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"The Dreaming" is a true tour de force. While its successor, "Hounds of Love" may be more of an easy listen (the first half of it, anyway), this album right here is where Kate Bush truly came into her own. On this album, Bush uses her voice as a complex instrument of its own. She screams, hollers, yells, whispers, sings in low registers, sings in higher registers, and even makes animal sounds throughout this album. This album is unique and unlike anything else I've heard. Every emotion, from angry rage to ecstatic joy, is expressed through her voice in this album's runtime. Instrumentally, everything here is on fire! Pianos, strings, drums, and other instruments form beautiful and artsy songs that are so expressive and enthralling. The fact that Kate Bush, wrote and produced this album all on her own, is a testament to how truly brilliant and magnificent she is, especially considering she made this in her early 20's. "The Dreaming" and "Hounds of Love" are both 10/10 masterpieces to me, but I'd say "The Dreaming" gets the edge. This album is an enigma that has to be heard to be believed.