[1] Moving (K.Bush) - 3:01
[2] The Saxophone Song (K.Bush) - 3:52
[3] Strange Phenomena (K.Bush) - 2:58
[4] Kite (K.Bush) - 2:57
[5] The Man With the Child in His Eyes (K.Bush) - 2:41
[6] Wuthering Heights (K.Bush) - 4:29
[7] James and the Gold Gun (K.Bush) - 3:36
[8] Feel It (K.Bush) - 3:02
[9] Oh to Be in Love (K.Bush) - 3:18
[10] L'Amour Looks Something Like You (K.Bush) - 2:28
[11] Them Heavy People (K.Bush) - 3:05
[12] Room for the Life (K.Bush) - 4:05
[13] The Kick Inside (K.Bush) - 3:34
KATE BUSH - Piano, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals
ALAN SKIDMORE - Saxophone
DUNCAN MACKAY - Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Clavinet
ANDREW POWELL - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Electric Piano
DAVID PATON - Bass, Background Vocals
IAN BAIRNSON - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals, Bottle
PADDY BUSH - Harmonica, Mandolin, Vocals
DAVID KATZ - Violin, Orchestra Contractor
BARRY DESOUZA - Drums
STUART ELLIOTT - Drums
PAUL KEOGH - Guitar, Electric Guitar
BRUCE LYNCH - Bass
ALAN PARKER - Guitar
MORRIS PERT - Percussion
JOHN KELLY - Engineer
DEL PALMER - Cover Art Concept
JOHN CARDER BUSH - Cover Art Concept
WALLY TRAUGOTT - Mastering
1978 CD EMI America E2-46012
1978 LP EMI 11761
1977 CD EMI America CDP7460122
1978 LP EMI 17003
1978 CS EMI America E4-46012
1996 CS Alliance 46012
1996 CD Alliance 46012
Recorded at AIR London Studios in June 1975, and July and August 1977.
All songs written by Kate Bush.THE KICK INSIDE was Kate Bush's first
album and brought the 19-year old singer/songwriter stardom in her
native England. Co-produced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, who helped
her get a record contract, it was a collection of quirkily melodic
songs with fanciful subjects (the hit "Wuthering Heights" is based on
Emily Bronte's book).
Out of print in the U.S., this is the debut album by the highly
acclaimed British pop vocalist. Contains all 13 of the tracks from when
EMI first released it for her in 1978, including the international
smash 'Wuthering Heights' and the U.S. chart hit 'Man With The Child In
His Eyes'. Also contains the original European cover art. The All-Music
Guide gave 'The Kick Inside' four & a half stars (out of five
possible). An EMI release.
Bush's first album is her most unabashedly romantic, the sound of an
impressionable and highly precocious teenage singer/songwriter
spreading her wings for the first time. "Wuthering Heights" was a
monster hit everywhere in the world except America, and it's still an
impressive debut nearly 20 years later, but Bush would do better work
than this.
Bruce Eder, All-Music Guide
Ranked #40 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of The '70s.'New
Musical Express (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #83 in NME's list of the
`Greatest Albums Of All Time.'
New Musical Express 9/18/93, p.19
Kicking things off with a whimper, not a bang, Kate Bush quietly
released her 1978 debut, The Kick Inside and that disc still to this
day affects an incredible number people, Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan
among them. There are so many elements that make this disc
unique--Kate's soaring soprano, her warm piano playing--but the one
thing that perhaps sticks out most is how different her sounds were
from anything else circulating at that time. Ten years before
"alternative" hit the forefront, this music was neither easy nor
palatable, truly an alternative from the other styles out there. Among
the more legendary tracks, search out "The Man with the Child in His
Eyes" and her timeless classic "Wuthering Heights."
Denise Sheppard, Amazon.com
Als die gerade mal 19-jährige Arzttochter Kate Bush aus der
englischen Grafschaft Kent 1978 mit ihrem Debütwerk The Kick
Inside zum ersten Mal das Licht der Öffentlichkeit erblickte,
waren die Kritiken wie selten zuvor einhellig begeistert. So sprach
etwa das britische Magazin Evening News -- zurecht! -- vom
"größten weiblichen Gesangstalent der letzten zehn Jahre",
die Berliner Postille Tip völlig euphorisch vom "intelligentesten
lebenden Pop-Geschöpf". Tatsächlich hatte es der
introvertierte Teenager mit der ausdrucksstarken, zwischen Hysterie und
Heiligkeit pendelnden Fünf-Oktaven-Stimme geschafft, schon mit
seinem Erstling eine ganz eigene musikalische Kategorie zu
begründen. Neben der unorthodoxen und beeindruckenden Kombination
aus Pop und Folk, Theater und Rock gab es zudem als Dreingabe noch
rätselhaft-mystische Texte, die sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen
weltfremder Fantasy, abgehobener Spiritualität, dampfender Erotik
und ergreifender Sensibilität bewegten. Kein Wunder, daß
manch ein Kate Bush-Fan (und derer gibt es nach wie vor nicht wenige!)
The Kick Inside für das Meisterstück der scheuen
Exzentrikerin hält. Evergreens wie "The Man With the Child In His
Eyes" oder "Wuthering Heights" sprechen partout nicht gegen diese
Ansicht...
Michael Fuchs-Gamböck, Amazon.de
Mit dem versonnen-verspielten Debüt nahm die britische Pop-Elfe
'77 die Welt im Sturm, gerade mal 19 Jahre jung - und ist seither mit
ihrem Esoterik-Pop aus der Szene nicht mehr wegzudenken.
See those trees
Bend in the wind
I feel they've got a lot more sense than me
You see I try to resist
CHORUS
A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the beat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband
I'd be back on my feet
A rubberband hold me trousers up
A rubberband ponytails
If I could learn to twang like a rubberband
I'd be a rubberband girl
A rubberband girl me
A rubberband girl me
Oh I wanna be a rubberband girl
When I slip out
Of my catapult
I gotta land with my feet firm on the ground
And let my body catch up
CHORUS
Give like a rubberband
Twang like a rubberband
Snap like a rubberband
Rub a dub a dub a dub
Rub a dub a dub
Rub a dub
One rubberband won't keep you up
Two rubberbands won't keep you up
Three rubberbands won't keep you up
Here I go
Yeah
One rubberband won't keep you up
Two rubberbands won't keep you up
Three rubberbands won't keep you up
And So Is Love
And you huh?
You do huh?
We let it in
We give it out
And in the end
What's it all about?
It must be love
I give you my
I give you my
You give me your
You give me your joy
CHORUS
We used to say
"Ah hell, we're young"
But now we see that life is sad
And so is love
Ooh baby live your life for love
Ooh baby live your life for love
CHORUS
Ooh baby for the sake of love
Ooh baby for the sake of love
And whatever happens
What really matters?
It's all we've got
Isn't that enough?
Life is sad and so is love
You let it slip
You let it slip
I love you more
I love you more for it
Life is sad and so is love
All for love
Just for the sake of love
You set me free
I set you free
Eat the Music
Split me open
With devotion
You put your hands in
And rip my heart out
Eat the music
Does he conceal
What he really feels?
He's a woman at heart
And I love him for that
Let's split him open
Like a pomegranate
Insides out
All is revealed
Not only women bleed
Take the stone out
Of the mango
You put it in your mouth
And pull a plum out
CHORUS
Take a papaya
You like a guava?
Grab a banana
And a sultana
Rip them to pieces
With sticky fingers
Split the banana
Crush the sultana
Split 'em open
With devotion
You put your hands in
And rip their hearts out
Like a pomegranate
Insides out
He's a woman at heart
And love him for that
CHORUS
All emotion
And with devotion
You put your hands in
What ya thinking?
What am I singing?
A song of seeds
The food of love
Eat the music
Moments of Pleasure
Some moments that I've had
Some moments of pleasure
I think about us lying
Lying on a beach somewhere
I think about us diving
Diving off a rock into another moment
The case of George the Wipe
Oh God I can't stop laughing
The sense of humour of mine
It isn't funny at all
Oh but we sit up all night
Talking about it
CHORUS
Just being alive
It can really hurt
And these moments given
Are a gift from time
On a balcony in New York
It's just started to snow
He meets us at the lift
Like Douglas Fairbanks
Waving his walking stick
But he isn't well at all
The buildings of New York
Look just like mountains through the snow
CHORUS
Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive
And I can hear my mother saying
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Isn't that a great saying?
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Here comes the Hills of Time
Hey there Maureen
Hey there Bubba
Dancing down the aisle of a plane
'S Murph playing his guitar refrain
Hey there Teddy
Spinning in the chair at Abbey Road
Hey there Michael
Do you really love me
Hey there Bill
Cold you turn the lights up?
The Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon
The song of everyone
Who walks the path
Of the solitary heart
The soul cries out
Hear a woman singing
CHORUS
Don't want your bullshit yeah
Just want your sexuality
Don't want excuses yeah
Write me your poetry in motion
Write it just for me yeah
And sign it with a kiss
Mmm, just take any line
"Comfort me with apples
For I am sick of love
His left hand is under my fhead
ANd his right hand
Doth embrace me"
This is the Song of Solomon
Here's a woman singing
CHORUS
And I'll do it for you
I'll be the Rose of Sharon for you
I'll do it for you
I'll be the Lily of the Valley for you
I'll do it for you
I'll be Isolde or Marion for you
I'll do it for you
Ooh I'll come in a hurricane for you
I'll do it for you
A wop-bam-boom
Don't want your bullshit yeah
Just want your sexuality
Lily
Oh thou who givest sustenance to the universe
>From whom all things proceed
To whom all things return
Unveil to us the face of the true spiritual sun
Hidden by a disc of golden light
That we may know the truth
And do our whole duty
As we journey to thy sacred feet
Well I said
"Lily, oh Lily I don't feel safe
I feel that life has blown a great big hole through me"
ANd she said
"Child you must protect yourself
I'll show you how with fire"
CHORUS
Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire
I said
"Lily, oh Lily I'm so afraid
I fear I am walking in the Veil of Darkness"
And she said
"Child take what I say
With a pinch of salt
And protect yourself with fire"
CHORUS
The Red Shoes
Oh she move like the Diva do
I said "I'd love to dance like you"
She said "Just take off my red shoes
Put them on and your dream'll come true
With no words with no song
You can dance the dream with your body on
ANd this curve is your smile
And this cross is your heart
And this line is your path
Oh it's gonna be the way you always thought it would be
But it's gonna be no illusion
Oh it's gonna be the way you always dreamt about it
But it's gonna be really happening to ya
Really happening to ya
Really hapening to ya"
Oh the minute I put them on
I knew I had done something wrong
All her gifts for the dance had gone
It's the red shoes they can't stop dancing, dancing
And this curve is your smile
ANd this cross is your heart
And this line is your path
"Oh it's gonna be the way you always thought it would be
But it's gonna be no illusion
Oh it's gonna be the way you always dreamt about it
But it's gonna be really happening to ya"
CHORUS
She gotta dance, she gotta dance
And she can't stop 'till them shoes come off
These shoes do a kind of voodoo
They're gonna make her dance till her legs fall off
Feel your hair come tumbling down
Feel your feet start kissing the ground
Feel your arms are opening out
And see your eyes are lifted to God
With no words, with no song
I'm gonna dance the dream
And make the dream come true
I'm gonna dance the dream
And make the dream come true
CHORUS
Call a doctor, call a priest
They're gonna whip her up like a helicopter
Really happening to ya
Really happening to ya
You gotta dance
Top of the City
One more step to the top of the city
Where just a couple of pigeons are living
Up on the angel's shoulders
I don't know if I'm closer to Heaven but
It looks like hell down there
These streets have never been paved with gold
Welcome to the loneliest city in the world
It's no good for you baby
It's no good for you now
Keep looking up for the ladder
I don't know if you'll love me for it
But I don't think we should suffer this
There's just one thing we can do about it
CHORUS
Take me up to the top of the city
Take me up to the top of the city
Take me up to the top of the city
And put me up on the angel's shoulders
See how that building there is nearly built
There's a big fire over on the north of the city
I see you walking down the street with her
I see your lights going on and off
She's no good for you baby
She's no good for you now
Look I'm here with the ladder
I don't know if you love me or not
But I don't think we should ever suffer
Ther's just one thing we can do about this
CHORUS
One more step to the top of the city
Put me up on the angel's shoulders
And I don't mind if it's dangerous
I don't mind if it's raining
Take me up to the top of the city
And put me on the angel's shoulders
Take me up to the top of the city
Mmm yes one more step to the top of the city
And put me up on the angel's shoulders
Constellation of the Heart
We take all the telescopes
ANd we turn them inside out
ANd we point them away from the big sky
Put your eye right up to the glass now
And here we'll find the constellation of the heart
Steer your life by the stars
On the unconditioned chance
'Tis here where hell and heaven dance
This is the constellation of the heart
We take all the telescopes
ANd we turn them inside out
ANd we point them away from the big sky
Put your eye right up to the glass now
And here we'll find the constellation of the heart
The constellation of the heart
The constellation of the heart
We take all the telescopes
And we turn them inside out
And we point them away from the big sky
Put your eye right up to the glass now
And here we'll find the constellation of the heart
The constellation of the heart
The constellation of the heart
Well we think you'd better wake up the capt'n
There's something happen'n up ahead
We've never seen anything like it
We've never seen anything like it before
I want a full report
That's it
What do you mean "that's it?"
What am I supposed to do about it?
We don't know but you can't run away from it
Maybe you'd better face it
I can't do that
C'mon face it!
I can't do that
C'mon, c'mon face it
What am I gonna do?
Is it gonna hurt, is it gonna hurt me bad
Ooh here's the constellation of the heart
Who said anything about it hurting?
It's gonna be beautiful
It's gonna be wonderful
It's gonna be paradise
(Just being alive it can really hurt...)
Ooh find me the man with the ladder
And he might lift me up to the stars
(Without the pain there'd be no learning
Without the hurting we'd never change)
Ooohand if you see the woman with the key
I hear she's opening up the doors to heaven
Oh and here comes the man with the stick
He said he'd fish me out the moon
Ooh here's the constellation of the heart
Ooh here's the constellation of the heart
It is the constellation of the heart
Oh yes it is the constellation of the heart
Big Stripey Lie
Oh big stripey lie moving
Like a wavy line
Coming up behind
All young gentle dreamsd drowning
In life's grief
Can you nag on to me?
CHORUS
Don't want to hurt you baby
I only want to help you
I could be good for you
Your name is being called by sacred things
That are not addressed nor listened to
Sometimes they blow trumpets
Only want to help you
Never want to hurt you
I know I could be good for you
Oh my God it's a jungle in there
You've got wild animals loose in here
Want to help you
Never hurt you
Good for you
Hey all you little waves run away
Mmm run away
Why Should I Love You?
The chapter says
"Put it out of your mind"
Mm, give it time...
The fine purple
The purest gold
The red of the Sacred Heart
The grey of a ghost
The "L" of the lips are open
To the "O" of the Host
The "V" of the velvet
CHORUS
of all of the people in the world
Why should I love you?
There's just something 'bout you
There's just something 'bout you
Of all the people in the world
Why should I love you?
Have you ever seen a picture
Of Jesus laughing?
Mmm, do you think
He had a beautiful smile?
A smile that healed
CHORUS
The fine purple
The purest gold
The red of the Sacred Heart
The grey of a ghost
The "L" of the lips are open
To the "O" of the Host
THe "V" of the velvet
The "E" of my eye
The eye in wonder
The eye that sees
The "I" that loves you
Of all the people in the world
Why should I love you?
You're the One
It's alright I'll come 'round when you're not in
And I'll pick up all my things
Everything I have Ibought with you
But that's alright too
It's just everything I do
We did together
And there's a little piece of you
In whatever
I've got everything I need
I've got petrol in the car
I've got some money with me
There's just one problem
CHORUS
You're the only one I want
You're the only one I want
You're the only one I want
You're the only one I want
It's alright I know where I'm going
I'm going to stay with my friend
Mmm, yes, he is very good looking
The only trouble is
He's not you
He can't do what you do
He can't make me laugh and cry
At the same time
Let's change things
Let's danger it up
We're crazy enough
I just can't take it
CHORUS
I know where I'm going
But I don't want to leave
I just have one problem
We're best friends yeah?
We tied ourselves in knots
Doing cartwheels 'cross the floor
Just forget it alright