This Woman's Work

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This Woman's Work
Box set by Kate Bush
Released	1990
Recorded	1978 – 1990
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	Disc seven: 46:07 Disc eight: 66:14
Label	EMI
Producer(s)	Kate Bush, John Kelly and David Gilmour
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Kate Bush chronology
The Sensual World (1989)	This Woman's Work (1990)	The Red Shoes (1993)

This Woman's Work is Kate Bush's eighth release.

It was released as an eight-CD box set in 1990, comprising her six previous albums and two discs of B-sides, rarities and remixes. The box set was rereleased in 1998 in different packaging.

The two rarities discs are titled This Woman's Work, Vol. 1 and This Woman's Work, Vol. 2. However, they have never been officially released as albums separate from the box set.

Although publicised as a collection of Bush's complete works up to 1990, in fact several tracks are missing from this collection, most notably her instrumental "Dreamtime"; the set also omits the many demo recordings that had been circulating on bootlegs.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 1.3 Disc three 1.4 Disc four 1.5 Disc five 1.6 Disc six 1.7 Disc seven (This Woman's Work, Vol. 1) 1.8 Disc eight (This Woman's Work, Vol. 2) 2 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Kate Bush (except "Lord of the Reedy River" by Donovan). Only the rarities discs are listed in full here, since each of the other six discs in the collection was one of her prior albums.

[edit] Disc one

See The Kick Inside.

[edit] Disc two

See Lionheart.

[edit] Disc three

See Never for Ever.

[edit] Disc four

See The Dreaming.

[edit] Disc five

See Hounds of Love.

[edit] Disc six

See The Sensual World.

[edit] Disc seven (This Woman's Work, Vol. 1)

1. "The Empty Bullring" – 2:16
2. "Ran Tan Waltz" – 2:40
3. "Passing through Air" – 2:03
4. "December Will Be Magic Again" – 3:11
5. "Warm and Soothing" – 2:43
6. "Lord of the Reedy River" – 2:42
7. "Ne T'En Fui Pas" – 2:321
8. "Un Baiser d'Enfant" – 3:002
9. "Under the Ivy" – 2:10
10. "Burning Bridge" – 4:39
11. "My Lagan Love" – 2:30
12. "The Handsome Cabin Boy" – 3:11
13. "Not This Time" – 3:40
14. "Walk Straight Down the Middle" – 3:50
15. "Be Kind to My Mistakes" – 3:03

Notes

• 1"Ne T'En Fui Pas" is misspelt, the correct spelling in French being "Ne t'enfuis pas".
• 2"Un Baiser d'Enfant" is a French version of her single "The Infant Kiss", which originally appeared on the 1980 album Never for Ever.

[edit] Disc eight (This Woman's Work, Vol. 2)

1. "I'm Still Waiting" – 4:28
2. "Ken" – 3:48
3. "One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..." – 1:03
4. "Wuthering Heights" (new vocal) – 4:57
5. "Experiment IV" – 4:21
6. "Them Heavy People" (live) – 4:08
7. "Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake" (live) – 3:39
8. "James and the Cold Gun" (live) – 6:25
9. "L'Amour Looks Something Like You" – 2:43
10. "Running Up That Hill" (maxi) – 5:46
11. "Cloudbusting" (The Organon Mix) – 6:32
12. "Hounds of Love" (Alternative) – 3:47
13. "The Big Sky" (Meteorological Mix) – 7:44
14. "Experiment IV" (12" Mix) – 6:37

A revised version of one of the This Woman's Work bonus discs includes her recordings of Elton John's "Rocket Man" and "Candle in the Wind."

[edit] Personnel

• Stewart Arnold: Vocals (bckgr)
• Jimmy Bain: Bass
• Ian Bairnson: Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
• John Barrett: Assistant Engineer
• Brian Bath: Guitar
• Haydn Bendall: Engineer
• Michael Berkeley: Arranger
• Andrew Boland: Engineer
• Stoyanka Boneva: Vocals
• Kate Bush: Piano, Vocals, Producer, Fairlight, Harmony
• Paddy Bush: Mandolin, Stick, Harmony Vocals, Slide Guitar, Mandocello, Pan Pipes
• George Chambers: Assistant Engineer
• Nick Cook: Assistant Engineer
• Danny Dawson: Assistant Engineer
• Barry DeSouza: Drums
• Geoffrey Downes: Trumpet
• Pearse Dunne: Assistant Engineer
• Percy Edwards: Vocals
• Stuart Elliot: Percussion, Drums
• Larry Fast: Prophet 5
• Eva Georgieva: Vocals
• John Giblin: Bass, Fretless Bass
• David Gilmour: Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
• Paul Gomazel: Engineer
• Howard Gray: Assistant Engineer,
• James Guthrie: Engineer
• Roy Harper: Vocals (bckgr)
• Preston Heyman: Drums, Stick
• Gary Hurst: Vocals (bckgr)
• Patrick Jaunead: Assistant Engineer
• Michael Kamen: Arranger
• Mick Karn: Bass
• David Katz: Orchestra Contractor
• Nigel Kennedy: Viola
• Paul Keogh: Guitar
• Kevin Killen: Engineer, Mixing
• Nick Launay: Engineer
• Dave Lawson: Arranger, Synclavier
• Tom Leader: Engineer
• Donal Lunny: Bouzouki
• Bruce Lynch: Bass
• Duncan Mackay: Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
• Kevin McAlea: Synthesizer Programming
• Medici Sextet: strings
• Max Middleton: Fender Rhodes
• Francis Monkman: Hammond Organ
• Mike Moran: Prophet 5
• Alan Murphy: Guitar
• Liam O'Flynn: Penny Whistle, Uilleann Pipes
• Hugh Padgham: Engineer
• Del Palmer: Bass, Engineer, Linn
• David Paton: Bass
• Morris Pert: Percussion
• Adam Sceaping: Viol, String Arrangements
• Jo Sceaping: String Arrangements
• John Sheahan: Fiddle, Whistle (Instrument)
• Bill Somerville-Large: Engineer
• Davy Spillane: Whistle (Instrument), Uillean Pipes
• Alan Stivell: Celtic Harp
• Brian Tench: Engineer, Mixing
• Trio Bulgarka: Vocals
• Nigel Walker: Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Engineer
• Eberhard Weber: Bass
• Bill Whelan: Arranger
• Jonathan Williams: Cello
• Peter Woolliscroft: Digital Editing

v • d • e Kate Bush discography
Studio releases: The Kick Inside | Lionheart | Never for Ever | The Dreaming | Hounds of Love | The Sensual World | The Red Shoes | Aerial Compilations: The Single File | The Whole Story | This Woman's Work | Live @ Hammersmith