This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990 is a compilation box set by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Released in 1990 on CD, vinyl and cassette; it comprises her six studio albums to that point together with two additional albums of B-sides, rarities and remixes. The box set was re-released on CD only in 1998 in different packaging.
The two rarities discs are entitled This Woman's Work: Volume One and This Woman's Work: Volume Two (in the vinyl edition the twenty-nine tracks are spread over three LPs), and have never been released as albums separately from the box set.
Although publicised as a complete collection of Bush's works up to 1990, many tracks released during this time are missing from this collection including the Single Version Remix of "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", the Single Edit remix of "Wow", the dead-end version of "Army Dreamers" which featured on "The Whole Story" album, "Dreamtime" (the instrumental B-side of "The Dreaming" single), "Sat in Your Lap (Single Mix)", "Running Up that Hill (Instrumental Version)", "The Big Sky (Single Version)", "The Sensual World (Instrumental Version)", "The Confrontation" from the "Love and Anger" single and the Single Version Mix of "This Woman's Work". Various songs featured in films were also omitted, notably "The Magician", from the film The Magician of Lublin.
The set was not released in the US, mainly due to The Sensual World being released there by Columbia Records.
Track listing All songs written and composed by Kate Bush. Except "In Search of Peter Pan" written by Kate Bush and incorporates "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Lyrics by Ned Washington and Music by Leigh Harline), "Lord of the Reedy River" by Donovan, and "The Handsome Cabin Boy" and "My Lagan Love" which are traditional songs.
Disc 1 – The Kick Inside
Disc 2 – Lionheart
Disc 3 – Never for Ever
Disc 4 – The Dreaming
Disc 5 – Hounds of Love
Disc 6 – The Sensual World
Disc 7 – This Woman's Work: Volume One
Disc 8 – This Woman's Work: Volume Two
Personnel Stewart Arnold – backing vocals Jimmy Bain – bass Ian Bairnson – guitar, backing vocals John Barrett – assistant engineer Brian Bath – guitar Haydn Bendall – engineer Michael Berkeley – arranger Andrew Boland – engineer Stoyanka Boneva – vocals Kate Bush – piano, vocals, producer, Fairlight, harmony Paddy Bush – mandolin, stick, harmony vocals, slide guitar, mandocello, pan pipes George Chambers – assistant engineer Nick Cook – assistant engineer Danny Dawson – assistant engineer Barry DeSouza – drums Geoffrey Downes – trumpet Pearse Dunne – assistant engineer Percy Edwards – vocals Stuart Elliott – percussion, drums Larry Fast – Prophet 5 Eva Georgieva – vocals John Giblin – bass, fretless bass David Gilmour – guitar, backing vocals Paul Gomazel – engineer Howard Gray – assistant engineer, James Guthrie – engineer Roy Harper – backing vocals Preston Heyman – drums, stick Gary Hurst – backing vocals Patrick Jaunead – assistant engineer Michael Kamen – arranger Mick Karn – bass David Katz – orchestra contractor Nigel Kennedy – viola Paul Keogh – guitar Kevin Killen – engineer, mixing Nick Launay – engineer Dave Lawson – arranger, Synclavier Tom Leader – engineer Dónal Lunny – bouzouki Bruce Lynch – bass Duncan Mackay – synthesizer, Fender Rhodes Kevin McAlea – synthesizer programming Medici Sextet – strings Max Middleton – Fender Rhodes Francis Monkman – Hammond organ Mike Moran – Prophet 5 Alan Murphy – guitar Liam O'Flynn – penny whistle, Uilleann pipes Hugh Padgham – engineer Del Palmer – bass, engineer, Linn David Paton – bass Morris Pert – percussion Adam Skeaping – viol, string arrangements Jo Skeaping – string arrangements John Sheahan – fiddle, whistle Bill Somerville-Large – engineer Davy Spillane – whistle, Uilleann pipes Alan Stivell – Celtic harp Brian Tench – engineer, mixing Trio Bulgarka – vocals Nigel Walker – engineer, assistant engineer, mixing engineer Eberhard Weber – bass Bill Whelan – arranger Jonathan Williams – cello Peter Woolliscroft – digital editing
Charts Chart (1991)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column displays the album's peak on the national chart.143
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