The Kick Inside (studio album) by Kate Bush

The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 557th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 606 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1978 (9th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (127th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (557th)
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Kate Bush bestography

The Kick Inside is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Kate Bush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kate Bush is Hounds Of Love which is ranked number 54 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,530.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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80/100 (from 606 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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75/100
From 04/02/2025 20:17
This has got 'Wuthering Heights' on it. Better still, it's got 'Man with the Child in his Eyes'. Due to her singing tone which is unlike any other, I've found her albums to be very slow burners for me. But they do grow on you and the appreciation grows with every listen . Her voice and singing style does make her one of a kind. Good old Kate.
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From 01/04/2024 17:27
71.7 rating
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90/100
From 06/24/2023 17:45
A breathtaking debut. Rarely does any artist come so fully formed and so bursting with imagination. And it would be a perfect album if the back half could sustain the quality of the first side, but this is still a masterful collection of songs. Even the cuts I'm not crazy about offer interesting turns and surprises.
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85/100
From 09/06/2022 17:14
Great record
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85/100
From 06/02/2022 21:51
Great debut for a great singer "Wuthering Heights" still sounds incredible to this day and the rest of the album is amazing too.
Although I'm not a big fan of Them Heavy People and Room For The Life, tracks like Moving, Saxophone Song and James And The Cold Gun are perfect.
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From 02/12/2022 12:30
Superb album, worth owning for 'Wuthering Heights'and 'The Man With the Child in His Eyes'.
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90/100
From 01/02/2022 12:16
I love Kate, this album is a masterpiece in skill, mood, and sonics. The stunning combination of singer-songwriting and prog is astonishing.
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85/100
From 07/31/2020 22:56
Every song is great. Really solid album, it maintains it's quality throughout the whole duration.
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From 07/10/2019 17:03
85/100

Kate Bush making an awesome debit album, vocals on point, excellent musicians on this album such as Ian Bairnson and David Gilmour

Solid material
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80/100
From 11/08/2018 10:41
Some woman singing with an opera-ish, almost - in her most expressive bursts - witch-ish voice with a dense baroque pop production to back it up. People were certainly confused to hear this.
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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
6. Van Halen by Van Halen
7. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
8. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
9. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
10. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
11. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
12. Hemispheres by Rush
13. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
14. Chairs Missing by Wire
15. All Mod Cons by The Jam
16. 3rd by Big Star
17. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
18. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
19. Real Life by Magazine
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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