Kate Bush discography

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Kate Bush discography
File:Kate bush 1978 2 (cropped).png
Bush in 1978
Studio albums 10
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 2
Video albums 6
Music videos 39
EPs 5
Singles 36
Box sets 4
Promotional singles 7

The discography of English singer-songwriter Kate Bush consists of 10 studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, six video albums, four box sets, five extended plays, 36 singles, seven promotional singles, and 39 music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
FRA
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
The Kick Inside 3 3 95 21 3 1 2 4 8
Lionheart
  • Released: 13 November 1978
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, cassette, 8-track, CD, digital download, streaming
6 12 25 5 5 5 16 [upper-alpha 1]
Never for Ever
  • Released: 8 September 1980
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
1 7 44 5 1 4 31 2 16
The Dreaming
  • Released: 13 September 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
3 22 29 23 8 5 12 45 157
Hounds of Love
  • Released: 16 September 1985
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download, streaming
1 6 7 2 9 1 17 12 9 12
The Sensual World
  • Released: 17 October 1989
  • Label: EMI / Columbia (US)
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, CD+cassette, MiniDisc, DCC, digital download, streaming
2 30 17 10 38 16 27 7 17 43
The Red Shoes
  • Released: 2 November 1993
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, cassette, MiniDisc, CD, CD+VHS, digital download, streaming, 2×LP
2 17 13 18 14 23 30 16 28
Aerial
  • Released: 7 November 2005
  • Label: EMI / Columbia (US)
  • Formats: 2×CD, cassette, 2×LP, digital download, streaming
3 25 3 12 7 22 4 7 48
Director's Cut
  • Released: 16 May 2011
  • Label: Fish People / EMI
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download, streaming
2 41 66 11 31 6 38 2 12 [upper-alpha 2]
50 Words for Snow
  • Released: 21 November 2011
  • Label: Fish People / EMI
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download, streaming
5 22 39 7 21 10 39 13 13 83
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[22]
GER
[4]
NL
[6]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
US
Alt

[23]
US
Rock

[24]
Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Before the Dawn
  • Released: 25 November 2016
  • Label: Fish People, Concord, Noble & Brite
  • Formats: 3×CD, 4×LP, digital download, streaming
4 35 89 52 14 11 45 121 5 11

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
GER
[4]
JPN
[25]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
US
[10]
Kate Bush Not released in these countries.
The Whole Story
  • Released: 10 November 1986
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
1 28 27 11 38 22 4 10 48 76
The Other Sides
  • Released: 8 March 2019
  • Label: Fish People, Rhino Records
  • Formats: 4×CD
18 56

Box sets

Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
The Single File 1978~1983
  • Released: January 1984
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 12x7-inch
This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990
  • Released: 22 October 1990
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 9×LP, 8×CD, 7×Cassette
143
Remastered Part I
(Remastered Parts I-II in Vinyl)
  • Released: 16 November 2018
  • Label: Fish People, Parlophone, Rhino
  • Formats: 7×CD, 8×LP, digital download, streaming
51
Remastered Part II
(Remastered Parts III-IV in Vinyl)
  • Released: 30 November 2018
  • Label: Fish People, Parlophone, Rhino, Novercia Overseas
  • Formats: 11×CD, 10×LP, digital download, streaming
81

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
IRE
[26]
NLD
[6]
US
[10]
4 Sucessos[27]
(two-part release)
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: EMI (Brazil)
  • Formats: 7-inch vinyl
Kate Bush On Stage
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: 7-inch vinyl, 12-inch vinyl, cassette, 2x7-inch vinyl
10 15 17
Kate Bush
  • Released: 15 June 1983
  • Label: EMI (US & Can)
  • Formats: 12-inch vinyl, cassette
148
Aspects of the Sensual World
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Columbia (US) / Capitol (Canada)
  • Formats: CD
Hounds of Love[28]
(Record Store Day limited release)
  • Released: 16 April 2011
  • Label: Audio Fidelity
  • Format: 10-inch vinyl
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1][29]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[30]
CAN
[31]
FRA
[22][32]
GER
[4]
IRE
[26]
NLD
[6]
NZL
[7]
US
[33]
"Wuthering Heights" 1978 1 1 6 14 11 1 3 1 108 The Kick Inside
"Moving"
"Them Heavy People"
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" 6 22 3 23 36 85
"Hammer Horror" 44 17 10 25 21 Lionheart
"Wow" 1979 14 17
"Symphony in Blue"
"Strange Phenomena" The Kick Inside
"Breathing" 1980 16 44 Never for Ever
"Babooshka" 5 2 4 14 5 24 8
"Army Dreamers" 16 14 25
"December Will Be Magic Again" 29 55 13 non-album single
"Sat in Your Lap" 1981 11 93 72 18 32 The Dreaming
"The Dreaming" 1982 48 91
"There Goes a Tenner" 93
"Suspended in Gaffa" 33 50
"Ne t'enfuis pas" 1983 non-album single
"Night of the Swallow" The Dreaming
"Running Up That Hill" 1985 3 6 6 16 7 3 4 6 26 30
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[11]
Hounds of Love
"Cloudbusting" 20 16 30 20 13 13
"Hounds of Love" 1986 18 84 68 12
"The Big Sky" 37 15
"Don't Give Up" (with Peter Gabriel) 9 5 9 40 36 27 4 5 16 72 So
"Experiment IV" 23 50 12 The Whole Story
"The Sensual World" 1989 12 44 31 58 81 29 6 20 The Sensual World
"This Woman's Work" 25 89 20
"Love and Anger" 1990 38 145
"Rocket Man" 1991 12 2 45 36 17 27 Two Rooms
"Rubberband Girl" 1993 12 39 47 50 65 17 37 34 88 The Red Shoes
"Moments of Pleasure" 26 119
"The Red Shoes" 1994 21
"Eat the Music" 133
"The Man I Love" (with Larry Adler) 27 199 The Glory of Gershwin
"And So Is Love" 26 The Red Shoes
"King of the Mountain" 2005 4 5 42 13 13 Aerial
"Lyra" 2007 187 The Golden Compass soundtrack
"Deeper Understanding" 2011 87 92 Director's Cut
"Wild Man" 73 50 Words for Snow
"Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" (2012 Remix) 2012 6 22 A Symphony of British Music
"Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)"
chart re-entry and radio re-release[36]
2022 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 Stranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original Series, Season 4
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of singles
Title Year Album
"Be Kind to My Mistakes" 1987 Castaway soundtrack
"π" 2005 Aerial
"Lake Tahoe" 2012 50 Words for Snow
"And Dream of Sheep" (live) 2016 Before the Dawn
"King of the Mountain" (live)
"Cloudbusting" (The Organon Remix)[38] (promo re-release) 2019 The Other Sides
"Ne t'enfuis pas" / "Un baiser d'enfant"[39] (promo re-release)

Videography

Video albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certification
UK
Music
Videos

[40]

Live at Hammersmith Odeon
The Single File
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, Betamax
The Hair of the Hound
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc
The Whole Story
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Picture Music International
  • Formats: VHS, Laserdisc, Video CD
The Sensual World – The Videos
The Red Shoes[41]
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: Box-set, VHS, CD
23
The Line, the Cross and the Curve[42][43]
  • Released: October 25, 1994
  • Label: Picture Music International / EMI, Sony Legacy
  • Formats: VHS, Laserdisc

Music videos

Year Title Director
1978 "Wuthering Heights" (Version 1) Keith "Keef" MacMillan
"Wuthering Heights" (Version 2) Rockflix
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" Keith "Keef" MacMillan
"Hammer Horror"
1979 "Wow" (Version 1)
"Wow" (Version 2)
"Them Heavy People"
1980 "Breathing"
"Babooshka"
"Delius"
"Army Dreamers"
1981 "Sat in Your Lap" Brian Wiseman
1982 "The Dreaming" Paul Henry
"There Goes a Tenner"
"Suspended in Gaffa" Brian Wiseman
1985 "Running Up That Hill" David Garfath
"Cloudbusting" Julian Doyle
1986 "Hounds of Love" Kate Bush
"The Big Sky"
"Don't Give Up" (Version 1) Godley & Creme
"Don't Give Up" (Version 2) Jim Blashfield
"Experiment IV" Kate Bush
"Wow" (Version 3) n/a
1989 "The Sensual World" Peter Richardson & Kate Bush
"This Woman's Work" Kate Bush
1990 "Love and Anger"
1991 "Rocket Man"
1993 "Rubberband Girl"
"Eat the Music"
"Moments of Pleasure"
"Rubberband Girl" (US version) n/a
1994 "The Red Shoes" Kate Bush
"The Man I Love" Kevin Godley
"And So Is Love" Kate Bush
2005 "King of the Mountain" Jimmy Murakami
2011 "Deeper Understanding" Kate Bush
"Wild Man"
"Misty"
2012 "Lake Tahoe"
2016 "And Dream of Sheep"

Other contributions

This is a list of original contributions that Bush has made to soundtracks, tribute albums and to other musicians' albums.

Notes

  1. Lionheart reached number 201 on Billboard's Album chart in 1984 [15]
  2. Director's Cut reached number 186 on Billboard's United States Top Current Albums chart[21] and never entered the Billboard 200, which ranks catalog LPs along with recent albums.

References

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