I fell into a Kate Bush mood and listened to her first album, The Kick Inside (1978) and The Whole Story (1986). The Kick Inside was remastered in 2018 which made Kate Bush’s premier recording sound even better! The Kick Inside includes Katie Bush’s UK No. 1 hit, “Wuthering Heights“. The album peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Kate Bush became the first female artist to have an entirely self-penned Number One hit in the UK.
The production of The Kick Inside included several progressive rock performers, including Duncan Mackay, Ian Bairnson, David Paton, Andrew Powell, and Stuart Elliott of the Alan Parsons Project, and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.
“Wuthering Heights,” one of my favorite Kate Bush songs, was released as her debut single on January 20, 1978 when she was just 18 years old. Inspired by the 1847 Emily Brontë novel of the same name, “Wuthering Heights” stayed at Number One on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks, and remains Kate Bush’s most successful single. I love Ian Bairnson’s guitar solo at the end of the song.
For some reason, Kate Bush re-recorded the vocals to “Wuthering Heights” on The Whole Story. I prefer the original vocals. Both of these CDs will fill your ears with incredible music! Some of Kate Bush’s best work shows up on The Kick Inside and The Whole Story. Are you a Kate Bush fan? GRADE: A (for both)
The Kick Inside: Track listing
All tracks are written by Kate Bush.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | “Moving“ | 3:01 |
2. | “The Saxophone Song” | 3:51 |
3. | “Strange Phenomena“ | 2:57 |
4. | “Kite“ | 2:56 |
5. | “The Man with the Child in His Eyes“ | 2:39 |
6. | “Wuthering Heights“ | 4:28 |
No. | Title | Length |
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7. | “James and the Cold Gun” | 3:34 |
8. | “Feel It” | 3:02 |
9. | “Oh to Be in Love” | 3:18 |
10. | “L’Amour Looks Something Like You” | 2:27 |
11. | “Them Heavy People“ | 3:04 |
12. | “Room for the Life” | 4:03 |
13. | “The Kick Inside” | 3:30 |
Total length: | 43:13 |
The Whole Story TRACK LIST:
Wuthering Heights (New Vocal) | 4:57 | ||
Cloudbusting | 5:09 | ||
The Man With The Child In His Eyes | 2:38 | ||
Breathing | 5:28 | ||
Wow | 3:46 | ||
Hounds Of Love | 3:02 | ||
Running Up That Hill | 5:00 | ||
Army Dreamers | 3:13 | ||
Sat In Your Lap | 3:29 | ||
Experiment IV | 4:21 | ||
The Dreaming | 4:14 | ||
Babooshka | 3:29 |