Kate Bush has announced that she will be releasing ‘The Best Of Other Sides’ after massive fan demand.
Set to arrive digitally on Friday (September 26) and on CD and vinyl on October 31 via Fish People, the release comes following significant demand from those who were unable to access the original release of ‘The Other Sides’.
That compilation album was shared back in 2018 as part of a definitive remastering project, and had a setlist comprised of B-sides and extra tracks that had never appeared on an album.
The tracklist for that album included new 12” mixes of ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)’, ‘The Big Sky’, ‘Cloudbusting’, ‘Hounds of Love’, and ‘Experiment IV’. B-sides included 1989’s ‘Walk Straight Down The Middle’, 1993’s ‘You Want Alchemy’, 1989’s ‘Be Kind To My Mistakes’, 1985’s ‘Under The Ivy’, 1982’s ‘Ne T’enfuis Pas’, and ‘Lyra’, which was taken from The Golden Compass Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Other B-sides were ‘Burning Bridge’, ‘Un Baiser d’Enfant’, ‘Home For Christmas’, ‘I’m Still Waiting’ and many more.
The album charted at Number 18 in the UK, and is now no longer available. However, due to fan demand, a ‘Best Of’ version of the LP will be on the way. The exact setlist is set to be shared soon, although it has been confirmed that three of the songs have been remastered for the release.
You can visit here to pre-order the album.
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In other Kate Bush news, the iconic singer announced the release of a self-directed animated short film called Little Shrew earlier this summer.
The film focuses on a pygmy shrew in a “war-torn city” as a metaphor for children in war, and will be soundtracked by Bush’s song ‘Snowflake’ from her 2011 album ‘50 Words For Snow‘.
As well as working on that project and releasing ‘Best Of The Other Sides’, Bush has also been teasing her return to writing music, and said last year she was “very keen” to start working on new material.
When announcing Little Shrew back in October 2024, Bush spoke about the possibility of working on new music, sharing: “I’ve got lots of ideas and I’m really looking forward to getting back into that creative space, it’s been a long time,” she said.
Asked if it was something she had been hoping to do for a while, Bush replied: “Yes it is, really. Particularly the last year, I’ve felt really ready to start doing something new.”
As for the hopes of some live appearances being announced, David Gilmour said last autumn that there is only one person capable of getting Kate Bush to perform again – herself.
The Pink Floyd legend was an instrumental force in Bush’s early career, having come across demo tapes she made as a teenager thanks to mutual friend Ricky Hopper. He helped with the financing of recording of a more professional demo, and secured Bush a contract with EMI. Since the start, Bush has always been reluctant to perform live, and has only joined Gilmour on stage twice in both 1987 and 2002.
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