Honestly, TORI by a mile.

Nearly every song of Tori's blows me away and I have 'em all.

Whereas everything I've ever heard by Kate Bush annoys me for some reason. I don't know why. I want to like her, I just don't.

JediMaster said:

I thought neither Kate nor Tori did much business outside of their respective homelands.

Cloudbuster said:

Well, Kate was big in the underground "alternative music" scene in the US during the 80s. Tori was huge in the mid 90s. Now, Tori seems to have a fairly strong following, although the fanbase has cooled off into the hardcores. I really think Kate would have something similar if she'd been releasing albums and touring in the past decade. Alas, it is sadly not so.

if all i've got of kate's work is hounds of love and the red shoes, what should i get next?

SassyBritches said:

The Dreaming
The Kick Inside
The Sensual World

I rate all of those over The Red Shoes.

The only other two albums are Lionheart & Never Forever. Good albums both.

Cloudbuster said:

i have heard great thing about the sensual world and the dreaming. i've never heard about the kick inside or the other two. i'll swing by my local wrecka stow this afternoon after work.

thanks for the tip!

SassyBritches said:

You're welcome.

The Kick Inside is her debut. The vocals are a little shrill (she hadn't yet mastered control of her voice) but the songs are good. The Dreaming is her crazy, in your face even-if-you-don't-like-me-you-can't-ignore-me album and The Sensual World is the mellow one. Very beautiful. There's some gems on the other two albums as well but they're less essential, imo.

Cloudbuster said:

Yeah, The Kick Inside is really good, but her vocals ruin it a little for me. She sounds like a wailing banshee on that. I much prefer the new vocals for "Wuthering Heights" that she cut for The Whole Story, but I know I'm pretty much alone on that.

VoicesCarry said:

I did also for a long time, but these days there's just something about the original version that gets me all... I think the version on TWS is lacking a little something but I can't put my finger on what it is. I understand why you prefer it, tho'. Her vocals are a lot easier on the ear.

Cloudbuster said:

They're all essential!!!

sinisterpentatonic said:

I was just trying to be unbiased, bitch!

Cloudbuster said:

An Unbiased opinion on Prince.org? Impossible! CUNT!!!

sinisterpentatonic said:

I've been called a cunt!

Cloudbuster said:

Trust me it's been a long time coming!

VoicesCarry said:

Oh, you're DEFINITELY not alone on that one! As much as I love The Kick Inside, her vocals do grate on my nerves at times. Oftentimes I just can't listen to the first two albums. I REALLY have to be in the mood for them.

SassyBritches said:

Definitely good choices.
The Sensual World is fantastic, especially the songs with David Gilmour!
The Dreaming :so damned good! This is where her weird, experimental side really began to blossom.
The Kick Inside: if you can get past her voice, there are some great moments on this. Damned good debut, and you get a glimpse of the true artist she was to become.
[This message was edited Wed May 12 9:55:12 2004 by JediMaster]

Oh yeah, I've recently stumbled across some material by Sarah Brightman, she has a track entitled "Beautiful" if I didn't know any better I would've sworn that was Kate's voice. I don't think any fan of Kate would be disappointed by this track.

Cloudbuster said:

I was speaking for the entire org when I said that.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Sarah Brightman is one artist I absolutely can't stand. I don't know what her appeal is. Oddly enough, her voice does nothing for me even though I love Tori and like Kate.

sextonseven said:

Sarah Brightman's appeal can be summarized in 4 words: Andrew Lloyd Webber's ho.

Why do you think she got as far as she did doing sub-par Enya?

VoicesCarry said:

Gosh!

JediMaster said:

Yeah, but with songs like Moving, The Saxophone Song, Kite, The Man With The Child In His Eyes, Wuthering Heights, Oh To Be In Love & Them Heavy People you can forgive her some banshee vocals.

Lionheart, too. It's noticebly less shrill in places but she was still climbing up the scales. But again as it's home to Symphony In Blue, In Search Of Peter Pan, Wow, Oh England My Lionheart, Fullhouse and Hammer Horror she can be forgiven.

tori tori tori, because she sees fairies onstage, as she plays.

i have witnessed this, personally.

MightBQueen said:

Cloudbuster said:

you, with little faith. no faith, come to think of it, ha ha.

MightBQueen said:

I heard that she has orgasms when she plays live, but fairies?

sextonseven said:

I don't know much about her, actually, I've never heard of her until I heard that track "Beautiful". I still say she sounds like Kate on this song.

VoicesCarry said:

I hope all you Kate-mongers are happy. I bought 'Hounds Of Love' yesterday based on all your propaganda and I really like it! 'The Ninth Wave' was a bit strange overall, but I can see myself listening to this album many more times. Thanks!

Tori is still better, though.