Kate Bush THE KICK INSIDE Limited Edition Autographed Picture Disc LP
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The Kick Inside is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush. It was released on 17 February 1978 and contains her UK number one hit, "Wuthering Heights". The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The production included efforts by several progressive rockveterans, including Duncan Mackay, Ian Bairnson, David Paton, Andrew Powell, and Stuart Elliott of the Alan Parsons Project, and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.The Kick Inside was released when Bush was 19 years old. The album opens with 20 seconds of whale song, which leads into the first track, "Moving", inspired by her dance teacher Lindsay Kemp.
Her cinematic and literary influences, two qualities considered her trademarks, were most obvious in the song "Wuthering Heights", the album's first single. The song was not initially inspired by Emily Brontë's novel but by a television adaptation, although Bush read the novel later in order to (in her own words) "get the research right".Further influences can be found when she references Gurdjieff in "Them Heavy People", while the title song is inspired by the ballad of Lizie Wan. Bush also writes openly about sexuality, particularly on the erotic "Feel It" and "L'Amour Looks Something Like You". "Strange Phenomena" questions unusual coincidences, premonition, and déjà vu.
"Wuthering Heights" went to number one in the UK, marking the first time a female singer-songwriter topped the charts with a self-penned song.[ EMI originally wanted the more rock-oriented track "James and the Cold Gun" to be her debut single, but Bush insisted that it should be "Wuthering Heights". Even at this early stage of her career, she had gained a reputation for her determination to have a say in decisions affecting her work.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Kate Bush.
Side one No. Title Length 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 Side two No. Title Length 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" 3:30Personnel[edit]
- Kate Bush – piano, lead and backing vocals
- Ian Bairnson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (except on 2), backing vocals (9), beer bottles (12)
- Paul Keogh – acoustic guitar (2)
- Alan Parker – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (2)
- Duncan Mackay – Hammond organ (4, 6, 7), synthesizer (3), piano, Fender Rhodes (1, 10), clavinet (4)
- Andrew Powell – arrangements, producer, synthesizer (2, 9), bass guitar (6), piano, Fender Rhodes (2, 3), celeste (6), beer bottles (12)
- David Paton – bass guitar (except on 2 and 6), acoustic guitar (6, 9), background vocals (9)
- Bruce Lynch – bass guitar (2)
- Stuart Elliott – drums (except on 2), percussion (9, 12)
- Barry de Souza – drums (2)
- Morris Pert – percussion (3, 4, 6), boobam (12)
- Paddy Bush – mandolin (9), vocals (11)
- Alan Skidmore – saxophone (2)
- David Katz – orchestra contractor
Production[edit]
- Jon Kelly – recording engineer
- Jon Walls – assistant engineer
- David Gilmour – executive producer (2, 5)
- Wally Traugott – mastering
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