Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

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Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

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Side one: Hounds of Love

1. "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)"   5:03

2. "Hounds of Love"   3:02

3. "The Big Sky"   4:41

4. "Mother Stands for Comfort"   3:07

5. "Cloudbusting"   5:10

Total length:   21:03

Side two: The Ninth Wave

6. "And Dream of Sheep"   2:45

7. "Under Ice"   2:21

8. "Waking the Witch"   4:18

9. "Watching You Without Me"   4:06

10. "Jig of Life"   4:04

11. "Hello Earth"   6:13

12. "The Morning Fog"   2:34

Total length: 26:21

1997 EMI edition bonus tracks

13. "The Big Sky" (Meteorogical Mix)   7:44

14. "Running Up That Hill" (12" Mix)   5:45

15. "Be Kind to My Mistakes"   3:00

16. "Under the Ivy"   2:08

17. "Burning Bridge"   4:38

18. "My Lagan Love"   Traditional  new lyrics by John Carder Bush   2:30

Note: The original 1985 cassette release included the 12" single version of "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" at the end of side one. The 2011 Fish People re-release and the 2018 remastered album substitute the "Special Single Mix" version of "The Big Sky", as opposed to the original album version.

Kate Bush Band Members / Musicians

Kate Bush – vocals, Fairlight synthesizer, piano

Alan Murphy – guitar on tracks 1, 3, 8

Del Palmer – LinnDrum programming, bass guitar on 1, 10, 12, handclaps on 3, backing vocals on 5, Fairlight bass on 8

Paddy Bush – balalaika on 1, backing vocals on 5, didgeridoo on 3, harmony vocals on 7, violins and fujara on 12

Stuart Elliott – drums on 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11

Charlie Morgan – drums on 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, handclaps on 3

Jonathan Williams – cello on 2

Martin Glover – bass guitar on 3

Morris Pert – percussion on 3

Eberhard Weber – bass guitar on 4, 11

The Medici Sextet – strings on 5

Dave Lawson – string arrangements on 5

Brian Bath – backing vocals on 5, guitar on 11

John Carder Bush – backing vocals on 5, narration on 10

Dónal Lunny – bouzouki on 6, 10, 11, bodhrán on 10

John Sheahan – whistles on 6, 10, fiddles on 10

Kevin McAlea – synthesizer, sequencer on 8, 12

Danny Thompson – double bass on 9

Liam O'Flynn – uilleann pipes on 10, 11

The Richard Hickox Singers – choir on 11

Richard Hickox – vocals, choir master on 11

Michael Berkeley – vocal arrangements on 11

John Williams – guitar on 12

Brian Tench – engineer, mixing (exc. on 2, 4)

Del Palmer – engineer

Haydn Bendall – engineer

Paul Hardiman – engineer

Nigel Walker – engineer

James Guthrie – engineer

Bill Somerville-Large – engineer at Windmill Lane Studios

Pearce Dunne – assistant engineer

Julian Mendelsohn – mixing on 2, 4

Ian Cooper – cutting engineer

Chris Blair – digital remastering

Photography for the sleeve was by Kate's brother, John Carder Bush and the sleeve design was by Bill Smith Studio and Kate Bush.

Hounds of Love is the 5th studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush, released by EMI Records on 16 September 1985. It was a commercial success and marked a return to the public eye for Bush after the relatively poor sales of her previous album, 1982's The Dreaming. The album's lead single, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", became one of Bush's biggest hits. The album's first side produced three further successful singles, "Cloudbusting", "Hounds of Love", and "The Big Sky". The second side, subtitled The Ninth Wave, forms a conceptual suite about a woman drifting alone in the sea at night.