i do not like houdini
― cutty, Sunday, 12 August 2007 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
what??? those lush strings and her VOICE
"WITH YOUR LIFE
THE ONLY THING IN MY MIND
WE PULL YOU FROM THE WAAATTEEEERRRR!"
― Surmounter, Sunday, 12 August 2007 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i love when that part comes on and i have friends over. they just kinda look at me weird.
that post was self-zinging
― bobby bedelia, Sunday, 12 August 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Have to vote for the title track here.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 12 August 2007 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
the only bad thing about this album is the rubbish black type on white background fucking up the cover
― akm, Monday, 13 August 2007 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link
such a tough call, but there goes a tenner just to make sure it gets some love.
― shanissey, Monday, 13 August 2007 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Heheh. I was just going to say that song should get some love.
One of the rabble needs mummy...
― Bimble, Monday, 13 August 2007 04:07 (sixteen years ago) link
luv the cover
― Surmounter, Monday, 13 August 2007 04:18 (sixteen years ago) link
why did i post Luv the cover completely out of the blue?
okay bump
― Surmounter, Thursday, 16 August 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, they're all great songs.
i could almost go with 'sat in your lap'
but i'm not gonna.
NOT TILL I'M READY FOR YOU-HOO-HOOO
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 16 August 2007 15:04 (sixteen years ago) link
=)
― Surmounter, Thursday, 16 August 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
color me GAFFA
― The Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 16 August 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I would vote for "Hello Earth" as well ... then again I just voted for "All The Love"
― zaxxon25, Thursday, 16 August 2007 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
oooh. well i'm on the HoL poll next
― Surmounter, Thursday, 16 August 2007 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Good on you! Someone should do that.
― Bimble, Saturday, 18 August 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link
"sat on your lap" is my fave kate bush song
― Dominique, Saturday, 18 August 2007 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
or in
― Dominique, Saturday, 18 August 2007 04:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Saturday, 18 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i love the lyrics to get out of my house.
― Surmounter, Saturday, 18 August 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
see the hackles on the cat - STANDING
― impudent harlot, Sunday, 19 August 2007 07:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Damnit the suspense is killing me with this poll.
― Bimble, Sunday, 19 August 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Sunday, 19 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
wow guyz. i do feel tho that night of the swallow and pull out the pin are underrepresented.
― Surmounter, Monday, 20 August 2007 12:25 (sixteen years ago) link
HoL poll question - should I include the bonus tracks? I haven't even heard them (Lagan Love etc), cuz they didn't come with my copy, so I'm thinking No.
― Surmounter, Monday, 20 August 2007 12:28 (sixteen years ago) link
"Leave It Open" particularly hard done by.
This album ranked:
The Dreaming Leave it Open Night of the Swallow Suspended In Gaffa Pull Out The Pin Sat In Your Lap Get Out of My House All The Love There Goes A Tenner Houdini
― Tim F, Monday, 20 August 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
my choice wuz robbed! I am proud to represent.
― sleeve, Monday, 20 August 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Voters were likely swayed by the presence of sampled donkey imitations.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 20 August 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to think Leave it Open was a weak spot, but I've fallen in love with her lithe and freaky glam vocal in the intro, totally perfect.
― Alex xy, Monday, 20 August 2007 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree with the top 3 :)
but yeah, for me its really hard to rank this album. i find it extremely even overall.
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm glad I voted, or "Suspended in Gaffa" would have come in second!
― nabisco, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
haha
suspended in Gaffa is so rich.
okay so i'm doing the HoL poll w/out bonus tracks then. speak now or forever hold it.
― Surmounter, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
without is more pure. besides, i haven't heard the bonus tracks :(
― Charlie Howard, Monday, 20 August 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Interesting results indeed. I too would have picked Leave It Open last.
― Bimble, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm shocked by the "get out of my house" love ... who knew? I guess people love donkeys. Or maybe mules?
― zaxxon25, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
oh ya i suspected that would cinch it
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 14:58 (sixteen years ago) link
they are just one of the 26 awesome things about that track
― blueski, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh go on then steve...
― Tim F, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i just love the whole message, cuz i TOTALLY feel the same way about my house, and i suspect ppl who listen to the dreaming a lot are the types of ppl whose
houses are full of mistakes
this house has seen all i have done. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
she takes no prisoners.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
there are few things as empowering as telling someone to get out of your house.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 16:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Now's about the time of day I like to change into the Mule.
― blueski, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 16:18 (sixteen years ago) link
the 'I am the concierge chez-moi, honey' bit is particularly beautiful
― blueski, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i know i can never resist chiming in with her there
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 16:22 (sixteen years ago) link
it's funny cuz it's not obviously like an emotional song, but one day i was listening to it and i really got the emotional intensity of it - the intensity of what it is to be by yourself in your house.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link
thing i like abt "get out of my house" = the incredibly startling scream she lets out right before the male voice (ghost?) comes in
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
yay my fave tied for first and I didn't even vote
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i tend to associate this album w/ a time when i was feeling anxious (in a bad way) about lots of things so i still get this sort of knot in my stomach whenever i hear that track in particular
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost "get out of my house" i mean
suspended in gaffa fuiud
― cankles, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
well, it is definitely a disturbed track, so it's no surprise you've attached it to a disturbed frame of mind
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
yea leave it open is some modern next level shit
to this day i still can't really talk about pull out the pin bc she's too good on it
― surm, Friday, 28 March 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
glad to see "all the love" represented here -- I mean I'd have voted for get out of my house obviously but that's one of kate's most underrated tracks
― katherine, Friday, 28 March 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
i RATE it! highhhhhly
― surm, Friday, 28 March 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
i think i've played it after some especially bad social engagements
― surm, Friday, 28 March 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
(at my house)
― surm, Friday, 28 March 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
somehow the cover of this album captures so much of what I love abt Kate bush
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 28 March 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
this kind of humorous enchanted playfulness
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 28 March 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
that COVER
― surm, Friday, 28 March 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
Leave It Open 1
No way!
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Suspended in Gaffa - which has one of the best internal monologues in any pop song ever
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Friday, 31 March 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
It's hard to say what I would have voted for, this is an incredibly strong album. Is it my favourite Kate LP, though? Nah, that would be Never For Ever.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
It's tough but right now Leave it Open seems right.
things that decay things that rust
― JoeStork, Friday, 31 March 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
Houdini.
― Max Florian, Friday, 31 March 2017 22:41 (seven years ago) link
It feels wrong and crude to pick a favorite from this album, but I guess I'd go with "pull the pin" or the last track.
― a but (brimstead), Friday, 31 March 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
Pull Out the Pin. Very easy choice. The album is a stunner, and it features probably the best use of the Farlight CMI ever
― beamish13, Friday, 31 March 2017 23:28 (seven years ago) link
I don't know if about best, but when it comes to albums where the Fairlight CMI played a huge role, then The Dreaming and Hounds of Love are definitely in there among the best examples.
― The Roger Waters Experience (Turrican), Friday, 31 March 2017 23:41 (seven years ago) link
This is impossible; LIO was robbed.
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 1 April 2017 09:13 (seven years ago) link
So Wild Beasts stole their entire Cockney-criminal art-pop schtick from "There Goes A Tenner," huh?
― goodoldneon, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
I am proud to have been the only vote for "Leave It Open"
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:06 (four years ago) link