Release The Hound - Hound Dog Taylor

Advantages: Almost perfect album, improved seperation of sounds in remastered form.
Disadvantages: One or two slightly weaker tracks.

...player (which weighed a ton) and sat back, ready to be treated to the brave new world of digital audio, I knew I was in for a treat. Fast forward a decade and a half and a remastered version has turned up with bonus tracks culled from remixes and B sides. With a nod towards the vinyl mindset of the original release, it is split in to two halves subtitles Hounds of Love and The Ninth Wave. On CD of course, it's just one big lump of music. The tracks are: Hounds of Love Side 1. Running Up That Hill. A huge hit single at the time that sets the tone for this part of the album. Lots of energetic if slightly muted drums and synthetic horns give way to the instantly recognisable Bush vocals that tell the story of wanting to do a deal with God to swap places with a loved one to take their pain. You can feel the anguish with every word... Read review

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Advantages: Big due to the remastered version. Kate Bush at her very best.
Disadvantages: a couple of unnecessary tracks.

...of a different inspiration, something real and natural, not dissimilar to the feelings of roaming and freedom experienced in the early pages of the book Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, a novel that in my opinion is a perfect companion to some of Kate Bush's more romantic pieces. Whatever that energy was that she was looking for, she found it and conveyed faultlessly in the first half of the album (Hounds of Love). Hounds of Love 1. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 2. Hounds of Love 3. The Big Sky 4. Mother Stands For Comfort 5. Cloudbusting The Ninth Wave 1. And Dream of Sheep 2. Under Ice 3. Waking The Witch 4. Watching You Without Me 5. Jig of Life 6. Hello Earth 7. The Morning Fog Bonus Tracks (Remastered Version Only) 1. The Big Sky (MeTeorogical Mix) 2. Running Up That Hill (12" Mix) 3. Be Kind To My... Read review

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Advantages: Great music, innovative
Disadvantages: none

...his father the inventor Wilhelm Reich, ‘Hounds Of Love’ the title song was inspired by a 1957 horror movie ‘The Night Of the Demon’ and ‘The Ninth Wave’ from war films like ‘The Cruel Sea’. ‘The Ninth Wave’ which comprises the final seven songs on the original vinyl release is probably one of Kate Bush most ambitious pieces of work. In this mini concept section of the record she traces the different aspects and stages of a woman drowning. Past, present and future are seen through the eyes of the drowning woman as she comes to term with her life and death. Incorporating such, some might say controversial element to what was supposed to be a comeback album was an extremely brave thing to do but in the end she was fully justified in doing it. She made use of new technology in the form of synthesizers to reproduce orchestral sounds but where... Read review

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