''The Whole Story'' is the second compilation album by English singer
Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer. In 1978, at the age of 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights (song), Wuthering Heights", ...
, and first greatest hits album worldwide. Released on 10 November 1986, it earned Bush her third UK number-one album and went on to become her best-selling release to date, being certified four-times platinum in the United Kingdom.
The album includes eleven of Bush's previous singles, with a previously unreleased track entitled "
Experiment IV
"Experiment IV" is a song by the English singer Kate Bush. It was released as a single on 27 October 1986, in order to promote Bush's greatest hits album ''The Whole Story''. The single peaked at 23 in the UK Singles Chart, simultaneously with " ...
", which had been released as a single and reached the UK top 30. A newly recorded version of Bush's debut single "
Wuthering Heights
''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...
" (1978) opens the album. The album mix of "
The Man with the Child in His Eyes
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" is a song by Kate Bush. It is the fifth track on her debut album ''The Kick Inside'' and was released as her fourth single, on the EMI label, in 1978.
Overview
Bush wrote the song when she was 13 and record ...
" features on this album instead of the single version.
A home video compilation of the same name was released simultaneously, which includes the promotional videos for each song on the album.
In 2014, during Bush's
Before the Dawn residency at the Hammersmith Apollo, ''The Whole Story'' charted at number 8 in the UK.
Following a resurgence of popularity for "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" in 2022, ''The Whole Story'' peaked at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart.
Track listing
LP, cassette and CD editions
VHS, VCD and Laserdisc editions
Personnel
* Kate Bush –
keyboards
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* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
,
vocals
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,
producer
* Ian Cooper – cutting engineer
* Jon Kelly – producer
* Andrew Powell – producer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
Bibliography
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References
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1986 greatest hits albums
1986 video albums
Albums produced by Andrew Powell
Albums produced by Jon Kelly
EMI Records compilation albums
EMI Records video albums
Kate Bush albums
Kate Bush video albums
Music video compilation albums