The Sensual World (studio album) by Kate Bush

The Sensual World by Kate Bush
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 1,093rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 420 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1989 (14th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (172nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,093rd)
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Kate Bush bestography

The Sensual World is ranked 5th best out of 17 albums by Kate Bush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kate Bush is Hounds Of Love which is ranked number 59 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,373.

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78/100 (from 420 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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85/100
From 04/17/2023 18:48
Maybe more pop and not as ambitious as her previous albums, but still it is a collection of solid songs with sensual and magical vibe, production is good and her vocal performences are often amazing so I think it's a little underrated.
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From 09/06/2022 15:56
Great record
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80/100
From 02/16/2022 18:52
Kate is at her best when keeping her songs small and quiet, like the last song on this album. As soon she makes the songs loud and big, I'm out...hence only 80/100
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80/100
From 02/16/2022 18:50
Kate is at her best in the moodier and slower songs, when she applying heavier sounds the songs get overblown and big. Smaller and simpler is better like the last song on
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90/100
From 10/09/2020 17:55
This album is only slightly behind Hounds of Love, This woman's work and The Fog are my favourite tracks.
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95/100
From 05/27/2020 06:39
Just brilliant. Only Deeper Understanding sounds a bit dated. Other than that one small criticism, this is a perfect album. Kate's coming of age.
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From 07/22/2019 14:55
Favorite Tracks:Between A Man And A Woman, Never Be Mine
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80/100
From 12/31/2017 11:51
It's the sense of grown-up accomplishedness that really makes The Sensual World such a satisfying record. Bush's wild and brilliant experimentation is shaped and directed beautifully here into a more mature and classy record, compared to her previous work.

Less bold than her previous work in terms of not having any real big-hitters, save for the enigmatic track-of-the-same-title opener and the heartbreakingly beautiful ending, yet what it lacks in show it makes up for in detail. It pays dividends to spend time with The Sensual World, especially to pick out certain lines on songs such as the emotional rollercoaster of Love & Anger, the dystopian Deeper Understanding and on the soulful Never Be Mine.

This is Bush as a craftswoman; an artist at her peak not trying to outdo herself or indeed anyone, but just making wonderful, beautiful music as always. The difference now though is that Bush sounds and feels more mature here, revealing a delicate vulnerability in her words and in the tone of her music.

Personal, deep and, for lack of a better word, sensual.
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From 10/13/2016 17:36
A great and cohesive record filled to the brim with beautiful tracks. This particular album may not be as groundbreaking as its direct predecessor "Hounds of Love", but similarly to Bush's "The Dreaming", it does that remarkable thing of creating its own little world whilst teleporting you straight there.

There's no escaping the eccentricity or the beauty of Kate Bush's work, and this is a wonderful album that slides right in with her other finest pieces of art.
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80/100
From 06/08/2016 15:33
Lovely Kate Bush record. The sensual world completes a run of four brilliant albums. Some great songs and sounds here. Love and anger, heads we dance, and, this woman's work, are all excellent. The sensual world, is an atmospheric record, but has the songs to back it up.
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