The Sensual World

by Kate Bush

Overview

An enchanting songstress, Kate Bush reflects the most heavenly views of love on the aptly titled The Sensual World. The follow-up to Hounds of Love features Bush unafraid to be a temptress, vocally and lyrically. She's a romantic, frolicking over lust and love, but also a lover of life and its spirituality. The album's title track exudes the most sensually abrasive side of Bush, but she is also one to remain emotionally intact with her heart and head. The majority of The Sensual World beams with a carefree spirit of strength and independence. "Love and Anger," which features blistering riffs by Bush's mentor and cohort David Gilmour, thrives on self-analysis -- typically cathartic of Bush. Michael Nyman's delicate string arrangements allow the melodic "Reaching Out" to simply arrive, freely floating with Bush's lush declaration ("reaching out for the star/reaching out for the star that explodes") for she's always searching for a common peace, a commonality to make comfort. What makes this artist so intriguing is her look toward the future -- she appears to look beyond what's present and find a peculiar celestial atmosphere in which human beings do exist. She's conscious of technology on "Deeper Understanding" and of a greater life on the glam rock experimental "Rocket's Tail (For Rocket)," yet she's still intrinsic to the reality of an individual's heart. "Between a Man and a Woman" depicts pressure and heartbreak, but it's the beauty of "This Woman's Work" that makes The Sensual World the outstanding piece of work that it is. She possesses maternal warmth that's surely inviting, and it's something that's made her one of the most prolific female singer/songwriters to emerge during the 1980s. She's never belonged to a core scene. Bush's intelligence, both as an artist and as a woman, undoubtedly casts her in a league of her own. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2023
Label:	Fish People
UPC:	5057998268658
Rank:	25222

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kate Bush   Primary Artist,Piano,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Paddy Bush   Primary Artist,Drums,Zither,Mandolin,Vocals (Background)
Nigel Kennedy   Guest Artist,Viola,Violin
Alan Stivell   Guest Artist,Harp,Vocals (Background)
Trio Bulgarka   Guest Artist
David Gilmour   Guest Artist,Bass,Guitar
Charlie Morgan   Drums
Balanescu Quartet   Strings
Donal Lunny   Bouzouki
John Giblin   Bass
Del Palmer   Bass,Percussion,Guitar (Rhythm)
Michael Kamen   Orchestra
Mick Karn   Bass
Alan Murphy   Guitar
Stuart Elliott   Drums
John Sheahan   Fiddle
Eberhard Weber   Bass
Davy Spillane   Pipe
Michael Nyman   Strings
Eva Georgieva   Vocals
Stoyanka Boneva   Vocals
Jonathan Williams   Cello
Yanka Rupkhina   Vocals

Technical Credits

Bernie Grundman   Digital Remastering
Kevin Killen   Mixing,Recording
James Guthrie   Digital Remastering
Del Palmer   Recording
Kate Bush   Composer,Producer
Haydn Bendall   Recording
Joel Plante   Digital Remastering
Paul Gomazel   Recording