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Tucker Constable
Hello there, my name is Tucker. I love all sorts of music especially the music of yesteryear. I hope you enjoy my reviews, and I hope they entertain you, (I try to make my reviews funny and interesting), and maybe add a new perspective to an album you enjoy or do not enjoy.
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Tucker Constable's Album Reviews
"Hounds Of Love" is Kate Bush's most realized and direct effort of her discography. Stripping away the angered sounds of "The Dreaming" and the sweeping orchestral overtones of "The Kick Inside" and "The Lionheart", "Hounds Of Love" instead presents a subtler side of Bush previously unseen.
"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" is the best example of this, the song keeps an urgent tone throughout it's lush five minute run-through; however it's minimalist in it's approach, using only synthesizer, bass and drum machines. The rest of the album is very much like this, however Kate Bush is able to pull from her wide ranging musical cabinet and incorporate such styles as Irish jigs, on tracks such as "Jig Of Life", or almost Floydian like moments of pure atmosphere, on the track "Hello Earth". Despite being incredibly experimental the album is incredibly accessible, with it's anthemic singles "Cloudbusting", "Hounds Of Love" and "The Big Sky".
Where as on her previous four albums Bush shows a potential for perfect pop singles, and being mostly successful, on "Hounds Of Love" even the most obscure album tracks sound like what could have been hit singles.
Basically, "Hounds Of Love" is an album everyone must adore, no questions asked.
But in more professional terms:
"Hounds Of Love" is a record that defines pure 80's pop bliss, while never straying anywhere near average run of the mill pop. "Hounds Of Love" directly challenges it's listeners with more left field album tracks, and rewards them for their patience with some of the best singles of the 1980's.
Final Rating: 10/10
Stand-Out Tracks: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)", "Cloudbusting", "Waking The Witch" and "Watching You Without Me"
"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" is the best example of this, the song keeps an urgent tone throughout it's lush five minute run-through; however it's minimalist in it's approach, using only synthesizer, bass and drum machines. The rest of the album is very much like this, however Kate Bush is able to pull from her wide ranging musical cabinet and incorporate such styles as Irish jigs, on tracks such as "Jig Of Life", or almost Floydian like moments of pure atmosphere, on the track "Hello Earth". Despite being incredibly experimental the album is incredibly accessible, with it's anthemic singles "Cloudbusting", "Hounds Of Love" and "The Big Sky".
Where as on her previous four albums Bush shows a potential for perfect pop singles, and being mostly successful, on "Hounds Of Love" even the most obscure album tracks sound like what could have been hit singles.
Basically, "Hounds Of Love" is an album everyone must adore, no questions asked.
But in more professional terms:
"Hounds Of Love" is a record that defines pure 80's pop bliss, while never straying anywhere near average run of the mill pop. "Hounds Of Love" directly challenges it's listeners with more left field album tracks, and rewards them for their patience with some of the best singles of the 1980's.
Final Rating: 10/10
Stand-Out Tracks: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)", "Cloudbusting", "Waking The Witch" and "Watching You Without Me"
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