The Whole Story

The Whole Story is a compilation album by the English singer Kate Bush. Released in 1986, it was Bush's third UK number one album as well as her best selling release, being certified four times platinum in the United Kingdom.

The album included a previously unreleased track entitled "Experiment IV" which was released as a single and reached the UK Top 30, as well as a new version of Bush's first hit, "Wuthering Heights", featuring newly recorded vocals.

A home video compilation also called The Whole Story was released at the same time. It includes the videos for all of the songs on the album (in the same order), plus the video for "The Big Sky", a song from Hounds of Love which is not included on the compilation album. The video for "Wow" on this release features excerpts from Bush's 1979 live tour, which differs from the original promotional video.

Track listing

LP, cassette and CD editions

All tracks written by Kate Bush.

Side one
No.	Title	Album	Length
1.	"Wuthering Heights" (New Vocal)	The Kick Inside	4:57
2.	"Cloudbusting"	Hounds of Love	5:09
3.	"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"	The Kick Inside	2:38
4.	"Breathing"	Never for Ever	5:28
5.	"Wow"	Lionheart	3:46
6.	"Hounds of Love"	Hounds of Love	3:02

Side two
No.	Title	Album	Length
7.	"Running Up That Hill"	Hounds of Love	5:00
8.	"Army Dreamers"	Never for Ever	3:13
9.	"Sat in Your Lap"	The Dreaming	3:29
10.	"Experiment IV"	Previously unreleased	4:21
11.	"The Dreaming"	The Dreaming	4:14
12.	"Babooshka"	Never for Ever	3:29
Total length:			48:53

VHS, VCD and Laserdisc editions

All tracks written by Kate Bush.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wuthering Heights" (VHS/VCD/Laserdisc editions use the original 1978 recording)	3:34
2.	"Cloudbusting"	6:55
3.	"The Man with the Child in His Eyes"	2:52
4.	"Breathing"	5:31
5.	"Wow" (VHS/VCD/Laserdisc editions feature a new alternate video produced especially for this compilation)	3:42
6.	"Hounds of Love"	3:04
7.	"Running Up That Hill"	4:55
8.	"Army Dreamers"	3:17
9.	"Sat in Your Lap"	3:30
10.	"Experiment IV"	4:41
11.	"The Dreaming"	4:09
12.	"Babooshka"	3:26
13.	"The Big Sky" (Only included on VHS/VCD/Laserdisc editions)	4:26
Total length:		56:54

Personnel

Kate Bush - Keyboards, vocals, producer
Ian Cooper - Cutting engineer
Jon Kelly - Producer
Andrew Powell - Producer

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

Chart	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[4]	28
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[5]	22
French SNEP Compilations Chart ^[6]	9
German Media Control Albums Chart ^[7]	11
Japanese Oricon LP Chart^[8]	38
New Zealand Albums Chart ^[9]	4
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[10]	10
Swedish Albums Chart^[11]	48
UK Albums Chart ^[12]	1
United States Billboard 200^[13]	76

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Belgium (BEA)^[14]	Gold	25,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[15]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[16]	Gold	250,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[17]	4× Platinum	1,200,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Preceded by Now That's What I Call Music 8 by Various Artists	UK number one album 17 – 30 January 1987	Succeeded by Graceland by Paul Simon

References

↑ AllMusic
↑ Robert Christgau
↑ AllMovie
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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Kate Bush

Studio albums

Compilations

The Whole Story

Box sets	The Single File This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990

Live albums

Extended plays

Singles

"Wuthering Heights" "Moving" "Them Heavy People" "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" "Hammer Horror" "Wow" "Symphony in Blue" "Strange Phenomena" "Breathing" "Babooshka" "Army Dreamers" "December Will Be Magic Again" "Sat in Your Lap" "The Dreaming" "There Goes a Tenner" "Suspended in Gaffa" "Ne t'enfuis pas" "Night of the Swallow" "Running Up That Hill" "Cloudbusting" "Hounds of Love" "The Big Sky" "Don't Give Up" "Experiment IV" "The Sensual World" "This Woman's Work" "Love and Anger" "Rocket Man/Candle in the Wind" "Rubberband Girl" "Eat the Music" "Moments of Pleasure" "The Red Shoes" "The Man I Love" "And So Is Love" "King of the Mountain" "Deeper Understanding" "Wild Man" "And Dream of Sheep"

Other songs	"Lyra"

Video albums

Concert tours

List of tribute albums

Category

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