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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
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.
Very vibe driven; not musically driven. Kind of creepy/scary which I'm not the biggest fan of. The barking was a choice. "Watching You Watching Me" is a standout for me - the production sounds kind of Indian. "Jig of Life" feels Sinners coded. The second half of the album definitely feels a lot more special than the first. But I wouldn't listen again, a little too weird for my tastes. 2/5
Very Irish - pretty interesting, not my favorite. I liked Running Up That Hill the most of course.
There are depths in the lyrical content of this record, but without context, history, or research, you're not going to get all of the details. It seems like a kind of gestalt performance art and I can appreciate that. It's an album that needs more than a few listens to see the big picture. On the surface level most of the music is decent, but there are some strange things going on throughout that beg more attention. Weird and dramatic in a theatrical way.
First half really good, second half not so good
the beginning of the album was great, but the songs start getting progressively darker. i find it too agressive for me
A bit weird
nuh uh
Couple of good tracks, then it's running down that hill.
Not my jam, felt it was too boring.
Running up the hill (Stranger Things)
Eh liked maybe 2 songs no saves
The overproduction ruins a lot of what would otherwise be good pop songs. Strip the dialogue snippets and weird sounds pasted in and this would be a better album for me. Still, I see much of the appeal. She can sing like nobody’s business.
listenable, but this is a very first superficial listening opinion. However, it doesnt seem to be even comperable to 'The Dreaming'.
Experimental sound, very atmospheric, but with little variations so the songs become repetitive
RUNNING UP THAT HILL!!! but the album is very weird after it. I started questioning if I liked it around Mother Stands for Comfort. Its a little too out there for me. I felt like I was listening to a recording of pretentious art students doing an interpretive dance final.
Not really a fan. Only song that stands out is that song that played over and over again on Stranger Things.
Nope
1 - "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God). Good start. I was already familiar with this track from the Stranger Things craze a couple of years back. Love Kate's vocals on this track. You can feel the agony in her vocals as she pleads to God. That guitar rift around 3:40 is the creme de la creme! Okay, after listening to the rest of the album, I can see why everyone just knows that first song. The rest of the album gets too experimental for me. It comes across as a pitch for a surrealist musical.
2/5
Här finns en del ljusa stunder. Stranger things-hiten Running up the hill och Big sky är ju fina. Överlag är A-sidan betydligt roligare än sida B. Bush ligger dock konstant på gränsen för att bli för teatralisk. Ibland håller hon sig på rätt sida men kliver fel allt oftare ju längre in i skivan vi kommer (möjligen med avslutande The morning fog som undantag).
Jag kan köpa att albumet är med på listan. Produktionen i kombination med Bushs sång gör att det låter tillräckligt unikt. A-sidan är helt ok, men B-sidan är urtrist. Alldeles för mycket teater och folkmusik för min smak.
Album composed of, Running Up a Hill and all the other over layered repetitive songs.
A couple songs I recognize from many years ago. 2.5 stars
STRANGER THINGS ALBUM
Good at the beginning, becomes experimental (?) at the end, which I did not think was very good. How can you start with Running Up That Hill (great song) and end so poorly?
too 80s
Not my cup of tea.
I'm honestly not sure why this album seems so popular. Did not enjoy it for myself. Wasn't awful, but also nothing special
This one should have stayed tucked away in a fern bar in the 80s
Wispy, eery, musical
A bit weird and some of the songs drag on a lot. Running up that hill is by far the best and most iconic track. The synths and bass in mother stands fir comfort are really cool
I had high hopes for this one, but it definitely fell short of my expectations. It has a strong start with the opening track, Kate Bush's most popular song by a mile. Jig of Life was kind of cool too. But in the end, I think it lacks cohesion and found myself tuning out for a good number of songs. A bit of a bummer.
2nd straight Kate Bush album sigh though I will say this one is better! The ending is still obnoxious 2.5/5
couple really great songs - towards the end loses it a bit.
Nei takk.
I love Kate Bush's first album. That is all
On Youtube Music, Running Up That Hill has 724M listens, Hounds of Love has 9.5M, The Big Sky has 2M and Mother Stands for Comfort has 560K. That means that 99 percent of this albums listeners weren't able to make it to the end of song two. And over 99.9 percent of listeners weren't able to make it through track four. I imagine the vast majority of the 0.1 percent remaining were asleep. For those who would quibble with my methodology, remember we are post-truth now.
I just cannot with Kate Bush. I want to love it but I can’t.
Do I hate it? No. Do I like it? No.
2 absolute bagers to start the album, then it's pretty mid.
I know 'Running Up That Hill' is a great song but the rest if the album honestly put me to sleep.
Two Kate Bush albums in one week? Lucky me... Thanks a lot, Dimery. As I said before, this is the only Kate Bush album that should be anywhere near this list. It has the only song that a casual listener would have maybe heard before (and most of those people only know it because of "Stranger Things.") For everything else, please refer to my previous review.
It was ok. A bit wishy washy for my taste. A couple of songs grabbed my attention though.
I can appreciate the ideas and the genre-mixing that was in this record. I don't enjoy the New Wave genre very much, so this wasn't up my alley. Favourite Track(s): Cloudbusting Least Favourite Track(s): And Dream of Sheep
I've always had mixed feelings about Kate Bush's music. On the one hand, I like her very conscious artistic approach, which sometimes leads to quite unusual song structures. On the other hand, her voice is so high-pitched that it gets on my nerves after a while. And of course, despite the approach I described, it all has that new wave sound that, as I wrote earlier in this project, I've heard more than enough of. The cult factor and “Running Up That Hill” save the album “Hounds Of Love” a little, but for me, that's not enough for three stars today.
Outside the popular single it’s not a great album. Seems like it could be a movie similar to bat out of hell but no songs that I wanted to sing along too
I really wanted to like this… I didn’t
Tää oli vähän liian ”taiteellista” musiikkia mun korville, vaikka Kate Bush on tuttu ja hän on erinomainen laulaja. Eipä tästä kuuntelusta jäänyt muuta mieleen kuin ensimmäinen kappale ”Running Up The Hill”. Se oli myös ainoa ennestään tuttu.
Industrial romantic 80s pop. Hits you like a strong perfume emanating off a lady with gobs of bright red lipstick. Similar to the Joanna Newsom, I appreciate this on some level, but it’s not for me unfortunately
Meh. Maybe evocative of the 80s but not something I want to listen to much
Once again the Brit bias of this list shining through. This. Is. Not. Good. Almost broke my no skipping/listen to 100% of album record. Are all the 5 star reviews listening to the same album as me? I don’t get it. 2 stars since I didn’t hate every track (but almost).
Tää oli aika mitään sanomaton teos. Jälleen töiden ohessa kuunnellen, niin ei oikein jäänyt mieleen muuta kuin etenevässä määrin ärsyttävä ääni ja vikan biisin hauska basso. tuu points
Vähän muniin puhalteluksi tämäkin jäi, vaikka ääntä riittäisi vaikka mihin. Hieman kaipaisi puska trimmailua.
This isn't part of the 80's I wish to revisit. I recognize the value of some of this music, but in general, Kate Bush isn't for me.
Ridiculous ‘80s pop-opera.
not sure I get the hype on this one
couple of good songs offset by over indulging the artist
It’s a lot.
Spoko
Alright
I do see the vision. I see why people like Kate Bush, and she is a very talented composer and songwriter, but I just cannot stand her singing
Quirky, reminds me of Bjork. Songs have effect but writing is lack luster
Idk just felt like a lot of filler songs but maybe she just isn't my vibe (except for running up that hill, amazing song)
Ehh real 80s
Not my jam
bah
Does the author of this project get a commission every time he recommends a Kate Bush album?! Hopefully this is the last. Recommending 3 of her albums (so far) is ridiculous.
An OK album.
Previously rated: The Dreaming (2/5) The Sensual World (2/5) *************************** I was going to say sorry to Ms. Bush here, but it seems I already did that in the previous review, so I'll just say this may be the best of the three I've heard, but overall I didn't care for it. It starts off decent enough with some poppy mid-80s sounds. Then it gets weird, artsy, and experimental, which I generally don't care for in music.
Running up that hill is a banger. not sure i really enjoyed anything else unfortunately. 2/5
Standout track is probably Running Up that Hill
Not as bad as I thought but too much random noise and I don't enjoy her voice
😴💩
The bad side of the 80s. 4/10
# 548 : Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush Hounds of Love – More Like Hounds of Mild Interest Kate Bush has a lovely voice and a wild imagination, but Hounds of Love feels like being gently chased by a very polite dog. It’s weird, slow, and light—like avant-garde lullabies for people who enjoy staring at clouds. There’s variety, sure, but it’s the kind that makes you wonder if your playlist shuffled into a dream sequence. “Running Up That Hill” and “Cloudbusting” are technically strong, but they both sound like they’re stuck in the same mystical fog. Only the first track really stands out—and even that one feels like it’s jogging uphill in slow motion. Verdict: A struggle to stay engaged. If this is essential listening, maybe we don’t need 1,001 albums before we die. If you have to listen to this, watch out for : Running Up That Hill Listened: 18/08/2025
I knew Running Up That Hill because of Stranger Things, and I think that’s the only song I really enjoy on this album because I’m familiar with it.
Pretty average for the time, I know it's a hot take but I find this album to be mid and a bit overly wordy at times. I would say I wouldn't turn it off but I also wouldn't pick it out. Running Up That Hill is and always was a bit grating, especially after Stranger Things and kids found out about it.
It’s okay but not really for me.
I really like Running Up That Hill so I'm sad to say every other track blows 😔 though I could see Jig of Life growing on me. Two stars because I believe in women's wrongs.
First song really good but then, uffff.
Things were going well until waking the witch and watching you.
Couple good songs, not much else
Not my bag
i lowkey don’t really like kate bush… sorry not sorry! “running up that hill” isn’t bad but it is definitely overplayed. the first half of the album was mid at best and bad at worst. however, the second half got marginally better. “jig of life” is an irish masterpiece. the next track, “hello earth” was REALLY cool. so haunting. i liked the choral aspect. i thought this album would end on a good note. alas, the last song let me down. the two good songs on this album were not good enough to save this from a 2/5.
Way too overproduced. I like some of her songs but, I could not connect to this album. Maybe if the album had a little less orchestration, it would have been better.
Her arrangements are ambitious, but I'm still yet to truly enjoy one of her songs through two of her albums.
woof
Meg Myers in den 80‘s? Sehr vielseitige Stimme. Eigentlich tickt es viele Boxen für mich, aber irgendwie not quite there yet. Ich könnte auch meg Myers oder everything everything oder blow hören und es machte mich zufriedener.
Bin mit der Stimme nicht so warm geworden.
- Artistic reference for Bjork, Adelle, Coldplay - Synth-pop, Prog-pop, art rock -Fuck ass album - Kinda mid ngl - NPC ass music - Voice is kinda good
I did recognize that first song which is real good. Easy listening.
I liked it more than I thought but don't need to listen to this again. Definitely sensing some Florence and the Machine inspiration here.
Waking the Witch is SPOOKY. For the most part, not for me
Ei ihan omaan makuun. Mäelle juokseminen on oiva, muuten ei tee mieli uudelleen kuunnella.
Unfortunate mixing of her voice, the instrumentals are very sleepy while her voice is VERY awake. Also tries a bit too hard to be art
running up that hill chorus is pretty iconic, my gen z rotted brain cell gets bored of the full song tho not sure if im a fan of Kate Bush's singing style... the woofs in Hounds of Love sound hilarious this style of singing and music just makes me think they're jerkign themselves off and idk, not my thing ^^; (maybe the word is "pretentious" lol)
Wasn't really familiar with her until "Running up that hill" resurfaced. Not terrible just not my thing
Don't reckon much to it, kind of odd, good instrumentals
It was a pretty good album overall, loved the hits. But the rest isn’t something I woudl listen to again, the vibe was a bit to weird for me. But it sounds like Bush is a pretty artsy creator, just maybe not totally for me. 2.5 feels right
I owned this in my youth but never gave much of a deep listen, it was a bit mellow and expressive for younger me. Loved, and still love, "Running Up That Hill", and enjoyed it's recent renaissance so a new generation could appreciate it. I excitedly dove in to see if I enjoy the album all these years later... but the album is so theatrical I know why 15 yr old me didn't get into it. "Hounds Of Love" is another familiar song, "Mother Stands For Comfort" was not good, hard to get through, same with "And Dream Of Sheep", while "Waking The Witch" was just unlistenable. The rest was just boring or insignificant. "Morning Fog" had it's moments. The listen counts are impressive with 1.4 BILLION on "Running", 50M on "Hounds" and 85M on "Cloudbusting" (average song at best) while all the others are 6M or higher. England loves her, that's 90% Brits! Too theatrical for me to enjoy. I could see oddly dressed people onstage in my mind. This would not make my Top1001, not even my Top2002. 2 stars for one amazing song.
Heard the singles but never the whole album. Some of it I really liked, some songs I had to skip. Not expecting the album to be perfect, but probably skipped more than I liked
First song on the album is good, catchy. Overall, the album sounds dated, though more creative than Madonna or Cindy Lauper. Honestly, I'd never heard of her before this.
After Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) every song that followed was a disappointment. I should like this, I should love the literature mysticality vibe, but this is just not it. 2/5
The vocals of Kate Bush are undeniable. The whole album sounds like a theater play. But I sure am not the targeted public.
i would have liked this album three years ago
Starts incredibly strong with "Running Up That Hill" but then immediately runs right off a cliff. Still, better than the last Kate Bush album I had to suffer through.
The first song is masterful, but it's downhill from there.
Running up that hill saved this album. Everything else kinda meh and forgettable.