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Moving | Kate Bush | 3:02 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Saxophone Song | Kate Bush | 3:52 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Strange Phenomena | Kate Bush | 2:58 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Kite | Kate Bush | 2:57 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Man With the Child in His Eyes | Kate Bush | 2:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Wuthering Heights | Kate Bush | 4:29 | £0.59 | View In iTunes |
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James and the Cold Gun | Kate Bush | 3:36 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Feel It | Kate Bush | 3:02 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Oh to Be in Love | Kate Bush | 3:18 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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L'amour Looks Something Like You | Kate Bush | 2:28 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Them Heavy People | Kate Bush | 3:05 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Room for the Life | Kate Bush | 4:05 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Kick Inside | Kate Bush | 3:34 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 13 Songs |
Album Review
Kate Bush's first album, The Kick Inside, released when the singer/songwriter was only 19 years old (but featuring some songs written at 15 and recorded at 16), is her most unabashedly romantic, the sound of an impressionable and highly precocious teenager spreading her wings for the first time. The centerpiece is "Wuthering Heights," which was a hit everywhere except the United States (and propelled the Emily Brontë novel back onto the best-seller lists in England), but there is a lot else here to enjoy: The disturbing "Man with the Child in His Eyes," the catchy rocker "James and the Cold Gun," and "Feel It," an early manifestation of Bush's explorations of sexual experience in song, which would culminate with "Hounds of Love." As those familiar with the latter well know, she would do better work in the future, but this is still a mightily impressive debut.
Customer Reviews
Untouchable, unique.
I first bought this album on vinyl when it came out, the impact made by Wuthering Heights was reinforced by the first listen to Man With The Child In His Eyes. The entire album demonstrates Kate's unique musical abilities, the haunting nature of her voice and the sheer musical dagger of her visions. From the first play of this album, I was hooked. Ethereal, yet rocking, heartfelt yet distant, reaching right into the core of emotions. Before Bjork, before Gewn Stefani, before Annie Lennox - before any female singer songwriter who's out there and on their own musically, there was Kate Bush. If you've never heard Kate Bush, this is a great place to start. If you're a new devotee after hearing King of the Mountain - try this. You won't be disappointed.
Like fine wine and good cheese
For some reason, this album always reminds me of dinner parties drinking the finest of wines and the loveliest of cheeses. Perhaps it is Kate's exquisite taste which is demonstrated in this, her debut album. Kate substitutes the raw emotion of her later works with stylish jazz-like melodies interweaved in amongst elements of classic music (just listen out for "The Man With the Child in His Eyes" and "Feel It" for demonstrations of this). Everyone knows "Wuthering Heights" is a classic but there are songs to rival that one on here, such as "Moving" in which Kate's voice sounds beautiful, like a wolf howling into the night the third time she sings "soul" in the chorus, very Never for Ever. Other wonderful songs include the individual intellectualism of "Oh to Be in Love", the feircely clever "The Kick Inside" (also the one song where Kate sounds as emotional as she does on later works), and the feminist ballad "Room for the Life". Buy this if you're bored of contemporary rubbish and marvel at this wonderful collection of songs.
A Stunning Debut
The single from this album 'Wurthering Heights' shot Kate into the public eye was subsequently heavily satirised - only making it doubly certain that Kate would be around for many years. (Which makes it surprising that iTunes has not got her 'Aerial' her first album for 12 years here yet.) The later cds 'The Kick Inside' and 'The Dreaming' ensured her position as unique - despite Tori Amos undoubtedly borrowing from her style and presentation. If you have not already got this then start here - then download the rest.
Biography
Born: 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Kate Bush
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Wuthering Heights | The Kick Inside | 4:29 | £0.59 | View In iTunes |
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Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) | The Whole Story | 4:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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This Woman's Work | The Sensual World | 3:38 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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The Man With the Child in His Eyes | The Kick Inside | 2:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Babooshka | Never for Ever | 3:20 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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King of the Mountain | King of the Mountain - Single | 4:52 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Cloudbusting | The Whole Story | 5:10 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Army Dreamers | Never for Ever | 2:58 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Wuthering Heights (New Vocal) | The Whole Story | 4:58 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hounds of Love | The Whole Story | 3:03 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Rock, Music, Adult Alternative, Prog-Rock/Art Rock
- Released: 17 February 1978
- ℗ 1978 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd
