Decades Project - Album Analysis - A review from 1985

Decades Project - Album Analysis

A Review From 1985

In May 1981 Kate Bush started recording her fourth album, The dreaming, in London's Townhouse studios, it feels like just yesterday she released that. Being Britain's most popular female artist we could never forget about her first album in 1978 "The Kick Inside" which sold over 1 million copies with help from her single "Wuthering Heights" and Kate Bushes Never For Ever helped her soar through the charts, and yet that wasn't all from Bush.

Once Kate had finished "The Dreaming" she was happy to produce her music with the help of some sound engineers and we are all aware now of Kate's uniques producing style she mic'ed up 12-foot long strips of corrugated iron to evoke the sound of cannons. She also added large compression onto her drums to also make the sound of cannons.

If you think some of the crazy sounds on Kate's album could be well a bit annoying then imagine how the producers felt, one of the producers responsible for the sounds said "I couldn't bear it after a bit actually," However another producer who was in on the album Nick Launay who was only 20 whilst Kate was 22 really enjoyed the weird and ambient sounds in her album.

I'm sure if you know anything about music then you know without a doubt Hounds of Love will turn out to be a historical document, she will definitely have some sort of influence in future artists to come. Hounds Of Love only came out this year yet it's such a brilliant success, I wouldn't be surprised if she isn't recording a follow up at this instant.