Talk:Hounds of Love

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Genre?[edit]

Can we all agree that the genre needs to be modified? Simply calling this album 'pop' is insufficient. The cited article uses the term 'progressive pop' (which I think fits better) and art-rock should be added (to describe the second side specifically). 99.229.213.1 (talk) 07:29, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

No. The AllMusic source says the following:
  • "But Hounds of Love was more carefully crafted as a pop record..."
  • "...and it abounded in memorable melodies and arrangements, the latter re/flecting idioms ranging from orchestrated progressive pop to high-wattage traditional folk..."
  • "Bush never lets the material get too far from its pop trappings and purpose."
  • "...this record [is] wonderfully overpowering as a piece of pop music."
It's clear that when "progressive pop" and "traditional folk" are mentioned, the reviewer is talking about the various song arrangements that can be found on the album. At least one of the songs has a progressive pop arrangement, and at least one of the songs has a traditional folk arrangement. The reviewer is not talking about an overall album genre here. Instead, it's as clear as day that he is enthused about the album being the epitome of pop, the brightest and most brilliant example of pop. Binksternet (talk) 08:39, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
I don't mean to offend anybody here, but I've never understood the importance to some people of the "correct" music genre to place in the infobox – I'd much rather concentrate on improving the article itself. Over recent months I've added reviews to the reception section and in my sandbox I'm currently working on the track-by-track composition: I really think that this article could (and should) be a GA at some point. Richard3120 (talk) 18:02, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
We have New York Times article. [1] The following:
  • "...she builds upon a long tradition of primarily British (but see also the Canadian Miss Mitchell and the American Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa for North American variants) tradition of folk-based, elaborate and ornate art-rock."
  • "She also shows a winning sureness in her deployment of minimalist rock textures." -- 115.164.218.81 (talk) 04:58, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
I think the NYT source is very clear about its assessment as art rock. That leaves us editors to the task of deciding what is more important, art rock from NYT or pop music from AllMusic. Which one is first? Binksternet (talk) 06:18, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
I have removed the art rock genre tag, as the album doesn't contain many elements of rock. Instead, I've replaced it with art pop, something Kate Bush's music is often cited as an example of, and something that better describes the sound of the album. Morfph (talk) 23:31, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

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Hounds of Love - Language: English[edit]

Don't undo this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hounds_of_Love&type=revision&diff=933920430&oldid=932153983. Hounds of Love is an English language album. 99% of the lyrics are in English, but 1% are in German and Latin; see https://www.metrolyrics.com/hello-earth-lyrics-kate-bush.html and https://www.metrolyrics.com/waking-the-witch-lyrics-kate-bush.html --User123o987name (talk) 19:40, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

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