Catherine Bush is an English singer,songwriter,record producer and dancer. In 1978,at the age of 19,she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights",becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a solely self-written song.
Hounds of Love is the fifth studio album by English musician 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 ",became one of Bush's biggest hits,giving Bush her second UK number-one single in June 2022. 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.
The Kick Inside is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Released on 17 February 1978 by EMI Records,it includes her UK No. 1 hit,"Wuthering Heights". The album peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Several progressive rock musicians were involved in the album including Duncan Mackay,Ian Bairnson,David Paton,Andrew Powell,and Stuart Elliott of the Alan Parsons Project and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
The Dreaming is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush,released on 13 September 1982 by EMI Records. Recorded over two years,the album was produced entirely by Bush and is often characterised as her most uncommercial and experimental release. The Dreaming peaked at No. 3 on the UK album chart and has been certified Silver by the BPI,but initially sold less than its predecessors and was met with mixed critical reception. Five singles from the album were released,including the UK No. 11 "Sat in Your Lap" and the title track.
Never for Ever is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush,released on 8 September 1980 by EMI Records,it was Bush's first No. 1 album and was also the first album by a British female solo artist to top the UK Albums Chart,as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at No. 1. It has since been certified Gold by the BPI. It features the UK Top 20 singles "Breathing","Army Dreamers" and "Babooshka",the latter being one of Bush's biggest hits. Bush co-produced the album with Jon Kelly.
The Sensual World is the sixth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush,released on 16 October 1989 by EMI Records. It reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. It has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments in excess of 300,000 in the United Kingdom,and Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States.
The Red Shoes is the seventh studio album by English musician Kate Bush. Released on 1 November 1993,it was accompanied by Bush's short film,The Line,the Cross and the Curve,and was her last album before a 12-year hiatus. The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI),denoting shipments in excess of 300,000 copies. In the United States,the album reached number 28 on the Billboard 200,her highest-peaking album on the chart at the time.
The Single File is a video compilation and box set by the English musician Kate Bush. The video compilation album was released in 1983,and it contains the first twelve videos released by the artist. It was followed by a boxset,The Single File 1978~1983 containing thirteen singles on individual vinyl records.
Noel Fielding is an English comedian and actor. He is best known for his work with The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s,and more recently as a co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off since 2017. He is known for his dark and surreal comedic style.
"Wuthering Heights" is a song by English singer Kate Bush,released as her debut single on 20 January 1978 through EMI Records. Inspired by the 1847 Emily Brontënovel of the same name,the song was released as the lead single from Bush's debut studio album,The Kick Inside (1978). It peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks,making Bush the first female artist to achieve a number-one single with an entirely self-penned song. It also reached the top of the charts in Australia,Ireland,Italy,New Zealand,and Portugal.
"Hounds of Love" is a song written,produced and performed by English singer Kate Bush. It is the title track and the third single released from her No. 1 studio album Hounds of Love. The single was released on 24 February 1986,and reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart.
Alan Murphy was an English rock session guitarist,best remembered for his collaborations with Kate Bush and Go West. In 1988,he joined the jazz-funk band Level 42 as a full-time band member,and played with them until his death from pneumonia,resulting from AIDS,in 1989. He also played lead guitar on select recordings by Mike and the Mechanics,including the hit single "Silent Running ".
"Don't Give Up" is a song written by English rock musician Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with English singer Kate Bush for Gabriel's fifth solo studio album So (1986). The single version was released as the second single from the album in the UK in October 1986 and as the fourth single in the US in March 1987. It spent eleven weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986,peaking at number nine.
Natasha Khan,known professionally as Bat for Lashes,is an English singer,songwriter,producer,and multi-instrumentalist. She has released six studio albums:Fur and Gold (2006),Two Suns (2009),The Haunted Man (2012),The Bride (2016),Lost Girls (2019),and The Dream of Delphi (2024). She has received three Mercury Prize nominations. Khan is also the vocalist for Sexwitch,a collaboration with the rock band Toy and producer Dan Carey.
"Cloudbusting" is a song written,produced and performed by English singer Kate Bush. It was the second single released from her fifth studio album Hounds of Love (1985). "Cloudbusting" peaked at No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart.
"The Sensual World" is a song by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was the title track and first single from her album of the same name,released in September 1989. The single entered and peaked at No. 12 on the UK Single Chart.
Derek Peter Palmer was an English musician and sound engineer,best known for his work with Kate Bush,with whom he also had a long-term personal relationship from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. He released his first solo studio album titled Leap of Faith in 2007,followed by Gift in 2010. His third solo album,Point of Safe Return,was released on 6 March 2015.
Director's Cut is the ninth studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush,released on 16 May 2011. It contains no new material,consisting of songs from her earlier albums The Sensual World (1989) and The Red Shoes (1993). All tracks have new lead vocals,drums,and instrumentation and are remixed and restructured. Some song were transposed to a lower key to accommodate Bush's lowering voice. Three of the songs,including "This Woman's Work",have been completely rerecorded,often with lyrics changed in places. Bush described the album as a new project rather than a collection of remixes.
50 Words for Snow is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush,released on 21 November 2011. It was the second album released on her own label,Fish People,and Bush's first all-new material since Aerial (2005). The album includes the single "Wild Man".
"Wild Man" is a song by Kate Bush released as the lead single from her tenth studio album 50 Words for Snow. It was released as a digital download single in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2011,and peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart. "Wild Man" tells the story of sightings of the Yeti in the wilds of the Himalayas,and of the efforts by the narrator and others to protect him from discovery.
