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. Some exclusions apply, please visit our Help Centrefor more details.Fifth album by Kate Bush, released by EMI Records on 16 September 1985.We’re happy to accept returns for unwanted items, provided that they are returned within 14 days of receipt unopened, unused, and in perfect condition.For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered.If your order contains items that are out of stock, we’ll ship the in-stock items as soon as we can and will dispatch the out-of-stock items as soon as we’ve received more stock in the warehouse.We don’t always ship everything together so check your dispatch email for more details - we’ll send you a dispatch email per parcel.We will email you as soon as each item is ready to be dispatched so you know when to expect them, but you can also check the status of your order in your account.Will you tell me when my order is on its way? All delivery options and any charges that are applicable will be shown at the checkout.Selected items are only available for delivery using Click & Collect to an hmv or FOPP store of your choice.Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.
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