Editing Kate Bush (section)

===1985–1988: ''Hounds of Love'' and ''The Whole Story''===
''[[Hounds of Love]]'' was released in 1985. Because of the high cost of hiring studio space for her previous album, she built a private studio near her home, where she could work at her own pace.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1582789,00.html |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |title=Comeback Kate |work=The Observer |date=2 October 2005 |location=London |access-date=4 April 2007 |archive-date=13 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013210316/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1582789,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Hounds of Love'' topped the charts in the UK, knocking [[Madonna]]'s ''[[Like a Virgin (album)|Like a Virgin]]'' from the number-one position.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fitzgerald Morris |first=Peter |title=Hounds of Love lyrics booklet |publisher=[[EMI]] |year=1997}}</ref>

The album takes advantage of the vinyl and cassette formats with two very different sides. The first side, ''Hounds of Love'', contains five "accessible" pop songs, including the four singles "[[Running Up That Hill]]", "[[Cloudbusting]]", "[[Hounds of Love (song)|Hounds of Love]]", and [[The Big Sky (song)|"The Big Sky"]]. "Running Up That Hill" reached No. 3 in the UK charts and re-introduced Bush to American listeners, climbing to No. 30 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in November 1985. Bush has stated that she initially wanted to name the song "A Deal With God", but the record company was reluctant because some people might think it was "a sensitive title", but that "... for me, this is still called A Deal With God".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Story of... 'Running Up that Hill' by Kate Bush after Stranger Things resurgence |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-lyrics-meaning/ |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=Smooth Radio |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621142945/http://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-lyrics-meaning/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The second side of the album, ''The Ninth Wave'', takes its name from [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Tennyson's]] poem, "[[Idylls of the King]]", about the legendary [[King Arthur]]'s reign, and is seven interconnecting songs joined in one continuous piece of music.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kate Bush radio interview |publisher=Rock Over London with Paul Cooke |year=1985}}</ref>

The album earned Bush nominations for Best Female Solo Artist, Best Album, Best Single, and Best Producer at the 1986 [[Brit Awards]]. In the same year, Bush and Peter Gabriel had a UK Top 10 hit with the duet "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]" ([[Dolly Parton]], Gabriel's original choice to sing the female vocal, turned his offer down),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/peter-gabriel/59311 |title=Peter Gabriel: 'Kate Bush replaced Dolly Parton on "Don't Give Up"' NME 19 September 2011 |work=[[NME]] |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=30 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530102124/http://www.nme.com/news/peter-gabriel/59311 |url-status=live }}</ref> and EMI released her "greatest hits" album, ''[[The Whole Story]]''. Bush provided a new lead vocal and refreshed backing track on "Wuthering Heights", and recorded a new single, "[[Experiment IV]]", for inclusion on the compilation. [[Dawn French]] and [[Hugh Laurie]] were among those featured in the video for Experiment IV. At the [[1987 Brit Awards]], Bush won the award for Best British Female Solo Artist.<ref name="brits87"/>