Hounds of Love
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Hounds of Love is a 1985 album by Kate Bush. It is regarded as one of her most accessible albums by critics and fans alike. After self-producing The Dreaming, Bush went one step further with this album by producing it herself at her own custom built home studio. The album marked her breakthrough into the American charts with the Top 40 hit "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God). The album also yielded a set of videos, the most famous of which is "Cloudbusting", directed by Julian Doyle, co-starring movie star Donald Sutherland and inspired by the life of psychologist Wilhelm Reich.
The second part of the album (tracks 6 through 12) consist of one long suite, The Ninth Wave.
The 1997 edition, commemorating the first century of EMI, featured six bonus tracks which were b-sides to the originally released singles. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Hounds of Love the 48th greatest album of all time. In January 2006, the NME named it the 41st best British album of all time. The 19th edition of British Hit Singles & Albums, published by Guinness in May 2006, included a list of the Top 100 albums of all time, as voted by readers of the book and also NME readers, which placed Hounds of Love at Number 70.
The British band The Futureheads made a cover of the "Hounds of Love" song, reaching number eight in the UK singles chart in February 2005.
Track listing
All songs written by Kate Bush.
- "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" – 5:03
- "Hounds of Love" – 3:02
- "The Big Sky" – 4:41
- "Mother Stands for Comfort" – 3:07
- "Cloudbusting" – 5:10
- "And Dream of Sheep" – 2:45
- "Under Ice" – 2:21
- "Waking the Witch" – 4:18
- "Watching You Without Me" – 4:06
- "Jig of Life" – 4:04)
- "Hello Earth" – 6:13
- "The Morning Fog" – 2:34
Bonus tracks (1997 EMI edition)
- "The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)" (1986) – 7:44
- "Running Up That Hill (12" Mix)" – 5:45
- "Be Kind to My Mistakes" (1989) – 3:00
- "Under the Ivy" (b-side to "Running Up That Hill" 7") – 2:08
- "Burning Bridge" (b-side to "Cloudbusting" 7") – 4:38
- "My Lagan Love" (b-side to "Cloudbusting 12"") – 2:30
Personnel
- Kate Bush – vocals, Fairlight CMI, piano
- Stuart Elliott – drums on 1 2 4 5 9 10 11
- Del Palmer – bass on 1 10, handclapping on 3, backing vocals on 5, Fairlight bass on 8, Linn programming
- Alan Murphy – guitar on 1 3 8
- Paddy Bush – violins on 12, balalaika on 1, backing vocals on 5, didjeridu on 3, harmonic vocals on 7, fujara on 12
- Charlie Morgan – drums on 2 3 5 8 10, handclapping on 3
Additional personnel
- Jonathan Williams – cello on 2
- Youth – bass on 3
- Morris Pert – percussion on 3
- Eberhard Weber – bass 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
- Donal Lunny – bouzouki on 6 11, irish bouzouki on 10
- John Sheahan – whistles on 6
- Kevin McAlea – synthesiser sequences on 8, synthesiser on 12
- Pink Floyd – helicopter from The Wall on 8
- 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
Production personnel
- Del Palmer – engineer
- Haydn Bendall – engineer
- Brian Tench – engineer, mixing
- 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
- Chris Blair – digital remastering
- Ian Cooper – cutting engineer
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Billboard 200 | 33/41 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" | UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| 1985 | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 13 |
| 1985 | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 21 |
| 1985 | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" | U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 34 |
| 1985 | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 30 |
| 1985 | "Cloudbusting" | UK Singles Chart | 20 |
| 1986 | "Hounds of Love" | UK Singles Chart | 18 |
| 1986 | "The Big Sky" | UK Singles Chart | 37 |
Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|
| BPI – UK | Gold | October 7 1985 |
| BPI – UK | Platinum | October 30 1985 |
| CRIA – Canada | Gold | December 6 1985 |
| CRIA – Canada | Platinum | December 6 1985 |
| BPI – UK | Double Platinum | December 23 1986 |