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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.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Ian Bairnson, Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Bass Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger - Duncan MacKay, Electric Piano - Stuart Elliott, Drums
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards - ALAN PARKER, Guitar - Paul Keogh, Electric Guitar - Bruce Lynch, Bass Guitar - Dave Gilmour, ExecutiveProducer - Barry De Souza, Drums - Alan Skidmore, Saxophone
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Bass Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger, Electric Piano - Morris Pert, Percussion - Duncan MacKay, Synthesizer - Stuart Elliott, Drums
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Bass Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger - Morris Pert, Percussion - Duncan MacKay, Organ, Clavinet - Stuart Elliott, Drums
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger - Dave Gilmour, ExecutiveProducer
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Electric Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Acoustic Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Celeste Piano - Morris Pert, Percussion - Duncan MacKay, Organ - Stuart Elliott, Drums
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Bass Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger - Stuart Elliott, Drums
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger, Synthesizer - Paddy Bush, Mandolin - Stuart Elliott, Drums, Percussion
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Bass Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger - Duncan MacKay, Electric Piano - Stuart Elliott, Drums
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Bass Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger - Paddy Bush, Backing Vocals - Stuart Elliott, Drums
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Bairnson, Guitar - David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - David Paton, Bass Guitar - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger, Bottles - Morris Pert, Percussion - Stuart Elliott, Drums, Percussion
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Katz, Orchestral Contractor - Kate Bush, Piano, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - JOHN KELLY, Engineer - ANDREW POWELL, Producer, Arranger
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:03
- Main artists: Kate Bush
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1978 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd
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