This is a great and only compilation currently of Kate's work that covers her first 5 studio albums. The mini-lp sleeve packaging is excellent except that the sound levels are a little soft as this recording has not been remastered. Still, the quality isn't all that bad and I've found that raising the volume levels a little does not distort the overall sound quality that much and so if you are not too hung up on sound quality like I am, then this is quite a good buy. However, if you already have the 1986 version, unless you really need to have the mini-lp sleeve, then as this isn't remastered, you may want to get the remastered versions that are out there instead of paying so much more for basically the same sound quality.
This collection from 1986 is a very good introduction to her music - it features singles from her first 5 studio albums. The songs featured on this albums show Kate Bush's ability to be very musically diverse: beautiful slower songs like "The Man With The Child In His Eyes", "Cloudbusting", and the gorgeous "Wow", experimental songs like "Hounds Of Love", "The Dreaming" and "Experiment IV", and big hits like "Running Up That Hill", "Babooshka" and a re-recorded version of her debut, "Wuthering Heights". It's a shame that this album only has 12 tracks (back in 1986 greatest hits albums never had any more, I guess), as some other beautiful singles like "Hammer Horror", "December Will Be Magic Again", "Them Heavy People", "Suspended In Gaffa" and "The Big Sky" didn't make this collection. Glad to hear EMI are planning an "updated" version in 2006, including all her singles, also the ones released since 1986, like "The Sensual World", "Rocket Man", "Moments Of Pleasure" and "King Of The mountian". But still, a great introduction to Kate's music, which is well worth the money!
