This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990

This Woman's Work
Box set by
Kate Bush
Released22 October 1990
Recorded1973–1990
Genre
Length366:55
LabelEMI
ProducerKate Bush
Andrew Powell
Jon Kelly
David Gilmour
Kate Bush chronology
Aspects of the Sensual World
(1990) 		This Woman's Work
(1990) 		The Red Shoes
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Mojo[3]
MusicHound Rock[4]
New Musical Express9/10[5]
Q[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Select[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[9]

This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990 is a compilation box set by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Released in 1990 on CD, vinyl and cassette; it comprises her six studio albums to that point together with two additional albums of B-sides, rarities and remixes. The box set was re-released on CD only in 1998 in different packaging.

The two rarities discs are entitled This Woman's Work: Volume One and This Woman's Work: Volume Two (in the vinyl edition the twenty-nine tracks are spread over three LPs), and have never been released as albums separately from the box set.

Although publicised as a complete collection of Bush's works up to 1990, many tracks released during this time are missing from this collection including the Single Version Remix of "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", the Single Edit remix of "Wow", the dead-end version of "Army Dreamers" which featured on "The Whole Story" album, "Dreamtime" (the instrumental B-side of "The Dreaming" single), "Sat in Your Lap (Single Mix)", "Running Up that Hill (Instrumental Version)", "The Big Sky (Single Version)", "The Sensual World (Instrumental Version)", "The Confrontation" from the "Love and Anger" single and the Single Version Mix of "This Woman's Work". Various songs featured in films were also omitted, notably "The Magician", from the film The Magician of Lublin.

The set was not released in the US, mainly due to The Sensual World being released there by Columbia Records. [citation needed]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kate Bush. Except "In Search of Peter Pan" written by Kate Bush and incorporates "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Lyrics by Ned Washington and Music by Leigh Harline), "Lord of the Reedy River" by Donovan, and "The Handsome Cabin Boy" and "My Lagan Love" which are traditional songs.

Disc 1 – The Kick Inside

No.TitleLength
1."Moving"2:58
2."The Saxophone Song"3:51
3."Strange Phenomena"2:57
4."Kite"2:57
5."The Man with the Child in His Eyes"2:39
6."Wuthering Heights"4:35
7."James and the Cold Gun"3:31
8."Feel It"3:00
9."Oh to Be in Love"3:21
10."L'Amour Looks Something Like You"2:26
11."Them Heavy People"3:01
12."Room for the Life"4:11
13."The Kick Inside"3:30
Total length:43:16

Disc 2 – Lionheart

No.TitleLength
1."Symphony in Blue"3:31
2."In Search of Peter Pan"3:58
3."Wow"3:58
4."Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake"3:10
5."Oh England My Lionheart"3:10
6."Fullhouse"3:10
7."In the Warm Room"3:49
8."Kashka From Baghdad"4:00
9."Coffee Homeground"3:41
10."Hammer Horror"4:37
Total length:36:55

Disc 3 – Never for Ever

No.TitleLength
1."Babooshka"3:30
2."Delius (Song of Summer)"2:49
3."Blow Away (For Bill)"3:32
4."All We Ever Look For"3:50
5."Egypt"4:09
6."The Wedding List"4:21
7."Violin"3:21
8."The Infant Kiss"2:45
9."Night Scented Stock"0:50
10."Army Dreamers"2:55
11."Breathing"5:28
Total length:37:30

Disc 4 – The Dreaming

No.TitleLength
1."Sat in Your Lap"3:42
2."There Goes a Tenner"3:25
3."Pull Out the Pin"5:29
4."Suspended in Gaffa"3:59
5."Leave It Open"3:27
6."The Dreaming"4:49
7."Night of the Swallow"5:18
8."All the Love"4:29
9."Houdini"3:50
10."Get Out of My House"5:32
Total length:43:27

Disc 5 – Hounds of Love

No.TitleLength
1."Running Up that Hill (A Deal with God)"4:58
2."Hounds of Love"2:58
3."The Big Sky"4:45
4."Mother Stands for Comfort"3:13
5."Cloudbusting"5:09
6."And Dream of Sheep"2:49
7."Under Ice"2:16
8."Waking the Witch"4:21
9."Watching You Without Me"4:09
10."Jig of Life"4:01
11."Hello Earth"6:16
12."The Morning Fog"2:32
Total length:47:29

Disc 6 – The Sensual World

No.TitleLength
1."The Sensual World"5:16
2."Love and Anger"4:45
3."The Fog"5:14
4."Reaching Out"3:08
5."Heads We're Dancing"5:17
6."Deeper Understanding"4:48
7."Between a Man and a Woman"3:27
8."Never Be Mine"3:51
9."Rocket's Tail (For Rocket)"4:12
10."This Woman's Work"3:30
11."Walk Straight Down the Middle"3:58
Total length:45:57

Disc 7 – This Woman's Work: Volume One

No.TitleOriginally appears onLength
1."The Empty Bullring""Breathing" 7" (1980)2:13
2."Ran Tan Waltz""Babooshka" 7" (1980)2:39
3."Passing Through Air""Army Dreamers" 7" (1980)2:01
4."December Will Be Magic Again""December Will Be Magic Again" 7" (1980)4:49
5."Warm and Soothing""December Will Be Magic Again" 7"2:42
6."Lord of the Reedy River""Sat in Your Lap" 7" (1981)2:42
7."Ne T'En Fui Pas" (Title is misspelt, the correct spelling in French being "Ne T'Enfuis Pas")"There Goes a Tenner" 7"/"Suspended in Gaffa" 7" (1982)2:10
8."Un Baiser d'Enfant" (French version of "The Infant Kiss", which originally appeared on the 1980 album Never for Ever)"Ne T'en Fuis Pas" 7" (1983)3:00
9."Under the Ivy""Running Up That Hill" 7" (1985)2:06
10."Burning Bridge""Cloudbusting" 7" (1985)4:44
11."My Lagan Love""Cloudbusting" 12" (1985)2:29
12."The Handsome Cabin Boy""Hounds of Love" 7" (1986)3:11
13."Not This Time""The Big Sky" 7" (1986)3:39
14."Walk Straight Down the Middle""The Sensual World" 7" (1989)3:51
15."Be Kind to My Mistakes""This Woman's Work" 7" (1989)2:59
Total length:46:07

Disc 8 – This Woman's Work: Volume Two

No.TitleOriginally appears onLength
1."I'm Still Waiting""This Woman's Work" 7" (1989)4:31
2."Ken""Love and Anger" 7" (1989)3:47
3."One Last Look Around the House Before We Go""Love and Anger" 7"0:58
4."Wuthering Heights" (New vocal)The Whole Story (1986)5:02
5."Experiment IV"The Whole Story (1986)4:19
6."Them Heavy People" (Live)On Stage EP (1979)4:10
7."Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake" (Live)On Stage EP3:39
8."James and the Cold Gun" (Live)On Stage EP6:18
9."L'Amour Looks Something Like You" (Live)On Stage EP2:47
10."Running Up That Hill" (12" mix)"Running Up That Hill" 12"5:42
11."Cloudbusting" (Organon mix)"Cloudbusting" 12"6:36
12."Hounds of Love" (Alternative)"Hounds of Love" 7"3:51
13."The Big Sky" (Meteorological mix)"The Big Sky" 12" (1986)8:03
14."Experiment IV" (12" mix)"Experiment IV" 12" (1986)6:48
Total length:66:14

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 143

References

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  6. ^ Beattie, Rob (December 1990). "Extravagant". Q. p. 153.
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  8. ^ Brown, Glyn (December 1990). "Senses Working Overtime". Select. p. 110.
  9. ^ Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Kate Bush". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  10. ^ "Response from ARIA re: Kate Bush ARIA albums chart history, received 23 April 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column displays the album's peak on the national chart.