AOTY 2023
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
1982 Ratings: #61 / 170
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1982 Ratings: #2
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Drowned in Sound

The Dreaming is a completely exceptional record, an avant-pop tour de force that has been on some level misunderstood by more or less everyone.

77
Pitchfork
In 1982, Kate Bush’s daring and dense fourth album marked her transformation into a fearless experimental artist who was legibly, audibly very queer, and very obviously in love with pop music.
70
AllMusic

The Dreaming is one of Kate Bush's underrated achievements in depicting her own visions of love, relationships, and role play, not to mention a brilliant predecessor to the charming beauty of 1985's Hounds of Love.

barcooper
93

The undeniable godfather of art pop, Shit sounds like it came out last week fr!
When I've heard Hounds of Love, I said on my review that the first half of the album is very good, But the second half is a masterpiece. I wrote that the second half brings more daring and ambitious ideas to the table. And well... This album is like the second half of Hounds of Love but 10 times more bold and experimental.

Kate Bush is completely unhinged here, I swear to god if that shit would've been released ... read more

cakenator
100

2 perfect scores in the same day for the same artist, Kate Bush is an absolute genius

UltimateLifeFrm
86

Quite a trip!

The Dreaming is the 4th album from English art rock singer Kate Bush, released in September 1982. It was recorded during Sept. 1980- May 1982 at the following studios in London: Advision, Odyssey, Abbey Road & Townhouse.

Bush self-produced the entire album, and it was often charscterised as being more experimental & less commercial.

The critical reception was polarised upon initial release, many of whom were baffled by the unconvential techniques & dense sounscapes ... read more

thealtar
87

highlight: pull out the pin, all the love & houdini

indiered
95

no one shouts like her

Yusuke
100

The Dreaming es el primer gran disco de la historia, incomprendido hace 40 años como hoy en día. Kate simplemente marco un antes y un después en lo que seria la música experimental. Bañada por el machismo en la historia, no es de extrañar que trabajos pobres como Michael Jackson o bandas sobrevaloradas como The Smiths sean considerados clasicos de su época y obras de arte, mientras que Kate era perseguida y tildada de bruja. Nada más ... read more

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