...and it's really not bad. I was expecting something shrill, spare and annoying from such an early Kate album, but it's really quite pretty. I can't wait to get to know this album better over the holiday week.

Any fans or haters of this album? How's come?

I'm a fan....why?.... "Kite" You gotta hear the live one though.....it's even better,imo. "The Kick Inside" is probably my second favorite song from that one. The only song I wasn't too crazy about after the first listen was "Them Heavy People"....it's ok now.

i really like this album..favorite songs..wuthering heights..james and the cold gun..and the kick inside..i must admit thought im more into the dreaming and never for ever thought..of course lyrically hounds of love's was better..but back to a kick inside..yes bush's vocals were very girlish..which dont get me wrong i liked..a good album..indeed..

Anxiety said:

It's her best album.

AnckSuNamun said:

lilgish said:

No
Never For Ever

i mean you can't go wrong with the wedding list..question thought..why does she kill the groom..is it becuase the groom left the killer pregnant or something..i coudnt get the ending.

As much as I love Kate, I can't listen to the first 2 albums. The voice just kills me.

weepingwall said:

The magic is heavy on the Kick Inside, Never For Ever has dudes like Babooshka, the Kick Inside is a perfect record to me, though the sound of Never For Ever is eclectic, as if you were trapped in a magical toy store. Violin makes me happy
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NorthernLad said:

That's the voice I feel in love with.

weepingwall said:

Nooooo.....The Sensual World is I love the Wedding List btw.....nice visuals to go along with it. Someone kills the groom while at the alter and the pregnant bride goes after him and kills him and then kills herself...whoaaa. And Infant Kiss.....those are some pretty out there lyrics too. It's one of my favorites from NFE....my current favorite actually.

NorthernLad said:

I still haven't heard the first 2 albums. What's her voice like?

TRON said:

like hermoine from harry potter singing..about wuthering heights..

weepingwall said:

Sorry, I didn't get that one. :overmyhead:

TRON said:

like an angel.

TRON said:

high pitched I still like the new vocals version of Wuthering Heights better than the original, not because of her high girl-like vocal, but because it's remastered.

Hey Anx, I know you're not a fan of early Kate for the most part, but what have you heard?

I ADORE "Never For Ever" but can't penetrate "The Dreaming" yet. But "Never For Ever" has some classic moments that I think you'd really dig. "Delius", "Babooshka", "Army Dreamers" and "Breathing" are all classics.

i love that album! personally i think it's encrusted with gems. they might not glimmer upon first listen, but after each listen they shine brighter and brighter. at first this was a really difficult album for me because of the vocals, but when i kept in mind Kate's age and her talent at that point in her life i became more forgiving and believe it or not i actually came to love that era of kate, there's something really majestic about her vibe back then, not saying that she didn't mystify me in the years after.




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sinisterpentatonic said:

I'll have to hunt this one and "Lionheart" soon. I haven't been able to find them in any of the stores I go to.

TRON said:

Listen to The Dreaming and the rest of the tracks that follow late at night with only a candle burning, then you'll be sure to penetrate it. a full moon might also help.

sinisterpentatonic said:

It scared the fuck out of me the first time I listened and I haven't been able to go back since.

sinisterpentatonic said:

think i'm joking, don't you?

TRON said:

it does have it's hair raising moments, doesn't it? i think Houdini and All The love are the most magical songs i've ever heard.

sinisterpentatonic said:

No, not at all. I know most Kate Bush fans swear by the album. I just haven't had much luck. I'm sure I'll give it another chance.

TRON said:

Suss it out.

CinisterCee said:

You mock me!

TRON said:

Anxiety said:

Kate is God!!!!!

It's a great debut. There's only Strange Phenomena and Room For The Life that I don't much like, the rest of it is wonderful. And the vocals don't bother me at all, altho' I can appreciate some folk having difficulty with them. Interestingly, on the two earliest tracks (recorded in 1975) The Saxophone Song and The Man With The Child In His Eyes, she sings in a lower register, the more shrill stuff came later.

lilgish said:

No it isn't.