# This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Mojo | |
| MusicHound Rock | |
| New Musical Express | 9/10 |
| Q | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Select | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10 |
This Woman's Work: Anthology 1978–1990 is a compilation box set by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Released in 1990 on CD, vinyl and cassette; it comprises her six studio albums to that point together with two additional albums of B-sides, rarities and remixes. The box set was re-released on CD only in 1998 in different packaging.
The two rarities discs are entitled This Woman's Work: Volume One and This Woman's Work: Volume Two (in the vinyl edition the twenty-nine tracks are spread over three LPs), and have never been released as albums separately from the box set.
Although publicised as a complete collection of Bush's works up to 1990, many tracks released during this time are missing from this collection including the Single Version Remix of "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", the Single Edit remix of "Wow", the dead-end version of "Army Dreamers" which featured on "The Whole Story" album, "Dreamtime" (the instrumental B-side of "The Dreaming" single), "Sat in Your Lap (Single Mix)", "Running Up that Hill (Instrumental Version)", "The Big Sky (Single Version)", "The Sensual World (Instrumental Version)", "The Confrontation" from the "Love and Anger" single and the Single Version Mix of "This Woman's Work". Various songs featured in films were also omitted, notably "The Magician", from the film The Magician of Lublin.
The set was not released in the US, mainly due to The Sensual World being released there by Columbia Records.

## Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kate Bush. Except "In Search of Peter Pan" written by Kate Bush and incorporates "When You Wish Upon A Star" (Lyrics by Ned Washington and Music by Leigh Harline), "Lord of the Reedy River" by Donovan, and "The Handsome Cabin Boy" and "My Lagan Love" which are traditional songs.

### Disc 8 – This Woman's Work: Volume Two
## Personnel

* Stewart Arnold – backing vocals
* Jimmy Bain – bass
* Ian Bairnson – guitar, backing vocals
* John Barrett – assistant engineer
* Brian Bath – guitar
* Haydn Bendall – engineer
* Michael Berkeley – arranger
* Andrew Boland – engineer
* Stoyanka Boneva – vocals
* Kate Bush – piano, vocals, producer, Fairlight, harmony
* Paddy Bush – mandolin, stick, harmony vocals, slide guitar, mandocello, pan pipes
* George Chambers – assistant engineer
* Nick Cook – assistant engineer
* Danny Dawson – assistant engineer
* Barry DeSouza – drums
* Geoffrey Downes – trumpet
* Pearse Dunne – assistant engineer
* Percy Edwards – vocals
* Stuart Elliott – percussion, drums
* Larry Fast – Prophet 5
* Eva Georgieva – vocals
* John Giblin – bass, fretless bass
* David Gilmour – guitar, backing vocals
* Paul Gomazel – engineer
* Howard Gray – assistant engineer,
* James Guthrie – engineer
* Roy Harper – backing vocals
* Preston Heyman – drums, stick
* Gary Hurst – backing vocals
* Patrick Jaunead – assistant engineer
* Michael Kamen – arranger
* Mick Karn – bass
* David Katz – orchestra contractor
* Nigel Kennedy – viola
* Paul Keogh – guitar
* Kevin Killen – engineer, mixing
* Nick Launay – engineer
* Dave Lawson – arranger, Synclavier
* Tom Leader – engineer
* Dónal Lunny – bouzouki
* Bruce Lynch – bass
* Duncan Mackay – synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
* Kevin McAlea – synthesizer programming
* Medici Sextet – strings
* Max Middleton – Fender Rhodes
* Francis Monkman – Hammond organ
* Mike Moran – Prophet 5
* Alan Murphy – guitar
* Liam O'Flynn – penny whistle, Uilleann pipes
* Hugh Padgham – engineer
* Del Palmer – bass, engineer, Linn
* David Paton – bass
* Morris Pert – percussion
* Adam Skeaping – viol, string arrangements
* Jo Skeaping – string arrangements
* John Sheahan – fiddle, whistle
* Bill Somerville-Large – engineer
* Davy Spillane – whistle, Uilleann pipes
* Alan Stivell – Celtic harp
* Brian Tench – engineer, mixing
* Trio Bulgarka – vocals
* Nigel Walker – engineer, assistant engineer, mixing engineer
* Eberhard Weber – bass
* Bill Whelan – arranger
* Jonathan Williams – cello
* Peter Woolliscroft – digital editing

## Charts

| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 143 |