8548222@WWU.EDU (Dave Armstrong) (02/27/90)
The following was included in the press kit for the album
_Hounds_Of_Love_.
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KATE BUSH
HOUNDS OF LOVE
Since the last album (THE DREAMING - released towards the
end of 1982) KATE BUSH has achieved the long-held ambition
of designing, building, and equiping her own recording
studio. Upon its completion, six months of songwriting was
followed by nearly a year of recording. The result, the
album - HOUNDS OF LOVE, shows KATE at a new creative peak
both musically and lyrically. It also displays her increasing
prowess as a producer.
HOUNDS OF LOVE divides neatly into two seperate sections.
Side 1 comprises of five tracks including the first single -
RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) - a song about the
fundamental differences between the sexes and how these
differences lead to misunderstanding in relationships. The
four remaining songs touch on similarly universal themes
matching music which surpasses even her previous standards
of romance, rhythm and power.
Side 2 is equally dramatic. It is a conceptual piece entitled
THE NINTH WAVE. The seven songs combine to tell the story
of someone who has been alone in the water for some time and
who is in danger of drowning. His past, present and future
manifest themselves in the struggle to keep him awake.
The abstract lyrical ideas perfectly complement the atmosphere
evoked by the music. In many ways this balance has always
been inherent in KATE'S work and the signs can be traced back
to her first album THE KICK INSIDE - which was released in
1978, two years after she signed to EMI at the age of 16.
That debut contained the atmosphere-laden WUTHERING HEIGHTS
which introduced KATE to the world and which topped the
singles chart for four weeks. The hits continued with
THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES, HAMMER HORROR and
WOW, the last two taken from the second album - LIONHEART.
The next project was KATE'S only tour to date but one which
remains a milestone in the live presentation of popular music.
A dazzling combination of music, theatre and dance, she was
involved in every aspect of its elaborate staging from the
choreography and costumes to the lighting and sound.
The single BREATHING (released in April, 1980) marked a dramatic
departure from her previous material, one which was consolidated
with the release of the album NEVER FOR EVER in the late summer.
It crashed into the charts at No. 1 and spawned two further
hit singles, BABOOSHKA and ARMY DREAMERS.
With NEVER FOR EVER, KATE was co-producing for the first time
and by the next album, THE DREAMING (released in September
1982), she had complete involvment in the production. With
the benefit of hindsight THE DREAMING can be seen as having
set the scene for HOUNDS OF LOVE, both musically and from a
production point of view.
With the accompanying promotional activities precluding the
possibility of another tour in the immediate future, KATE is
currently working on an idea to present Side 2 of HOUNDS OF
LOVE through another medium to which she has already made
a notable contribution - video. This is planned as a visual
interpretation of THE NINTH WAVE.
Before then, on September 16th, the HOUNDS OF LOVE will be
unleashed in the UK on record, cassette and compact disc.
_KATE_BUSH_DISCOGRAPHY_(U.K._ONLY)_
_SINGLES_
_CATALOGUE NO._ _TITLE_ _RELEASE_DATE_
EMI 2719 WUTHERING HEIGHTS/Kite JANUARY 1978
EMI 2806 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD
IN HIS EYES/Moving MAY 1978
EMI 2887 HAMMER HORROR/Coffee
Homeground NOVEMBER 1978
EMI 2911 WOW/Full House MARCH 1979
MIEP 2911 KATE BUSH ON STAGE (LIVE
EP) THEM HEAVY PEOPLE/
DON'T PUSH YOUR FOOT ON
THE HEARTBREAK/JAMES AND
THE COLD GUN/L'AMOUR LOOKS
SOMETHING LIKE YOU SEPTEMBER 1979
EMI 5058 BREATHING/The Empty
Bullring APRIL 1980
EMI 5085 BABOOSHKA/Ran Tan Waltz JUNE 1980
EMI 5106 ARMY DREAMERS/Delius/
Passing Through Air SEPTEMBER 1980
EMI 5121 DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC
AGAIN/Warm And Soothing NOVEMBER 1980
EMI 5201 SAT IN YOUR LAP/Lord Of
The Reedy River JUNE 1981
EMI 5296 THE DREAMING/Dreamtime
(Instrumental Version) JULY 1983
EMI 5350 THERE GOES A TENNOR/Ne
T'Enfuis Pas NOVEMBER 1982
KBS 1 THE SINGLE FILE (BOX SET)
(This box set contains
KATE'S 12 U.K. singles
including the LIVE ON
STAGE E.P., as listed
above. The 13th single -
NE T'ENFUIS PAS/ UN BAISER
D'ENFANT - was released
in France in June 1983) JANUARY 1984
KB1 RUNNING UP THAT HILL/Under
The Ivy AUGUST 1985
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_ALBUMS/CASSETTES_
_CATALOGUE_NO._ _TITLE_ _REALEASE_DATE_
EMC 3223 THE KICK INSIDE FEBRUARY 1978
EMA 787 LIONHEART DECEMBER 1978
EMA 794 NEVER FOR EVER SEPTEMBER 1980
EMC 3419 THE DREAMING SEPTEMBER 1982
EJ 2403841 HOUNDS OF LOVE SEPTEMBER 1985
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_VIDEO_CASSETTES_
LIVE AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON
(recorded during May 1979) OCTOBER 1981
THE SINGLE FILE
(a collection of KATE'S promotional videos
comprising of the following songs:-
WUTHERING HEIGHTS, THE MAN WITH THE CHILD
IN HIS EYES, HAMMER HORROR, WOW, THEM HEAVY
PEOPLE, BREATHING, BABOOSHKA, ARMY DREAMERS,
SAT IN YOUR LAP, THE DREAMING, SUPENDED IN
GAFFA, THERE GOES A TENNER) DECEMBER 1983
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_COMPACT_DISC_
HOUNDS OF LOVE SEPTEMBER 1985
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
EMI AMERICA PRESS AND PUBLICITY OFFICE.
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The appearance of Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbreak in the
discography instead of Don't Push Your Foot On The HeartBRAKE and the
appearance of Full House instead of FULLHOUSE actually occured in the
material supplied by EMI.