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"Reaching out for the star / reaching out for the star that explodes"
We, who are admittedly biased towards this artist, how can we not give 5 stars to the album marking the definitive consecration of Kate Bush?
It's 1989. After the effervescence and pop brilliance of her early days, with splendid tracks like "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka," the beautiful Kate has made the leap upwards with the astonishing insights of "Hounds of Love." It is thus up to "The Sensual World" to confirm Kate's artistic stature: a true songwriter, endowed with a fairy-like voice and a talent that sweeps away the lingering doubts of those who never forgave her for the lightness of her early successes.
This album finds its secret in a successful blend between folk tradition (the magical Celtic colors of the title track and "Never Be Mine", or the tribal touches of "Love and Anger") and a modern and balanced electronics (think of the vocal collage of "Rocket's Tail"). A true and proper folktronica ahead of Björk, as demonstrated by the dreamy calm of "This Woman's Work" or the epic lyricism of "Reaching Out". Following this cornerstone of the evolution of female songwriting - enhanced by jaw-dropping musician collaborations like Michael Nyman or Dave Gilmour, with his unmistakable and enveloping riffs on "Love and Anger" - would come the confirmation of "The Red Shoes," another showcase album.
Before the retreat to her family's Aventine. But the best, as they say, was already abundantly written.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 The Sensual World (03:59)
Mmh, yes,
Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep South, go down, mmh, yes,
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of Howth Head and into the flesh, mmh, yes,
He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes,
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body, yes.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world.
Stepping out...
To where the water and the earth caress
And the down of a peach says mmh, yes,
Do I look for those millionaires
Like a Machiavellian girl would
When I could wear a sunset? mmh, yes,
And how we'd wished to live in the sensual world
You don't need words--just one kiss, then another.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world
Stepping out, off the page, into the sensual world.
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes,
And then he whispered would I, mmh, yes,
Be safe, mmh, yes, from mountain flowers?
And at first with the charm around him, mmh, yes,
He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
He'd rescue it, mmh, yes,
And his spark took life in my hand and, mmh, yes,
I said, mmh, yes,
But not yet, mmh, yes,
Mmh, yes.
04 Reaching Out (03:14)
See how the child reaches out instinctively
To feel how fire will feel.
See how the man reaches out instinctively
For what he cannot have.
The pull and the push of it all.
Reaching out for the hand.
Reaching out for the hand that smacked.
Reaching out for that hand to hold.
Reaching out for the Star.
Reaching out for the Star that explodes.
Reaching out for Mama.
See how the flower leans instinctively
Toward the light.
See how the heart reaches out instinctively
For no reason but to touch.
The pull and the push of it all.
Reaching out for the hand
Reaching out for the hand that smacked
Reaching out for that hand to hold.
Reaching out for the Star.
Reaching out for the Star that explodes.
Reaching out for Mama.
(Can't we see...)
Reaching out for Mama.
06 Deeper Understanding (04:48)
As the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it
Like a friend.
I was loading a new programme
I had ordered from a magazine:
"Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must."
I press Execute.
"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding."
Well I've never felt such pleasure.
Nothing else seemed to matter.
I neglected my bodily needs.
I did not eat, I did not sleep,
The intensity increasing,
'Til my family found me and intervened.
But I was lonely, I was lost,
Without my little black box.
I pick up the phone and go, Execute.
"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding."
I turn to my computer like a friend.
I need deeper understanding.
Give me deeper understanding.
10 This Woman's Work (03:42)
Aha-ooh! Aha-ooh! Aha-ooh!
"You'll have to wait in here."
Pray God you can cope.
I'll stand outside
This woman's work,
This woman's world.
Ooh, it's hard on the man.
Now his part is over.
Now starts the craft of the father.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.
I should be crying, but I just can't let it show.
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking:
All the things I should have said, but I never said.
All the things we should have done, but we never did.
All the things I should have given, but I didn't.
Oh, darling, make it go,
Make it go away!
Give me these moments back.
Give them back to me.
Give me that little kiss.
Give me your hand.
(I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.)
I should be crying, but I just can't let it show.
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking
Of all the things I should have said, but I never said.
All the things we should have done, but we never did.
All the things that you needed from me.
All the things that you wanted for me.
All the things that I should have given, but I didn't.
Oh, darling, make it go away.
Just make it go away now.
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