One of the difficult things about the lyrics is that when I initially write the song, perhaps half of the lyrics come with it but it's almost more difficult fitting in the other half to make it match than it would be perhaps to start from scratch, where, for instance, you might have just hummed the tune or where, in some cases, I wrote them as instrumentals, and then the tunes were written over the top of this. Many hours went on writing lyrics - one of the most difficult parts in the process for me, in that it's so time-consuming and so frustrating, and it just always seems to take far too long for something that seems as though it should come so naturally. Many hours were spent on tiny vocal ideas that perhaps only last half a minute. And it's very much something that was designed and written to work as one piece of music. And the second side of the album is a conceptual piece which is seven songs all linked together. They're all very different subject matters from each other. It's almost like two separate albums for me, this really, in that the first side is five separate songs, if they're linked it's only be the theme of love - they're all forms of love songs, they're about relationships. We actually gave a title to the b-side of the album as well, but because you can't have two titles for an album, so we just went for the a-side title to cover it all. The a-side is very much five individual songs that are in some way all linked by love as a theme, and this seemed to be a title which really did sum up that side. The title comes from one of the songs, which is entitled 'Hounds Of Love', and this album for me is like two quite separate pieces of work: the a-side and the b-side. In 2010, Audio Fidelity released Hounds Of Love on vinyl with new remastering by Steve Hoffman. In 2005, a so-called 'mini LP replica' version was released on CD in Japan. This version included six bonus tracks: The Big Sky (Meteorological mix), Running Up That Hill (12" mix), Be Kind To My Mistakes, Under The Ivy, Burning Bridge and My Lagan Love. On 16 June 1997 a remastered version of the album was released as part of EMI's 'First Centenary' reissue series. The album was also included in the This Woman's Work box set in 1990. The album was originally released on LP, CD and tape. It's a very powerful and dare I say it, female album, and I'll be playing it longer than most." Formats but can all this profusion of talent be harnessed to produce The Work? Well by jasus, if this album isn't it, it's awful close. Dermot Stokes, The Hot Press: "Obviously and unarguably one of the more powerful intelligences of modern pop. here she has learned you can have control without sacrificing passion". Ronnie Randall wrote in Sounds: "Dramatic moving, and wildly, unashamedly, beautifully romantic." Jane Solanas in NME added: "It's an obvious progression of the skill shown on The Dreaming." Colin Irwin, Melody Maker: "She's way out of sync with everything else that's going down right now. It is considered by many fans and music critics to be Bush's best album, and has been regularly voted one of the greatest albums of all time. 'Hounds Of Love' received critical acclaim on its release and in retrospective reviews. The album consists of the following tracks: The album went to number 1 in the UK and stayed in the albums chart for over a year, making it her best selling album to date.
The album was produced as two suites - side one being 'Hounds of Love' and side two a seven-track concept piece called The Ninth Wave. The recording sessions included use of the Fairlight CMI synthesiser, piano, traditional Irish instruments, and layered vocals.
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After five months, Bush began overdubbing and mixing the album in a process that took a full year. With the studio more or less completed, Bush began recording demos for the album in the summer of 1983. In the summer of 1983 Bush built her own 48-track studio in the barn behind her family home which she could use to her advantage and at anytime she liked, without time constraints she had to deal with when hiring studios elsewhere. Two years in the making, the album was written, composed and produced by Kate.įollowing the disappointing performance of her fourth album The Dreaming and its singles, executives at Bush's label were concerned about sales largely due to the long time period it took to produce the album. Fifth album by Kate Bush, released by EMI Records on 16 September 1985.
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