About the site The latest Kate News More Kate sites A brief rundown of Kate's 25 years in music Features on Paddy Bush, Tribute CD & more Frequently Asked Questions about Kate The Kate Bush Magazine Sign the Guestbook
Kate Bush - Leaving Her Tracks
"You don't want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies,
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder,
Ooh there is thunder in our hearts..."
Leaving Her Tracks    1997    1995-96    1993-94    1988-92    1981-87    1958-80

 

In Leaving Her Tracks you will find a very brief summary of Kate's recording career which will take you up to where the news section starts off. Only a very basic outline of Kate's career in these years is given here. This is not an attempt to list the many many appearances/performances Kate has made on television and radio over the years or to describe her many acclaimed promotional videos. In the early part of Kate's career she did far more promotion than for her later releases. Neither is this a complete discography discography. In the interests of brevity most non-British releases aren't referred to. For a far more detailed review of Kate's career (up to 1986) see the chronology written by Peter Fitzgerald-Morris in the book "Kate Bush Complete" (EMI Music Publishing) which was used to check facts for this page, or go to Gaffaweb.

The UK Discography section will hopefully be useful to visitors and serve as a companion section to Leaving Her Tracks. So, for those who prefer a straight list of releases rather than a backwards traipse through Kate's career, click here.

e-mail the site

zz
 

1992

December 24th: BBC TV in the UK screen The "Comic Strip Presents" film "Wild Turkey" featuring a new song by Kate, Home For Christmas.

June: The dance act Utah Saints have a big UK hit with their single Something Good which features a prominent sample from Kate's Cloudbusting. It reaches No.4.

March: Kate's single taken from the Two Rooms Elton John tribute album, Rocket Man, reaches No.2 in Australia!

February 14th: A very sad day. The death of Hannah Bush, Kate's mother.

1991

December: Kate performs Rocket Man on the UK TV show Wogan.

November: Rocket Man, Kate's track from the tribute album Two Rooms, which celebrated the songwriting partnership of Elton John and Bernie Taupin is released as a UK single and is a big pre-Christmas success reaching No.12. The B-side is Kate's version of Candle In The Wind. The single is accompanied by a lively video shot in black and white.

Rumours abound this year as to the nature of Kate's tour preparations. In the next couple of years the prospect of that tour faded.....

1990

November 26th: UK release of The Sensual World -The Video on video.

November 17th: A very memorable day is had by over 1,200 fans who attend the 1990 Kate Bush Convention at the Hammersmith Palais in London.

Kate at the Hammersmith Palais

Kate on stage at the Hammersmith Palais

Not only does Kate chat with fans for over an hour, but announces that, all things going well, she would plan a tour for 1991. This would have been her second ever tour after The Tour Of Life in 1979. Alas, it never came to be! Kate sang a song of thanks to the gathered audience after asking them to remember her friends and colleagues Gary Hurst (a dancer who featured prominently in Kate's videos and in her 1979 tour) and Alan Murphy (a guitarist who worked consistently with Kate on her albums)..both of whom had died in the last year or so.

October 22nd: The boxed set This Woman's Work- Anthology 1978-1990 is released. Released on LP, Cassette and CD, this contained all of Kate's six studio albums with an extra three albums (two CD's or Cassettes) of B-sides, live tracks and remixes. Tracklisting of these extra albums (LP):

Box Set cover

This Woman's Work I

  • The Empty Bullring
  • Ran Tan Waltz
  • Passing Through Air
  • December Will Be Magic Again
  • Warm And Soothing
  • Lord Of The Reedy River
  • Ne T'en Fui Pas
  • Un Baiser D'Enfant
  • Under The Ivy
  • Burning Bridge

This Woman's Work II

  • My Lagan love
  • The Handsome Cabin Boy
  • Not This Time
  • Walk Straight Down the Middle
  • Be Kind To My Mistakes
  • I'm Still Waiting
  • Ken
  • One Last Look Around The House Before We Go....
  • Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)
  • Experiment IV

This Woman's Work III

  • Them Heavy People (live)
  • Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake (live)
  • James And The Cold Gun (live)
  • L'Amour Looks Something Like You (live)
  • Running Up That Hill (12" mix)
  • Cloudbusting (Organon Mix)
  • Hounds Of Love (Alternative Mix)
  • The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)
  • Experiment IV (12" Mix)

March 11th : Kate's final single from The Sensual World, Love And Anger peaks at it's No.38 UK chart position. The single's B-side is Ken from the GLC film and the 12" contains two more tracks from that film; The Confrontation and One Last Look Around The House Before We Go....

Mid-March: Columbia Records in the USA release a CD mini-album of songs entitled Aspects Of The Sensual World. It contains The Sensual World, Be Kind To My Mistakes, I'm Still Waiting, Ken and The Sensual World (Instrumental Mix).

Les Dogs

Kate plays the bride in "Les Dogs"

March 8th: Screening by BBC TV in the UK of "The Comic Strip Presents" film Les Dogs in which Kate stars in the female lead acting role.

February 16th: Screening by BBC TV in the UK of "The Comic Strip Presents" film GLC, for which Kate supplied the theme and incidental music.

1989

December: This Woman's Work peaks at No.25 in the UK singles chart. Kate performs the track at the piano on the BBC TV show Wogan. The B-side of the single is a remix of Be Kind To My Mistakes from the film Castaway. Additionally the 12" contains a new track I'm Still Waiting.

October: Kate's sixth studio album, The Sensual World, is released and reaches No.2 in the UK chart. Tracklisting:

The Sensual World
  • The Sensual World
  • Love And Anger
  • The Fog
  • Reaching Out
  • Heads We're Dancing
  • Deeper Understanding
  • Between A Man And A Woman
  • Never Be Mine
  • Rocket's Tail (for Rocket)
  • This Woman's Work

note: The CD and cassette versions of the album also contain an eleventh track; Walk Straight Down The Middle, the B-side of the single The Sensual World.

The Sensual World video

The Sensual World video

September 18th: Release of The Sensual World single. The song, accompanied by an excellent video, reaches No.12 in the UK. Walk Straight Down The Middle is the B-side and the 12" also contains an instrumental mix of The Sensual World.

1989 also sees the emergence of more than 28 of Kate's early home demos on bootleg recordings, recorded on very basic equipment in the mid 1970's....songs that Kate never intended to release.

1988

A very quiet year as Kate works on her new album.

September: Kate is featured singing backing vocals on the Midge Ure album Answers To Nothing on the track Sister And Brother.

Top