Kate Bush ‘The Sensual World’ - Classic Album Sundays Podcast

By the middle of the 1980s Kate Bush had reached the apex of her
career with Hounds of Love. The album featured the most powerful
and intriguing songs of her discography thus far, demonstrating
just how incredible her sonic storytelling had become. Resisting
the frenetic pace of a typical major label release schedule, Bush
would spend another four years crafting her followup, with only
sporadic singles and collaborations bridging the commercial gap.
She found inspiration in the literary world again, scouring the
pages of James Joyce’s landmark 1920s novel Ulysses to find Molly
Bloom’s closing monologue, in which the character steps from the
pages of the book and revels in the real world. Bush was
delighted to find that the rhythm and sound of the words fit
perfectly with the music she had been working on. Read more:
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