dense, demanding music", calling it "the most impressive Fripp/Gabriel-style art-rock album of the postpunk refulgence." Jon Young of Trouser Press called it "a triumph of inventive songwriting and unpredictable performances" but warned that "its sensory overload will drive away the less than dedicated." Legacy In a later review AllMusic called it "a theatrical and abstract piece of work", as well as "a brilliant predecessor to the charming beauty of 1985's Hounds of Love." The Quietus called it "a brave volte face from a mainstream artist" and "a startlingly modern record too", noting its "organic hybridization, the use of digital and analogue techniques, its use of modern wizardry to access atavistic states." In 2014, critic Simon Reynolds called The Dreaming a "wholly unfettered mistress-piece" and "a delirious, head-spinning experience". Bush herself has called The Dreaming her "She's gone mad album" and said it was not particularly commercial. On later revisiting the album she said she was surprised by the sound, saying that it was quite an angry record. Uncut has said that it was a "multi-layered, polyrhythmic and wildly experimental album [and] remains a landmark work". In the 2010s, musicians Björk and Big Boi cited The Dreaming as one of their favourite albums. Musician Steven Wilson also stated that the album is one of his favourites and that his 2015 album, Hand. Cannot. Erase., was musically influenced by it. Track listing All tracks written, arranged and produced by Kate Bush, except pipes and strings arrangements on "Night of the Swallow" arranged by Bill Whelan, and strings arrangements on "Houdini" by Dave Lawson and Andrew Powell. Personnel Credits are adapted from The Dreaming liner notes. Kate Bush – vocals, piano, Fairlight CMI synthesizer (1, 2, 5–10), Yamaha CS-80 (2), strings (4) Paddy Bush – sticks (1), mandolins and strings (4), bullroarer (6) Geoff Downes – Fairlight CMI trumpet section (1) Jimmy Bain – bass guitar (1, 5, 10) Del Palmer – bass guitar (2, 4, 8), fretless and 8 string bass (7) Preston Heyman – drums (1, 3, 5, 10), sticks (1) Stuart Elliott – drums (2, 4, 6–9), sticks (4), percussion (8) Dave Lawson – Synclavier (2, 4) Brian Bath – electric guitar (3) Danny Thompson – string bass (3) Ian Bairnson – acoustic guitar (5) Alan Murphy – electric guitar (5, 10) Rolf Harris - digeridoo (6) Liam O'Flynn – penny whistle and uilleann pipes (7) Seán Keane – fiddle