‘The Sensual World,’ has slipped beneath the grasp of society and lies underground, waiting for people to unearth it. This severe underrating is near criminal; Kate Bush once again excels and pushes the limits of perfection to a new level. Could anything beat ‘Hounds of Love"’ Perhaps not, but ‘The Sensual World,’ gives it a damn run for its money.
Kate once again returns to her pop roots, which inconsistently appeared throughout each of ‘The Sensual World’s’ predecessors. ‘Love and Anger,’ is a perfect example, containing catchy piano refrains, a simple drum beat and an accompaniment of strings. From a musical aspect, this album lives up to its ancestors, providing listeners with not only fine composition and musical diversity, but also some pleasing guitar work, noted on ‘Love and Anger,’ and ‘Rocket’s Tail.’ Kate Bush plays nearly three-quarters of the instruments displayed on this record which would be impressive in itself, even without the stellar execution.
In the English dictionary, there is not a single world that can accurately describe Kate Bush’s voice. ‘The Lips of an Angel,’ may come close, yet offensive due to the track of the same name by the despicable band ‘Hinder.’ Beautiful, angelic, breath-taking, heart-stopping, piercing and striking are also fairly fitting descriptions of her vocals, yet there is not a single word that can do Kate Bush, or how good she is, justice. There really is no point in pointing anyone to a certain song on this release as a reference to where Kate shines as her utter consistency to produce amazing vocal efforts is frighteningly recurrent. She sings her lyrics with such desperation and invigoration you can literally feel Kate’s love for music crawling over you like a million pleasant spiders.
”That clumsy good-bye kiss could fool me,
But I’m looking back over my shoulder,
At you, happy without me”
Lyrically, Kate is as strong as ever, yet her voice could turn even the cheesiest line into a work of art. Nonetheless her stanzas are effective, and she sings certain refrains with such pain the listener can literally sense and empathize with the ache Kate is experiencing when she puts her wounded mind down onto paper.
Kate Bush’s 6th studio release is perhaps one of the greatest pop releases to ever be recorded. Wildly underrated, ‘The Sensual World’ is an entertaining listen, as you hop on and experience Kate’s train of emotions, in song-form.
Tracklist for The Sensual World:
1. The Sensual World
2. Love And Anger
3. The Fog
4. Reaching Out
5. Heads We're Dancing
6. Deeper Understanding
7. Between A Man And A Woman
8. Never Be Mine
9. Rocket's Tail (For Rocket)
10. This Woman's Work
11. Walk Staight Down The Middle
Kate once again returns to her pop roots, which inconsistently appeared throughout each of ‘The Sensual World’s’ predecessors. ‘Love and Anger,’ is a perfect example, containing catchy piano refrains, a simple drum beat and an accompaniment of strings. From a musical aspect, this album lives up to its ancestors, providing listeners with not only fine composition and musical diversity, but also some pleasing guitar work, noted on ‘Love and Anger,’ and ‘Rocket’s Tail.’ Kate Bush plays nearly three-quarters of the instruments displayed on this record which would be impressive in itself, even without the stellar execution.
In the English dictionary, there is not a single world that can accurately describe Kate Bush’s voice. ‘The Lips of an Angel,’ may come close, yet offensive due to the track of the same name by the despicable band ‘Hinder.’ Beautiful, angelic, breath-taking, heart-stopping, piercing and striking are also fairly fitting descriptions of her vocals, yet there is not a single word that can do Kate Bush, or how good she is, justice. There really is no point in pointing anyone to a certain song on this release as a reference to where Kate shines as her utter consistency to produce amazing vocal efforts is frighteningly recurrent. She sings her lyrics with such desperation and invigoration you can literally feel Kate’s love for music crawling over you like a million pleasant spiders.
”That clumsy good-bye kiss could fool me,
But I’m looking back over my shoulder,
At you, happy without me”
Lyrically, Kate is as strong as ever, yet her voice could turn even the cheesiest line into a work of art. Nonetheless her stanzas are effective, and she sings certain refrains with such pain the listener can literally sense and empathize with the ache Kate is experiencing when she puts her wounded mind down onto paper.
Kate Bush’s 6th studio release is perhaps one of the greatest pop releases to ever be recorded. Wildly underrated, ‘The Sensual World’ is an entertaining listen, as you hop on and experience Kate’s train of emotions, in song-form.
Tracklist for The Sensual World:
1. The Sensual World
2. Love And Anger
3. The Fog
4. Reaching Out
5. Heads We're Dancing
6. Deeper Understanding
7. Between A Man And A Woman
8. Never Be Mine
9. Rocket's Tail (For Rocket)
10. This Woman's Work
11. Walk Staight Down The Middle