The Kick Inside

by Kate Bush

The Kick Inside cover art

Kate Bush's debut, 'The Kick Inside', established her as a singular talent, merging baroque pop and art-rock with a theatrical sensibility. Helmed by producer Andrew Powell and featuring session musicians from bands like The Alan Parsons Project, the album's sound is intricate and lush, built around Bush's virtuosic piano and wide-ranging vocal acrobatics. Its lyrical themes are ambitious and unconventional, drawing from sources as varied as literature, folk ballads, and philosophy to explore sexuality and feminine perspectives. Propelled by the lead single "Wuthering Heights," the first self-penned UK number-one by a female artist, the album achieved significant commercial success and heralded the arrival of a unique and influential force in popular music.

Genres

  • Art Pop
  • Baroque Pop

Tracklist

  1. Moving
  2. The Saxophone Song
  3. Strange Phenomena
  4. Kite
  5. The Man with the Child in His Eyes
  6. Wuthering Heights
  7. James and the Cold Gun
  8. Feel It
  9. Oh to Be in Love
  10. L'Amour Looks Something Like You
  11. Them Heavy People
  12. Room for the Life
  13. The Kick Inside