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Again, it possesses a theatricality to production though the songwriting here is a little more lacklustre with a progression seemingly unclear and what seem like improvised lyrics simple scattered throughout.
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“The Big Sky” follows and whilst I do like the song, it is a weaker cut from the record. The lyrics on this track are also incredibly beautiful and really paints a twisted fairytale imagery within ones mind (‘I found a fox caught by dogs’…’His little heart, it beats so fast And I’m ashamed of running away’). Whilst the song may seem a little too out there on initial listen, it eventually ensnares you in its chaos, and soon, you too will be echoing Bush’s reverberated shouts. The abrasive drum and a dialogue snippet kickstarts “Hounds of Love” into a gigantuan chasm of searing strings and animalistic backing chants. The title track is next and, man, does it half thrust you in right away. One of the best album openers ever? I’d say so. The song also possesses a real sense of tension as the production grows denser and Bush’s vocals deform into crying desperations for empathy. The melody of said synths, however, is just so damn catchy and is guaranteed to be having you hum it all day (for the rest of your life in fact). Complimenting this poignant narrative is galloping percussion and sour synths which instil the track with a bitter sense of doom. We open with the aforementioned “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” whose lyrics detail a character’s desire to swap bodies with her lover as a way to truly experience and understand what the other is feeling. Side One features all of the album’s big singles and, generally, songs which can be listened to in their own right. whereas side two is bagged with the heading of ‘The Ninth Wave”: a musically odyssey about a woman’s plight as she is stuck stranded in the ocean. Side one is what is actually Hounds of Love. The album can be split into two parts (relative to each side of the LP). Whilst Bush’s most accessible and commercially viable album on the surface, it is still a transcendent masterwork from being to end. In response to the resurgence in Bush’s popularity – in thanks to “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” being featured in season 4 of Stranger Things – it seemed fit to finally write a review of that track’s respective album. Hounds of Love is an Art Pop staple which forefronts the best of Bush’s songwriting and extravagant production.