The Whole Story

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The Whole Story
File:Kate Bush The Whole Story.jpg
Greatest hits album by Kate Bush
Released 10 November 1986
Recorded 1975–1986
Genre Art rock
Length 48:53
Label EMI
Producer Kate Bush
Jon Kelly
Andrew Powell
Kate Bush chronology
Hounds of Love
(1985)Hounds of Love1985		 The Whole Story
(1986)		 The Sensual World
(1989)The Sensual World1989
Singles from The Whole Story
  1. "Experiment IV"
    Released: 27 October 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau A−[2]
The Whole Story
Video by Kate Bush
Released 1986
Recorded 1977–1986
Genre Art rock
Length 55 Minutes
Label EMI/Picture Music International
Kate Bush chronology
The Hair of the Hound
(1986)The Hair of the Hound1986		 The Whole Story
(1987)		 The Sensual World – The Videos
(1990)The Sensual World – The Videos1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmovie 3.5/5 stars[3]

The Whole Story is a compilation album by the English singer Kate Bush. Released in 1986, it was Bush's third UK number one album as well as her best selling release, being certified 4× Platinum in the UK.[4]

The album included a previously unreleased track entitled "Experiment IV" which was released as a single and reached the UK Top 30, as well as a new version of Bush's first hit, "Wuthering Heights", featuring newly recorded vocals.

A home video compilation also called The Whole Story was released at the same time. It includes the videos for all of the songs on the album (in the same order), plus the video for "The Big Sky", a song from Hounds of Love which is not included on the compilation album. The video for "Wow" on this release features excerpts from Bush's 1979 live tour, which differs from the original promotional video.

Track listing

LP, cassette and CD editions

All songs written and composed by Kate Bush. 

Side one
No. Title Album Length
1. "Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)"   The Kick Inside 4:57
2. "Cloudbusting"   Hounds of Love 5:09
3. "The Man with the Child in His Eyes"   The Kick Inside 2:38
4. "Breathing"   Never for Ever 5:28
5. "Wow"   Lionheart 3:46
6. "Hounds of Love"   Hounds of Love 3:02
Side two
No. Title Length
7. "Running Up That Hill"   5:00
8. "Army Dreamers"   3:13
9. "Sat in Your Lap"   3:29
10. "Experiment IV"   4:21
11. "The Dreaming"   4:14
12. "Babooshka"   3:29
Total length:
 48:53

VHS, VCD and Laserdisc editions

All songs written and composed by Kate Bush. 

No. Title Length
1. "Wuthering Heights" (VHS/VCD/Laserdisc editions use the original 1978 recording) 3:34
2. "Cloudbusting"   6:55
3. "The Man with the Child in His Eyes"   2:52
4. "Breathing"   5:31
5. "Wow" (VHS/VCD/Laserdisc editions feature a new alternate video produced especially for this compilation) 3:42
6. "Hounds of Love"   3:04
7. "Running Up That Hill"   4:55
8. "Army Dreamers"   3:17
9. "Sat in Your Lap"   3:30
10. "Experiment IV"   4:41
11. "The Dreaming"   4:09
12. "Babooshka"   3:26
13. "The Big Sky" (Only included on VHS/VCD/Laserdisc editions) 4:26
Total length:
 56:54

Personnel

  • Kate Bush - Keyboards, vocals, producer
  • Ian Cooper - Cutting engineer
  • Jon Kelly - Producer
  • Andrew Powell - Producer

Charts and certifications

Preceded by UK number one album
17 – 30 January 1987		 Succeeded by
Graceland by Paul Simon

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  3. ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/work/kate-bush-the-whole-story-doc-26986
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