Hounds of Love [UK] (1998)

About this title: Kate Bush's strongest album to date also marked her breakthrough into the American charts, and yielded a set of dazzling videos as well as an enviable body of hits, spearheaded by "Running Up That Hill," her biggest single since "Wuthering Heights." Strangely enough, Hounds of Love was no less complicated in its structure, imagery, and extra-musical references (even lifting a line of dialogue from Jacques Tourneur's Curse of the Demon for the intro of the title song) than The Dreaming, which had been roundly criticized for being too ambitious and complex. But Hounds of Love was more carefully ... read more

Tracks:

1. Running up That Hill (A Deal With God) [Bush]
2. Hounds of Love [Bush]
3. The Big Sky [Bush]
4. Mother Stands for Comfort [Bush]
5. Cloudbusting [Bush]
6. And Dreams of Sheep [Bush]
7. Under Ice [Bush]
8. Waking the Witch [Bush]
9. Watching You Without Me [Bush]
10. Jig of Life [Bush]
11. Hello Earth [Bush]
12. The Morning Fog [Bush]
13. The Big Sky [Meteorogical Mix] [Bush]
14. Running up That Hill [12" Mix] [Bush]
15. Be Kind to My Mistakes [Bush]
16. Under the Ivy [Bush]
17. Burning Bridge [Bush]
18. My Lagan Love [Bush]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.