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The Sensual World |  | Artist: Kate Bush
Label: SBME SPECIAL MKTS.
Category: Music
List Price: $6.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 25347
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 886972320427
EAN: 0886972320427
ASIN: B0012GMUQI
Release Date: February 1, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Sensual World | | • | Love and Anger | | • | The Fog | | • | Reaching Out | | • | Heads We're Dancing | | • | Deeper Understanding | | • | Between a Man and a Woman | | • | Never Be Mine | | • | Rocket's Tail | | • | This Woman's Work | | • | Walk Straight Down the Middle [*] |
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Kate produces a mostly organic "Woman's Work" that is quite worldly and diverse... January 18, 2010
sensative psycho (Parker, CO)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Four years after the successful masterwork "Hounds of Love", "The Sensual World" was finally released on Oct. 17, 1989. It reached #2 on the UK album chart, but left many fans less than impressed.
At the time, Kate Bush felt that it was her most personal and most honest album...which is reflected by most of the lyrics and subject matter. It is not as heavy on the Fairlight CMI as some of her previous records ("The Dreaming", "Hounds of Love"). Once again, Paddy Bush incorporates his foray of exotic and ancient instruments...including whips, the Valiha, the Mandolin, and the Tupan. Most of the tracks on "The Sensual World" have a worldly sound and amazing melody.
The album opens with church bells ringing in the distance, leading into the title track (which was the first single). It is a gorgeous song with a great beat and a heavy Celtic influence, incorporating the Uillean Pipes into the chorus. `Love and Anger' was the third and final single from the album, reaching #38 in the UK and #1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock chart (her only US chart-topper be it album or single). It took Kate Bush over a year and a half to finish, because she wasn't sure where the song was going. David Gilmour plays a strong guitar riff during the chorus. `The Fog' is an almost ethereal experience. The song starts with shared dialogue between Kate and her father. Soaring strings and a solo violin build and intensify as the tune carries. Before it's over, you can hear seagulls in the background. `Reaching Out' was thought up during a walk in the park and finished shortly after. It is a very powerful song with calm piano chords during the verses and a strong, thunderous beat with uplifting strings during the chorus. The weakest song on "The Sensual World" is `Heads Were Dancing'. It is a busy mid-paced song that never goes anywhere. `Deeper Understanding' is another interesting and powerful tune. It shows good use of the Fairlight CMI, and during the chorus, the Trio Bulgarka lend their beautifully haunting vocals. I am in love with the melody of this song. `Between A Man and A Woman' is a mid-tempo song soaked in emotional and instrumental tension. `Never Be Mine' is a great song with some Celtic tones due to the Uillean Pipes, and it is a passionate and yearning song also featuring the Trio Bulgarka. Another song with the Trio, `Rocket's Tail' is A capella midway through, then drums and bass kick off a Rock jam with David Gilmour playing a great guitar solo. The perfect and true closer of the album (on Vinyl format), `This Woman's Work' is an essential Kate Bush song. A simple tune with piano, minimal Fairlight CMI, and strings...it is one of the reasons why human beings produce tears. "The Sensual World" was released in CD format with a bonus track titled `Walk Straight Down the Middle' (a great song), which takes away from the magic of ending the album with `This Woman's Work'. I usually stop the CD beforehand.
"The Sensual World" is a diverse, yet cohesive listen. Underrated by some, but should be loved and respected as a near-perfect treat from Kate Bush. Definitely one of her best!
4 ½ stars!
Calming February 15, 2010
Kristen (WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a relatively new fan of Kate's, having listened to her music for only a couple of years. A friend recommended her to me because I love Tori Amos and have since the late 90's. "The Sensual World" is the first album by Kate that I purchased and it's still my favorite. If I feel overly stressed or anxious, I immediately put this album on. It has an ethereal quality that is so soothing, but not enough to make me nod off. In fact, there is an energizing aspect to the album, but it's not overdone. My personal favorite tracks are "Never Be Mine", "Heads Were Dancing", and "This Woman's Work". This is a great album and I recommend it highly.
The best album from the best artist of all time November 2, 2008
Joseph Mangine (Saratoga, NY)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This cd is superb. The baltic/gypsy influence blend perfectly with her victorian england lush romanticism.
I hate long winded reviews here but this cd is precious. Do yourself a favor and make the splurge and own the most extradordinary piede of art.
A different and gorgeous side of Kate July 11, 2008
Jeremy Gloff (Tampa, Fl United States)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
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BEE-U-TEE-FULL! October 11, 2008
Ghostcat (East Coast, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Love, love, love...Kate Bush really is sooo magical on this CD. Every song is different. I love her emotion and cadence. Fog is so dreamlike and intense. How can you NOT buy this CD for JUST $6.99???!! Give yourself a wonderful musical gift and BUY IT"0)
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