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The Dreaming was ambitiously unlike Kate’s prior works and did not have a recognizable hit single. EMI was relatively undemanding about Kate’s work and level of success until the aftermath of The Dreaming. She quickly became know for her amazing vocal range, exquisite stylings and need to control and make perfect all her recording efforts. As she moved through her various releases she looked to pushing the envelope and attaining artistic perfection. In 1978 Kate was all of 19 when she topped the UK charts with Wuthering Heights off of The Kick Inside becoming the first female to achieve a UK #1 with a self-written song. Her success on the charts would enable her to demand more time to record and enable her to release music only when it met her high standards. She always felt that Lionheart had not turned out as good as she would have liked. She set up her own publishing company and management after her disappointment in her treatment by the marketing at EMI and additionally being rushed by the label to record Lionheart. Very early in her fledgeling career, she realized the importance of artistic control. Her musical abilities and risk-taking in her music make her a trailblazer. That skill alone is enough to make her a legend. From the beginning of her career, Kate was known as a renegade who did not play by the usual record industry rules.Ī topic that is not often discussed when looking at Kate’s accomplishments was her ability to create a way to use the corrupting music label industry for her own devices.
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The success of her debut album The Kick Inside won her significant creative independence and patience from her record label a rarity in this period of popular music. The Dreaming was the first time Bush had been in complete control in the sound booth as a producer. Kate at the young age of 22 had already recorded four albums with Hounds of Love being the follow up to her 1982 release The Dreaming. Many have tried to imitate the album in sound and themes but none have surpassed the brilliance of Bush’s glorious work. The album has been cited by numerous musical publications and artists as a trailblazing and influential work that had echoed throughout many artists’ creations over the past 31 years. September 2020 marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Kate Bush’s seminal album Hounds of Love.