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KATE BUSH Released Her Classic 5th Album ‘HOUNDS OF LOVE’ Today 40 Years Ago

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Significant longplayers from yesteryear

16 September 2025

Legendary songstress KATE BUSH (aged 67 now) released her 5th album
HOUNDS OF LOVE on 16 September 1985, today 40 years ago.

It topped the UK Charts and peaked at #30 in the USA

Hounds of Love received critical acclaim in both contemporary and retrospective
reviews. It is considered by many fans and music critics to be her best album.

The LP was produced as two suites, with side one being subtitled Hounds of Love and side two a seven-track concept piece subtitled The Ninth Wave. The album has been described as post-progressive because Bush voices themes of love and womanly passion rather than the usual male viewpoints associated with progressive rock.

Brett Anderson (frontman Suede): “I love the way it’s a record of two halves, and the second half is a concept record about fear of drowning. It’s an amazing record to listen to really late at night, unsettling and really jarring.”

Pitchfork said: “With her self-produced fifth album, Kate Bush became a total auteur, embracing the possibilities of digital sampling synthesizers and creating a perfect marriage
of technique and exploration. She became the most musically serious and yet outwardly whimsical star of her time.

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KATE BUSH Released Her Delirious Hit Single ‘RUNNING UP THAT HILL’ 40 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

5 August 2020

Highly influential icon KATE BUSH (67 now) released her delirious hit single
RUNNING UP THAT HILL today 40 years ago, on 5 August 1980. It featured
on her 5th LP Hounds Of Love .

It hit #3 in the UK,, it went top-10 in several
European countries and stranded at #30 in
the US.

Stuart Elliott (the drummer on the single): “The tension in that track is just remarkable. Every step of the way, there’s a little twist and turn that’s different from the previous verse,
an extra line or one line less, or a repeat just in the perfect places. There’s absolutely no dead space. It’s just so deceptively simple.”

Bush said the lyrics address the inability of men and women to understand each other. She imagined that by making “a deal with God”, they could exchange places and reach a greater understanding. The song was actually originally titled “A Deal with God“.

Her record label, EMI Records, felt this was sensitive and could limit its radio play. Bush agreed to change it as she had not had a hit song in some time and wanted to “give the album a chance“. But on the album, it was named “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”.

Run, Kate.

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New UNCUT Magazine Issue With Cover Star KATE BUSH

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31 December 2024

In this new Uncut issue an evelatory lost interview from 2011 with living legend Kate Bush talking about fame, the internet, pop music, fantastical creatures and the time she nearly burned her house down.

Also in this new issue: Bob Dylan, The Weather Station,
The Damned, Quincy Jones, and The Go-Betweens.

New albums: Julian Cope, Sun Ra Arkestra, James Blackshaw, Lilly Hiatt
and The Last Poets; archive releases by Dennis Bovell, Terry Riley, Television,
Tom Waits, Mercury Rev and Laura Nyro; Big Star and The Saints live.

This months Free CD titled Noctures containes
12 tracks of the best new music of the month.

You can purchase a copy and let it
be sent to your home. Info HERE.

MOJO MAGAZINE – New Issue With Cover Star KATE BUSH

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14 April 2024

KATE BUSH – THE EARLY YEARS is this month’s MOJO cover story. Everything from
her early demos through Wuthering Heights to Never For Ever. Plus, an insider relives
the incredible Tour Of Life.

Also in the issue: The Yardbirds – the whole story; Scott Walker’s Climate Of Hunter at 40; Beth Gibbons returns; Tangerine Dream’s synth madness; Labi Siffre – famous at last. And: Crowded House; Curtis Mayfield; Anita Pallenberg; Steve Harley; Nirvana; Leyla McCalla; Richard Thompson; Lou Reed; Buzzcocks; Minutemen.

This month’s free CD features 15 slices of raucous, raving, rumbustious British R&B by
The Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies, Geno Washington, Alexis Korner
and more.

You can purchase a copy and let it be sent to your home adress. Info HERE.

20 Crackers From 1978 – The Year A Female Songstress Topped The UK Singles Chart For The First Time Ever

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Back in time

3 February 2024

1978 was a new-punk-wave year of alternative razzmatazz, sonic turmoil
and timeless killer tracks by Buzzcocks, The Clash, Siouxsie and The Banshees,
Blondie, PIL, Talking Heads, and many more.

It was also the first year ever that a female singer-songwriter topped
the UK Singles Chart with a self-written song. It was the then 20-year-old
wayward artist Kate Bush who did it with her debut single Wuthering
Heights in January 1978.

Turn Up The Volume‘s selection of 20 classic crackers from 1978.

Oops, 1978 was also the year of Grease and Superman.

UNCUT MAGAZINE – New Issue Celebrates Legend KATE BUSH

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19 July 2023

UNCUT celebrates 40 of KATE BUSH’s greatest songs in the company of musicians and eyewitnesses, as the magazine attempt to unravel the magical thinking and creative mysteries behind one of the most consistently adventurous and radical songbooks of the last 50 years – from her career-defining hits to b-sides, deep cuts and even a Christmas song. “The one thing that she taught me, there are no barriers,” says one collaborator. “Too many people think you shouldn’t do this or that. But Kate would often ask, “Is that weird?’ or ‘How can we make this weird?”

Also features about Ronnie Lane, Elliott Smith, XTC, Protomartyr, album reviews and more.

This month’s free 15-track CD – Now Playing – showcases the wealth of great new music on offer this month. With Blur, Cut Worms, Hiss Golden Messenger, Dot Allison, Bush Tetras, PiL, Be Your Own Pet and many more.

You can purchase a copy of this issue and let it be sent to your home. Info HERE.

20 Knockouts From 1978 – The Year A Female Songstress Topped The UK Singles Chart For The First Time Ever

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Going back in time

30 May 2023

1978 was a new-punk-wave year of alternative razzmatazz, sonic turmoil and timeless killer tracks by Buzzcocks, The Clash, Siouxsie and The Banshees Blondie, PIL, Talking Heads and many more.

It was also the first year ever that a female singer-songwriter topped the UK Singles Chart with a self-written song. It was the then 20-year-old wayward artist Kate Bush who did it with her debut single Wuthering Heights in January 1978.

And here Turn Up The Volume‘s 20 Knockouts from 1978 list.

Ooops, 1978 was also the year of Grease and Superman.