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Track Listing
1. Running up That Hill (A Deal With God)
2. Hounds of Love
3. Big Sky, The
4. Mother Stands For Comfort
5. Cloudbusting
6. And Dream of Sheep
7. Under Ice
8. Waking the Witch
9. Watching You Without Me
10. Jig of Life
11. Hello Earth
12. Morning Fog, The
13. Big Sky, The - (Meteorogical Mix)
14. Running up That Hill - (12" Mix, remix)
15. Be Kind to My Mistakes
16. Under the Ivy
17. Burning Bridge
18. My Lagan Love
Album Notes
Personnel: Kate Bush (vocals, piano, synthesizer); Bill Whelan, Michael Kamen (arranger); Alan Murphy, Brian Bath, John Williams (guitar); Donal Lunny (bouzouki); John Sheaham (fiddle, whistles); Paddy Bush (violin, fujare, dijeridu, balalaika, background vocals); Jonathan Williams (cello); Liam O'Flynn (Uilleann pipes); Kevin McAlea (synthesizer); Del Palmer (bass, background vocals); Eberhard Weber, Danny Thompson (bass); Morris Pert (percussion); Stuart Elliot, Charlie Morgan (drums); Brian Bath, John Carder Bush (background vocals).
Additional personnel: The Medicci Sextet, The Richard Hickox Singers.
Engineers: Del Palmer, Haydn Bendall, Brian Tench.
New Zealand version includes six extra songs.
Though not the most prolific of album artists, Kate Bush's works make up in impact what they lack in frequency. Her style and material has always been unique, eccentric even, but HOUNDS OF LOVE is probably the strongest mix of controlled musical experimentation and lyrical expression. It deals with big issues--childhood fantasy and trauma, conflict, sexuality--but rarely lapses into pretension. The intense arrangements are perfectly matched to the subjects: "Running Up That Hill" is climactically erotic, "Cloudbusting" broodingly triumphant, while "The Big Sky" is just big. And it's all her own work.
Industry Reviews
Ranked #44 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - ...HOUNDS OF LOVE introduce[s] a more streamlined sound, keyed to the relentless beat of [songs like] `Running Up That Hill' and `Cloudbusting'...
Alternative Press (07/01/1995)
Ranked #20 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums - ...This beautiful, crazy record remains her finest hour....the music was to prove her most sophisticated....Fantastic.
Q (06/01/2000)
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