Kate Bush Hounds of Love
We\u2019ve reached Cycle 5 of Aural Fixation, and what better way to celebrate than with a discussion on the woman that completes the quinfecta of Andy\u2019s top bitches \u2013 the incomparable Miss Kate Bush.
A child prodigy with a penchant for dancing, karate and pianos, Bush released her first album The Kick Inside aged 19 (with some songs written when she was just a young teenager). From there, Bush parlayed her subsequent albums to firmly establish herself as British pop music\u2019s sacred moonchild, before releasing her fifth studio album Hounds of Love in 1985.
Split into two sections; the first five tracks of Hounds of Love act as standalone tracks, with the remainder subtitled \u201cThe Ninth Wave\u201d telling the story of\u2026 well, you\u2019ll just have to wait and hear.
Our accompanying playlist to this episode tells the tale of Kate Bush and her many descendants from Imogen Heap and Tori Amos, to ANOHNI and Goldfrapp (all coming soon to the pod, we prom).
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