Review of the album from Oct. 14 _Record Mirror_

[ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi)]

I don't think anyone's posted this review yet, so here it is, from
the Oct. 14 _Record Mirror_.

KATE BUSH
'The Sensual World'
EMI

     Four years in the making, 'The Sensual World' features the lushest
material of Kate Bush's career.
     While 'Hounds Of Love' was very often an angry album, 'The Sensual
World' caresses your face and soothes.  But don't think for a minute that
Kate is settling back into a comfortable niche.  Her uncompromising spirit
is still there with even some hints of subtle menace.
     Undoubtedly, 'The Sensual World' is a romantic album; with Kate, a
woman who likes to adopt many roles, playing an earth mother figure
throughout much of it.  She warmly catalogues a whole range of mixed
emotions, from child experiences, to adult relationships and even the
secret desires of one of her cats!
     'Love And Anger' is a quite superb piece of soul searching with
'The Fog' providing some excellent counterpoints before 'Reaching Out,'
gentle but strong all at the same time.
     But cosey and endearing as 'The Sensual Touch' [sic] is, the songs
are never allowed to become twee, especially the track 'Heads We're
Dancing', a ghostly tale of love and war.
     'The Sensual World' is warm, wholesome and stimulating.  The wait
for a new Kate Bush album has been well worth it. *****
			   -- Robin Smith


Ed (Edward Suranyi)        |"Kate Bush:  Needs more exposure in the United
Dept. of Applied Science   |     States, but a magnificent talent."
UC Davis/Livermore         |                 -- Robert Hilburn,
ed@das.llnl.gov            |                    _Los Angeles Times_