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I'm Kurt Anderson, and this is the Studio 360 podcast.

I'm Jocelyn Gonzalez from Studio 360.

We're here with another edition of This Woman's Work, a series of stories

from Classic Album Sundays and Studio 360. Classic Album Sundays is a program of community

listening events founded by Colleen Cosmo Murphy, where fans listen to essential albums,

uninterrupted on state-of-the-art sound systems. For this woman's

work, we're highlighting classic albums by female artists, women who have made a lasting impact

on music and pop culture. This time we're looking at the artist who inspired the name of this

series, the singer-songwriter, dancer and producer, Kate Bush.

This Woman's Work was the name of a single on Kate Bush's sixth album.

But we're backing up a bit in Kate Bush's catalog to her fifth studio album, Hounds of Love. Hounds of Love was produced as two distinct sets of songs, Hounds of Love, which contained the album's four smash singles and a narrative sweep called Ninth Wave. On this record,

Kate Bush applied her ethereal voice to dramatic songs about childhood, relationships, and nature.

With its sophisticated arrangements and embrace of technology, the album pushed the boundaries

of musical structure and personal expression.

In this episode of This Woman's Work, Kate Bush's Hounds of Love, released in September 1985.

Here's Colleen.

When I was a teenager, I remember flicking through my Aunt Pauline's vinyl LPs and being amazed by her adventurous collection that included

Abba, the cabaret soundtrack, and Miles Davis's Bidges Brew.

But there was one artist that truly intrigued me, with their innovative sounds, arrangements, and a dramatic

soprano that was unlike any other voice I had ever heard, Kate Bush was miles away from any

of the mainstream pop and rock blaring from my transistor radio. Spend a-pitched voice and poetic lyrics,

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