The depth of what was on play here was like observing the depth of oil colours on a beautiful painting or uncovering the deeper meanings at play in a devilishly clever cinematic masterpiece. Kate Bush Hounds Of Love Label: Fish People 0190295593865 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180g Country: Europe Released: Original: 1985. They battled with the good forces in songs like ‘Jig Of Life’ or the out-of-body, lonely grief of ‘Watching You Without Me’. Tracks like ‘Under Ice’ and ‘Waking The Witch’ were truly horrifying, Gothic soundscapes which greedily bubbled with disturbed voices, desperate noises and inescapable violence. And they’re absolutely terrified, and they’re completely alone at the mercy of their imagination, which again I personally find such a terrifying thing, the power of one’s own imagination being let loose on something like that.” If Kate Bush is an artist who needs no introduction - and she certainly shouldn't in these parts - then Hounds of Love is probably the reason why.With over three decades of hindsight, this album seems to be almost universally beloved, and it contains at least a couple songs that people like me - who like her just fine but are by no means Kate Bush scholars - think of as soon as you say the. “And they’ve got a life jacket with a little light so that if anyone should be traveling at night they’ll see the light and know they’re there. The shot of Kate Bush reclining on the Hounds of Love album cover was taken by her brother, John Carder Bush (who included plenty of funny outtakes from the sessions in his photo book ‘Kate Inside the Rainbow’ released in 2015). And I find that horrific imagery, the thought of being completely alone in all this water. Kate Bush Hounds Of Love Cassette 1985 First Edition EX Condition. The creative control extended to the cover art. As Bush tells it: “The idea is that they’ve been on a ship and they’ve been washed over the side so they’re alone in this water. In the states nobody heard of this amazing woman until Hounds of Love came out in 1985. All of her albums are excellent, this one may be the best known.
The songs were strung together over the loose narrative of a girl drowning at sea. Her fifth album Hounds of Love is absolutely brilliant. Whilst that run of songs were some of Bush’s strongest to date, it was the conceptual second side (‘The Ninth Wave’) which saw her brilliantly meshing together her most high art, avant-garde tendencies with her unique pop sensibilities.
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