This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990

This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990 is a compilation box set by the British singer Kate Bush. Released in 1990 on CD, vinyl and cassette; it comprises her six studio albums to that point together with two additional albums of B-sides, rarities and remixes. The box set was re-released, on CD only, in 1998 in different packaging.

The two rarities discs are entitled This Woman's Work: Volume One and This Woman's Work: Volume Two (in the vinyl edition the twenty-nine tracks are spread over three LP's), and have never been released as albums separately from the box set.

Although publicised as a complete collection of Bush's works up to 1990, several tracks are actually missing from this collection, including: "Dreamtime" (the instrumental B-side of "The Dreaming" single), "Running Up that Hill (Instrumental Version)", "The Big Sky (Single Version)", "The Sensual World (Instrumental Version)" and "The Confrontation" from the "Love and Anger" single.

1 Track Listing
2 Personnel
3 References

Track Listing

All songs written and composed by Kate Bush. Except "In Search of Peter Pan" written by Kate Bush and incorporates "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Lyrics by Ned Washington and Music by Leigh Harline), and "Lord of the Reedy River" by Donovan.

Disc 1 - The Kick Inside

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moving"	3:06
2.	"The Saxophone Song"	3:49
3.	"Strange Phenomena"	2:58
4.	"Kite"	2:59
5.	"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"	2:41
6.	"Wuthering Heights"	4:30
7.	"James and the Cold Gun"	3:34
8.	"Feel It"	3:04
9.	"Oh to Be in Love"	3:18
10.	"L'Amour Looks Something Like You"	2:28
11.	"Them Heavy People"	3:05
12.	"Room for the Life"	4:07
13.	"The Kick Inside"	3:35
Total length:		43:16

Disc 2 - Lionheart

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Symphony in Blue"	3:36
2.	"In Search of Peter Pan"	3:47
3.	"Wow"	4:00
4.	"Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake"	3:16
5.	"Oh England My Lionheart"	3:12
6.	"Fullhouse"	3:14
7.	"In the Warm Room"	3:35
8.	"Kashka From Baghdad"	3:56
9.	"Coffee Homeground"	3:39
10.	"Hammer Horror"	4:40
Total length:		36:55

Disc 3 - Never for Ever

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Babooshka"	3:21
2.	"Delius (Song of Summer)"	2:52
3.	"Blow Away (For Bill)"	3:34
4.	"All We Ever Look For"	3:49
5.	"Egypt"	4:12
6.	"The Wedding List"	4:16
7.	"Violin"	3:16
8.	"The Infant Kiss"	2:50
9.	"Night Scented Stock"	0:52
10.	"Army Dreamers"	2:58
11.	"Breathing"	5:30
Total length:		37:30

Disc 4 - The Dreaming

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sat in Your Lap"	3:30
2.	"There Goes a Tenner"	3:25
3.	"Pull Out the Pin"	5:27
4.	"Suspended in Gaffa"	3:55
5.	"Leave It Open"	3:20
6.	"The Dreaming"	4:41
7.	"Night of the Swallow"	5:23
8.	"All the Love"	4:30
9.	"Houdini"	3:49
10.	"Get Out of My House"	5:26
Total length:		43:27

Disc 5 - Hounds of Love

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Running Up that Hill (A Deal with God)"	5:01
2.	"Hounds of Love"	3:02
3.	"The Big Sky"	4:42
4.	"Mother Stands for Comfort"	3:08
5.	"Cloudbusting"	5:10
6.	"And Dream of Sheep"	2:46
7.	"Under Ice"	2:22
8.	"Waking the Witch"	4:19
9.	"Watching You Without Me"	4:07
10.	"Jig of Life"	4:04
11.	"Hello Earth"	6:13
12.	"The Morning Fog"	2:35
Total length:		47:29

Disc 6 - The Sensual World

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sensual World"	3:58
2.	"Love and Anger"	4:42
3.	"The Fog"	5:07
4.	"Reaching Out"	3:12
5.	"Heads We're Dancing"	5:21
6.	"Deeper Understanding"	4:46
7.	"Between a Man and a Woman"	3:30
8.	"Never Be Mine"	3:45
9.	"Rocket's Tail"	4:07
10.	"This Woman's Work"	3:39
11.	"Walk Straight Down the Middle"	3:49
Total length:		45:57

Disc 7 - This Woman's Work: Volume One

No.	Title	Originally appears on	Length
1.	"The Empty Bullring"	Breathing 7" (1980)	2:17
2.	"Ran Tan Waltz"	Babooshka 7" (1980)	2:41
3.	"Passing Through Air"	Army Dreamers 7" (1980)	2:05
4.	"December Will Be Magic Again"	December Will Be Magic Again 7" (1980)	4:52
5.	"Warm and Soothing"	December Will Be Magic Again 7" (1980)	2:44
6.	"Lord of the Reedy River"	Sat in Your Lap 7" (1981)	2:43
7.	"Ne T'En Fui Pas" (Title is misspelt, the correct spelling in French being "Ne t'enfuis pas")	There Goes a Tenner 7" / Suspended in Gaffa 7" (1982)	2:34
8.	"Un Baiser d'Enfant" (French version of "The Infant Kiss", which originally appeared on the 1980 album Never for Ever)	Ne T'enfuis Pas 7" (1983)	3:02
9.	"Under the Ivy"	Running Up that Hill 7" (1985)	2:10
10.	"Burning Bridge"	Cloudbusting 7" (1985)	4:43
11.	"My Lagan Love"	Cloudbusting 12" (1985)	2:30
12.	"The Handsome Cabin Boy"	Hounds of Love 7" (1986)	3:13
13.	"Not This Time"	The Big Sky 7" (1986)	3:42
14.	"Walk Straight Down the Middle"	The Sensual World 7" (1989)	3:49
15.	"Be Kind to My Mistakes"	This Woman's Work 7" (1989)	3:03
Total length:			46:07

Disc 8 - This Woman's Work: Volume Two

No.	Title	Originally appears on	Length
1.	"I'm Still Waiting"	This Woman's Work 7" (1989)	4:29
2.	"Ken"	Love And Anger 7" (1989)	3:50
3.	"One Last Look Around the House Before We Go..."	Love And Anger 7" (1989)	1:04
4.	"Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)"	Experiment IV 7" (1986)	4:59
5.	"Experiment IV"	Experiment IV 7" (1986)	4:22
6.	"Them Heavy People (Live)"	On Stage EP (1979)	4:08
7.	"Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake (Live)"	On Stage EP (1979)	3:40
8.	"James and the Cold Gun (Live)"	On Stage EP (1979)	6:26
9.	"L'Amour Looks Something Like You (Live)"	On Stage EP (1979)	2:45
10.	"Running Up that Hill (12" Mix)"	Running Up that Hill 12" (1985)	5:47
11.	"Cloudbusting (The Organon Mix)"	Cloudbusting 12" (1985)	6:33
12.	"Hounds of Love (Alternative)"	Hounds of Love 7" (1986)	3:49
13.	"The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)"	The Big Sky 12" (1986)	7:46
14.	"Experiment IV (12" Mix)"	Experiment IV 12" (1986)	6:37
Total length:			66:14

Personnel

Stewart Arnold: Background vocals
Jimmy Bain: Bass
Ian Bairnson: Guitar, Background Vocals
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 Elliott: Percussion, Drums
Larry Fast: Prophet 5
Eva Georgieva: Vocals
John Giblin: Bass, Fretless Bass
David Gilmour: Guitar, Background Vocals
Paul Gomazel: Engineer
Howard Gray: Assistant Engineer,
James Guthrie: Engineer
Roy Harper: Background Vocals
Preston Heyman: Drums, Stick
Gary Hurst: Background Vocals
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
Dónal 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 Skeaping: Viol, String Arrangements
Jo Skeaping: 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

References

^ Allmusic review

Kate Bush

Studio albums	The Kick Inside Lionheart Never for Ever The Dreaming Hounds of Love The Sensual World The Red Shoes Aerial Director's Cut 50 Words for Snow

Extended plays	On Stage Kate Bush

Live albums and compilations	Live at the Hammersmith Odeon The Single File The Whole Story This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990

Videos	Live at the Hammersmith Odeon The Single File The Hair of the Hound The Whole Story The Sensual World: The Videos The Line, the Cross & the Curve

Singles	"Wuthering Heights" "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" "Them Heavy People" "Moving" "Hammer Horror" "Wow" "Symphony in Blue" "Strange Phenomena" "Breathing" "Babooshka" "Army Dreamers" "December Will Be Magic Again" "Sat in Your Lap" "The Dreaming" "There Goes a Tenner" "Suspended in Gaffa" "Ne t'enfuis pas" "Night of the Swallow" "Running Up that Hill" "Cloudbusting" "Hounds of Love" "The Big Sky" "Don't Give Up" "Experiment IV" "The Sensual World" "This Woman's Work" "Love and Anger" "Rocket Man" "Rubberband Girl" "Eat the Music" "Moments of Pleasure" "The Red Shoes" "The Man I Love" "And So Is Love" "King of the Mountain" "Lyra" "Deeper Understanding" "Wild Man"

Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations The Tour of Life