Even an her most approachable, Bush will deliver an odd beast of a record. Here, with what was likely her biggest commercial success, she offers one of the last albums that was conceived as an album in the days when a record or cassette had two sides. Hounds' sides A and B are two distinct song suites, linked mainly by their expansive production and Bush's potent voice. Her lyrics are elusive and elemental, at times almost to the point of self-parody, but they match the high stakes of the instrumentation. Sometimes Bush's ambition gets the better of her (interrupting "Hello Earth" for a Gregorian chant is bold, yet not in the best interests of the song), but this is such a generous, expansive work that it's difficult to complain about the few times that the artist overreaches.
Top Tracks:
Not to be clichéd, but "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" and "Cloudbusting" are tops. "The Morning Fog" acts as deliverance for what's come before.
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