Kate Bush started her career at the top, the spellbinding 'Wuthering
Heights' giving her a number one hit single with her first release. Yet
from there, artistically at least, the only way has been up. For while
the sales of both singles and albums over the five decades since have
had their peaks and troughs, every new release has seen Bush refuse to
be boxed in by past success but instead continue to take the musical
chances that have characterised her career from day one. Across ten
studio albums, including director's cut reassessments of two of them,
and a live record of the 2014 Hammersmith Apollo residency, Kate Bush
has constantly sought new ground, reinventing her sound time and again.
She has often strayed from the commercial path of least resistance to
examine the less travelled musical byways that have provided the
inspiration for an extraordinary body of work, quite unlike anyone
else's. With a string of platinum albums and hit singles to her credit,
Kate's is a fascinating journey. This book examines her entire recorded
catalogue from The Kick Inside through to Before The Dawn, hoovering up
all the B-sides and the rarities along the way. It's a comprehensive
guide to the extraordinary music of Kate Bush.