Hounds Of Love

Ahhhhh, ça j’aime. Les sonorités son super intéressante, et la chanteuse a vraiment un style unique. Bon, j’aime bien mais l’album est très monotone, y’a des chansons qui ressort du lot, mais dans l’ensemble l’album s’écoutent un peu difficilement. J’ai envie d’aimer waking the witch, mais la chanson me fait du mal XD. Jig of life redonne de la vie a l’album au complet, on en aurait eu de besoin plus tôt. En résumé, y’a deux trois chanson qui sorte du lot mais globalement c’est très moyen.

This sounds like two different albums. I would recommend the first half of the album but the second half seems to steer into the parts of Kate Bush's discography that I don't enjoy as much. The first 4-5 albums are great, but the latter half is tougher. Almost great and I would put it on the list just to show what Kate Bush could sound like.

Started off decent slowed down and some song got weird 3.25

Has the same sound as "The Dreaming", but with much less silly charm.

This album probably saw a huge global ratings bump after stranger things came out—and that definitely is the best song on the album—but overall I was slightly underwhelmed. I don’t know how to describe it because the songs both sound ahead of their time and really 80s in a weird bad way. I think I generally liked it but feel victim to high expectations because of how huge running up that hill is. Definitely a high 3

I like Kate Bush. I'd like to love Kate Bush. Her music is bold and adventurous and experimental but it always remains in that 'respect and admire' zone for me. I really enjoyed the first five songs on this album. The second half, which is apparently a mini concept album, not so much. I couldn't get into it. Maybe I should seek out a greatest hits compilation because even her singles are nothing like what I would consider mainstream pop. "Running Up That Hill" is stunning and the songs that follow it here are almost equally bold.

Being a human being in 2022 I was of course inundated with "Running Up That Hill" because it was on the TV show Stranger Things that year. That being said I thought that the song was just OK and I'm a bit jaded or burned out with it because it was played a little too much. It's a nice song, it's catchy, it's cool. I don't know if it's really groundbreaking or anything but I have heard a lot of people say that they like Kate Bush and maybe this is one of her better records? The rest of the album was alright and consistently did it's thing. Her sound isn't my favorite but I think it wouldn't take much to get me to like her, I just haven't taken that step yet.

This really wasn't my favourite, but it was weirdly cool, and I'm glad she made it.

I liked Running Up That Hill and Cloudbusting. Some of the others were fairly insufferable though.

Decent stuff. Funny that Runnin up that Hill became such a cultural phenomena. 3/5

Solid 3, like the experimental touch

I listened to this album over the summer expecting to love it because 'Running Up That Hill' is one of my favorite songs of all time. But oh goodness. Her voice is kind of cringy, the songs almost have too much character, and it's just so...80s. It's all over the place and weird. "Jig of Life" was so uncalled for. I relistened to it and I'm at the same conclusion. Settling in the middle because it's not that bad and 'Running Up That Hill' is a 6 star track, but this would be a two otherwise. Also now I have to prepare for a slew of shit albums since we got like 3 hits in a row. What a sh*t show.

This album was like that drunken night out. You know the one I’m talking about. It starts off so strong, you’re pregaming with all the girlies and getting sloshed off tequila shots and seltzers. You head out to the club and dance to some fantastic EDM hits for a bit. A creepy guy finds his way over to you and tries to dance with you for a while (represented in the album by Mother Stands for Comfort). The night starts to get back on track, your friends are all starting to find cute men that seem cute through the flashing lights and blurred vision. You yourself find a cute boy who asks to dance. You’re moving your hips in all the ways you should but the alcohol is really starting to kick in now. Everything’s alright though, the night goes on, it’s just not quite at the same level as the start of the night. Slowly your friends start to disappear into Ubers with their newfound men. You can choose to either go home alone, again, or make the same questionable choices that they are - go home with a stranger. You decide to say fuck it, let’s have a night to remember. This could be the Jig of [your] Life. You get back to his apartment. It gets hot and steamy, he throws you down on the bed. Oh my, it’s happening! And just as it’s all about to go down… oh, oh no. Whiskey dick. *sigh* You grab your shoes and slink home in The Morning Fog just as your mystery man passes out facedown on the bed. Another night of hope ending in disappointment.

Not bad. I wasn't very focused listening to it.

give me the futureheads over this any day.

Can't believe she covered The Futureheads. Thats so cool

Don’t get me wrong, Running Up That Hill is great and catchy, but I think the existence of Jig of Life is what justifies the whole album for me. Good 80’s pop with some weird tangents that I think are so neat to see.

Good one.

Dange stranger things. Finds net überragend aber OK, sehr spezieller Gesang

Not bad, but it got a bit boring for me after the first few songs. I thought it was going to be like it with maybe a couple more highlights if I'm lucky. But then "The Ninth Wave" part was really interesting. I enjoyed that half of the album a lot, even if not all the songs ended up on my playlist and it also got a little boring towards the end. I think the songs were all twice as long as they should have been because really none of them were bad. Songs I Already Knew: Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) Songs I Really Liked: Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God), Hounds of Love, The Big Sky, And Dream of Sheep, Under Ice, Watching You Without Me, The Morning Fog

All of a sudden Kate Bush is being discovered and heralded as a great female vocalist thanks to Stranger Things. She's always been in that hmmm, I don't know if I like it or if this is out of my league. Hounds of Love spans a range of styles, some fun and some straying into Fine Arts major justifying 'their creativity'. 3.5/5.

High

This is a really bold album. The tracks are so strange in places, with tons of variation is music and tone. It's not a typical singer-songwriter approach at all. Overall I found it interesting.

Opened with a track that’s super popular right now, a few meaningless but fun songs after that which had me thinking I might not mind this album Then it got weird, did not enjoy: And dream of sheep, waking witch, jig of life I suppose that might be a metaphor for life, and in the end, the album ends 3/5

Enjoyable.

I mean yea its high quality but doesn't really do it for my taste

This is alright. A single vocalist with backing music, it's very chill. I love that Stranger Things created a resurgence for Kate Bush.

Als Kate normaal doet, doet ze al gek genoeg. Op de bekende nummers horen we al een uniek geluid, zonder dat het al te gek wordt. Dat zijn de hoogtepunten op het album. Daarnaast een bak experimenten. Altijd leuk experimenten. Maar waarom publiceer je ook de mislukte experimenten? Zoals Watching You Without Me en Waking the Witch. Die laatste wellicht alleen voor de titel. Want een betere beschrijving van de experimenten kan ik zelf niet bedenken,

Deel 1 is een verzameling oorwurmen, die ik naarmate ik ouder word (en de jaren 80 meer ga waarderen) beter kan hebben dan vroeger. Deel 2 is luisteren naar bezwerende hymnes van een toverkol die rond haar heksenketel danst op een verlaten strand in het noorden van Ierland.

Some great songs and some weird songs very interesting album worth a listen at least once.

Cool but a lil dramatic to listen to often.

Interesting, eclectic, but definitely dated. Running Up That Hill is the only song that really grabs me and that has a lot of nostalgic elements. Jig Of Life is another track I could spend time with. I don't think this album aged so well, but it's existence does hold some merit.

Actually, better than I thought it would be, though a couple of them got a bit too experimental for my tastes.

Not really my style but love the nostalgia and the stranger things reboot tie here.

Starts off with a song everyone knows. And re-knows. I cant really get into the rest as much.

It really starts strong and it is solid, interesting, ethereal at times and pretty inventive. But it takes a crazy turn at Waking the Witch and then doesn't seem to get back on track.

Heart sank when this was my next recommendation. In the year Running up the hill has been played to death thanks to stranger things. But I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Some great songs and a pleasant atmospheric listen

I'll give her this - her sound is very unique. The first half of the CD are more radio-friendly songs like "Running Up That Hill," which are okay. The back half becomes a concept album with the songs pretty much the same.

Pop progresivo. Ni fu ni fa.

First half is beautiful, running up that hill is the song of all time, then it dives into more experimental and weird pop songs. Queen.

Cloudbusting slapped lot of flops though

Alright, Kate Bush. Let's try this again. Running Up That Hill is pretty great. And that Gen X music snob inside me really wants to not like it because it got popular again through a nostalgia porn show. But it's good! Still, I feel the same way I do about this one as I did the last one - there's something that's too much about it. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. I can't do it.

Enjoyed this one much more than the last Bush (unlike the Presidents Bush), but I've got some work to do before I'd call myself a fan. The first track is a no-brainer, and I am on board with the 80s synth pop moments here. But in other areas it's just all a bit too theatrical for me and my persnickety druthers. I see signs that I could warm up to it eventually, so just be patient bros.

Great palette of sounds that feel like they were way ahead of their time. Combined with Kate Bush's unique vocals and irresistible charisma; This makes for a great listen.

Pretty cool offbeat pop, didn't fall into that "1 big single + crap" basket, so that's nice. Couldn't say I'd regularly listen to it but I respect it. 3/5.

I liked it a bit, was kind weird tho

so cheesy the song she's known for is the first one not as bad as I kinda expected though 3.5

The entire album sounds exactly the same

I've listened to this album a lot recently, as my daughter discovered it via Stranger Things. I don't recall being interested in it back when it came out, but I enjoy it now!

Everyone knows Running Up That Hill, and if they didn't they did during the Stranger Things resurgence. I don't know what I expected but overall, a solid album overall but nothing stands out quite like that first track.

I’ve heard this one a few times. It does get better each time I hear it, but most of the time, I feel like it is the first time hearing it… none of the songs, besides Running Up that Hill, stick with me - at first. 3.5/5

glad she got her due. 3? 4? Ranking a 3 although I like her stuff, because she's clearly an icon.

Tavallaan tykkäsin tästä joissakin kohdissa tosi paljon, mutta jos vertaan tätä joihinkin muihin levyihin tässä haasteessa, joille oon antanut korkeita arvosanoja, niin ehkä tämä ei yllä ihan siihen. Voi olla, että se on enimmäkseen genrestä kiinni.

primeiro som empolgante, mas difícil ouvir até o fim

Feels like Kate Bush is putting me to sleep - but that's not a bad thing. This is not so much an album but an experience, and there's nothing quite like it. It sings you a lullaby, it wakes you up and takes you to a dream world, it evokes some religious imagery, it sounds like witchcraft, it all just sounds extremely unique. That said I don't think I would go back to this album very often, but I do appreciate how it sounds, and I have to give props to some of the standout tracks like Running up that Hill, The Big Sky, & And Dream of Sheep.

Klassisk platta som har fått ett uppsving tack vare Stranger things. Gillar nog Cloudbusting bättre än Running up that hill.

3.5 I don’t even watch Stranger Things and I know Running Up that hill because of it. Listening to it here I wonder about it’s context in the show. Nevertheless this was pretty okay. I liked a lot of the music but her voice was a little off at times. I could see her unusual style growing on me over time but for now it’s my biggest detractor. Moody and pretty catchy, I’ll probably be listening again. Favorites: Running Up That Hill, Mother Stands for Comfort, Cloudbusting, Jig of Life, The Morning Fog

Interesting album. One big hit.

Entendi como pop psicodélico e não conhecia o hit.

Like the voice. Some songs were good.

I want to like this. I might like it better after more careful listening, but I did not enjoy the first time thoroughly. Some of the songs do not appeal to me at all.

Creative, but not really my sort of thing.

Kinda cool, but still not my cup of tea.

Liked some of the songs, not something I’ll likely listen to again.

Some great genrebending ghosty music blended with a couple of low points. While Bush’s experimental sound has produced a wide breadth of music, the tracks that works are a pleasure. 3,7 ish

Good album, I heard of her from Jermaine Clement

decent

good!! but it feels like i should relisten to it to fully “get it”

Three for basically one song.

Reminded me of childhood times on my Casio keyboard. The electric drums kicking the rhythm.

Decent album. Good songs and a lot of creativity, but I am not in love with it.

Didn’t expect to enjoy this but I did. Cloudbusting especially

75% nice. Couple songs I can do without.

Couple of good songs.

The beginning starts off with 2 good songs and then nothing.

It was ok

I was not familiar with Kate Bush until Running Up That Hill was played during Stranger Things. Everyone then proceeded to cream their jeans over that song and Kate Bush. Running Up That Hill is featured on this album. The album is definitely an 80s album with a hint of Irish music. I didn't skip any songs. Not sure I would listen to the entire album again.

shes got a good voice

Got kind of strange towards the end of the album, but otherwise, it was an enjoyable listen.

not a huge fan of the ballads

Har ingen forhold til Kate Bush men eg er positivt overrasket. Veldig gøy album. Rekker ikkje heilt opp til fire stjerner. Men det er ein solid tre'er.

This is just so quintessentially 80s for me I cannot listen to it with an unbiased ear. Great to see an old album getting attention from a younger audience with Stranger Things. I really did enjoy Big Sky which was a tune I was not aware of. Good enough but probably won't listen again!

This is perfect timing because Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush sits at or near the top of the charts 37 years after it's original release. Thanks to the TV series, Stranger Things, which takes place in the 80's, the song, "Running Up That Hill"'s appearance on the show has somehow revived the interest in the song, album and Kate Bush. Remember Kate Bush? I do, she was very popular in the 80's, maybe more so in the UK, but I know a lot of people that are big fans of her music. Me, not so much. I never got into her music then and after re-listening to Hounds Of Love, it still doesn't do much for me. Maybe it's her vocal delivery or maybe it's just the songs are not interesting to me. I found myself wanting to listen to something else about halfway through this album, but I stuck it out. The power of nostalgia in soundtracks and songs in TV/movies is real, as the Clash's, Should I Stay...played a prominent role in the first couple seasons of Stranger Things and I'm hoping Jonathan introduces more cool music to Will...The Replacements, Husker Du, R.E.M...perhaps?

An 80s album that has surprisingly stood the test of time - whether the choice to put Bush's enamoring, demanding vocals forward in the mix or to eschew the dated synth sounds of the time, this LP still holds up today. Not every track is a winner, with the slower pieces coming closest to evoking the dreaded stereotypes of the decade, but when the tempo keeps pace the album charges forward triumphantly.

First song is a classic, this is the type of 80s I enjoy.

I was recently introduced to Running Up That Hill and was immediately drawn to that powerful 80s track. However, I think this album may have hit its high point on the opening song. Waking the Witch caught my attention, but still doesn't live up to the epic proportions of the initial track. I enjoy the vocal production throughout the album, but I find the instrumentation to be repetitive (until the Jig of Life comes out of nowhere). Overall a cool, spooky listen, but not an album I will be coming back to often. I will be listening to Running Up That Hill a bunch though. Fave tracks: Running Up That Hill, Running Up That Hill, Running Up That Hill

Liked this much better than The Dreaming but I still don’t like her vocals. 5/10

First couple of songs were instant hits. Couldn’t keep the pace up by the end. Great synth sounds.

Lækker vokal, god sangskrivning, melankolsk

Running Up That Hill is an absolute gem. I was quite familiar with that one before today. The rest...well I think no need time with it. I like it more than The Dreaming but I wasn't really wowed by it. I feel like this one has serious grower potential. A 3 for now

Not my cup of tea

Meh, excellent music writer but it doesn't translate to listenable music. In my opinion.

Only really known the singles so wasn't sure what to expect. Definitely a little odd but pleasantly surprised.

3.5

13th April 2022 Listened in the morning and finished the morning after. Chilled at guys in the day, went to buy Flynn some boxing gloves and Costco trip. Elemental, ethereal, totally unique. She is an artist in every sense of the word in the same way as Bowie.

Listened Before? N Well, I see where Tori Amos got her sound now. Pretty much a straight rip of this sound. Here’s the thing though, I’ll always like Tori better because I grew up with her. Her topics are edgier too, which I like. That being said, this is decent. It’s a little bit repetitive in some songs but overall good. I love this version of running up that hill! Added to Library? N Songs added to Playlist: Running Up That Hill

A hit-packed side 1 followed by a suitably Kate Bush-y experimental side 2.

Early Kate Bush has become a secret love of mine. She's very unique and this album has her best hit, in my opinion. Running Up That Hill is massive. The rest is not as profound, but still good 80s music.

Never been a Kate Bush fan, though I don't think I ever listen to entire album. Well still not a fan, just not style of music but I can appreciate the music.

Enjoyed this more than I expected

I groaned when I saw I got yet another Kate Bush album. But it turned out this one wasn't as bad as the other two. I wasn't crazy about it, and maybe it's because I've had a string of bad albums, but I thought it was okay. 2.5/5

To me, Kate Bush is a lot like soccer (or football as some of you may call it). Please allow me to explain. I have several friends, whose opinions I respect, who tell me that soccer is the best sport. It's intricate, nuanced, and beautiful to watch. I believe them, really I do, and because of that I've tried several times over the years to watch and appreciate soccer. Occasionally there are matches or moments in a match when I sort of get it, but 90% of the time I'm like eh, kinda bored to be honest. It's very similar to my experience with Kate Bush. 3 stars.

Great sound and production but I felt like the songs lacked direction. The avant garde approach to pop wasn’t that entertaining to me, and the generally slow tempo of the songs never really got me into them.

Definitely need more time with this album and perhaps an understanding of the context in which it was created. At this point, I definitely am appreciating the album but maybe am not enjoying it.

This album has songs with a ton of plays but I just think this is boring. Not particularly great singing and forgettable songs. 6/10.

Assez surprenant! Pas un album que je vais réécouter mais c'est pas platte pour autant! C'est original et audacieux, j'ai reconnu l'influence sur plusieurs artistes. Cela dit j'ai rien compris de l'histoire de la deuxième partie du disque mais la toune Irish était nice L'époque fait mal, les strings synthétiques et le drum électronique full dry font sourire mais ça tient étrangement la route! Mention spéciale à la grosse basse fretless qui est juste et pas trop vibratonator!!! (Eberard Weber est un bassiste jazz européen des 70s)

A very good record by an influential artist... that doesn't move me too much.

This was definitely artistic, I don't think it was that good, however.

Like Tori Amos buy more 80s than 90s

Pop. Folk. Melódico. Aburridito

Definitely not your average 80's pop star. I always liked her voice, and now that I listen to music differently than I did decades ago (something we all go through, I'm sure), I hear her music with more appreciation than I did when I was an 80s teen. What a wonderful sense of melody. Musically, it's the mid-80s so there is no shortage of programmed drums and synths, which is fine, but after listening all the way through I was ready not to hear programmed drums for a while. Overall, though, good stuff here. (Fun to see Donald Sutherland in her video for 'Cloudbusting', too!)

A real mix. When the tunes hit, they really hit but sometimes it's a bit to whispy and twee. Best Tracks: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God); Hounds of Love; Cloudbursting

opening songs are bangers, album fades away as it goes along but an album I could always drift out of in the background.

A real mixed bag, very top heavy. Running Up That Hill is a gem, Cloudbusting, The Big Sky, and Hounds of Love also good (but better when done by the Futureheads). Then it gets worse from there. Just sneaks into the 3/5 range.

I would probably have loved it if I was an angsty teenager in the late 80s

Un tres muy honesto. Hubo dos que me gustaron mucho, muchas que me parecieron buen ruido de fondo y quizá una que me enfadó.

Wikipedia beschrijft dit als prog-pop. Daar ben ik volledig mee akkoord. Een paar goeie nummers, een paar heel rare ook

I enjoyed this although it seemed very long.

Was looking forward to this but a little bit disappointed. Quite a lot of filler in amongst the good ones.

Upbeat, Cindy Lauper vibes

Saved Prior: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) Off Rip: Hounds of Love Cutting Edge: The Big Sky Overall Notes: There's cool pop in here but the second half is not what the doctor ordered. 2.5 rounded up because at the end of it I felt like I had listened to something, which may or make not make sense?

Enjoyed this album….

Not a fan of the synth pop on the first side, I feel like this style of music has not aged well at all. I get it was novel at the time but a lot of music seems to have suffered to simplistic boring overuse of synth. However, the second side is an extremely creative concept album with all kinds of different sounds and songs, regardless of my opinion, it’s an undeniable work of art. So 3 stars for being half weak and half awesome.

Un très bon album de Kate Bush qui sera utilisé vingt ans plus tard comme bande-son de l'émission Koh Lanta.

Not my personal favorite, but not bad.

hmmm i appreciate the atmospheric sound but it's not for me

Haunting if a little repetitive.

Jig of life très bon Le reste un peut lent, voix onirique Asmr avant même son invention

I don't think I've listened to a full album by Kate Bush before. "Running Up That Hill" was the only song that was familiar to me from this album. Bush has a good voice, and there are songs that I like from her. I don't feel a desire to come back for the full album again.

The first few tracks were quite nice. A lot better than her other album. The final few tracks were a bit too folky or weird for me.

fun

Listened to this a week or so ago. Why? So I could articulate why Kate and Tori are different blends of tea.

Was so excited to listen to this - I love Kate Bush. But never given a whole album the time of day. I liked a few of these well enough, especially the first track, but most of it I found a bit...meh. I think I prefer 1979 Kate Bush

Only a few good tracks

dystopian pop, reminds me of that apple commercial where she throws the hammer though the screen.

Prachtig album met een enkel hitje erop, wat een stem

3+ All over the place but interesting.

Ik ken eigenlijk alleen de bekende nummers van Kate Bush. Zo'n album is eigenlijk veel minder irritant dan ik had verwacht. Gewoon best een leuke zangeres met redelijk mainstream pop-muziek alsnog. Favoriet blijft "Running Up That Hill" maar ook nummers als "Cloudbusting" zijn leuk om naar te luisteren. ***

Fun 80s new wave album. Cool to hear early electronic tracks like these.

Dated, but also simultaneously way ahead of it's time. It's neat, experimental, and feels like my head is stuck in the clouds, while also having a solid narrative. I liked it. Frozen lakes man. Fuck that.

Some crackers but got a bit samey near the end.

Love the 80s but not too 80s vibe of this album. The first song is absolutely amazing... unfortunately it kind of goes downhill from there. Songs are a little unremarkable and end up getting stranger throughout. Cool use of effects at their disposal. Might end up giving it another listen but maybe not.

Not typically my type of music. I enjoyed the first track a lot, it’s one I knew. The rest of the album ranged from weird and not great to pretty good. I won’t revisit this but can see it as a step towards stronger female singers

I can certainly appreciate this album as “art”, it picked a direction and really went with it. Maybe it’s an acquired taste, as I started listening I found it pretentious, grating, and almost unlistenable, but I warmed up to it by the time I reached the end. I thought there were some things that were really interesting production-wise and the lyrics are evocative and well-crafted.

Interesting pop album. First song was ok but everything else was meh and skippable. The jig song was even more questionable. 2.2/10 Edit: I received this album far too early in my list selection. I admit that I rated this far too low and this album deserves respect. Running Up that Hill is phenomenal. The whole album is deserving of recognition. 7.0/10

Not bad. Love running up the hill. Rest not much beat to it.

Great 80’s vibes. Dig the use of percussion. Fun styles sprinkled throughout the album.

I had a pretty hard time connecting to Kate Bush's art pop album from the mid 80s. The 80s production works well, and Bush displays a lot of talent in concept, lyrical work and performance. But I just couldn't connect to the album in general, everything came off quite distant to me for whatever reason. Maybe it's an album that needs more listens to find those connections but it may take a while for me to be inspired to try it again.

Cloudbusting stood

It was ok. Experimental 80’s pop?

Melhores: Mother Stands For Comfort, Jig Of Life e Cloudbusting

Not my cup of tea. Some great songs but personally I feel like its overrated

3 stars alone for the opening two tracks. There’s some genius stuff here but its just a bit weird for me to score any higher.

Mother Stands For Comfort is probably my favorite from the album because of the weird instrument sounds. However I wasn't a fan of Waking the Witch and the songs after that.

That was a strange journey. There is some beautiful experimentation that seems to combine the familiar and foreign. I definitely feel there is a dip in quality after running up that hill but it picks back up once you hit "Jig" on the album. It's weird and sometimes weird for the sake of weird. I don't feel she is a good singer, barking and hissing out her words, but I feel she would make a great producer (or at least an interesting one).

Meh

I quite like Running Up That Hill. The rest of the album was sort of mixed bag, but in the end just not really spectacular enough to really grab my attention.

good but fairly unlistenable if that makes sense

Very strong first couple of tracks, with the first being the most successful single on the album and probably my favorite. The album gets progressively more experimental-sounding and "out there" towards the end, which is admirable but falls flat on a few tracks. I'd probably stop halfway through on future listens.

It's Kate Bush, it's alright. She has a distinctive vocal style which I like, and some creative instrumentals

I quite liked this one, especially side 1. Running up that hill  .. . is a damn good hit and remains easy to listen to decades later. Her vocals were also very strong.

good stuff, hadnt listened to her before.

Some very good songs. The rest were decent if not mind blowing.

Some stellar tracks but as an album it’s not that consistent.

Starts off strong. Really enjoyed the Jig, but the Witches one was a bit odd.

Not bad

Unique but not my cup of tea, a lot of fillers between the thrillers.

First song was great and then it slowly went downhill.

No es mi estilo pero me ha molado

it's good.

Arranca muy bien con "Running up that hill" y "Hounds of love", luego todo depende más de su voz y canciones más ligeras. Hay toques de folk que también me han gustado. Los 80 no fueron tan malos en perspectiva.

Solo recordaba el éxito y nunca escuche el disco, buen aporte

Pretty good

Pretty good album. Thank god she wrote the running up that hill song!

Strong opening which gave way to some self indulgent tracks but Kate is so charismatic she carries it off

I appreciate the unique sound and experimental pop, though I don't particularly enjoy most of it. If I heard this without context and had to guess when this music was from I would have probably guessed much later than 1985, a testament to its progressive sounds and the influence it has had on other musicians.

definitely different

great pulse, donna summer-esque, but too repetitive

I like the concept/ideas Kate Bush does more than the execution, unfortunately. I really wanna like her, but it doesn't get there all the way for me. She's kind of a mix between Tori Amos and Bjork for me. "Running up that Hill" is a classic though, perfect 80s electronica-darkness. Definitely more of a Bjork fan here. 3.5 down to 3.

Orimligt mycket bättre än förra Kate Bush albumet jag fick upp? Det här tyckte jag faktiskt om! Verkar vara innan det blev på tok för skumt. Jaa men bra iaf!

Very good

Running up that hill is a great song

Production quality not as good as O expected from her , album got weird during second half and it got a weird pacing but overall a good album

it was OK, but not my thing

Lots on this album that was new to me, not all to my taste

Classic 80s!

Favorites: Hounds of Love, Mother Stands for Love Running up that Hill: interesting synths - 0.75 Hounds of Love: Very fast-paced - 1 The Big Sky: meh - 0.5 Mother Stands for Comfort: i love everything here, from the beat to the synths, to the vocals - 1 Cloudbusting: Violins coupled with vocals makes me feel like I could be flying through the clouds - 1 And Dream of Sheep: meh - 0.5 Under Ice: interesting dark vibe, but still meh - 0.5 Waking the Witch: hearing clips of incessant British voices is very annoying - 0 Watching you Without Me: Very soft and beautiful song - 0.75 Jig of Life: I like the use of the Irish jig for a pop song, but it’s still an Irish jig - 0.5 Hello Earth: Novel and too long - 0.25 The Morning Fog: love the acoustic guitar picking in this song - 0.75 Total: 7.512

Stimme okay. Musik 80s okay. Hat mich nicht gestört zu hören, hat mich aber auch nicht umgehauen. Hat auch nicht Interesse nach mehr geweckt. Die zweite Hälfte war etwas abwechslungsreicher. Die Fiedel und die Choräle waren interessant, aber der männliche Sänger (?) weniger. Hat sich insgesamt ausgeglichen, aber gleichzeitig waren die Einlagen zu unterschiedlich und zu weit weg von der ersten Hälfte, dass sich das Album schon wieder nicht mehr richtig für eine einheitliche Stimmung eignet. Interessant, aber nicht zufriedenstellend.

Lovely 80‘pop...enjoyed it more than I expected. Also, didn‘t know that „running up that hill“ was originally by her...but I also lik the Placebo cover of the song.

Cool concept album, I particularly like the B-side with the orchestra and choir, especially the Irish song.

1985. Key Songs: Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting

Not a fan. Is everything ok Kate?

This album jumped up the charts because of Running Up That Hill being on Stranger Things, but I don't quite get it. I assume it's a nostalgia trip for many, but I couldn't get into her style.

Very funny loaded first few songs great!

I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of the people who claim Kate Bush is an iconic artist are actually mostly boomer men who remember rubbing one out over her dancing around in a leotard when she was seventeen. Because, let’s be frank, this is a bit shit, really, isn’t it?

Börjar såklart dunderstarkt och håller nivån 4-5 låtar men sen tappar det riktning och blir spretigt och experimentiellt. Tyvärr inte för mig... STARK 2a

Parece álbum de terror.

Je ne me suis pas senti transporté

First half of this album is some well done 80's pop music. The second half gets a little too out there and is just kind of strange. The album has some highlights, but starts to lose interest over time. 2.5/5 Won't listen again

I'M BEHIND OK Mmmmm.... kinda boring if u ask me I liked running up that hill

Really thought i'd enjoy this album way more considering it has running up that hill in it. But i didn't vibe with any other songs :/

Some of it is fine, but I find the vocals to be annoying at best. It sounds like 80s pop which I've never liked.

Not the best singing or the most interesting songs in general in this album. I would feel embarrassed to show anyone a song from this album because of all the weird noises thrown in throughout it.

No es tanto mi estilo, pero podría escucharlo tranquilamente

Ein paar gute Sachen aber vieles was mir nicht so gefällt...

ok

way different / her own world

Sólo conozco la primera canción, despues me pareció.... Meeeh...

done

shes definitively creative

Listening to this album is a revelation for the character of Max on Stranger Things. There are songs I can’t stand and the idea of listening on cassette, where you can’t skip to the songs that you love (which there are many I would have continued to listen for)… It’s an album of waiting, both for the songs I prefer and for many of the themes of those songs. Time exists in a way similar to the way I feel it, with Jig of Life bringing me back to some very exciting wakes, while the “futuristic” feel of many of the songs (futuristic for their own time period in 1985, not so much ours) still wrings out drops of the past. … yeah, this album made me feel weird things, which is good because I thought the last album bored me so much I’d stop caring about any of this and just go back to listening to my weird blend of annoying music everyone wants me to turn off. I didn’t skip Waking the Witch, though I really wanted to. The song wants to tell me that I want to skip it because it’s powerful and I can’t handle that power! But, it’s not that. It’s just annoying. I’m sure it was crazy, wonderful feminine energy when it was created, but we’ve come far beyond that and can contain feminine energy in so many different ways now, it’s okay if I don’t like this version. I loved the last two songs and added two others to my favorites. So it’s a decent album. It’s just hard to say the album is 3 stars when I truly could not stand 2 songs, and disliked others enough to never listen to the album again. Because albums should stand together? Maybe? I think an album should end up being more than a sum of the songs that make it up. Which makes me wonder when we’ll get to Prince. I’m afraid we won’t because the 1001 albums are mostly British and white? Not all, but most. I am wondering where I will seek out a list after I get through this (which, seriously will be in a few years), so that I can vary my listening habits more.

1 song

I went in with an open mind but I just cannot get on with Kate Bush

660/1001 2026.07.17 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

I only really liked the first song, the rest were nothing special.

No me pueden dar mas pereza los 80. Aún así el principio del disco me ha molado pero según iba a avanzando se me ha hecho MUY cuesta arriba.

not really my style 6/10 couldnt finish it

Not an album I’d heard previously and I liked it, two stars. Tom.

Banger of a first song but then the rest didn’t ever reach those heights again, also got a bit weird in the second half with some of the noises

Besides the massive hit, I struggled with this one. Very ethereal, which is usually my jam but something about this sat wrong with me. 2/5

Not really for me.

Lots of "Yay Yo" vocal fills on these songs. Once it caught my ear I was done.

bow wow wow i find something about this incredibly grating

Of course the first thing that comes to my mind is stranger things series. Sounds too much like the 80s, combining also classic instruments between the synths and drums. I dont like so much Kate’s voice though.

Obviously she's brilliant, just not what I enjoy listening to regularly

tava querendo ouvir kate bush ent foi mt preciso essa recomendação!!

Pas mon délire. Ça devient un peu chiant à la longue même s'il y a quelques idées sympa

Other the first song which is a classic, others are forgettable. A concept album is one which I didn't understand

I appreciate her for trying to have her own style away from her contemporaries, but I’m just not a fan. I find her way of singing a little cringey and I can’t really explain why

Wasn't sure where the album could go after that beginning. Really liked Big Sky but it could have done without a layer or three of random sounds. The rest of side one doesn't do much for me. And Dream of Sheep was nice and then I'm napping again. Jig of Life vacillates between beer commercial and Hornswoggle entrance music and neither do it for me. It's a 25% hit rate which is not great even if the good songs are pretty-to-really good.

Waking the Witch suuuuuuuucked. So did Watching You Without Me. Dumb glitchy crap. The weird spoken word stuff in "Hello Earth"? Awful! I like the dogs on the cover. The first half of the album was fine, then it really lost me.

Running up that hill is an unquestionably great song. The rest of the album didn’t really move the needle for me though

Not bad other than waking the witch, but not something i’ll come back to. It was nice that the viral song (running up that hill) wasn’t a standout, but again, i never got that bandwagon so 2 stars for me

I feel like these records all kind of sound the same but there are some standouts that I really like

metallic sound, not so many good songs

Wasn’t really a fan of any of the tracks, but could see why some people love this album.

Not a fan i dont really like her voice icl

This was an incredibly interesting sound, with a number of songs that feel like they could've been released during the 2000's. It's a shame then that I didn't really care for most of the songs? Maybe I just don't like art pop, but most of the songs didn't really vibe with me.

2.4 3x seems some weird scottish interlude, but overall it's not bad

Obviously this album has become well know in recent years because of the use of "Running up that Hill" in Stranger Things. Having never heard any of the other songs from this album, I feel like this was an excellent choice in general for Strange Things because of its prog rock concept album sort of vibe. Waking the Witch particularly felt like a good choice for a show about kids obsessed with D&D and it kind of freaked me out to be honest.

What Kate Bush and this album in particular deserves respect for is the arrangements. The sound of some of the songs is truly remarkable, and to produce an album yourself, record it in the studio you built yourself, is truly impressive. But everything else... I think Hounds of Love appears on various "best of" lists more often than any other album. Can anyone explain why? It's certainly not because of the first side, which is almost entirely danceable new wave. So all the credit goes to the incredibly drawn-out, pseudo-philosophical second side, where ballads mingle with Irish motifs, and piano passages morph into industrial drum machine sounds? No, let the Pitchfork journalists listen to that. I was thinking of adding a third star for "Running Up That Hill," but even that one was better with Placebo.

Didn´t like it. Just a few songs.

Se siente pop más oscuro, íntimo. Más personal que comercial.

I feel a little conflicted I don’t know what I supposed to take from this album and the latter half of this album felt a bit all over the place but I did enjoy some of the songs Kept having this weird thing happen were the song would start and I would hate it but then as it went along I found myself like the track more

It s sounds very romantic to me. I didnt enjoy this álbum, i dont feel that i found gold.

sounds like from the 80s, and kind of every song like it's the same, at least the first few. "Waking the Witch" has a bit stronger vibe - not necessarily something I'd listen to, but it caught my attention. Is she Irish?

okay

The Ninth Wave (mini concept-album, the second side of Hounds of Love) is surreal and atmospheric, especially Under Ice and Jig of Life. It's about a woman drowning in the aftermath of a shipwreck. The rest of the album is either generic, or just not my style at all.

Me reee aburrió

It wasn't my style, i only liked one song because i had heard it on a serie

2 Kate Bushs in a week ahhhhh i'm going insane Massive single, rest of the album is meh Fave track: Running Up That Hill

Never have gotten this - just not my thing I guess. Actually liked the unfamiliar stuff a good deal more than the relatively well known ones.

Did not enjoy after the first song. Maybe it's not my type of music but way too experimental or "progressive" pop.

No pude terminarlo

Running up that hills has a cool sound to it (other than being played out from ST), but the lyrics make very little sense. There's a couple other cool sounding songs, but most of the album is boring and filled with cheesey 80s keyboard sound effects

Weird weird album. There are some very good songs (songs I can say are good, however I don't personally like them) then the second half of the album is so random like what. Uh because of that pretty mid. Idk maybe it has meaning and that makes it good what do I know.

Dreadful

Maybe I need to listen to more pop, but to me it sounds like Vespertine by Bjork but without the gorgeous production. Or in other words, strange vocals with very 80’s like instrumentation and synths. Not my thing, but still respectable. Running Up That Hill brings me back to summer 2022 and I liked the bass tone on Big Sky. Favorite Songs: Running up that hill, The Morning Fog.

While Kate Bush is a super talented vocalist, this really bored me at times. It wasn't terrible, it just felt like background music. I instantly recognized "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" Liked Songs: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" , "Hounds Of Love" , "Jig Of Life" , "The Morning Fog"

stranger things?? per annie. if running up that hill wasn't in this album, it'd be a 1. frankly. 2.5

I know this got a huge push for Running Up That Hill because of Stranger Things that song never really did much for me. It is catchy and the chorus gets stuck in my head but I don't love it. There was another song (Hello Earth maybe?) that sounded very very similar to Running Up That Hill. Nothing else really stood out to me.

Not my taste.

To me, this really has a theatrical bend to it, it sounds like a cast recording of a Broadway musical. Not really my cup of tea.

I know this is heavily praised, but it’s too artsy fartsy and sophisticated for me.

Every Kate Bush album I've ever heard has had 1 to 3 songs I love, and then mostly a bunch of pretentious bullshit. This is at the low end of the former and the high end of the latter.

I know she is a really good artist but I couldn't like this even if I tried. I think it has to do with her voice, and it's not that it's bad but it's not for me

it feels very theatre kid - but kind of eerie / ghostly vocals - feels very otherwordly ngl. very lorde 'shhhhh' moment. i cannot keep listening to this it's just a bunch of hooting and hollering oh my god

Kate Bush should be thanking the Duffer brothers every day for the rest of her life for making her relevant. If they had not attached her opening track to the Stranger Things series, no one would know her name. I’m not totally bashing her. She can sing, but I went to high school with people who are more talented vocally and they don’t have a record deal. Just an average singer with below average songs in my opinion.

I should like this because I like most things Kate Bush adjacent - Tori Amos, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Patti Smyth, Christie Hynde, but I don’t like it. There is nothing about this that makes me want to come back to it. It’s not brilliant or beautiful… it’s weird and indulgent. It’s off and it’s off-putting. Incredibly overrated.

not for me

о боже це ж вюзерінг вюзерінг хайтс омага

Not my jam at all. Never cared for the stranger things song and the waking the witch song or whatever it’s called was god awful.

What started as a classic Lady Pop album quickly turned into an experimental progressiv Indi/Electronic/Folk album - was not what I was expecting but also not something that I enjoyed listening to.

demasiado aburrido y aparte todas las canciones son re parecidas, no me esta gustando, por ahí a la mitad hubo un cambio de flow q lastimosamente fue para mal, pero me gusta q esta como contando una historia

The tightly-constructed numbers like "The Big Sky" on this record are decent (if overlong), but the further Bush strays from conventional song structures (as she does on the entire second side), the less compelling the tracks are. In addition, the mix of acoustic and electronic instrumention on this album consistently feels...off. These missteps in the arrangements chip away at the effectiveness of the songs: for example, the nagging synth hook of "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" sounds out of sync with the drum track, which itself sounds muffled and flat at the same time. The use of sampling on this album is equally unsophisticated, like the clumsy faux-industrial percussion that contributes little to "Mother Stands For Comfort".

Her voice is beautiful, the performances compelling, the songwriting on point…but I just don’t like this album.

Not really for me, kind of slow

A few songs I’m familiar with, the rest are mundane and boring

Beautiful voice singing 80s avant garde songs that probably sounded cool when they came out but now sound corny. Sounds like she probably inspired Enya and Bjork, neither of whom I ever liked.

If this is your thing very awesome I thought it was ok. I liked when it got really scary in the middle then the white people from sinners started to show up

Another no thank you not my thing.

I’m not a huge Kate Bush fan, but you cant really fault Running up that Hill and Hounds of Love (albeit the Futureheads cover is far superior) for an opening. Unfortunately and somewhat unsurprising the quality and interest levels drops off after that. Overall it’s just a bit dull which is odd given it is a fairly eclectic collection. Under Ice and Waking the Witch mistake eccentricity for creativity.

ok, she did better ones

Love the idea of it, but it's not my thing

vager dan leuk is.

I’m sorry, Kate Bush, I tried to listen to this album in the 80s, then when Stranger Things came out, and just now. I think you’re incredibly talented, but I just don’t get it. It sounds like I’m listening to the soundtrack to a Disney movie.

Not my kind of music either.

Sometimes good but sometimes she not for me

Ihan menevää musiikkia, muutama kipale kolahtaa enemmän kuin muut. Albumi ei kokonaisuutena kuitenkaan säväytä 2 tähteä enempää.

Love 80’s music but this was not my thing

Who knew that while this was being made, the world was prepping for another Bush to come in and do some other stuff

shit

Classic 80s incredible female artist is such a ground breaker for women and songwriting definitely one of those like Taylor Swift’s of the 80s and not my sound generally.

At first, I thought it was good, pleasant music. But in the second half of the album, there was a lot of psychedelia, and the song Waking The Witch made me feel physically uncomfortable, so much so that I couldn't even listen to it to the end.

This album was surprisingly hard for me to get through. This style of art-pop-vocals are just really annoying to me. I actually had to stop listening during And Dream of Sheep because too much of this album sounded like someone butchering lullabies. In 1985, we had The Smiths, New Order, The Cure, and Tom Waits all releasing great albums, and the Cocteau Twins releasing Treasure a year before. With that backdrop, I'm genuinely perplexed why this is the album I'm listening to today. I apologize to the inevitable unanimity around 4/5 stars from the rest of the group - I know I'm the outlier here. Under Ice -> Jig Of Life saves this from being a 1 star.

Not a fan

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Running up that hill is a banger but the rest was meh

sympa mais un peu ennuyant, je pense néanmoins que ça a du être novateur à l'époque. j'ai bien aimé "and dream of sheep", et moins apprécié "waking the witch".

Running up that hill and big sky are bops but the rest is garbage.