Kate Bush - The Kick Inside

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

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

NTV系「恋のから騒ぎ」主題歌で有名なWuthering Heights（邦題：嵐が丘）収録のデビューアルバム。
個性的な歌声と世界観で好き嫌い別れる彼女なのだが、D・ギルモアの力なのかアルバムの完成度はかなり高い。

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