Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

Crijevo, Apr 08, 2005

Kate Bush was always far too peculiar towards classic listeners opened to anything ballad-like. Her music is sometimes a confusing wall-of-noise of emotional breaks that veer towards the esoteric. Of course her mistique is her finest weapon - musically it directs us to the point of no return once we experience any Kate Bush record - of course, to much astonishment this excellent musician delivers with every album. 'Hounds of Love' remains one of her creative peaks, first introduced with a deserved, massive hit 'Running Up That Hill'. A nightmarish ballet excursion into void seemed the appropriate choice for a video.

The rest of the album is equally thrilling - divided into two parts, 'Hounds of Love' and then 'The Ninth Wave' (the latter remains obscure subheadline to the album'), create the aura of everything unreal - most of the time we are subjected to Kate's eccentricity to much satisfaction she delivers with slight touch of eroticism. Of those dark highlights, themes like 'Under Ice' and 'Waking the Witch' remain one of the songs which will send shivers down the spine everytime you put them on (advice: do (not) listen to it when alone or in complete darkness) - 'Under Ice' describes a situation in a dream, a charming atmosphere threatened by the intensity of the strings slowly announcing something horrific is about to happen, while 'Waking ther Witch' slides down from morning-coffee-intro to chaos lead by satanic-like vocals addressing the catholic church decline. The best works always remain the most insignificant. 10

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		Hounds Of Love
A1		Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
		Balalaïka - Paddy Bush
A2		Hounds Of Love
		Cello - Johnathan Williams*
A3		The Big Sky
		Bass - Youth Didgeridoo - Paddy Bush Percussion - Morris Pert
A4		Mother Stands For Comfort
		Bass - Eberhard Weber
A5		Cloudbusting
		Arranged By [Strings] - Dave Lawson Backing Vocals - Brian Bath , Del Palmer , John Carder Bush , Paddy Bush Strings - Medicci Sextet, The
		The Ninth Wave
B1		And Dream Of Sleep
		Whistle - John Sheahan
B2		Under Ice
		Vocals [Harmonic Vocals] - Paddy Bush
B3		Waking The Witch
		Synthesizer [Synthesizer Sequences] - Kevin McAlea
B4		Watching You Without Me
		Double Bass - Danny Thompson
B5		Jig Of Life
		Bodhrán - Donal Lunny Didgeridoo - Paddy Bush Fiddle, Whistle - John Sheahan Uillean Pipes - Liam O'Flynn Vocals - John Carder Bush
B6		Hello Earth
		Arranged By [Vocals] - Michael Berkeley Bass - Eberhard Weber Conductor - Richard Hickox Guitar - Brian Bath Uillean Pipes - Liam O'Flynn Vocals - Richard Hickox Singers, The
B7		The Morning Fog
		Flute [Fujare], Violin - Paddy Bush Guitar - John Williams (7) Synthesizer - Kevin McAlea

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