Hounds of love knocked Madonna's "Like a Virgin" off of the top spot
The song "Running Up That Hill" was one of four singles, reaching number 3
Kate Bush wrote and recorded every album in her very own studio
Kate Bush made her own studio as the studio costs on the previous album — "The Dreaming" — had been very expensive
Hounds of Love song structure
1. Verse 1
2. Chorus 1
3. Verse 2
4. Chorus 2
5. Instrumental
6. Chorus 3
7. Instrumental
8. Chorus 4
9. Instrumental
10. Coda
And Dream of Sheep song structure
1. Verse 1
2. Link 1
3. Verse 2
4. Link 2
5. Coda
Under Ice song structure
Through composed
Kate Bush's music
Textural blend of synthesised sounds with traditional instrumentation
Influences of family connections folk and Irish
Instruments used
Whistles
Uilleann pipes
Balalaika
Bouzouki
Didgeridoo
This movement of music emerged from the psychedelia of the 60s
Psychedelia
A life associated with drugs
More listening than dancing
Kate Bush was spotted by Dave Gilmour
Dave Gilmour is Pink Floyd
Kate Bush was signed by EMI
16 years old
Kate Bush was how old when WutheringHeights was released
19 years old
Wuthering Heights was Kate Bush's debut single
Her debut single Wuthering Heights was number one in 4 weeks
Her debut single Wuthering Heights was the first to achieve number one with a self written song
Wuthering Heights was an international hit
Some of the songs in her debut album had been written when Kate Bush was only 13 years old
Hounds of Love was Kate Bush's 3rd producer
Hounds of Love was her most independent project
The two parts of the album were either side of the original vinyl LP. *The Ninth Wave*, on side 2, was a miniature concept album, based on Tennyson's poem about King Arthur called *Idylls of the King*
The use of Fairlight CMI was a signature of her studio technique. (She had first used it on her third album *Never for Ever*.) This was the first commercially available synthesiser that could process a cache of sounds, use looping and sequencing techniques and could also be used as a sampler
On side 2 of the vinyl of Hound of Love there was a miniature concept album named the Ninth Wave
The Ninth Wave, one side 2, was baes on Tennyson’s poem about king Arthur called Idylls of the King
Tennyson wrote a poem called Idylls of the King, this inspired the miniature concept album The Ninth wave
the use of Fairlight CMI was a signature of Kate Bush’s Studiotechnique
Fairlight CMI is a musical synthesiser
"Never for Ever" is Kate Bush’s 3rd album
Kate Bush's third studio album "Never For Ever" was released in 1980
Fairlight CMI is the first commercially avaliable synthesister
Fairlight CMI could process a cache of sounds, use looping and sequencing techniques and could be used as sampler