Some surprises here, looking back;
And Dream Of Sheep 2The Big Sky 2Under Ice 2Mother Stands For Comfort 0
― piscesx, Saturday, 5 November 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
Not so strange, those are mostly subtle mood pieces on an album with a lot of tracks and several better-known songs. If someone told me their favourite song on the record was "Mother Stands For Comfort", I'd respond, "Oh, you don't like Kate Bush?"
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 5 November 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
sad no love for waking the witch that's when shit really gets going
― Left, Saturday, 5 November 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
So i guess i don't like Kate Bush :( Xpost
― nostormo, Saturday, 5 November 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
maybe I love Kate Bush AND Eberhard Weber
― fetter, Saturday, 5 November 2022 22:35 (one year ago) link
If someone told me their favourite song on the record was "Mother Stands For Comfort", I'd respond, "Oh, you don't like Kate Bush?"
i know, ILM is a safe space, it welcomes people saying daft shit in an authoritative register
but ffs
― wearing wraparounds (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 November 2022 22:38 (one year ago) link
Love the radio-type sounds on that song.
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Saturday, 5 November 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link
the fairlight? yeah particularly the very final flourish that ends the song (and cuts out rather than fades)
― akm, Saturday, 5 November 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link
Where, I ask, were all these supporters of "Mother Stands For Comfort" in 2007, when your vote counted?
I just think of it as the epitome of a breather/change-of-pace track. Also, for Bush/Weber fans, "Houdini" is a way more impressive song.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 5 November 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
"Mother" is maybe my third-favourite song on the album, but that won't earn it any credit if that's true for everyone. Mods, please implement first-past-the-post voting
― Vinnie, Sunday, 6 November 2022 04:35 (one year ago) link
there aren't any bad songs on that album, but Mother is definitely one of the more subtle ones... what chance does it have stuck between the Big Sky and Cloudbusting?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Sunday, 6 November 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
it's a better song than the Morning Fog.
― akm, Sunday, 6 November 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
love "waking the witch" and "watching you without me"
― dyl, Sunday, 6 November 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
A more controversial opinion is that this is the weakest of her first five records (though the best tracks on this are better than those on Lionheart.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 7 November 2022 05:04 (one year ago) link
this new reissue is ugly and preposterous, what on earth. I guess the prices are really for the artwork, but the artwork is...not good?
https://music.katebush.com/buy/hounds-of-love-lost-at-sea/
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 2 November 2023 03:56 (six months ago) link
Re the conversation about "Mother Stands For Comfort" above, it would only be like top 6 for me, but I used to include it on a lot of mixtapes paired with The Blue Nile's "Automobile Noise" as a kind of mini-suite of found-sound synth balladry.
― Tim F, Thursday, 2 November 2023 04:00 (six months ago) link
$300 for a vinyl reissue with no new songs or anything, that is pretty obnoxious... is it for charity or something?
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 November 2023 05:30 (six months ago) link
it's not clear at all. apparently she had a limited artwork like this as part of a War Child charity, and this is another go at that, but I don't think these go to War Child. Plus...it's not the full album! Most of these configurations are for like...1/2 the album
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 2 November 2023 13:23 (six months ago) link
more info on this page: https://www.katebush.com/hounds-of-love/
LED light. like PF's Pulse. c'mon Kate.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 2 November 2023 13:26 (six months ago) link
The Baskerville Edition is the first in the series of illustrated editions of the albums.
so she has a whole series planned
― ufo, Thursday, 2 November 2023 13:44 (six months ago) link
maybe this is to make the elevated prices of the colored vinyl reissues seem reasonable
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 2 November 2023 13:45 (six months ago) link
it's all tacky af
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 November 2023 14:03 (six months ago) link
No outtakes or 12 inch mixes (“The Big Sky” Meteorological Mix is outstanding)? Fuck this.
― beamish13, Thursday, 2 November 2023 14:36 (six months ago) link
big agree there, beamish. stop neglecting remixes and long edits!
(lotta other 80s acts guilty of this schitt, too)
it's missing some stuff from the period, but this version is pretty hard to beat: https://www.discogs.com/release/7727012-Kate-Bush-Hounds-Of-Love
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Thursday, 2 November 2023 18:37 (six months ago) link
(and ya, this new reissue is gimmicky af)
― "another slice of death, please." (Austin), Thursday, 2 November 2023 18:38 (six months ago) link