Bush - Bush

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...and drags bush down, down, down. Also, if anyone reading this thinks that Bush are trying to rip off Nirvana, think again. They rip off pearl Jam if anybody and that's ok. Bush are one of the only British Rock bands that have really made it in my eyes. ... Read review

Advantages: Pushing the boundaries
Disadvantages: Some misses

...The Dreaming, an experimental, courageous, though arguably over serious album, was Kate Bush’s follow up to Never For Ever in September 1982. Just under two years in the making, the album wa sproduced by Kate herself, a role she had been moving toward since Lionheart. Sat In Your Lap, inspired by a Stevie Wonder gig, and trailed as a single as early as July 1981, was indicative of what was to follow: complex lyrics; a deepening of Kate’s vocal timbre; a heavy use of polyphonic synthesisers, and an oppressive, almost claustrophobic production. The album, recorded in three separate studios, each carefully chosen not only for acoustic quality but for ambience and vibe, featured some unusual guest artists. Rolf Harris and animal impressionist Percy Edwards appeared on the title track, which delineated the plight of the Australian... Read review

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Advantages: Fine Blend of Traditional Irish and Modern Punk Music
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..., continues their blend of punk rock and traditional Irish music, never relaxing in its quest to both entertain and remain true to its roots. Happy to be doing what comes naturally to him, after all the raw basis of this music is his heritage, the 7-piece outfit that is Flogging Molly is the sole concept of Dublin-born Dave King. His vision, at times, can make you even feel yourself transported back into Irish history, especially in Tobacco Island, which tells of the oppression of the Irish by the British. Oppression by life itself is also sensed throughout the album but in no respect does it attempt to depress. Screaming At The Wailing Wall continues the band’s semi-crusade against President Bush that had started with Drunken Lullabies on vol.2 of the Rock Against Bush compilation series. This time round the lyrics are aimed directly... Read review

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Advantages: Nothing like it in your collection
Disadvantages: To short

...Most reviews of this album are inavoidably concerned with Miss Bush,s personality and capacity for strangeness and the ethereal,but what of the music,as a 12 year old school boy in 1978 Kate Bush appealed on more than one level ,her dark gypsy like features hinted at an unexplored sexual bohemia and her music was just as seductive in amongst the punk and disco of the late seventies. At the core of this beautiful and strange record is an undeniable sense of Englishness,but an Englishness which was far removed from the desperate austerity of 1978 and its snarling punk rock inner cities and political discontent,its finer grooves hint and whisper at myth and legend and the romance of Byron and Bronte ,the songs soothe and shock in equal measure ,from hypnotic lullaby to screeching operatics all perfomed within the realms of a traditional... Read review

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