Better Kate than never

At long last, Kate Bush's magnum opus - 1985's Hounds Of Love - has a book in the 33 1/3 series devoted to it. Author Leah Kardos explores the formative factors behind the "utterly remarkable" album's creation and the way in which it was pieced together, and goes deep in dissecting it track by track.

The book also sets out Bush's incredible commercial success, traces her enormous musical and cultural legacy and attempts to convey what it was like to witness the Before The Dawn concerts in the flesh.

Buzz review here.