Kate Bush Hounds Of Love Vinyl LP EMI ST-17171 1st Pressing Running Up That Hill

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Kate Bush Hounds Of Love Vinyl LP - EMI ST-17171 VG++ First Pressing (1985) with "Running Up That Hill"
Condition: VG++ Vinyl and VG+ Cover. Vinyl was tested on both sides and plays really well with good fidelity. Cover is fully intact with mild shelf wear. Includes original inner sleeve with lyrics. Inner sleeve has a partial split seam, and a replacement is also provided.
Hounds of Love is the fifth studio album by Kate Bush, released on 16 September 1985 by EMI Records. It was a commercial success and marked a return to the public eye for Bush after the relatively low sales of her previous album, 1982's The Dreaming. The album's lead single, "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", became one of Bush's biggest hits. The album's first side produced three further singles, "Cloudbusting", "Hounds of Love", and "The Big Sky". The second side, subtitled The Ninth Wave, forms a conceptual suite about a woman drifting alone in the sea at night.
Hounds of Love received critical acclaim both on its release and in retrospective reviews. It is considered by many fans and music critics to be Bush's best album, and has been regularly voted one of the greatest albums of all time. It was Bush's second album to top the UK Albums Chart and in the US, it reached the top 40 on the Billboard 200. The album was nominated at the 1986 Brit Awards for Best British Album, at which Bush was also nominated for Best British Female and Best British Single for "Running Up That Hill".
Tracklist
A1 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 4:57 A2 Hounds Of Love 3:01 A3 The Big Sky 4:40 A4 Mother Stands For Comfort 3:07 A5 Cloudbusting 5:08
B1 And Dream Of Sheep 2:45 B2 Under Ice 2:20 B3 Waking The Witch 4:20 B4 Watching You Without Me 4:06 B5 Jig Of Life 4:16 B6 Hello Earth 5:00 B7 The Morning Fog 2:33
Personnel Kate Bush – vocals, Fairlight synthesizer, piano Alan Murphy – guitar on tracks 1, 3, 8 Del Palmer – LinnDrum programming, bass guitar on 1, 10 and 12, handclaps on 3 backing vocals on 5, Fairlight bass on 8 Paddy Bush – balalaika on 1, backing vocals on 5, didgeridoo on 3, harmony vocals on 7, violins and fujara on 12 Stuart Elliott – drums on 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11 Charlie Morgan – drums on 2, 3, 5, 8 and 10, handclaps on 3 Jonathan Williams – cello on 2 Martin Glover – bass guitar on 3 Morris Pert – percussion on 3 Eberhard Weber – bass guitar on 4 and 11 The Medici Sextet – strings on 5 Dave Lawson – string arrangements on 5 Brian Bath – backing vocals on 5, guitar on 11 John Carder Bush – backing vocals on 5; narration on 10 Dónal Lunny – bouzouki on 6, 10 and 11, bodhrán on 10 John Sheahan – whistles on 6 and 10, fiddles on 10 Kevin McAlea – synthesizer, sequencer on 8 and 12 Danny Thompson – double bass on 9 Liam O'Flynn – uilleann pipes on 10 and 11 The Richard Hickox Singers – choir on 11 Richard Hickox – vocals, choir master on 11 Michael Berkeley – vocal arrangements on 11 John Williams – guitar on 12 _____________________________________________
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