Hounds of Love
by Kate Bush
- Type: Album
- Released: 16 September 1985
- Label: EMI
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 47:22
- Community rating: 4.31/5 from 44 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Kate Bush's 'Hounds of Love' is a landmark art-pop album structured in two distinct suites. The first side, also titled 'Hounds of Love', features a collection of lush, accessible singles, including 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)', driven by layered vocals, intricate arrangements, and Bush's pioneering use of the Fairlight CMI synthesizer. In contrast, the second side is 'The Ninth Wave', a conceptual song cycle that forms a continuous, atmospheric narrative about a person lost at sea, showcasing Bush's ambitious, cinematic storytelling and experimental production.
Genres
Descriptors: theatrical, literary, ambitious, progressive, conceptual
Tracklist
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (04:58)
- Hounds Of Love (03:03)
- The Big Sky - Special Single Mix (04:38)
- Mother Stands For Comfort (03:08)
- Cloudbusting (05:10)
- And Dream Of Sheep (02:45)
- Under Ice (02:21)
- Waking The Witch (04:18)
- Watching You Without Me (04:07)
- Jig Of Life (04:04)
- Hello Earth (06:13)
- The Morning Fog (02:37)
Credits
- Kate Bush - vocals, fairlight synthesizer, yamaha cs-80, acoustic piano, keyboards, producer, composer, lyricist
- Kevin McAlea - synthesizer sequencing, synthesizers
- Alan Murphy - guitars
- John Williams - guitars, cello
- Dónal Lunny - bouzouki, bodhrán
- Del Palmer - linndrum programming, bass guitar, handclaps, backing vocals, fairlight bass, engineer, drum programming
- Martin Glover - bass guitar
- Eberhard Weber - double bass
- Danny Thompson - double bass
- Stuart Elliott - drums
- Charlie Morgan - drums, handclaps
- Paddy Bush - dijeridu, backing vocals, original music discovered by
- Liam O'Flynn - uilleann pipes
- The Richard Hickox Singers - choir
- John Sheahan - fiddle, whistles
- Brian Bath - backing vocals
- John Carder Bush - backing vocals, narration by
- The Medicci Sextet - strings
- Maurice Denham - spoken word
- Bill Whelan - arranged by [irish arrangements], fujara
- Michael Kamen - arranged by [orchestral]
- Bill Smith Studio - design
- Bill Somerville-Large - engineer [at windmill lane]
- Brian Tench - engineer
- Haydn Bendall - engineer
- James Guthrie - engineer
- Nigel Walker - engineer
- Paul Hardiman - engineer
- Pearce Dunne - engineer [assistant engineer]
- Michael Berkeley - arranged by [choir, arranged for voices by]
- Richard Hickox - conductor [choir, directed by]
- Dave Lawson - arranged by [arranged for strings by]