Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (EMI Original EEC pressing) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/ 96 Khz + CD

Considered by many reviewers as her masterpiece, 1985's Hounds of Love is no less experimental from a production standpoint. Not only did she produce it herself, but for this album, stung by the huge costs she had run up hiring studio space for The Dreaming, she built a private 48 track studio near her home where she could work at her own pace.
In August of 1985, England's most popular music magazine, NME, featured Bush in a "Where Are They Now" article. Two days later, on The Wogan Show, the single "Running Up That Hill" was played for the first time. The single, and indeed the album, were showcases of a newfound mastery of production. Hounds of Love ultimately topped the charts in the UK, knocking Madonna's Like A Virgin from the number one position.

The album is split into two sides, with the first side, Hounds of Love, containing five commercial sounding songs, including the four singles: "Running Up That Hill," "Cloudbusting," "Hounds of Love," and "The Big Sky." The second side is entitled "The Ninth Wave", whose title is taken from a poem by Tennyson. As part of a song cycle, each track helps to convey the story of a woman who is lost at sea, facing death by drowning, and the tortured night she spends in the water. Bush's technical wizardry is shown to full effect, using samples and vocals played in reverse to synthesized sounds and folk instrumentation.

Tracks:

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
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

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


All songs written by Kate Bush.