

Song writing became a very different experience: “The stimulus of the countryside is fantastic. I’d wake up in the morning and find I couldn’t move.” Taking a U turn from the hustle and bustle of promotion activities, photo shoots, interviews and life in the media, she purchased a house in Kent and retired to domestic bliss in the country. Kate Bush experienced a period of deep fatigue after the release of The Dreaming: “I was just a complete wreck, physically and mentally. All three contributed to her next album in varied ways, and the result was the classic, fantastic and timeless album Hounds of Love.

A change was in order, and it took a three-pronged approach: new house, new studio, new dance teacher. It was a sort of cry really.” While the album climbed to #3 in the UK album charts, it did not do that well in sales numbers, and the singles it produced did not fare well either. Bush said of that album: “It was very dark and about pain and negativity and the way people treat each other badly. Ensconced within the confines of a recording studio for hours on end during the many months it took to complete the record, the result was what many saw as an experimental and difficult album. Her last album, The Dreaming, released in September the previous year, took a heavy toll and considerable amounts of energy to complete.
KATE BUSH HOUNDS OF LOVE POSTER PROFESSIONAL
In 1983 Kate Bush was in need of a change in her personal and professional life.
