Kate Bush – The Whole Story (1986) CD Album
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Kate Bush – The Whole Story (1986)
The Whole Story is the first official greatest hits compilation by Kate Bush, released in November 1986 on EMI Records. It is the best-selling Kate Bush album of all time, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart and selling over 1 million copies in the UK alone. The compilation spans Bush's career from her extraordinary debut single Wuthering Heights (1978) through to the then-new track Experiment IV (1986), presenting 12 tracks that document one of the most singular and influential careers in British music. Notably, the compilation features a re-recorded version of Wuthering Heights with a new vocal — Bush's preferred version — rather than the original 1978 recording. Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) — which had reached No. 3 in the UK in 1985 — gained an extraordinary second life in 2022 when its use in Stranger Things made it the first song by a female artist to reach No. 1 on the UK chart 37 years after its original release. An essential collection and the definitive introduction to one of Britain's greatest artists.
Highlights
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) — Bush's most celebrated song and one of the great British pop singles; the Fairlight CMI production, the pounding rhythm and Bush's extraordinary vocal — yearning, urgent and completely unlike anyone else — give the song a power that has only grown with time. Its 2022 Stranger Things renaissance introduced it to an entirely new generation.
- Wuthering Heights (New Vocal) — The debut single that announced one of the most extraordinary talents in British music history; Bush's falsetto vocal, the Brontë-inspired lyric and the song's complete originality made it an immediate sensation, and this re-recorded version with a new vocal is Bush's own preferred reading of the song.
- Cloudbusting — One of Bush's most cinematic and emotionally powerful songs; inspired by Peter Reich's memoir of his father Wilhelm Reich, the song's sweeping string arrangement, driving rhythm and Bush's passionate vocal make it one of the great art-pop singles of the 1980s.
- Hounds of Love — The title track of Bush's masterpiece album and a showcase for her production at its most inventive; the song's combination of propulsive rhythm, layered vocals and Bush's gift for an unexpected melodic turn is completely distinctive and completely irresistible.
- Babooshka — One of Bush's most immediately accessible and dramatically compelling songs; a story of jealousy and identity told with complete theatrical conviction, and one of the finest examples of her ability to construct a fully realised narrative within a three-minute pop song.
CD Details
- Title: The Whole Story
- Artist: Kate Bush
- Year: 1986
- Label: EMI Records
- Format: CD Compilation
- Tracks: 12
- Barcode: 077774641425
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