Hounds Of Love (studio album) by Kate Bush

Kate Bush demonstrates loads of flare on what is her most engaging and enjoyable record she has ever put out. This is primarily due to the exceptional first half which is full of some stunning songs. The music is also well layered and it has a lot of depth behind it due to Kate Bush's desire to experiment with more instrumentation. This makes for an enthralling listen that remains exciting even on the slower second half. She is not scared to mix up her style either with there being some unique tracks on here, such as Jig Of Life, which are always exciting to come back to as they give the music an additional edge and a bit more character. Her vocal is fantastic as well as she demonstrates both her voices power but also its beauty on here. Overall, this is an elite record that is Kate Bush's most exciting and enjoyable to listen to.

Decent. First 5 tracks are awesome, then it's mostly downhill from there. Can see why it's highly rated but there are few too many duds for me to make it a great album (Dreams of Sheep, Hello Earth, Under Ice).

This album is amazing, it perfectly balances pop and art side of Kate Bush. First side is filled with excellently produced, emotionally sung beutiful pop song, obviously Running Up That Hill which is probably top 20 songs of all time, Hounds Of Love, Cloudbusting and also often overlooked The Big Sky. Side two sounds more like The Dreaming and I really like experiments that she's doing it, I especially liked reversed vocals on Watching You Without Me, irish folk sounding Jig Of Life, monumental Hello Earth and it ends really nice with The Morning Fog.

Side one is amazing. I find it hard to engage with side two, which still has some interesting tracks though. All in all, an absolute classic. Side one Is as good as any ever produced.

Solid album

From ExTeaSea 06/14/2022 22:37

Run Max run!

This is just an incredible album, Kate Bush manages to meld so many different influences and sounds to create a truly wonderful album. The track 'Cloudbusting' is probably my favourite song of all time.

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The first half is amazing, the second half falls a little flat.

From Boltzmann 10/27/2021 18:49

The first three tracks could carry any album, but the rest isn't even bad, rather good even. A couple tracks near the end are difficult to get into, and for some the proper context is needed to be able to enjoy - which (let's be honest) means they're not so great tracks. "Under Ice" is a perfect example of this; it gets so much better when you hear that it's about her dreaming that she sees herself under the ice while she's skating on it completely alone, the pure horror. But without that knowledge it's a strange, but interesting track that sounds more like a piece of classical music than anything else, and is easily forgotten. So I'd say that it pays off to look into the story she's putting together in the second half, in the right context it nearly becomes a religious experience, but I'm generally against art that needs an explanation. The first half speaks for itself and is completely genius.