The Other Sides - 2018

You need this in your life, the biz.

Couldn't afford the very expensive remastered versions of her entire catalogue but was envious of this collection as I hadn't got or even heard the vast majority of these 4 CDs, so jumped at the chance when it was sold separately and glad I did as it has lots of hidden gems scattered over all CDs. Highlights for me include Experiment IV 12inch, Under the Ivy, Be Kind to my Mistakes, December will be Magic again, Rocket Man, Lagan Love. Their are no songs though that I would skip over. Faults are though that their could be more I really would like Ken for example and it could have been put on two CDs. A CD from her first live performances would have been good as well. I can understand though that some songs she may have preferred too miss out as it may have created too much fat on an almost perfect set of songs.

I already have "This woman's work" on cassette so it was great to hear the side Bs again and a few extra that I didn't know she recorded.

This is far from being a perfect compilation. There are lots and lots of extended versions and remixes from The Red Shoes era which were left out. Same with some B-sides and rarities which are nowhere to be found (The Empty Bullring, Dreamtime, Not This Time, Ken and The Confrontation are all MIA, and so is The Magician, from The Magician of Lublin soundtrack). The package itself is also lacking - a booklet would’ve been nice, but there’s none to be found. But what’s actually there is great, so I can’t really complain - there’s even a previously unreleased track (at least to my knowledge), a demo called Humming. All in all, a very good, albeit incomplete, addition to her discography. I hope the next release will be a complete singles collection, including all the hard to find different versions of her great singles, preferably with a companion DVD including all the videos (The Line, the Cross and the Curve could be an extra, making it an even better release). Anyway, thanks, Kate. It was a sweet surprise to get this as a stand-alone release. A solid four-stars collection of much-more-than-five-stars music.

What can I say about this CD. Absolutely brilliant!!Kate Bush is the Adel of the70's/80's

Wonderful. Yes, we can all cherry pick through and find rarities than have mostly so far only leaked on to Youtube (in varying degres of audio quality). Hard core fans (like me) will no doubt have their "mix-tapes" of these. But what has to be taken into consideration is the entertainment factor of an officially released selection. This is a superb selection, played regularly rather than just archived away on my shelf. Love it. Love the packaging. Hopefully, in due time, there will be more.

All her rare items in one package thank you.

Most of us Kate Bush fans have everything Kate produces.Aware that I have a number of these tracks included in the Woman's Work box set that was released some time ago, there are still a large number of songs that are here in one collection for the first time.This collection is definitely worth buying and a reasonable price for four discs. I also like the packaging which is in a book form.

This CD had a lot of surprises in it. And they did a fantastic job remastering each track.

O CD possui diversas músicas não lançadas nos albuns.A Amazon, como sempre cumprindo o que é prometido.

Una raccolta per fans di Kate, perché essendo altri lati non tutti possono piacere ma ci sono cover e reinterpretazioni di sue canzoni molto belle.

Super CD. Kann ich weiterempfehlen.

Estos cuatro CDs incluyen material que no aparece en los discos de estudio de Bush (de hecho forman parte de la segunda caja "Remastered" del año pasado, pero ahora se pueden comprar por separado para quienes ya poseen todos los discos). El primer CD (12 inch remixes) incluye versiones extendidas de cinco temas, la mayoría de ellos provenientes de la obra maestra "Hounds of Love". No hay mucho en este CD que resulte particularmente interesante, aunque el remix de "Hounds of Love" tiene variaciones estructurales interesantes con respecto a la versión original.Los siguientes dos CDs incluyen lados B y temas inéditos que no fueron incluidos en la discografía principal de la británica. Las canciones provienen de distintos puntos en la carrera de Bush, por lo que los discos no poseen una consistencia interna. Muchas piezas fueron excluidas de los discos por buenas razones; sin duda suenan inacabados o inferiores a su mejor material, aunque la magnífica balada "Under the Ivy", pese a durar apenas dos minutos, está a la altura de cualquier cosa que haya compuesto. "Walk Straight Down the Middle" y "Experiment IV" son excelentes canciones pop a pesar de la producción descaradamente ochentera, y "Home for Christmas" es un breve y seductor coqueteo con el jazz.El cuarto CD, "In Other's Words", consta de covers de material ajeno, que van desde la reinvención (una versión reggae del "Rocket Man" de Elton John) hasta el tradicionalismo (el estándar "The Man I Love").Cabe mencionar que los cuatro CDs son bastante breves; el material pudo caber sin demasiados problemas en un CD doble.Este es probablemente el trabajo menos esencial que haya publicado Bush, y en definitiva no es un buen punto de ingreso para los neófitos a su espectacular obra. Sin embargo, quienes ya sean aficionados disfrutarán las muchas joyas aquí contenidas, sobre todo tomando en cuenta la poca frecuencia con la que Kate Bush publica nuevo material.