The Dreaming

Interesting composition, but I found it more distracting than enjoyable. Worth a listen, I guess. 3/5

Insane in a bad way.

My 18 yr old self spent many hours trying to be convinced that this was her best work and I agreed while trying to impress the edgy girls in my dorm. After a listed 49 years later, I am finally understanding what they were saying. While less popular, the album seems like some of her most authentic and artistic pieces.

While Kate Bush found a perfect mix of 80s pop sensibilities and experimentalism on Hounds of Love, she was going full on experimental art pop for the Dreaming. There are still some pop sensibilities on the Dreaming, but they're hiding behind layers of strange samples and instrumentation, weird singing styles and effects, and unconventional song structures. It takes a few listens to really start making any sense of this album, but it's quite rewarding once you get there.

Kate Bush is NOT new wave, which is why it took me so long to enjoy and understand her music. I constantly see her lumped in with the new wave, probably because she was a quirked up pop musician who made records in the early 80s. Her music has absolutely no relation to punk rock -- this is prog rock through and through. But her ability to write insane (and catchy) hooks, plus her willingness to experiment with textures and timbres, makes for a really great album. Side A of this record is damn near perfect and Side B has a ton more to enjoy. On relisten, I think The Dreaming might be the best thing she ever made (and that says a lot, given how great Hounds of Love is). Thank heavens for Kate Bush, that magnificent weirdo.

Putting this in the tortured cats category. Maybe there's a significant historical reason for its inclusion in the book that I'd know if I had read it, but it was most certainly not chosen for listening enjoyment.

The only positive is that the final track is named "Get Out of My House", which is exactly my thoughts towards Kate Bush after this.

Listened several times now and still feel I'd need more time with the album.
Kudos to Kate Bush for being as weird as she just liked to be. It's theatrical and musical-like in many places and really intriguing, even if not all works well (for my tastes). It's special, that's for sure. (I got a similar feeling when listening to Björk.)
I especially liked "Suspended In Gaffa" and the title track.
3/5 - good

Nothing redeemable about this for me. Where are the songs? It's all a bit too theatrical and out there for me. Nothing to really latch onto and enjoy. I don't dislike Kate Bush, but this brought out all the elements of her music I really don't enjoy.

i don't like Kate Bush

Didn't love but very clear influence on future great artists/albums

I just want peace in my life. Her style of singing doesn’t bring it. I don’t hate it, it’s unique, but I know I’ll never go back to it in my own. Once is enough.

What the fuck

There is also a thing as "too much Kate Bush"... The constant up-and-down with her high voice is quite annoying.

i really like the cover. this album is really fun but the only thing i don't like is sometimes her screaming gets a bit too much for me

Favorite track(s): all of them

Some of the most brilliant, inventive pop music ever written. And ackshually I liked her before Stranger Things.

Heard before
Previous rating: 10/10

I like her later stuff, but this was too unfocused for my taste.

Definitely like the other Kate Bush album I got. Not that this one is bad, its kinda gives me Tom Waits vibes (and honestly preferred her over Waits), but the experimentalism wasn't working for me as much on this one as it did on Hounds of Love.

Kate Bush nije za svakoga i to znam po činjenici da ja uvijek prebacim stanicu ili kanal kada naiđe neka njena pjesma. Ali ovo je onaj ne-mainstream novi poremećeni nivo. I stvarno nije za mene, ne mogu čak ni cijeniti umjetničku kvalitetu, ali brat Hamza koji svira kontrabas na pjesmi 3 je donio dvicu.

One thing I've been learning from the outliers section of my history on this site is that I clearly have higher than average tolerance levels for quirky/challenging female artists. Bjork, Joanna Newsome, PJ Harvey, Fetch the Bolt Cutters-era Fiona Apple, I love you all, so how can I not love the final boss of quirky/challenging female artists at her weirdest?

Dreaming. Tja, dromerig kan ik het niet noemen..Het schiet heel wat kanten op. Van eigenlijk vrij toegankelijk naar geschreeuw. In vergelijking met haar soortgenoten, kan ik ook de Kate van dit album weer iets makkelijker hebben. Ja, het is kunst omdat het moet. Maar dat levert toch ook originele prettige vondsten op. Het is echt dat geschreeuw tussendoor waar ik op afknap. Anders had dit best 4 sterren kunnen krijgen.