Re: Has Kate already peaked?

[figsk8tn@ix.netcom.com (Sklar Toy )]

In <199601131108.MAA25701@donald.interpac.be>
lombaeg@donald.interpac.be (Emmy May Lombaerts) writes: 
>
>That person over there, pointing at: barnster <notme@ix.hell.com>,
said:
>=20
>>Honestly, "The Red Shoes" seems to be a decline for Kate after
>>the two previous masterpieces.  I'm not saying that TRS is as=20
>>bad as "Lionheart," but almost.=20
>
>        Hmm, I never thought "Lionheart" was bad... It did sound
rather
>rushed, and not really finished, but I don't think it's bad by any
means. I
>love "Don't push your foot on the heartbrake", "Coffee Homeground" and
"In
>Search Of Peter Pan".=20
>
>       Then, "The Red Shoes"... It took me ages to get into "The
Sensual
>World". I thought the Trio Bulgarka ruined a lot of it, although I'm
sure a
>lot of you guys would disagree with me on that, and I'm still not too
fond
>of them. It took a lot of listens before I discovered the jewels of
TSW. But
>still it's an album I don't play too often.
>
>    Unlike  "The Red Shoes", however, which I liked immediately. Okay,
so
>"Rubberband Girl" wasn't really deep, and "Big Stripey Lie", IMHO,
sounded a
>bit like a reject from "The Dreaming" (my fave Kate-album by the way).
But
>"Top Of The City", "Moments Of Pleasure", "And So Is Love", and "The
Song Of
>Solomon" are brilliant. Not to mention "Constellation Of The Heart"..
TRS to
>me sounded once again like the Kate I know and love, whereas I found
it hard
>to 'recognize' her in TSW.=20

As a fan of her music and a former die hard collector, I must say that
Kate peaked with the release of "Hounds of Love".