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{{Infobox album
| name       = This Woman's Work
| type       = [[Box set]]
| artist     = [[Kate Bush]]
| cover      = Kate Bush This Woman's Work.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 22 October 1990
| recorded   = 1973–1990
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Art rock]]
* [[art pop]]
* [[progressive pop]]
* [[baroque pop]]}}
| length     = 366:55
| label      = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
| producer   = Kate Bush<br/>[[Andrew Powell]]<br/>[[Jon Kelly]]<br>[[David Gilmour]]
| prev_title = [[Aspects of the Sensual World]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[The Red Shoes (album)|The Red Shoes]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r375346|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Bush, Kate |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |pages=850–51 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=3rd |year=1998 |isbn=0-333-74134-X}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sutcliffe |first=Phil |date=June 2011 |title=A Magnificent Obsession |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=211 |pages=82–83}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Galens|first=David|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|edition=2nd|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|pages=179–80}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[New Musical Express]]''
| rev5score = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Maconie |first=Stuart |date=10 November 1990 |title=Replay |magazine=[[New Musical Express]] |page=35}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Beattie |first=Rob |date=December 1990 |title=Extravagant |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |page=153}}</ref>
| rev7      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Kate Bush |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/122 122–23]}}</ref>
| rev8      = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Brown |first=Glyn |title=Senses Working Overtime |date=December 1990 |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |page=110}}</ref>
| rev9      = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev9score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Kate Bush |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=62–63}}</ref>
}}
'''''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-side]]s, 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 [[LP album|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 (Kate Bush song)|Wow]]", the dead-end version of "Army Dreamers" which featured on "The Whole Story" album, "Dreamtime" (the [[instrumental]] B-side of "[[The Dreaming (song)|The Dreaming]]" single), "[[Sat in Your Lap]] (Single Mix)", "[[Running Up that Hill]] (Instrumental Version)", "[[The Big Sky (song)|The Big Sky]] (Single Version)", "[[The Sensual World (song)|The Sensual World]] (Instrumental Version)", "The Confrontation" from the "[[Love and Anger (song)|Love and Anger]]" single and the Single Version Mix of "[[This Woman's Work (song)|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]]. {{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

== 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 1 – ''[[The Kick Inside]]'' ===
{{Track listing
| headline        = 
| extra_column    = 
| total_length    = 43:16

| title1          = [[Moving (Kate Bush song)|Moving]]
| length1         = 2:58

| title2          = The Saxophone Song
| length2         = 3:51

| title3          = [[Strange Phenomena (song)|Strange Phenomena]]
| length3         = 2:57

| title4          = Kite
| length4         = 2:57

| title5          = [[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]
| length5         = 2:39

| title6          = [[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]
| length6         = 4:35

| title7          = James and the Cold Gun 
| length7         = 3:31

| title8          = Feel It
| length8         = 3:00

| title9          = Oh to Be in Love
| length9         = 3:21

| title10         = L'Amour Looks Something Like You
| length10        = 2:26

| title11         = [[Them Heavy People]]
| length11        = 3:01

| title12         = Room for the Life
| length12        = 4:11

| title13         = The Kick Inside
| length13        = 3:30
}}

=== Disc 2 – ''[[Lionheart (Kate Bush album)|Lionheart]]'' ===
{{Track listing
| headline        = 
| extra_column    = 
| total_length    = 36:55

| title1          = [[Symphony in Blue (song)|Symphony in Blue]]
| length1         = 3:31

| title2          = In Search of Peter Pan
| length2         = 3:58

| title3          = [[Wow (Kate Bush song)|Wow]]
| length3         = 3:58

| title4          = Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake
| length4         = 3:10

| title5          = Oh England My Lionheart
| length5         = 3:10

| title6          = Fullhouse
| length6         = 3:10

| title7          = In the Warm Room
| length7         = 3:49

| title8          = Kashka From Baghdad
| length8         = 4:00

| title9          = Coffee Homeground
| length9         = 3:41

| title10         = [[Hammer Horror (song)|Hammer Horror]]
| length10        = 4:37
}}

=== Disc 3 – ''[[Never for Ever]]'' ===
{{Track listing
| headline        = 
| extra_column    = 
| total_length    = 37:30

| title1          = [[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]
| length1         = 3:30

| title2          = Delius (Song of Summer)
| length2         = 2:49

| title3          = Blow Away (For Bill)
| length3         = 3:32

| title4          = All We Ever Look For
| length4         = 3:50

| title5          = Egypt
| length5         = 4:09

| title6          = The Wedding List
| length6         = 4:21

| title7          = Violin
| length7         = 3:21

| title8          = The Infant Kiss
| length8         = 2:45

| title9          = Night Scented Stock
| length9         = 0:50

| title10         = [[Army Dreamers]]
| length10        = 2:55

| title11         = [[Breathing (Kate Bush song)|Breathing]]
| length11        = 5:28
}}

=== Disc 4 – ''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]'' ===
{{Track listing
| headline        = 
| extra_column    = 
| total_length    = 43:27

| title1          = [[Sat in Your Lap]]
| length1         = 3:42

| title2          = [[There Goes a Tenner]]
| length2         = 3:25

| title3          = Pull Out the Pin
| length3         = 5:29

| title4          = [[Suspended in Gaffa]]
| length4         = 3:59

| title5          = Leave It Open
| length5         = 3:27

| title6          = [[The Dreaming (song)|The Dreaming]]
| length6         = 4:49
| title7          = [[Night of the Swallow (song)|Night of the Swallow]]
| length7         = 5:18

| title8          = All the Love
| length8         = 4:29

| title9          = Houdini
| length9         = 3:50

| title10         = Get Out of My House
| length10        = 5:32
}}

=== Disc 5 – ''[[Hounds of Love]]'' ===
{{track listing
| headline        = 
| extra_column    = 
| total_length    = 47:29

| title1          = [[Running Up that Hill|Running Up that Hill (A Deal with God)]]
| length1         = 4:58

| title2          = [[Hounds of Love (song)|Hounds of Love]]
| length2         = 2:58

| title3          = [[The Big Sky (song)|The Big Sky]]
| length3         = 4:45

| title4          = Mother Stands for Comfort
| length4         = 3:13

| title5          = [[Cloudbusting]]
| length5         = 5:09

| title6          = And Dream of Sheep
| length6         = 2:49

| title7          = Under Ice
| length7         = 2:16

| title8          = Waking the Witch
| length8         = 4:21

| title9          = Watching You Without Me
| length9         = 4:09

| title10         = Jig of Life
| length10        = 4:01

| title11         = Hello Earth
| length11        = 6:16

| title12         = The Morning Fog
| length12        = 2:32
}}

=== Disc 6 – ''[[The Sensual World]]'' ===
{{track listing
| headline        = 
| extra_column    = 
| total_length    = 45:57

| title1          = [[The Sensual World (song)|The Sensual World]]
| length1         = 5:16

| title2          = [[Love and Anger (song)|Love and Anger]]
| length2         = 4:45

| title3          = The Fog
| length3         = 5:14

| title4          = Reaching Out
| length4         = 3:08

| title5          = Heads We're Dancing
| length5         = 5:17

| title6          = Deeper Understanding
| length6         = 4:48

| title7          = Between a Man and a Woman
| length7         = 3:27

| title8          = Never Be Mine
| length8         = 3:51

| title9          = Rocket's Tail (For Rocket)
| length9         = 4:12

| title10         = [[This Woman's Work (song)|This Woman's Work]]
| length10        = 3:30

| title11         = Walk Straight Down the Middle
| length11        = 3:58
}}

=== Disc 7 – ''This Woman's Work: Volume One'' ===
{{track listing
| headline = 
| writing_credits = 
| extra_column = Originally appears on
| total_length = 46:07
| title1 = The Empty Bullring
| extra1 = "[[Breathing (Kate Bush song)|Breathing]]" 7" (1980)
| length1 = 2:13
| title2 = Ran Tan Waltz
| extra2 = "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]" 7" (1980)
| length2 = 2:39
| title3 = Passing Through Air
| extra3 = "[[Army Dreamers]]" 7" (1980)
| length3 = 2:01
| title4 = [[December Will Be Magic Again]]
| extra4 = "[[December Will Be Magic Again]]" 7" (1980)
| length4 = 4:49
| title5 = Warm and Soothing
| extra5 = "December Will Be Magic Again" 7"
| length5 = 2:42
| title6 = Lord of the Reedy River
| extra6 = "[[Sat in Your Lap]]" 7" (1981)
| length6 = 2:42
| title7 = [[Ne T'enfuis Pas|Ne T'En Fui Pas]]
| note7 = Title is misspelt, the correct spelling in French being "Ne T'Enfuis Pas"
| extra7 = "[[There Goes a Tenner]]" 7"/"[[Suspended in Gaffa]]" 7" (1982)
| length7 = 2:10
| title8 = Un Baiser d'Enfant
| note8 = French version of "The Infant Kiss", which originally appeared on the 1980 album ''Never for Ever''
| extra8 = "Ne T'en Fuis Pas" 7" (1983)
| length8 = 3:00
| title9 = Under the Ivy
| extra9 = "[[Running Up That Hill]]" 7" (1985)
| length9 = 2:06
| title10 = Burning Bridge
| extra10 = "[[Cloudbusting]]" 7" (1985)
| length10 = 4:44
| title11 = My Lagan Love
| extra11 = "Cloudbusting" 12" (1985)
| length11 = 2:29
| title12 = The Handsome Cabin Boy
| extra12 = "[[Hounds of Love (song)|Hounds of Love]]" 7" (1986)
| length12 = 3:11
| title13 = Not This Time
| extra13 = "[[The Big Sky (song)|The Big Sky]]" 7" (1986)
| length13 = 3:39
| title14 = Walk Straight Down the Middle
| extra14 = "[[The Sensual World (song)|The Sensual World]]" 7" (1989)
| length14 = 3:51
| title15 = Be Kind to My Mistakes
| extra15 = "[[This Woman's Work (song)|This Woman's Work]]" 7" (1989)
| length15 = 2:59
| lyrics_credits = 
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}}

=== Disc 8 – ''This Woman's Work: Volume Two'' ===
{{track listing
| headline        = 
| writing_credits = 
| extra_column    = Originally appears on
| total_length    = 66:14

| title1         = I'm Still Waiting
| extra1         = "This Woman's Work" 7" (1989)
| length1        = 4:31

| title2         = Ken
| extra2         = "[[Love and Anger (song)|Love and Anger]]" 7" (1989)
| length2        = 3:47

| title3         = One Last Look Around the House Before We Go
| extra3         = "Love and Anger" 7"
| length3        = 0:58

| title4         = [[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]] 
| note4          = New vocal
| extra4         = ''[[The Whole Story]]'' (1986)
| length4        = 5:02

| title5         = [[Experiment IV]]
| extra5         =''The Whole Story'' (1986)
| length5        = 4:19

| title6         = Them Heavy People 
| note6=Live
| extra6         = ''[[On Stage (EP)|On Stage]]'' [[Extended play|EP]] (1979)
| length6        = 4:10

| title7         = Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake 
| note7=Live
| extra7         = ''On Stage'' EP
| length7        = 3:39

| title8         = James and the Cold Gun 
| note8=Live
| extra8         = ''On Stage'' EP
| length8        = 6:18

| title9         = L'Amour Looks Something Like You 
| note9=Live
| extra9         = ''On Stage'' EP
| length9        = 2:47

| title10        = Running Up That Hill 
| note10=12" [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]]
| extra10        = "Running Up That Hill" 12"
| length10       = 5:42

| title11        = Cloudbusting 
| note11=Organon mix
| extra11        = "Cloudbusting" 12"
| length11       = 6:36

| title12        = Hounds of Love 
| note12=Alternative
| extra12        = "Hounds of Love" 7"
| length12       = 3:51

| title13        = The Big Sky 
| note13=Meteorological mix
| extra13        = "The Big Sky" 12" (1986)
| length13       = 8:03

| title14        = Experiment IV 
| note14=12" mix
| extra14        = "Experiment IV" 12" (1986)
| length14       = 6:48
|lyrics_credits=|music_credits=|note1=|writer1=|note2=|writer2=|note3=|writer3=|writer4=}}

==Personnel==
*Stewart Arnold – backing [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Jimmy Bain]] –	[[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Ian Bairnson]] – 	[[guitar]], backing vocals
*John Barrett – assistant engineer
*Brian Bath – guitar
*[[Haydn Bendall]] – 	[[Recording engineer|engineer]]
*Michael Berkeley – 	[[Arrangement|arranger]]
*Andrew Boland – 	engineer
*Stoyanka Boneva – vocals
*Kate Bush –	[[piano]], vocals, [[Record producer|producer]], [[Fairlight (company)|Fairlight]], [[harmony]]
*[[Paddy Bush]] –	[[mandolin]], [[Didgeridoo|stick]], harmony vocals, [[slide guitar]], [[mandocello]], [[pan pipes]]
*George Chambers –	assistant engineer
*Nick Cook – 	assistant engineer
*Danny Dawson – assistant engineer
*Barry DeSouza –	[[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Geoffrey Downes]] –	[[trumpet]]
*Pearse Dunne – assistant engineer
*[[Percy Edwards]] – vocals
*[[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] – 	[[percussion instrument|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 (record producer)|James Guthrie]] – engineer
*[[Roy Harper (singer)|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 (musician)|Duncan Mackay]] –	[[synthesizer]], [[Fender Rhodes]]
*[[Kevin McAlea]] – synthesizer programming
*Medici Sextet –	[[String instrument|strings]]
*[[Max Middleton]] –	Fender Rhodes
*[[Francis Monkman]] – 	[[Hammond organ]]
*[[Mike Moran (music producer)|Mike Moran]] –	Prophet 5
*[[Alan Murphy]] – guitar
*[[Liam O'Flynn]] – 	[[Tin whistle|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]] – 	[[Harp#Folk harps.2Flever harps|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==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1991)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/UfxkIGD.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: Kate Bush ARIA albums chart history, received 23 April 2018|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=2018-04-23}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column displays the album's peak on the national chart.</ref>
|143
|-
|}

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