It also includes "Experiment IV", which had been released as a single three weeks earlier; it also reached the UK top 30.

A remix of Bush's debut single "Wuthering Heights" (1978) with newly re-recorded vocals opens the album.

The album mix of "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" features on this release rather than the single version.

In 2014, during Bush's Before the Dawn residency at the Hammersmith Apollo, The Whole Story charted at number 8 in the UK.

[13] Following a resurgence of popularity for "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" in 2022,[14][15][16] The Whole Story peaked at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart.