Jig Of Life (track)
by Kate Bush
Year: 1985
From the album Hounds Of Love (track #10)
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Jig Of Life appears on the following album(s) by Kate Bush:
- Hounds Of Love (track #10) (this album) (1985)
- This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (track #87) (compilation) (1990)
- Before The Dawn (track #15) (2016)
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| ! | 10/14/2026 02:17 |  imacgill | 33,934 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2026 19:45 | emiro | 1,979 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 19:56 |  dihansse | 68,981 | 76/100 |
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/06/2023 04:31 | #300308
So unapologetic in it coming out of fucking nowhere but being just as necessarily weird and engaging as the surrounding material. (Edited)
It sounds a bit like folk rock this one. The beauty of it is that KB pulls it off. The 9th wave won't be judged lightly.
