Kate Bush Sets Physical Album Reissues Ahead of Rock Hall Induction – Billboard

Kate Bush celebrates her extraordinary comeback with a reissue of her albums in bodily codecs.

The enigmatic English singer’s label Fish People is pulling the set off on “unlimited editions” of her reissued albums, spanning her 10 studio efforts, together with U.Ok. No. 1s Hounds of Love and Never for Ever, The Dreaming, and her debut The Kick Inside, plus the remix album Director’s Cut.

“It’s been great fun putting together these new versions, including the colored vinyl for independent record stores,” feedback Bush in an announcement.

“They’ve been designed as a ‘set’. It’s very exciting to see the resurgence of appreciation for the physical presence of albums released on vinyl. It’s how it’s always been for me, especially when I was a teenager. The whole buzz of the record store was part of the experience. Buying an album was an event.”

She continues, “There’s a special emotional connection that happens between the possessor of an album, the music and the artwork, when it exists in the real world. It’s something we can treasure in a unique way.”

The reissues characteristic the remastered audio from a 2018 marketing campaign, when Bush’s total musical output was launched on vinyl throughout 4 field units, together with songs that had by no means earlier than been pressed on wax.

The launch marketing campaign caps an exciting resurgence for Bush in recent times. Powered by the fourth season of Stranger Things, Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God”) turned a chart phenomenon another time.

By mid-2022, she was No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters Chart, and the tune had logged a number of weeks at No. 1 in Australia and the U.Ok., the place she was anointed because the oldest feminine artist ever to steer the Official U.Ok. Singles Chart (at 63 years and 11 months). This Friday (Nov. 3), Bush shall be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, throughout a ceremony that may air dwell on Disney+.

“I hope you enjoy these reissues,” writes Bush. “A great deal of care and thought has gone into them.”