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The Dreaming by Kate Bush
The Dreaming is an album by Kate Bush, released in 1982. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sat in Your Lap”, on 2 lists with a best position of #344.
The Dreaming, Kate Bush's fourth studio album, came out on EMI on 13 September 1982, and it's the sound of an artist taking the controls and yanking hard. She spent two years on it and produced it entirely herself, as she has every album since, and the result is her most uncommercial, experimental record: dense, clattering, theatrical, a head-first dive into the deep end of progressive rock with not a lifebelt in sight.
It still reached number three at home and went Silver, but it sold less than the records before it and the reviews were split. Five singles came off it, among them "Sat in Your Lap" and the title track. Time has been kinder than 1982 was: an NPR public poll ranked it the 24th greatest album by a female artist, it made the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book and Mojo's list of eccentric classics, and Björk, Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree and Outkast's Big Boi have all named it a favourite.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Dreaming on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat in Your Lap | 2 | #344 | – | 2003–2004 | |
| 2 | The Dreaming | 1 | #549 | – | 1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.