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What an odd album. It just kept getting worse with each song.
I found this to be only slightly less annoying than “The Dreaming”. I think I just have to face the fact that Kate Bush’s music is just not for me.
Started really strong, then just kinda went... somewhere incomprehensible.
This sounds like an amalgamation of every mid 80's ballad for 47 minutes. I understand that this was supremely influential, and that's why everything else sounds like it. That doesn't mean I necessarily like it. It's not poorly made, it's not bad either. For me, it's unremarkable.
This is the fifth album from English singer Kate Bush, who does very well in the UK but no so much here. The record tends to be eclectic, but it definitely is not my taste. Seems like the music here would fit well in movie soundtracks.
Kate Bush is a bit too experimental for me.
Don't like
Let’s start with the elephant in the room. Yes, I have seen and actively enjoy watching Stranger Things. That being said, I think listening to this album has actively lessened my enjoyment of that fantastic scene. I just did NOT vibe with this album. Her voice is an enigma to me. I acknowledge that she’s got a beautiful singing voice, but God I really just do not love listening to it. The songs here are mostly passable, some of them are really annoying, some are boring, and only “Mother Stands For Comfort” is truly replayable in my eyes. “Jig Of Life” is actually pretty catchy as well. More songs I want to actively skip than replay as a whole though. I reiterate, I feel like I should like this album more and genuinely understand why people do like it, but man is it hard to listen to. I’m sorry, Kate Bush, I don’t think I’m your biggest fan.
Love running up that hill, but why is the song afterwards recorded in the shower? Doesn’t keep the level of the first song. 2,5/5 🗻
Another one I can appreciate, but it really wasn't for me.
Nope.
how did she run up the building exactly? a couple of bangers, but mostly quite weird. good for drunken interpretive dancing, but don't really understand the hype.
This is clearly an artistic concept album and I respect that, but it doesn't hit for me. The best of the album is fine, and the lows aren't too low. I'm just left feeling very neutral about it all. It's a 2.5 star, rounded down to 2. I enjoyed the effort of putting a narrative into the album. Silver lining is that the 2nd listen-through was more enjoyable. - I can hear how this album has influenced pop music today (big, bouncy drums underlining the vocals), but it's just a little too busy. Lots of moving pieces in each song. - I guess I just don't 'get' it. Even when stripped down, I'm struggling to engage with the songs - 'Cloudbusting' is a better song. Not as busy, more of a traditional band instrumentation. More accessible to the ear. - 'And Dream of Sheep' is nice too. Not my style in general, but it's nice! - 'Waking The Witch' - just when I'm warming up to the album, it gets all 80s pop and wacky again!
Never understood her popularity. Talented singer, but just don’t like the music.
Meh
The Curse of the Microprocessor What I would give to hear the isolated vocal busses of these recordings. They would be amazing. Such a beautiful expressive voice, possessed by a woman of such confidence, projecting this huge emotional range, all lost in this morass of tinny DX-7 and LinnDrum sounds driven by lifeless sequencers. Microprocessors made the recording process significantly simpler for producers. But hear what a waste that laziness made of a collection of beautiful songs. Now forever lost, tragically, in a sea of objectively unpleasant sounds.
Not my vibe
The first song and a few of the early songs were good, but I immediately got bored with them. The album started sounding like a bunch of generic 80s music I am tired of hearing. It could be a me-thing because I am so fatigued with 80s music.
Not sure why this had a big resurgence. Sucked in the 80s and still does today.
I know a lot of people like this album. It didn’t really work for me.
Cloudbursting was cool. Not really my style, not much of a fan but I can see why people enjoy her!
The first half of this album is a normal amount of weird for an 80s pop album. The second half is completely nuts - not in a way that particularly piques my interest. A truly strange album, which is refreshing in a way. But ultimately I just don't really like Kate Bush
Didn't enjoy this one much at all
Ima mi dobrih ona stvari, ali ovaj album mi nije napet. Imam osjećaj da je na ovoj listi zbog jedne jedine pjesme, što je malo lejm. A i način na koji je postala opet popularna ta stvar mi je dosta bezveze, pa ju ni ne mogu čuti više. Sve u svemu, neće ovo biti neka visoka ocjena. 2/5, 4/10.
Not sure I get why this is special.
Thought it was good at first but turned satanic toward the end. Lot of strange whispering and scratching sounds.
I'm a British man of a certain age. I know I am SUPPOSED to like Kate Bush. It's almost a matter of musical orthodoxy. Most of my friends profess to. Colour me a heretic, then. Her music and singing style have always left me somewhere between disinterested and irritated. Her vocal tics and affectations grate. I'll give this a 2/5 'cos that's my "All right if you like that sort of thing (I don't)" rating, as everyone tells me this is "good". I simply cannot hear it. I expect to be buried under the avalanche of 5 star reviews when I choose to look.
At this point I have listened to far more Kate Bush than I need to. This one was prob better and more accessible than the others but still doesn’t really do it for me. The fiddle came in on the jig of life and I was like what the eff just happened??? (Although I did enjoy that song).
Is Kate Bush Britain's answer to Madonna? It's VERY 80s synth-pop and not my thing at all but I guess I respect the experimentation and some of her more ambitious ideas. I'm more impressed than anything at hearing the original Hounds Of Love, as The Futureheads clearly heard something in that and turned it into an absolutely banging garage rock song that I would never have imagined possible.
She has a nice voice, but I don't like how she sings. It's sort of dramatic / operatic / spooky. I just don't think Kate Bush is for me, ultimately. I definitely see her merit, but I don't plan to return to her at all.
Huh? I don’t understand the rave reviews. Did we listen to the same album?
I get why it is iconic/influential. but this album was honestly kind of hard to listen to...
Hounds of Love Kate Bush Before Listening- I know her name. I don’t know anything about her. Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)- kind of a dancey track with some crashing guitars Hounds of Love The Big Sky- funky bass line, first notably upbeat song on the album, but I am not picking up on lyrics yet Mother Stands for Comfort Cloudbusting And Dream of Sheep Under Ice Waking the Witch Watching You Without Me Jig of Life Hello Earth The Morning Fog After Listening It's not bad. It's not my cup of tea, but I certainly didn't mind listening to it. There are some major anthems on here, that are reminiscent of the Jimmy Steinman productions- Meatloaf, Bonnie Tyler- big soaring vocals and guitars. I couldn't understand the lyrics too well, but a little motivation would have had me search these in five seconds.
It's good. Not great though. But probably seen as even more popular after Stranger Things.
Not bad overall, some interesting tracks.
nop
It's a cliche, because everything obviously is, but it's very much of it's time. The 80's in music especially pop is such a sound set in time and place. If in the right mind for 80's pop then let's hear it, if not turn it off now. This falls straight into that. Appreciate what she does as she does it her own way, but those 80s sounds. Her vocals sometimes feel unique and interesting, and sometimes (even at the same time) odd and enoying. 3 star - it's just in that middle ground for me, sometimes I want to hear it/ sometimes switch off. Expect on further listens today, -1 for it getting a bit shit in the middle whatever my mood. And strangly I find that *proper middle* englishness of it all a bit excluding and alienating, and I'm English since forever. 2 Stars - very disappointed.
this album sounds like the absolute epitome of a drug fever dream in the mid 80's. Half of the songs start out cool or have some promise, and then Kate Bush just rails like the fattest line of cocaine and takes a hard turn and goes in a completely different direction. it was hard to put my finger on where this album was actually going and what was going to happen. 5/5 stars if you wanted to experience drugs in the 80's without a time machine 2/5 stars for actual listening if you didn't experience the 80's drug scene
After Stranger Things, I thought about giving Kate Bush a try since Running Up That Hill was such a banger. Didn’t really enjoy this album then, still don’t really enjoy it now. Cloudbusting is decent but that’s about it. It’s barely a two, might even regret not giving it a one later on.
I mean, how cool is it that a song can peak almost 40 years after it was released. It's awesome that a "Running Up That Hill" being a key aspect in Stranger Things revitalized it higher than it ever was. It's even cooler that she made it through her own label and receives 100% of the royalties. Other than that fun song and fact, this album does nothing for me.
Sterk åpning, medium album
if you need music for the ride to the ren faire
Vibey but not my favorite.
didn't like it. The head voice singing becomes annoying really fast as do the synth strings and disco beat. It is definitely different from other music of its time, and the first few minutes are interesting, but after a while i lost interest.
Eh, so back and forth on this. Some great songs but not a consistent vibe and some atrocities
Not great although running up that hill is sick.
Warbly
Did not enjoy. 2/5
Not sure how this album made it on this list.
Interesting production, songs were ok, high 2.
I gave it my best shot, but no thank you
I can see how much of this was quite ground-breaking in the mid-80s. The expressive dancing, the production, the sampling, Bush's voice of course. But for me, it's very dated sounding with its really clean production and liberal use of what I think is fretless bass. And it isn't something I really have any ambition to revisit, although I absolutely think this album has earned its place on this list.
Am I being tortured? Back-to-back 80s albums? Really?
This is like a Cindi Lauper worst hits album. It has all of the most grating parts of her voice, all the worst 80s synth elements, and not one catchy song.
#4 I’m a little confused on this one. It could definitely just be a difference in taste, maybe I’m missing something, or maybe people are flat out crazy, but I have no idea how this album got as many awards as it did. I liked a few of the songs and would definitely save them, but the rest seemed a little too out there for me. I couldn’t really see the vision of cohesiveness or a through line in this album, so to me it just kinda seemed too chaotic and all over the place. Stranger things also ruined the first song for me just cuz it was so overplayed. Was really hopeful for this album but it kinda just amounted to blah. As I said, I think I might just be missing something, but for the amount of songs on the album, compared to the ones I liked, this can only really be a 2 for me personally.
Ah yes, the running up that hill album, that song got played to death a couple of years ago, making it go from rediscovered gem to overplayed. 2*, only because not really my jam. Highlights: jig of life (love the irish influence)
I wanna know if this was in the list before stranger things, coz it’s not the best thing I’ve heard
It’s not the worst 80’s shot I’ve ever heard, but there’s a lot of shit out there so the bar is so low it’s starting to sink down into the shit
non m'è piaciuto
Uma música carrega
very 80s. a few hits but other than that not a crazy album
Would this album be on the list if the song Running up that Hill wasn’t featured on Stranger Things?
I respect that everyone seems to love it, but I just really, really don’t get it. “Running Up That Hill” is great, but otherwise…meh. Just not my thing I guess. 2.5/5
One of those artists who I think will never be my thing. Side 2 was more interesting and Jig of Life was my favourite track, but I find her voice a bit weird and off-putting. A unique sound, though, which counts for something on my book.
I like her, but there were only a couple of songs that didn't sound just like all the others. "Running Up That Hill" and "Cloudbusting" were those two. An entire album of her just didn't do it for me.
"Waking the witch" was horrible, the other songs were pretty good. Kate Bush is not really my style (80s fem pop), but it was mostly enjoyable. There were some weird moments where the lyrics were intentionally accelerated like it was on fast forward and became gibberish; I don't understand the appeal of that choice.
Only recognized the first song. Apparently she was pretty big in the 80s. I don't really understand why (although This Woman's Work is spectacular). Waking the Witch was interesting... Overall, probably never need to hear this again (including Running Up that Hill...that song sucks. Ya I said it)
Growing up names like Madonna, Cyndi, Toni Basil, Toni Braxton and Whitney ruled the radio. I vaguely remember hearing Kate Bush but she didn’t stand out in the field of R&B queens and pop princesses. After listening to this album I think her music was to cerebral for pop, blending her rich vocals with synth-heavy melancholy. I was surprised when “Deal with God” made such a comeback a few years ago, rumor has it due to the Netflix show Stranger Things. Honestly, Big Sky was a better song. I don’t know if I would listen to this again. After a little while the songs began to blend together for me. Maybe it’s because I had already given my heart to Cyndi and Whitney years ago: one heart but an ear for each.
Did you know that Hounds of Love is Kate Bush's mating call to Ozzy Osborn!? It's true, look it up. Kate Bush, a longtime fan of Ozzy (and also Sabbath) heard 'Bark at the Moon' in '83 and responded by writing 'Hounds of Love' in '85. (Sure, Ozzy only may have responded because he thought Kate Bush was a line of cocaine). Rumor has it every October 31st at midnight they would rendezvous in the Paris 'moonlight' to consummate their secret love. Without that tidbit of information hiding in the nether regions of the internet, this album would be quite boring ... don't you agree?
I’m glad that the original “Running Up That Hill” again exploded in popularity after its inclusion on “Stranger Things.” It’s a really cool song. But it’s also been covered numerous times since “Hounds of Love” - sometimes better than the original. My favorite is Meg Myers’ 2020 version. Really, the song had already had its resurgence multiple times over the years thanks to Myers and others. The rest of the album never makes it up that hill. I’m generally not a fan of Bush’s voice. Too high and childish - she’s got great range and has a good ability to swing from low and husky to - What was “Waking the Witch”!? Maybe even better suited for a horror show than “Running Up That Hill.” Was Bush trying to have her “Thriller” moment? That deserved a single and a music video, but it did not make for a pleasant listen.
This album is Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), which is great, and not much else. The second single, Cloudbusting, is bad. Under Ice is bad. Waking The Witch is bad. Jig Of Life is bad. Parts of this album remind me of the movie Labrynth…a movie I like. Why, like Spyder with a Y, I don’t know.
I listened to this like a month ago and thought maybe i didn’t get it but regret giving it another chance. It’s not awful it’s just really not my cup of tea
I genuinely really like Running Up That Hill (shout out to The Vampire Diaries soundtrack) and I ironically love a Kate Bush song not on this album (Wuthering Heights music video 5ever) but the rest of this is very meh for me. For someone who loves theatre and over the top music, the vast majority of this is too out there for me
I gotta be honest, I found this kind of grating. I know it gets glazed by people who wanna show off their musical street cred to teenagers who just heard of her from Stranger Things. Despite how experimental and interesting some of her sounds were, I can't say I found them all that appealing to listen to.
It's Kate Bush, but it's not really my sound - Jig Of Life is good though.
3 st
Very 80s. One hit for me. Not great as a whole. 2/5
Good voice. Some good songs. Didn’t hit her stride until the tv show.
I can see her allure and why her music connects with so many. But it does nothing for me.
OK, but nothing exciting to my ears.
I have never understood this type of music. The 80s just had so much of it. It just feels like mediocre (or even poor) singing backed by synth keyboards and electronic drums. There's nothing particularly exciting about the music and it doesn't feel ground-breaking. The singing on every singing sounds like its using the exact same notes and scales to every other song. Even though they aren't alike other than genre, I feel like Kate Bush feels is the Wish version of Annie Lennox. "Cloudbusting" is the only song on the album I like through the first 5 songs. It has a more orchestrated score and better singing than the previous 4 tracks. In general the second half of the album far exceeds the first half in terms of composition, but it's still just not for me.
The songs all have the same feel and sound and there is not much variety
A lot of it sounds the same to me. She has a nice voice….its really a 2.5 for me…..BUT if I listened again it could be a 3….
Songs sound the same with not much variety
Not bad enough to get the abysmal 1/5, but not good enough to even get a 2
Was meh
Tons of Smiths and Bush records recently. Not my favorite artists
the first song became popular because of Stranger Things. The rest sounds like a dated 80's album.
Fine for a listen in the background, however I did take a bathroom break in the middle of it and didn't bother to go back to what I had missed.
Its okay.
While I appreciate the affect Ms. Bush’s work has had on many artists I like, from Bjork to Lana, I’ve never taken to it. It never sounds lush to me in the way its supposed to. She sounds like she’s trying way too hard to convince me of her deeply felt artistic sensibilities. On the second half of this album, especially, the faux orchestral routine is almost too much to bear. Also, I abhor songs that posit that God might want to “swap our places,” or might be “a stranger on a bus.” Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. If God exists (I know how I feel about it, but I’m not trying to convince anybody of anything), we are almost too minuscule to be of consideration, much less anyone They want to trade places with.
It was okay
Loved the first track. The rest wasn’t really my thing
She's just not for me...
I'm not crazy about her voice and it's mixed oddly quiet. I appreciate the songs being structured in a different way, but with a near complete lack of hooks or sensible composition it was just hard to get into.
Minus the one with the demon voice and the Irish Spring jingles it’s fine. I guess I mean track one is a classic.
Held up by Running Up the Hill
Meh
Je comprend l'importance, super voix, mais j'accroche moyen.
Pretty unaware of Kate Bush aside from her resurfaced popularity from Stranger Things. It's not for me, but I get why folks like it. A different time, maybe.
Second Kate Bush album on the list...and can confirm that I'm just not the biggest fan.
Weird AF.
This did not resonate with me. I don’t care for Kate Bush’s voice, I find it irritating, I can’t put my finger on why that is. There was some cool instrumentation on the album, but as a whole I didn’t like the songs. I know this album has a ton of accolades, I guess it’s just not for me.
Got bored halfway through.
Other than Running the the Hill, I did not enjoy this at all. 1.5 stars
Good voice but this album doesn’t do it for me
I’ve listened a few times now, and it just doesn’t connect with me.
Definitely not my thing. I can appreciate what she's doing, and that this is objectively kind of cool but it really didn't appeal to me.
She has as good a voice as her contemporaries, including (and maybe even better than) Madonna. But, it's wasted on these weird arrangements and over-dramatic songs.
Lead off track reminds me of Stranger things.
Mooie stem maar ook wel depression town
She is intense. Never heard of her until Stranger Things. I didn’t hate it, but my family did. Not sure it’s an all timer.
Loved about the first half of the album but then things got really 80’s and weird
It’s fine
Meh.
netflix ahh
Vaya conyàs de disc tu, m'ha costat escoltar-lo. Salvaria una cançó o dues com a molt, però em sembla que és víctima del pitjor estil de música pop de la seva època i ha envellit fatal. Expected Lorenzo rating: 2
Running up that hill is good. Rest is meh 80s pop imo.
Started off decent but the end of the album was trash
came to the realisation that i dislike her voice
3 good songs. Rest was weird
Disappointing, a song does not make a great album. Wouldn't care to hear a second time
It's whatever, really. 2 out of 5. No AI necessary for this one. The best part of the album is the "wake up" voices that are panned for a trippy effect. Really, that's it. Favorites: The Big Sky
I feel like I don't like fairies enough to appreciate this album
Not into this. Kate has a nice voice but the music does little to interest me. Adult contemporary soundscapes. I started to enjoy a couple of the later, more experimental pieces toward the back half of the album but even those seemed to drift away from my interest as they fell into the same monotonous synthy tones as the rest. Honestly it was depressing to listen to.
Mag die Stimme nicht
I don’t get this album at all. Except for the beautiful And Dream of Sheep, and the haunting Under Ice, there is nothing here I really enjoy. I read the raving reviews and try to understand its greatness, but no. I don’t like the songs. I will not listen to this album again if I have the choice. Which is a shame, cause I really like the song Wuthering Heights, and was excited to delve further into her discography.
Annoying album and voice
Kate is Running Up That Hill but got very sleepy with Sheep’s and Under the Ice. So really start strong and downhill from there. (1.5*s)
Some weird hypno pop, few hits in there but I didn’t really like it 2.8/5
I know people love Kate Bush but I just couldn’t get into her style. I liked Running up That Hill and Hounds of Love, both of which I knew from covers first. The pleasant surprises were Watching you Without Me and The Morning Fog. Most of the time it felt like I was listening to the soundtrack of a psychadelic 80s cartoon like the Last Unicorn. I’ve slightly amended my original opinion of her - unlistenable mad wailing lady - to experimental mad lady who sometimes wails. What was going on with Waking the Witch??
Too 80s for my vibe
Apologies to a R&R HoF recipient, but I am not a fan of the music. It is a beautiful voice, and it fails to hold my interest.
A little too much avant craziness for me
1. running up that hill - 2.5 2. houndz of love - 1 3. the big zky - 0 4. mother ztandz - 0 5. cloudbuzting - 1 6. dream of zheep - 1 7. under ice - 0 8. the uuitch - 0 9. uuatching - 1.5 10. jig of life - 0 11. hello earth - 1.5 12. morning fog - 1
Why are ppl so into this exactly???
I don't really get Kate Bush, which is probably more of a me problem than a her problem. Clearly she's very good at what she does, but I just don't think what she does is for me
Feels very 80’s for sure.
Described as the first cross-section of pop and prog rock with 80s production dominant throughout. Not really my jam (too 80s sounding) but Kate Bush was weirdly hot in the 80s. 2.5 if I'm being generous
I don't get it. This is a slightly less than mediocre album with lots of sound the same songs. It's 80's adult contemporary before it was considered adult contemporary.
Kate Bush..
Pois sen máis, gustoume 1 canción e xa verdade, non moi recomendabel
This album is odd. I don't think it's bad but it feels very experimental and a bit all over the place with a psychedelic vibe. Some of the songs I enjoyed more didn't really finish on that big note I was expecting. Like an album version of edging Even 'Running up that hill' doesn't finish as big as I think it should. It's a good song but it's not a 5/5 for me
Definitivamente no es para mi. Se salvan 2/12 y por los pelos. Una por ser famosa por stranger things y la otra por las gaitas irlandesas
Maybe I just don't get it. Feels like I'm not smart enough or something. There's definitely some experimental stuff here that's at least different. Maybe historical or personal context would help. I definitely feel having the benefit of listening to her peers in comparison would benefit me and the album.
I generally don't like female vocalists and sadly, this did nothing to change my mind. I guess it was interesting in places, a little experimental, but some of the strange animal noises just sounded a bit silly. Not for me, too 80s, all big hair and electronic drums. The Irish jig halfway through the second side was a definite low point.
Meh
Good, not great.
Too much. 2/5
Whiney voice and really not my style at all. Gets weird at points
Started strong with some engaging mode. I was confused how i had never heard of Kate Bush or this album. Why is this not known as an indie rock classic? As it went on it devolved into a mess closer to the likes of Bjork or Yoko, notorious experimental banshee rock beasts. I now understand why this is not an indie classic. A+ would experience the rise and fall again. 2.25 stars.
This will be amazing art pop for people into stuff that Kate Bush excels at. I am not those people.
Nett, aber nicht sonderlich gut und auch nichts, was ich mir nochmal anhören würde. 4.1/10
Some songs are outstanding but most of them are to my taste too experimental
Certainly, without a doubt, not my thing. Even the first track I mainly enjoy for the chorus and build-up. Almost respect the album though for the wild transition in vibe after Witch track. Fav Track: Running Up the Hill Wild Track: Waking the Witch
As bizarre as I expected. Not my thing at all, but still kind of an interesting weird 80s retrospective.
Felt repetitive
Not a big fan of this. Just not my groove.
The first track became popular because of “Stranger Things”, but doesn’t offer the punch it does when coupled with the show. At times Kate’s voice is hidden behind the instruments and can be much more powerful. A Linda Ronstandt type of sound, but again, Kate needs to show off her
I don’t like to skip songs in this, but blimey, a few I had to. One or two good tunes here which achieved a lot of mainstream success, however the majority is experimental and slightly boring. Not terrible, but probably would avoid in the future. I think this one just isn’t up my street. Songs added to playlist: - Running Up That Hill
- cooles Instrumentarrangement, besonders bei Cloudbusting - generell nicht so packend - album wird trippy mit waking the witch... - kate bush konnte mich noch nie fesseln und dieses album hat dies nicht geändert
Didn’t really like this one. It started to improve on the last few tracks, though. Don’t think I’m a Kate Bush fan. 4/10 Top 3: 1. Jig Of Life 2. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 3. Hello Earth
2/5
Mixed feelings. There are elements that I enjoy and recognize. A chill album to play in the background while painting. I can feel the work that went into the album. Favorite/surprising song? Under the Ice and Jig of Life. Most WTF song? Waking the Witch.
Not really my style, some interesting songs though
Seichter Rock, einzig interessante Ausnahme, da bekannter der erste Song.
Pleasant but not my thing
Couple good songs. The rest fell flat for me.
interesting album, but carried by Running up that hill
Idk why just kinda lame compared to her other projects
Idk. Made my train ride worse.
Partly heard before Saved 4/12 Top track: Running Up That Hill
This is my first time intentionally listening to Kate Bush. I've always heard good things about her music. Right off the bat, I'm really not a fan of her voice. I noticed this was very experimental for the time it was released. I can see how this went on to be very influential for many pop artists that we see topping the charts today.
This was basically fine, then just gets fucking weird at the end. The end of this album drops the rating.
Trying not to let the last Kate Bush album cause too much bias here. I know "Running Up That Hill" topped Billboard recently because of Stranger Things, but it wasn't that special of a song... Waking the Witch certainly got my attention. Jig of Life was solid too. This album is better than The Dreaming. Still wasn't anything great. Points for originality as well. Maybe 2.5 for this one...
It's just a bunch of weird talking. A bunch of the song would be ok if there were only a minute long Running up the hill is a bop. And cloudbusting is pretty good Making the witch was really weird but not in a good way. Back to old Kate Bush style which stinks I walked outside and when I came back in more weird shit was happening in Jig of Life This album stunk but at least there were some actual tracks that I could call songs in the beginning so that saves it from a 1
Listened to Running Up That Hill a few times since Stranger Things but have moreso been listening to the MMJ cover at Roo which was a fuggin BOP. Solid song. Definitely liked this more than The Dreaming which was a giant piece of shit to me. Still doesn't do much for me but some songs were actually kinda pretty. I just don't think I can get down with her voice, but some of the musical aspects are pretty wild in a good way. Also, what the actual fuck is happening in Waking the Witch? Not sure if I should go down or up .5 for that song alone.
Track 1 is a classic. Track 4 can go in the bin.
Eh was ok but not something I’m planning to return for
There were some good songs on here. 2.5/5
Revolutionary for the time but tame by now. I'm glad Stranger Things resurrected her briefly though, it was really such a fitting song for the show. Definitely not something that I'd listen to regularly.
Album started really well but drops off massively
Eh
Weird
I found her vocals to be monotonous. I liked Jig of Life
Ajoittain jopa semi rasittava levy. Running Up That Hillinkään alkuperäinen versio ei ollut niin hyvä
Stranger things song, but a whole album of similar sounds. Just didn’t hit for me.
2/5 Best: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) Worst: Waking the Witch
Lmao weomg one syrange rthibgs
Raaaari.
Running up that hill a hounds of love jsou od ní, což jsem předtím nevěděl. Nicméně oba covery jsou lepší než originál.
AJ: Weird noises. Weird lyrics. Running Up That Hill is a monster of a song. Her vox are great. Was cool to learn that this album knocked Madonna out of #1 in the UK in 1985. She’s way cooler than Madonna. Kind of discovered and helped out by David Gilmour. That’s one way to get me to listen. Synth and weirdness cut with some clean piano playing. Fucking 80’s, man. SO WEIRD. Pete Gabriel’s sister..? Lol From wiki: The second side of the album, The Ninth Wave, takes its name from Tennyson's poem, "Idylls of the King", about the legendary King Arthur's reign, and is seven interconnecting songs joined in one continuous piece of music.[66] From AJ: Craaaaaaazy
I don’t get it
Y'avait quelques bonne music et bon moment, mais c'est pas tant mon style de musique. En générale meh
Not bad not great, I haven’t taken the time to listen to too much 80s music just yet, and I don’t think Kate Bush is a great start. I’ve heard running up that hill too much, but I liked cloudbusting, watching you without me, and the big sky. Im writing this review weeks after listening so Im curious how they’d hold up rn
When I listened to the album the first few times, I didn't even play the opening track. I figured that one's great, I already know that. However, on my fourth listen I went through Running Up That Hill... and it isn't even that good. Respect to Kate for being unique and not making it 12 pop songs, but I was bored. Need I remind the authors that this is 1001 ALBUMS I need to listen to, not 1001 songs and the crap that accompanies them on their record.
Hon är duktig men tråkig.
Ehh not my vibe
Always felt like Kate Bush was too overrated, still think that. That being said, this isn’t a bad album, just nog as great imo as others make it out to be
Have never really got on with the voice. This album hasn't changed that. Sorry Kate!
Uhhh.... this was a hard one for me to rate fairly I think. I know that the album is extremely good at being... what it was - a weird, synthy, artsy 80's pop album full of hairspray and nasal-y vocals. However, it's just not for me. I get that Kate Bush's dramatic voice really adds to what she wants her music to mean, but I don't like it all. I probably won't ever listen to this album - or any songs from it - again.
Dat viel me tegen, jammer
Not my
TIL that Kate Bush is pretty friggin' weird. I respect her willingness to let her freak flag fly, but it appears her music's not really my bag.
Okay but some weird songs and very dramatic
Meh, very 80s good for background
Trage muziek met vrouwenstem, echt niet mijn ding.
2 My roommate is close friends with a couple from the UK who adore Kate Bush, who then proceeded to get my roommate into Kate Bush, and now I hear too much Kate Bush for my own damn good (Stranger Things also didn't help). So, I kind of groaned starting this album, as it sounded like everything else I've heard from her - very generic 80s pop. While I don't necessarily mind that kind of music, it doesn't feel like there's much here that I haven't heard before. Side B on this album at least went in a little bit of a different, experimental direction that I appreciated at first, but it started losing me again towards the end. To me, it feels like she wanted to explore two different genres/concepts, but didn't venture far enough into either direction to do them justice and ended up with an all-around mediocre album. Sorry Brits, but I'm another American who doesn't get it. Favorite songs: Jig of Life, Running Up That Hill
что-то мне вообще не понравилось… может это мое настроение, но манера и тембр голоса раздражали( когда-нибудь может переслушаю
09/13/22 Tik tok ruined the album. At least the vibe. Off to St. Louis!
Instantly recognized the purple cover of Kate Bush lying down with a couple of dogs. It's the one with "Running Up That Hill". It's currently a hot track because it appeared in the Netflix series, "Stranger Things". My sisters loved the show. Apparently, it was set in the '80s. "Stranger Things" also featured other '80s artists including The Clash and of course Metallica. But Kate Bush's popular single is the most Tiktok friendly. So unsurprisingly, it took storm in the internet. Personally however, I didn't really care about it. Once when my sisters and I were hanging out, we tried listening to the whole song. Halfway through, one of my sisters said it was longer than she thought. I agree, it's quite long. Only it isn't. It's 5 minutes long. And even after listening to it again now, I still don't care about it. Sure, it has a decent sound, but it's still a mildly annoying '80s synthpop song. And that's the album as a whole, boring '80s pop. This album is decent. It's well-produced and it has some great sounds. I don't really see anything interesting about Kate Bush as a singer. Her voice is shaky (idk if it's distorted or it's just her or both) and a bit generic. As a whole, it's quite boring.
Wasn't grabbed by anything but the first song
Running up that hill is a certified banger. I kept thinking this is moody Madonna. Kate Bush might look into bringing suite against Disney for the frozen soundtrack
Kann ich keine 3 Sterne für geben, bloß weil Cloudbusting und Running Up That Hill drauf sind. Kate Bush ist Prototyp des im eigenen Studio vor sich hinfrickelnden Künstlers (m/w/d), dabei gelingt es ihr erfrischend, popkulturelle Standardwendungen und -arrangements außer Acht zu lassen. Die Songs sind aber einfach nicht gut. Bis auf die bereits erwähnten, die sind natürlich fantastisch. Dieses Album hätte für die Liste gereicht.
It's fun getting this now when "Running Up That Hill" is surging up the charts again. That being said, this album goes way over my head. I zoned out a little in a few spots, and while I "appreciate" this album, I probably won't be listening again. Favorite tracks: "Running Up That Hill", "Under Ice"
I finally ordered the book so I could find out why this list is full of mediocre albums. This was another snoozer imo.
Highlights: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) Mother Stands For Comfort And Dream of Sheep Cover: 7,5 / 10 Rating: 5,5 / 10
Meh
Thought it was only ‘bad’ until the number with the Irish monologue over the top. Then it was truly awful.
1.7 - Nothing past the first track was really worth my time.
Il y a beaucoup de fromage, mais il y a aussi une réelle quête d’inventivité à l’intérieur des paramètres du pop. Probablement une des grosses influences de Tori Amos et Sam Brown. Je ne vais probablement pas y retourner, il y a un petit côté romanesque que je n’aime pas, mais je suis content de l’avoir écouté.
Creative, but lacking structure. Self-indulgent, hard to track.
I get that she might have been a big deal in the 80s because of her high vocals but miss girl gave us nothing. Some songs had some really great melodies but they couldn’t shine because of her vocals. It was torture to listen to her work. I know I am not the target audience but I know how to appreciate a good album even if it isn’t my taste and this album just wasn’t it. It was boring and quite painful to listen to. I need to cleanse my ears with some good music after this.
Not bad. Starts well, then fades. Too many different musical styles imo.
Not my style
Couple of great songs, some good ones and a couple strange ones... Nice. Like to hear more of it. 2/5 for now.
This is one of those albums that I thought I would maybe like (having not heard it before) because I've been told for years how amazing she is. I just didn't get it. I didn't want to turn it off, but I don't want to play it again, either.
Yuck. I cant take listening to her shrilly voice. People sure didnt question things while sniffing pounds of cocaine. Better than the other Kate Bush album I listened to so Ill go 1.6
Not liked
Her voice is just really unpleasant to me
I hear the influence Kate Bush likely has on modern music. Not my cup of tea.
Don't Like the voice
Some great songs and a wonderful talent but I wasn't totally on board with the entire album. Waking the Witch was particularly poor. I will listen again and hope to be proven wrong.
Drückend powerpoppiger als das vertracktere „The Dreaming“ was zu Lasten der Tiefe geht. Hit Produktion und dazwischen recht biedere 80er Jahre Songs. Wird’s ab „Waking the Witch“ etwas vertrackter so nimmt die Qualität der dann überwiegend experimentelleren Song nicht wirklich zu. Ein wenig enttäuscht. 2.4
It was a total meh for most of the time and then came the cringe with that witch song… she sings ok
Meh
It was okay.
Melodramatic,contrived bullshit
Only disliked "jig of life" and the rest were ok. Some nice tunes, but can't give it 3 stars.
I struggle to understand how this makes the list. Not good, but not bad enough to merit much discussion. 😶
Album was mediocre across the board except for Waking the Witch, which was very weird compared to everything else and the only song that really caught my attention aside from A Deal with God.
Really promising start that quickly gives way to more tedium. I just don’t get the fuss about Kate Bush. This bored me immensely
So there’s music on this I quite enjoyed but I struggle with her voice personally. I’m just glad she let Utah saints sample cloudbusting. I take back that I’d sooner listen to Dylan - that’s not true. This wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I expected so a very solid two on the basis I will still never go back
Not my style, like the vibe, but Kate's voice here sounds off to me.
This feels really dated and sort of overly intense and like it is taking itself too seriously. I'm not hearing what critics rave about in this album - it felt boring, and I was glad when it was over.
very dark at times. not my thing, but not bad.
Really forgettable woman pop music. I already forget what most of the album is like even though their were some cool, new sounds on it.
I didn’t like this album in ‘85 and am sorry to say I still don’t like it now. While I can appreciate the lyrics and song craft, the way in which it’s presented leaves me cold. Hounds of Love is a great song but can’t help thinking of Dylan’s version of All Along The Watchtower versus Hendrix’ far superior take on it. As for Hounds of Love, give me the Futureheads version any day of the week. Two tracks stood out for me. Under Ice and Waking the Witch, both of which were inventive. As for the rest, they seem to be parodies of what a bad 80’s pop song should be, particularly ‘The Big Sky’ complete with ‘diddly-die’ backing vocals.
Not really for me - reminds me too much of Old Eldon Square
Not my cup of tea. However, I must say it felt the album got better and better with each song. Some interesting elements. I could hear this music at a cult\folklore film. I was not aware of this singer.
Decent but not my favorite
OK but goes on a bit
I couldn't get through this album. Opening song was okay but that's about it.
had only ever heard the singles. Turns out theres a reason for that as the rest is pretty poor.
Love the first two tracks. Bit weird after that
Geinig voor 1 keertje
weird
Good for Kate Bush
It was okay.
Didn’t like it as much as I thought i would
This album sounds like it looks
Don’t like pop music
Meeeh, para de me mandar musica ruim dos anos 80
Nearly 3 star but don't like her voice. Mostly just ok. Some songs I liked
Nyt ei ihan osunut mutta selvisin läpi
Dated garbage.
Forgive me for I hate it.
i ain listening to that new wave 80's stupid shit 0/5
listened to this twice and could not get into at all.
Really soft and acute pop that i dont like
Not my typical music taste however i do like her music
Generally speaking I don’t mind Kate Bush’s more popular songs. However, this album gave me a headache and it was not my cup of tea whatsoever. Don’t think i’ll be listening again.
Did not enjoy
I'll give her this, the pretentious vocal style perfectly matches the pretentious lyrics.
I like just one song, they one used in stranger things.
No
Meh
No thanks
Dunno. It was a bit much. Dramatic. Not my thing.
Not a fan of- at all.
I cannot stand her voice/singing...
مو ستايلي في الاغاني اغنية وحدة عجبتني
Running up that hill was good, all the other tracks were painful to listen to.
Running up that hill
fav song: Running up that hill
Would not reach for this album again, but I really enjoyed “Jig of Life”.
not for me but cool
don’t like her voice
Very experimental- didn’t like most of it though
I really hate this, it sounds like bad musical theatre to me.
Zero stars
I don't wike it
I would give it zero stars.
Really dull and boring 80s art pop with an Irish jig thrown in.
Nope
GOD AWFUL
So, I like a few Kate Bush songs. But this album was pretty terrible.
Ugh. Too 80’s synthy for me.
Don't like her voice
Don't like this one bit