Wuthering Heights (track) by Kate Bush
Year: 1978
From the album The Kick Inside (track #6)
Wuthering Heights appears on the following album(s) by Kate Bush:
- The Kick Inside (track #6) (this album) (1978)
- This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (track #16) (compilation) (1990)
- This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (track #21) (compilation) (1990)
- This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (track #52) (compilation) (1990)
- This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978-1990 (track #59) (compilation) (1990)
- Live At Hammersmith Odeon (track #12) (1994)
- Kate Bush (1984) (track #5) (compilation) (1984)
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100/100  | 04/06/2025 15:34 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
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80/100 | 03/25/2025 02:28 | culwin | | 75/100 |
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Perhaps a song should be rated as perfect if it moves you to tears, and then makes you want to repeatedly listen to it. It did that for me...I remember my parents playing this song as a young kid - it certainly intrigued me back then. I actually haven't heard this for many years, and nowadays it absolutely knocks my socks off. Kate delivers quirky, very high pitched vocals and amazing lyrics (quite obviously inspired by the book) to go with complex but crazy chord progressions and great rhythm. Superb musicianship all round - extra nod to the guitarist and bassist.
9999 08/02/2022 13:04
I get your point, but it's not the high-pitched ethereal vocal what botters me from this version. That I actually like, and like you say, it suits the mood of the song. What I don't like is the mixing. The voice gets too buried in the instrumental and it's hard to understand the lyrics, while the 1986 version is more polished and balanced. But hey, that's just one man's opinion. I know I am in the minority on this, and that's perfectly fine.
Goliath 05/04/2020 17:47
The high pitched ethereal vocal is perfect for this song, I think the point was missed when the vocal was re-done. One of the most amazing musical statements of all time.
9999 06/21/2018 16:35
I prefer the 1986 mix. Her voice sounds much better. But anyway, the song itself is brilliant.
DeusExMackia 08/27/2017 10:35
Bold, brisk, brilliant. Such scale and awe. It takes one listen to get past the absurd vocals, after which there is no turning back. This is an absolute, timeless masterpiece.
One of the best songs of all time.
The chorus is amazing.
exileonthehell 11/06/2015 02:08
Her voice is from other world
ffudnebbuh 03/18/2012 14:05
I think that this is still the best selling single of all time in the UK? anyone from the UK know for sure? Or is it "Mull of Kyntire"(spelling)?
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