Kate Bush and Hounds of Love

Download or read book Kate Bush and Hounds of Love written by Dr Ron Moy and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate Bush is widely respected as one of the most unique solo female performers to have ever emerged in the field of popular music. She has achieved that rare combination of great commercial success and critical acclaim, with Hounds of Love considered widely to be her masterpiece. The album regularly features in 'best album' lists, and in the 2004 Observer poll was the highest placed work by a solo female artist. The album allows the author, Ron Moy, the critical opportunity to explore a wide range of issues relating to technology, production, authorship, grain of the voice, iconography, critical and commercial impact, collaboration, gender, sexuality, narrative, and social and cultural context.