this woman's work
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
This Woman's Work
― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Just put your feet down child
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
this has some reputation as being sub-par, and that reputation is completely wrong. the album is a little bit slick sounding, but it's still incredible; this is one of my favorite kate albums because it's really almost all downbeat depressing ballads. Anyway it's either the title track, this woman's work, or never be mine...
― akm, Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
in fact, this album might have the highest ratio of great songs on it. the only song on here I wouldn't rank as exceptional is head's we're dancing and even that has great bass playing
― akm, Thursday, 21 May 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Christgau: "The title track would give Henry James a boner."
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 May 2009 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
title track or love and anger...
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Thursday, 21 May 2009 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
this woman's work but i love deeper understanding
― cutty, Thursday, 21 May 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
that song that mentions computers
― ambience chaser (S-), Thursday, 21 May 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Prince sampled that one nicely.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 May 2009 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
never be mine!
― Turangalila, Thursday, 21 May 2009 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
"This Woman's Work" very easily, up there with "A Dream" or "After The Gold Rush" or "Waterloo Sunset" as one of the all-time great melodies of the rock era. And very much her best song (although A+ to Maxwell for just loving that melody!!).
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 21 May 2009 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
'reaching out' has always been my fave, sentimental climaxes get me.
― keythkeythkeyth, Friday, 22 May 2009 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
...sentimental climaxes get me
And sweeping Michael Nyman string arrangements. It's the guests that make for my favorite songs on the album: Nyman, Trio Bulgarka, David Gilmour. Although "This Woman's Work" gets by on the fact that it's fucking genius.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 22 May 2009 03:32 (fourteen years ago) link
'this woman's work' is so beautiful. "i know you have a little life in you yet..", the way it builds to "oh, darling, make it go away..."
― lex pretend, Friday, 22 May 2009 03:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I hate to be the party pooper, here, but there is no WAY that This Woman's Work isn't going to win this. No WAY.
I'm happy today because my friend is here - we finally have the same day off work! - but he has to meet his brother for awhile so he will be back later.
I know he will come back because I'm the one with Kate Bush videos and he can't resist that shit.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 25 May 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Also I have all the Kate Bush b-sides on my new iPod now. "Passing Through Air", "Under The Ivy"...
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 25 May 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyway I promise that now I will try to decide what to vote for in this poll. Love & Anger is a mighty force to be reckoned with isn't it?
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 25 May 2009 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i think Love And Anger is my least favorite kate bush song of all time
the guitars are noisy, enough for a headache, and the arch of the song is so plodding and bizarre
this is very difficult, between the title track and The Fog
altho rocket's tail is pretty fekkin cool
― Surmounter, Monday, 25 May 2009 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
oH ramzi I'm sorry for the Love & Anger hate you have. Sorry for that.
Reaching Out? Am I voting for Reaching Out? Look I have to go to the store now and get some more beer for me & my friend. I love him to death. And I think he understands how much his friendship means to me.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 25 May 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
also Reaching Out i kind of hate
― Surmounter, Monday, 25 May 2009 18:08 (fourteen years ago) link
it's like, all the nuance of texture from Hounds of Love and The Dreaming was just obliterated by electric guitar and very, very odd production
― Surmounter, Monday, 25 May 2009 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, I've given this some deep thought, and I decided to vote for Deeper Understanding: the song about the internet before there was an internet yet!
But I almost voted for "Never Be Mine" because that is what my man will vote for. But it's too emotional for me right now, I think.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 25 May 2009 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Also what the fuck is happening on Rocket's Tail? Is she making some kind of rock and roll point there?
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 25 May 2009 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
but Ramzi what trax do you like from this? You said you liked the title track right?
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Monday, 25 May 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i like:the sensual worldthe fogthis woman's workrocket's tailnever be minedeeper understanding
and i kind of like "heads we're dancing"
― Surmounter, Monday, 25 May 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
or head's, whatevers
― Surmounter, Monday, 25 May 2009 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
wish "the first minute and a half or so of 'rocket's tail'" was an option. such a gorgeous arrangement and then...that guitar. bleh.
― when an old mousketeer leaves the crease (donna rouge), Monday, 25 May 2009 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
"never be mine" way underrated btw
― when an old mousketeer leaves the crease (donna rouge), Monday, 25 May 2009 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
it is very good
u know i don't mind the guitar in rocket's tail, i mean it seemed era-appropriate. but yea the opening arrangement is unreal
― Surmounter, Monday, 25 May 2009 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
The title track is in a league of its own here.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 25 May 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 28 May 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
this woman's work is making me cry really hard right now
― Tape Store, Friday, 7 August 2009 06:27 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh I couldn't listen to it tonight
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 7 August 2009 06:43 (fourteen years ago) link
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Sunday, 23 August 2009 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
always surprised by the lack of love for this one. It might be my favorite of hers. The electric bass on this somehow reminds me a bit of 'Hejira' but whereas that album was always about losing oneself on the infinite open roads, 'Sensual World' strikes me as such a claustrophobic album, where one loses oneself mostly in a suffocating intimacy
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 16 April 2010 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
It's my favourite, but it's also the first Kate album I bought and my feelings toward it are all caught up in memories of an interesting time in my life.
― New Hors d'œuvre (DavidM), Friday, 16 April 2010 10:14 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4PezYZoBk
the strinnnnnnngs
― i don't always play indie, but when i do, i prefer xx (m bison), Sunday, 6 June 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"Never Be Mine" is so perfect & underrated.
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Sunday, 6 June 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― Surmounter, Monday, May 25, 2009 1:04 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
;_; it's such a dope song tho!!
― i don't always play indie, but when i do, i prefer xx (m bison), Sunday, 6 June 2010 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ otm the slap bass is sooo killer
― WEB SHERIFF ᶠᶸᶜᵏᵧₒᵤ (LOLK), Thursday, 1 July 2010 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm not sure what to make of 'deeper understanding' it could either be the best thing i've ever heard or the worst thingduring the chorus i can't help but think of burns in the xfiles episode of the simpsons saying "i bring you peace"
so probably leaning towards the latter
― WEB SHERIFF ᶠᶸᶜᵏᵧₒᵤ (LOLK), Thursday, 1 July 2010 03:10 (thirteen years ago) link
IT WAS HITLER
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 1 July 2010 06:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi, I just listened to this for the first time, which marks the first time I've really listened to a Kate Bush album. Wowza
― 〈font face="papyrus"〉live, laugh, love〈/font〉 (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
your gay card. give it to me.
― for the next throbbing minutes (corey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
IT'S JUST A PICTURE OF HITLER
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
weird design choice for a gay card imo but whateva
― for the next throbbing minutes (corey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm listening to the whole thing again this morning. I knew this was good but never thought I'd enjoy it this much, pan flutes and all.
― 〈font face="papyrus"〉live, laugh, love〈/font〉 (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
that album has special resonance for me because I was listening to it a lot when I moved to Boston, the first time I'd moved away from home — walking around after midnight, not knowing anyone.
― for the next throbbing minutes (corey), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah for somewhat similar reasons this is my fave KB album
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fMOtFdcdh0
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 30 March 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
mmh yes
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
i know
― surm, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
Mmh yes, indeed. Sensual World 12" which plays either vocal or instrumental version depending on which concentric groove you put the needle on is so classic too.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
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― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:14 (eight years ago) link
My favorite track got 0 votes :(
Walk Straight Down The Middle
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 6 August 2015 02:16 (eight years ago) link
tried to listen to the album yesterday but couldn't get through it. i love the title track so much, as well as the accompanying video (that dance/walk!) but a lot of the songs just drag on and don't reel me in in any specific way. still, mmmmmhh yes
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Thursday, 6 August 2015 09:30 (eight years ago) link
I love the title track but overall I don't get much feels from this album. This album has taken me the longest to recognize each individual track. They always blended together like pretty wallpaper. However, when pressed to really focus on these tracks I was rewarded in the same way I've been rewarded with acquired taste albums. I still suspect that it will remain a pretty wallpaper but with a few more discovered moods that I didn't find on early listens.
I don't think this is merely a plain good album. That goes to Lionheart and 50WfS.
As someone who places Red Shoes near the top of the pack, I have no qualms with anyone putting this album near the top.
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
I prefer The Red Shoes, garish attempts at pop crossovers and all.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:14 (eight years ago) link
*(i wouldn't have qualms with anyone's choices among my favorite artists' albums)
― The Once-ler, Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:27 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, Red Shoes has a lot more going on tunes-wise. And in terms of her more atmospheric albums, I like Snow more than Sensual World.
But I'm happy to live in a world with all of these Kate Bush albums.
― something totally new, it’s the AOR of the twenty first century (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
ugh such a good way to put it
this woman's work was honestly an icon of its time - written for a John Hughes movie no less - it sounds like icicles but yet so warm and her words are no less than astounding
― surm, Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
I've been really enthralled by this album just lately.
This Woman's Work is so poised & majestic. It rises & arcs just enough to articulate the key, unraveling message of the song & then retreats just as quickly as if quietly shocked at the low-key head of team it has gathered.
I even really like some of the less celebrated tracks. Heads We're Dancing has a strange, refractory chorus that sticks with you against the odds & I do love how Never Be Mine collapses into that gentle, withdrawn funk upon delivery of the song's title.
The only track I really dislike is Rocket's tail, which is obviously spoiled by an awful, gaudy 80's solo from David Gilmour that misguidedly emerges as the centrepiece of the song.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 05:43 (four years ago) link
shhhhh….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1yWe4FPwTMMhaw Keys • I Pray
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Saturday, 26 March 2022 23:11 (two years ago) link
listening to it now and the fog is just so immense
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 3 December 2022 06:19 (one year ago) link
rocket's tail 3deeper understanding 1the fog 1
deeper understanding 1the fog 1
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― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Saturday, 3 December 2022 07:02 (one year ago) link
“Heads We’re Dancing” and “Rocket’s Tail” are just stunning. The latter is an orgasm of emotion, and that solo from Gilmour might be his best ever
― beamish13, Saturday, 3 December 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link