"Army Dreamers", for sure. I'm not all that fond of most of these songs. "Egypt" is the only other song I ever really feel any urge to hear. I love the verse-melody of "Babooshka", but that damn chorus...
― Øystein, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
army dreamers
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
breathing, bombastic as it is
― akm, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
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― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
actually, i may have to go with breathing. so intense.
THANK YOU i was contemplating starting this last wk.
definitely NOT army dreamers. if you're going along those lines, it would be Infant Kiss but i'm prolly gonna go with Egypt. Though All We Ever Look For and Breathing are top-notch.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
the crescendo of voices in Egypt tho, is unparalleled.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Well for me it has to be Babooshka (crash craaaassssh craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssshhhh crrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssshhhhhhhhhh)
― snoball, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't get over babooshka. what a horrible refrain.
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
"get into" not "get over"
u crazee
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
why is she singing about a babooshka. why is she using yiddish.
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Shouldn't this be the NEVER POLL EVER poll?
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
actually it's russian, my bad
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
still think it's kate at her most ridiculous. i prefer "hee haw hee haw hee haw hee haw hee haw"
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
babooshka's melody is really hook-y and awes, in the verses
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
i do love the verses. i just put on the album.
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
:)
i'm kind of biased tho cuz that was the first kate bush song i ever heard. at the time i was like what. the. fuck. is this. my mom's influence (gotta have something to thank her for!)
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Voted "Delius" but this is seriously hard because
- The album is crowded with great tracks - like most 80s Kate Bush album it works best as a whole
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
delius has a wonderful drum machine thing
― cutty, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
delius and blow away are sooo romantic and gorgeous.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 14:06 (fifteen years ago) link
not sure if anything here stacks up quite to anything on the dreaming or HoL but "breathing" is def. one of my favorite apocalypse songs
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 14:28 (fifteen years ago) link
the way it swells with the chorus at the end
― Surmounter, Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Alright, alright, I'm gonna rip this to my iPod in a sec, but it really is one of my least fave Kate albums.
― Bimble, Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone who likes the sensual world better than never for ever is just wrong. sorry b <3
― Surmounter, Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha!!! Actually I was just thinking that! I was like "this is my least fave album - oh wait um...oh yeah Sensual World is my least fave..." hahahahaah
― Bimble, Thursday, 21 August 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
controversial opinion: i think this is better than hounds of love
― velko, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha! Ha! Ha...um. No.
― Bimble, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd actually concur with this being better than Hounds -- or at least I've listened it to it much more. Many great songs on this, and I'm not sure I can pick just one standout.
― Dan Peterson, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
This is a great album. There's some love. I'm voting for "All We Ever Look For," which I find frighteningly insightful in its simplicity.
My other favorites are: Babooshka, Infant Kiss (which I thnk might have a thread devoted to it somewhere here), Army Dreamer, and Breathing. Maybe Wedding List and Violin, although I used to like them more.
Not sure I agree at all that this works best as an album. I think the best tracks stand on their own fairly well and I'm not convinced my least favorite tracks really add anything.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
"Insightful" isn't really the word I want either, but I think it cuts to the core of life (dare I say it). Lyrically it's an instance of where Kate Bush reminds me of Neil Young's best moments (lyrically): this ability to simply state something sort of obvious and yet have it carry a lot of punch. (I prefer Neil Young's lyrics when he's being abstract and direct to when he's indulging in concrete fantasies.)
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
The Sensual World is a great album, I've never understood the criticism of it. factor in the b-sides and it's even better.
― akm, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
yea all we ever look for is really poignant, in a simple way. also just arranged so beautifully. whatever that guitar thing is
― Surmounter, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
the production on the sensual world sometimes makes me want to gag, and while it has some amazing tracks, some are so overwrought and unlistenable (love and anger)
― Surmounter, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
And Rockist mentions Neil Young, just as I did on the Radiohead thread. I love it. Alright, alright, I'm going to put this album on my iPod right now.
I can tell you though right away though, that Army Dreamers is my fave. Sorry.
― Bimble, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I find that interesting that you have that problem with the production, Surmounter. I never really gave much thought to the production on that, but you may be correct.
― Bimble, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i find it noisy, clunky and distorted.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:34 (fifteen years ago) link
but obviously the great tracks are o_O
― Surmounter, Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Delius 2. Egypt 3. everything else
― zaxxon25, Thursday, 21 August 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I PUT IT ON THE WEDDING LIST
― cutty, Thursday, 21 August 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
the chorus at the end of that song is FUCKING AMAZING AS WELL
― Surmounter, Thursday, 21 August 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
The Infant Kiss for me. And the French language version, L'Baiser Enfant, is just peachy too.
― Rinfy63, Friday, 22 August 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Night Scented Stock!
It's the key to the Infant Kiss through Breathing chunk that I've been listening to every day lately.
But for real, I can't choose between Egypt, Infant Kiss, and Breathing. I'll have to think about this for a day or two.
― Bus Driver Stu, Friday, 22 August 2008 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link
"Army Dreamers" you contrarian mothers.
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 23 August 2008 09:25 (fifteen years ago) link
violin cracks me up every time
WHACK THAT DEVIL
― velko, Saturday, 23 August 2008 09:57 (fifteen years ago) link
One of my fave KB albums. "Blow Away" is especially gorgeous and so I voted for it. Hard to pick just one on here, though!
― Capitaine Jay Vee, Saturday, 23 August 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Saturday, 23 August 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I still haven't played this album yet. Thanks Noodle for the vote of confidence. Army Dreamers all the fucking way.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 23 August 2008 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm playing it now, like a good boy...
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 23 August 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Everyone knows she's god.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 23 August 2008 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
fucking Delius, people. IS SHE NOT GOD????
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 23 August 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
THE WEDDING LIST
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 23 August 2008 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Army Dreamers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdHOm256N4
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 23 August 2008 23:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's probably the best Never For Ever-related video, "Egypt" from the Christmas special. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvA96fTftNU
And here's Wedding List from the same special http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7-DKGAeRgs
― Bus Driver Stu, Sunday, 24 August 2008 11:01 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks
― Surmounter, Sunday, 24 August 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
omg @ egypt video O_o
― Surmounter, Sunday, 24 August 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
uh, i guess i forgot to vote cuz Egypt has no votes
this is almost as wrong as the RUTH landslide in the other one
― Surmounter, Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
how do you forget to vote
― cutty, Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
:(
― Surmounter, Sunday, 24 August 2008 23:24 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymxgS4XHRA
― omar little, Thursday, 3 December 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
guitar solo in "violin" instead of violin solo, c or d??
― velko, Thursday, 3 December 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
http://gaffa.org/wow/k49.jpg
^^^Her in the Babooshka video...I love that this is her conception of what some crazy homewrecker id woman looks like.
― mascara and ties (Abbott), Thursday, 3 December 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I have wanted to do that as a Halloween costume forever but it wld be a pain in the ass to explain to everyone what I was supposed to be.
― mascara and ties (Abbott), Thursday, 3 December 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
The first British nunber one album to be written and performed by a woman: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/kate-bush-never-for-ever.html
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
would go to renfair with KB ++
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
i got so much love for Delius
― charlie h, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
All we ever look for was robbed. Some days I would say this is the best Bush album
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 24 December 2017 14:23 (six years ago) link
Sync night scented stock with blow away bill for some bonus harmonies. Seriously
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 24 December 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
wedding list also robbed
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 24 December 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link
how did Breathing not win this
― ufo, Sunday, 24 December 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
0 votes for wedding list makes as much sense as a screen door on a submarine
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 24 December 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
Maybe I couldn't imagine anyone else writing Army Dreamers, but All We Ever Looked For is even more distinctively Kate. Absolutely can't imagine anyone else writing/recording anything close to that (prior to her doing so anyway).
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
(I showed restraint by not using the word "quintessentially.")
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 24 December 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6IvSBJMOnU
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:00 (six years ago) link
"Blow Away."
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:41 (six years ago) link
love the sonic details in this album, like the suppressed choir from hell on "Egypt", or the radio chatter on "Breathing" and the voice saying "don't let go" in collision with her "let go" vocal on the infant kiss. Bush was more foreground in the production and this was a transitional album to the same sonic signifiers and tendency towards sonic experiments she would use on "the dreaming" and "the hounds of love" and further.
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 28 December 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link
feel like what sets this record apart is it feels like the first expansion on the sonic ideas she may have initiated on tracks like "moving" (kick inside) without the laser-eye experimentation of "dreaming" or honing back to commercial whims on "Hounds of Love". and it's a good set of songs. the end
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 28 December 2017 04:24 (six years ago) link
is that how night scented stock came to be? were those background vocals meant to be used on blow away?
― akm, Thursday, 28 December 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
Not sure the story tbh akm but it's a cool detail!
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 28 December 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link