Kate Bush: her 10 most underrated songs, according to Far Out Magazine – Playlists

A new deep dive into Kate Bush, this time focusing on her most underrated songs. Online magazine Far Out has put together a list of ten, complete with a playlist (see below). “Kate Bush's discography is one of the most shifting and surprising in British music,” writes Lucy Harbron in the introduction. “With every album, the English artist opened up new creative avenues, shedding her sonic skin and continually expanding her own imaginative world. From her most theatrical narrative songs to her most emotionally intense tracks, Bush has journeyed through wildly different territories while always retaining an unmistakable personality. And precisely because of this, amid such a rich body of work, some extraordinary songs have inevitably been pushed into the background.” Everyone knows 'Running Up That Hill', 'This Woman's Work' or 'Wuthering Heights', hits that helped make her a unique figure in contemporary pop. But beyond her most celebrated singles, Kate Bush's albums hold many lesser-known songs that reveal the full breadth of her talent: tracks touched by jazz, forays into Irish or Bulgarian music, tales of war, murder, desire and personal obsessions, all tackled with a style that is always bold and visionary. Bush's entire body of work deserves attention, Far Out concludes, but these ten songs are perhaps the clearest examples of her ability to push beyond the boundaries of pop without always getting the recognition she deserves.

Here, then, is the list of Kate Bush's 10 most underrated and overlooked songs, according to Far Out Magazine (full feature here). The playlist follows.

• The Saxophone Song (“The Kick Inside“, 1978)
• Symphony In Blue (“Lionheart”, 1978)
• The Wedding List (“Never For Ever”, 1980)
• James And The Cold Gun (“The Kick Inside”, 1978)
• Night Of The Swallow (“The Dreaming”, 1982)
• Mother Stands For Comfort ("Hounds Of Love“, 1985)
• Breathing (“Never For Ever”, 1980)
• Rocket’s Tail (“The Sensual World”, 1989)
• Why Should I Love You? (“The Red Shoes”, 1993)
• An Endless Sky Of Honey (“Aerial“, 2005)

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