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Points: 378 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2009 at 16:11
Oh England, My Lionheart!!!

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Points: 17049 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2009 at 16:00
Kate is one of my favorite artists, particularly her first three albums.  They form a trilogy of emotional exploration via highly creative style that is second to none.  Her next two (Dreaming and Hounds) were more adventurous and the latter more acclaimed, but they never topped the first 3 in my book.  Sensual was mediocre, Red Shoes a return to form.  Great stuff.  
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2009 at 15:36
I have been a big Kate fan since the late Seventies - and, being a woman myself, it certainly wasn't because of her looksLOL. However, I would not call her a 'proggier Madonna' - this does both her music and her voice a huge disservice. Kate is a completely different personality than Madonna, and she is definitely much more talented as a singer (even though her voice may be an acquired taste). As regards her albums, even though Hounds of Love is much more cohesive as an effort, my favourite from hers is probably The Dreaming - "Pull Out the Pin" has some of the most haunting lyrics I have heard, and the music is not bad either. The Red Shoes, on the other hand, was a disappointment, even though (as Alan pointed out) there are some good songs to be found there too. 
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

It has been done before (this topic).  In brief, my personal first encounter was The Dreaming.  Moved back to Never.  Liked the first two, but they didn't wow o wow o wow me.  Everything after I really liked, even the often dissed Red Shoes.  Hounds weighed heavy on me. I was very pleased with Aerial.  Wouldn't mind seeing another one.


About time The Red Shoes had some support, any CD with Moments of Pleasure on it can't be that bad.
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Points: 36672 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 02 2009 at 12:32
I like The Kick inside the most, particularly for The Man with the CHild in his Eyes (used to love the music video), but the second album does have one of my favourites with "Wow".  That song really did "Wow" me when I heard it for the first time -- it brings back very fond memories of a great time in my life.  I was lucky enough to find the cassette of The Sensual World in a bargain bin (maybe for two bucks) not that long after it came out, which has some exc3ellent music "Rocket's Tail" and "The Fog" being particular favourites.  Maybe since the first CD I heard of hers was Kate Bush The Whole Story, I've long been more a fan of individual songs of hers than particular albums, even though albums such as Aerial hang together.
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It has been done before (this topic).  In brief, my personal first encounter was The Dreaming.  Moved back to Never.  Liked the first two, but they didn't wow o wow o wow me.  Everything after I really liked, even the often dissed Red Shoes.  Hounds weighed heavy on me. I was very pleased with Aerial.  Wouldn't mind seeing another one.

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I've been recently binging on her and love it a lot.  She's like a proggier Madonna with darker lyrics.  Hounds of Love is probably my favorite album. 

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