1001 Albums Generator - Kate Bush - The Sensual World

 Album 2

The Sensual World

by Kate Bush

While I don't think I would ever reach for a Kate Bush record, I also don't think I've ever heard a bad Kate Bush record. And this one is no exception to that rule. 

But the sheer scope of songs like "Reaching Out" is inspiring.This is the culmination of everything the 80s became...in every good way.

Toward the end I got really tired of the wailing and there wasn't as much to hold on to as I would have liked. But Rocket's Tale pulled me out of that malaise and the monster "This Woman's Work" showed up like a siren and I could see Tori Amos and a million songwriters being born. 

Favorite Tracks

Love and Anger

Reaching Out

Heads We're Dancing

Rocket's Tale

This Woman's Work

1001 Albums Generator - DJ Shadow's Endtroducing...

 Album 1

Endtroducing...

DJ Shadow

It's obvious to me that The Kleptones and Girl Talk and others do not exist without this record. And I am not well versed enough in the genre to talk with ANY authority.

But this is eminently listenable and explosive. It builds on what I loved about Public Enemy (and they must be on this list somewhere) but this is not a political polemic. At least not obviously. This is to Hip Hop as Brian Eno was to Glam Rock. OF the genre but building on it and creating something new, yet familiar.

In the end I found myself losing interest. This could be because it is over an hour long, as most albums of the 90s were and, while none of it is filler, I just think that's about 15-20 minutes too long to sustain interest. It really doesn't matter the genre.

Favorite tracks:

The Number Song

Stem/Long Stem

Mutual Slump

Midnight in a Perfect World