The Other Sides - 2018

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I hate to second-guess Kate, but I'm sure she was feeling pressure to sell a few records,” says Mayell. “Everybody wants an audience, after all, don’t they? Her achievement is that she still managed to do it on her own terms.” This Woman's Work 3.31 (single mix) // Be Kind To My Mistakes 3.02 / I'm Still Waiting 4.26 (EMI 12EM 119) Compilation album, released initially as part of the Remastered box set, and subsequently as a stand-alone 4CD set on 8 March 2019. The silence finally broke with Aerial in 2005, which was preceded by a high-charting single, ‘King Of The Mountain’, which returned her to the UK Top 5 for the first time in 20 years. The ambitious album followed a format established by Hounds Of Love, comprising one collection of linked but independent songs and a longer set on what, in the vinyl era, would have been the second side. The album sold solidly but Kate’s promotional appearances to support it were limited and critical acclaim outstripped its commercial performance. None of this would likely have mattered to the enigmatic artist who was more determined than ever that her output is appreciated on its own terms.

Love and Anger 4.38 [ending removed] // Ken 3.48/ The Confrontation 2.57 / One Last Look around Our House Before We Go... 1.01 (EMI 12EM 134)Babooshka 3.20 [1980] / Suspended in Gaffa 3.56 [1982] / Un Baiser D'Enfant (The Infant Kiss) 3.00 (US LP: EMI America, MLP-19004) There are two versions of ‘Wuthering Heights’. The album version remains the best known version, but there is also an edited version of 3 minutes and 44 seconds, fading out earlier than the album version, which was released on the first version of the 7″ single. Verging on the twee, 1993’s Home For Christmas is a shoo-in for an anaemic cover on the next Yuletide John Lewis advert, should their evil marketing bods catch wind of it. It’s a rare Bush misstep: far more typical is Passing Through Air, a crystalline meditation that was the flip to Army Dreamers. Recorded 14-16 March 1987 at PWL Studios, The Borough, London, in aid of the ferry disaster on 6 March 1987.

This material was already available within the Kate Bush Remastered CD Box 2, which may trigger a few grumbles from completists who bought that pricey set purely to obtain it. Yet more casual Bush fans will find plenty here to treasure. After the fanfare of the reissue of two CD and four vinyl Kate Bush Remastered boxsets last November, as well as separate remastered versions of every album, Kate Bush now releases The Other Sides B-sides and rarities compilation as a 4CD set. The Sensual World 3.55 // The Sensual World 3.55 (Instrumental Version) / Walk Straight Down the Middle 3.47 (EMI 12EM 102) Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. A-side originally recorded in Nov 1979, produced by Kate Bush and Jon Kelly. It was never released, but was updated in early Nov 1980When I first read Wuthering Heights I thought the story was so strong. This young girl in an era when the female role was so inferior and she was coming out with this passionate, heavy stuff. Great subject matter for a song. I remember buying this when it came out as a single by Elton John. I couldn’t stop playing it – I loved it so much. Most artists in the mid seventies played guitar but Elton played piano and I dreamed of being able to play like him. recorded autumn-winter 1979 at Air Studios, London, the rest recorded Jan-June 1980 at Abbey Road Studios, London. By 1980 and Never For Ever, her third album, Kate had broken away by setting up her own publishing and management company and producing her own material. This determination to do it her own way rewarded Kate with her first chart-topping album and big hits in ‘Babooshka’ and ‘Army Dreamers’. With her work blending imaginative themes and dramatic promotional interpretation, Kate’s commercial fortunes were consistent and her artistic reputation was soaring. She guested on Peter Gabriel’s hit ‘Games Without Frontiers’ and was continuing to win further industry awards, including another Ivor Novello Award. Rubberband Girl (Director’s Cut) 4.37 [originally on THE SENSUAL WORLD, 1989] (Fish People, FPCD001)

In the first verison, directed by Keef, Kate can be seen performing the song in a dark room filled with white mist while wearing a white dress. According to Kate: “the video we made for ‘Wuthering Heights’ was probably amongst the first ever made, certainly here in this country in terms of a video, and I was very influenced at that time still by Lindsay Kemp. So it was very much the dance influence that I was expressing. So it was really working out choreography that would just look interesting, that would kind of create a persona of Cathy. “ ( VH-1 interview, January 1990) Part of a 45 min BBC Kate Bush Christmas special. This song is otherwise unreleased. (Originally written by Roy Harper) Kate sings a line. The 5:18 version was included on a 1990 CD compilation "WWF Project El Dorado - Saving The Tropical Rainforest"Rubberband Girl (Extended Mix) 7.06 // Rubberband Girl 4.44 / Big Stripey Lie 3.31(12": EMI 12 EMPD 280) Wuthering Heights’ was finally released on 20 January 1978, was immediately playlisted by Capital Radio and entered their chart at no. 39 on 27 January. It crept into the national Top 50 in week ending 11 February at No.42. The following week it rose to No.27 and Bush made her first appearance on Top of the Pops (“It was like watching myself die”, recalls Bush), The song was finally added to Radio One’s playlist the following week and became one of the most played records on radio. When the song reached number 1, it was the first UK number 1 written and performed by a female artist. Formats When I pose that interpretation to Felder, she approves. "The song does indeed capture the emotional disconnection between Max and Lucas and her friends. It's the spiritual power of love that allows us to switch places and step into the shoes of those who matter to us," she says, "that helps us run up those hills in life." Flower of the Mountain 5.15 [originally released as "The Sensual World" on THE SENSUAL WORLD, 1989] Hermes, Will (8 March 2019). "Review: Kate Bush's 'The Other Sides' is a Motherlode of Must-Hear Rarities". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 19 October 2021.

Spirit of the Forest 5.18 // Spirit of the Forest 5.11 / Theme to the Spirit of the Forest (12" Mix) 5.48 (US promo 12": Virgin 796551-0)Hermes, Will (8 March 2019). "Review: Kate Bush's 'The Other Sides' is a Motherlode of Must-Hear Rarities". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022 . Retrieved 14 August 2022.