The Dreaming Kate Bush (The Dreaming - Kate Bush)

Member Name: ameo747

Product:	The Dreaming - Kate Bush
Date:	19/12/07 (51 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: One of her best albums

Disadvantages: Too 'weird' for some

With The Dreaming, Kate Bush took a mammoth leap, producing something of dark beauty and meticulous madness. Her previous set Never Forever, was an admirable leap back into the mainstream after the low-key affair of Lionheart. Here though, she really muddies the waters. Multiple vocal dubs, drum machines to the max, and a more textured voice give these songs a murky quality.

"Sat In Your Lap" is a bizarre mishmash of sounds, released the year before. Whilst ultimately enjoyable, it has less depth than anything else does here. "Pull Out The Pin" is a commentary of the west's effect on the rest of the world and is perhaps her most ambitious song to date. The electric guitar and bass are really something.

Kate goes all ska and cockney on us in the humorous "There Goes A Tenner", and then Australian in the title track, which rallies for cultural respect. She stretches her voice to the limits in "Night Of The Swallow", and then further so in "Houdini" which is one of her most beautiful songs.

The Dreaming has aged well despite the overt use of 80's technology; seemingly only too much in the creepy "Get Out Of My House". Not classic Kate Bush and not the forever touted Hounds Of Love, but none the less highly original and expressive of vision. More suited to those who can appreciate something a little downbeat, although the uplifting "Suspended In Gaffa" squashes that.

First published on: vegansteven.blogspot.com (2007)

Summary: Her most innovative