haven't liked any of the Kate Bush albums, and I think this one might be my least favorite. It's to weird, her voice annoys me to no end, and I just don't like any of the music or production. This is the epitome of "not for me"
like if tom waits was a girl. bad circus music and mixed like shit
Not for me crap
God this was awful.
What the fuck is THIS
Not for me.
Yeah, this is not the album for me. I'm not sure what I just listened to, but please make it stop
Ei varmasti ollut tälle mikään ihanteellinen kuunteluhetki, mutta silti. Huhhhu mikä työmaa.
3rd Kate Bush Album in 10 days - I couldn't finish this one. This is also the earliest album out of the 3 so maybe it's just her earlier work I dislike.
Fav: Night Of The Swallow Least Fav: Houdini
This is soo bad. 0.5 stars.
I don't get it. Like truly. It's screechy and weird and unpleasant.
too much baby talk!
horror movie scene change music
People wtf?!! The third KB album and it sucks just like the other two. Maybe if she wasn’t experimenting in the 80’s she would have achieved something. But I mean. Cmon!
Yikes. Maybe I'm a cretin who only likes music when it is played using traditional instruments like the guitar, the piano, and the drums, and not when it sounds like a cross between a science experiment and a witch's incantation. Did not like this one at all, and found myself scrunching my face up in confusion or disgust at multiple times.
I’m only 3 songs in and this just sucks. Update: All done, and yeah, the whole thing sucks.
Not a fan.
if i only could i'd make a deal with god and i'd get him to turn off this album
Normally I like weird and experimental stuff. But this was… I don’t even know. Nothing struck me or stuck with me at all, and there were times I audibly went ‘Oh no’. Not her best
Music for people who don’t like music
Didn’t love it. I bet she was an influence for Fiona Apple
What kind of alien abduction experiment is this.
I think I've pretty thoroughly proven throughout this exercise that I do not need to have a traditionally great singing voice to appreciate the music. However, if your singing voice sounds like it's trying to be bad on purpose, I have almost no time for you. Kate, you're a singer-songwriter, for crying out loud. Can you try not using your Bene Gesserit voice on half the songs?
The Racket, more like
Ehh, just not good. A strange album with some real random vocal choices. 1/5 won’t listen again
Fiquei com a impressão que se tratava de uma tentativa, frutada, de soar como gótica.
Just horrible
Rather butt chug
I made it through 2 songs before I had to call it. Not for me!
I couldn't even listen to it. Yuck.
I love Kate Bush. And I'm no johnny-come-lately fan who discovered her because of Netflix's Stranger Things. I've loved her since the 80s. But this record...I just can't. It feels very self-consciously art-rock. Her best is still The Kick Inside, and that album better have made this list. Still love ya, Kate!
Awful
Kate Bush's vocals and song construction feel carnivalish to me. I imagine dancing oompahloompahs and theatrical, bare-breasted muses quirkily bouncing across a stage in a circus tent.
Wow. Some serious wailing on this one. Pish.
Dreadful
On the previous Kate Bush album I said: "not for me". For this one I can say _definitely_ not for me!
Regarded as one of Kate Bush’s more eclectic albums, “The Dreaming” is strange and avant garde. Totally 80’s but weird and screechy.
Well it wasn't boring, so that's something. Just wasn't pleasant to listen to, at all.
Do not like at all. Couldn’t even get through the second song.
Nope!
Very not my style.
NO, why is there a song that sounds like dog noises??
Awful. Sounds like yoko on crack.
i'd rather listen to pink friday 2 or skibidi toilet for 12 hours this shit is so ass im crying😭😭😭 idk give it a chance tho this is just not for me❤
strange, and not in a good way.
Listened on subway in NYC. Not great. 1.4
This is some of the most ass music I’ve ever heard. The 80s truly were a low point for society.
This was horrible. Like a really bad knock of of the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack.
Don’t grab me. Not a huge fan of this one.
I consider falsetto a technique sparingly as a dramatic effect because it is not a pretty sound... Kate Bush just hangs on it. I cringe every time she goes into scream mode and not in the modern slang sense. actual closed eyes, contorted face cringe in the traditional sense. If you exclude the annoying hi-pitched screams the rest of the album is your classic "weird for the sake of being weird" art pop. The most bearable song was night of the swallow but you can almost hear her shaking from holding back screaming in your ear at the chorus.
Ugh, this was nearly unlistenable. I enjoyed the last KB album, but this album was just irritating. The falsetto's the vocal bouncing paired against the boring music set this up for a giant fail. I might as well listen to Tori Amos.
There are three Kate Bush albums on the list. There don’t need to be. “The Dreaming” has “often characterised as her most uncommercial and experimental release,” and to that I would add “almost unlistenable.” There are some hints of Bush’s talent here, but they are overwhelmed by too many head-scratching moments. Artist should absolutely experiment. But not all of those experiments should leave the studio. I laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of so many parts of “The Dreaming.” NPR made a list of The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women from a reader’s poll. The 1001 has women underrepresented, but Kate Bush’s three entries isn’t the problem. Somehow “Dreaming” made the NPR list, at #24. 🤷♂️. But ahead of it, and not on the 1001, are: Beyoncé - “Lemonade” Adele - “21” (was on but was taken off) Tori Amos - “Boys for Pele” Taylor Swift - “Reputation” (ok I don’t agree with this one) Then after 24, but also more deserving, are: Melissa Etheridge - “Yes I Am” Neko Case - “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood” Fiona Apple - “The Idler Wheel…” …and on, and on… Adele should have stayed on the list. Swift I could take or leave personally, but she probably deserves more on the list for her popularity and cultural impact. “Fox Confessor” is brilliant, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, and I’d love to see it on the list. But it’s Tori Amos and Fiona Apple that are most directly deserving of one Bush’s three spots. Apple’s “Idler Wheel” and “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” are experimental, like “The Dreaming,” but I think are more listenable (though I’m sure all won’t agree). Amos doesn’t get enough credit for her body of work and the many artists she inspired. Many women are deserving of one of Bush’s three spots, but I’d give it to “Boys for Pele.”
Actual dogshit
The beat? ass. The flow? Ass. The lyrics? Don’t fucking no (ass) this album makes me want to kill my whole family. A disgrace to the album that came before this. Not a good look for the women community.
I did not think it was possible for an album to suck this bad yet here we are. I genuinely wanted to stop listening to this album about 10 seconds in. It sounds like something theater kids would listen to.
Probably the worst album yet. Experimental pop punk is not for me.
Kate Bush doing a Bert The Chimney Sweep. A load of absolute balls.
A little too odd for me
Her voice is awful
What an interesting, creative, quite talented... absolutely unlistenable drivel? I rated two other Kate Bush albums we got so far 3 and 4 stars. So I'm not a great fan of the rest of her work, but I found it at least very listenable. This one was bordering on torture though.
1. zat in your lap - 0 2. there goez a tenner - 1 3. pull out the pin - 0 4. zuzpended in gaffa - 0 5. leave it open - 0 6. the dreaming - 0 7. night of the zuuallouu - 0 8. all the love - 0 9. houdini - 1 10. get out of my houze - 0 11.
Just horrible
Fucking atrocious.
You can tell she’s a good musician but this album was a little strange and all over the place. It didn’t really have an 80s feel about it and sounds like a weird B musical or film soundtrack. Have to say I didn’t enjoy this one very much. It almost became unbearable to listen to at some points.
0/10, 0%
I get that she's experimental and unique but I really struggle with this.
Nope, she is not my cup o 🍵
Absolutely fucking dreadful again, just like everything she's ever touched.
Meh. Almost fell asleep listening to this.
Mijn hemel is dit voor rond een vuurtje de regengoden oproepen
Really a struggle for me to get through this one. Not my taste.
Kate Bush has to be one of the most overrated artists ever, she has maybe 2 good songs?
Nah. Made me want to punch music right in the dick.
horrific nonsense whispering and overall just strange music.
I couldn't get through it. This album was disgusting. You can be yourself Kate Bush but I don't want any part of it.
I think this is album I 100% do not “get” but either way I thought it was trash.
this definitely deserves its place on the 1001 albums list because its fucking batshit mental. i find her popularity as confusing as i do for the popularity bestowed on Prince. i just don't get it.
Pretty awful. First exposure to older Kate Bush. Hopefully my last as well. 1/5
she kinda sucks
??? maybe it is something you need to acquired a taste for, but life is too short for this. Never heard this before and I'm really fine with never, ever hearing any of this again.
Holy fuck my ears are bleeding in the "The Dreaming" song. Please make it stop. This album is fucked on my rating. On the last song, still so bad. So glad it's almost over. this shit is getting a 1 star from me
Very busy with a lot of random noises and talking Sounds like it is from a musical It's like a PG version of that Suicide album
This might be the weirdest fucking album I’ve ever heard and not in a good way. It’s like trying to be weird for the sake of being weird. I don’t even think I can respect the experimental aspects of it. Not a fan.
I *really* dont like the nonsense of this album, I dont know if theres some deeper meaning that I have to delve into, since she is regarded as such an icon, but I cant emphasise how much it seemed like gibberish
One of the most obnoxious things I've heard in recent memory.
I’ve never understood why people like Kate Bush. I mean, “running up the hill” is solid, made all the better by Stranger Things but this was not good.
Bjork on coke. This is one experiment that doesn’t work for me.
When will we all admit that Kate Bush albums are rubbish?
Don’t like Kate Bush
Bad.
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What a terrible day to have ears
She had a couple of songs I didn't mind but this album is awful. By trying for interesting effect instead of just singing she has created a complete mess.
A truly weird and awful album. Songs had to be skipped.
Endnervig.
Seems like no one ever told Kate no, and that's great for feminism but terrible for my ears. This was going to be a 2 until the last track which is literally Bush screaming like a banshee while a man screams HEEE-HAWWWWWW like a donkey for 5 minutes
MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP
Not a fan of Kate Bush’s music or this album. Not one I’d ever really return to but not a fan of any of her other stuff either
Enjoyed: no Listens: 2 Just not my vibe I can see why someone else could find something in it. The voice is very eccentric, complimenting the music beautifully, it's more just annoying to me
On a first listen, I'm really not a fan of the sound direction here. Apparently this is Bush's most eccentric album, so I might be missing something.
Not for me. Some tracks put me in mind of Chas and Dave
Cue nervous laughter
Cant stand kate bush
This suc...was not for me so hard.
NoT my vibe
Can't listen to this shit
I do not like Kate Bush.
I hate her voice so much. The screeching made me want to puncture my eardrums. Otherwise I probably would have liked this at least a little. But yeah, my first one star, and I don't know if my eardrums will ever recover.
Borderline unlistenable. 1
Genuinely hated it... Was annoyed almost the entire time.
naw..
Nope
Houdini and Get Out Of My House were listenable. Apart from that, utter rubbish. Another 1001 albums bomb. Maybe there aren't 1001 albums you should hear. Or, maybe some are here just to show us how bad music can be.
wtf is this 1/5
Nothing like screeching carnival music!
Trying everything until something sticks? Nothing did though
sucked back then and still does
Sorry Kate. Not for me.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to understand the cult of Kate Bush. It was and I don't. Weird, scary and unenjoyable.
Different sound but didn’t like
Love Kate normally but hated this.
Very different sounding voice. She iPad a lot of skill. I was not a fan of the album. On the cover it was interesting because she looks like my niece.
This album has a combination of some of my most hated musical aspects. The canned synths sound horrible, the vocals are shrill and confusingly distorted, her accent is disgusting, the tunes are annoying, and the maximalist production makes sure that everything I hate comes to the forefront. Borderline unlistenable and certainly headache-inducing. 2
Absolute garbage. 1/10. Horrible singing, trash songs.
Definitely not a fan. This was a tough listen.
She is the coolest! I really want to like her but she's too avant-garde for me I think!
Wow, I just really hate this so much. It sounds like experimental music, I guess, and I just really hate it.
Couldn't finish 2 songs. Not for me
Puh, gar nicht mal so gut, stellenweise geradezu unerträglich. Dieses Album will nie so richtig in die Gänge kommen und zieht sich wie Kaugummi. Und David Gilmour durfte…nur mitsingen. Es gibt offenbar Musiker, von denen ich gezielt 2-3 Songs gut finde, und Kate Bush ist offensichtlich eine davon. Ist eigentlich eine Platte von Phil Collins in dieser Liste? Ach, nein? Ich bin überrascht.
About equally entertaining as it was abrasive.
Different from anything I've ever heard. Lack of instruments in my opinion, sounds like a lot of keyboards/piano and maybe synthesizers (and of course drums). Some songs sound kind of like modern day pop. Very experimental sound, many uses of he voice. No recognizable or memorable lyrics. Probably wouldn't listen to again. Album Rating: 4/10 , Highlights: Swallow of the Night, Pull the Pin.
Britisk folk pop/rock, modigt, frembrusende, vokal