Hounds of Love

Hounds of Love is a 1985 album by Kate Bush. It is regarded as one of her more accessible albums by critics and fans alike. The album was the first she produced herself entirely at her own home studio. The album marked her breakthrough into the American charts with the Top 40 hit "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)". The album also yielded a set of videos, the most famous of which is "Cloudbusting", directed by Julian Doyle, co-starring movie star Donald Sutherland and inspired by the life of psychologist Wilhelm Reich.

The second part of the album consists of one long suite, The Ninth Wave.

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Hounds of Love the 48th greatest album of all time.

The British band "The Futureheads" made a cover of the "Hounds of Love" song, reaching No. 8 in the UK singles chart in February 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Kate Bush.

• Side One ("Hounds of Love")"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" (5:03)"Hounds of Love" (3:02)"The Big Sky" (4:41)"Mother Stands for Comfort" (3:07)"Cloudbusting" (5:10)
• Some versions of the album include an extended remix of "Running Up That Hill" (5:46)
• Side Two ("The Ninth Wave")"And Dream Of Sheep" (2:45)"Under Ice" (2:21)"Waking the Witch" (4:18)"Watching You Without Me" (4:06)"Jig of Life" (4:04)"Hello Earth" (6:13)"The Morning Fog" (2:34)
  

  Personnel

• Brian Bath: Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
• Haydn Bendall: Engineer
• Michael Berkeley: Arranger, Vocal Arrangement
• John Carder Bush: Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Narrator
• Kate Bush: Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Voices, Producer, Fairlight
• Paddy Bush: Harmonica, Mandolin, Violin, Balalaika, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Didjeridu, Harmony Vocals, Vocal Harmony, Fujara flute
• Ian Cooper: Cutting Engineer
• Pearse Dunne: Assistant Engineer
• Stuart Elliot: Drums
• James Guthrie: Engineer
• Paul Hardiman: Engineer
• Richard Hickox: Vocals, Choir Master
• Dave Lawson: String Arrangements
• Donal Lunny: Bouzouki, Bouz, Bodhran
• Kevin McAlea: Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming
• Medici Sextet: Strings
• Julian Mendelsohn: Mixing
• Charlie Morgan: Drums, Handclapping
• Alan Murphy: Guitar
• Liam O'Flynn: Pipe, Uilleann Pipes
• Del Palmer: Bass, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Handclapping, Engineer, Fairlight, Linn (an early Synthesizer)
• Morris Pert: Percussion
• John Sheaham: Wind
• John Sheahan: Fiddle, Whistle (Human), Whistle (Instrument)
• Bill Somerville-Large: Engineer
• Brian Tench: Engineer, Mixing
• Richard Thickox: Singer
• Danny Thompson: Bass, Double Bass
• Nigel Walker: Engineer
• Eberhard Weber: Bass
• Bill Whelan: Arranger
• Jonathan Williams: Guitar, Cello
• Youth: Bass