The Kick Inside
by Kate Bush
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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 53 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,766.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Kick Inside track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Kick Inside rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 11/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 28 Music Albums of 1978 | 16/28 | 2 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 59 Music Albums of 1978 | 6/59 | 5 |
| 2026 |  foxytreeko | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1970s | 33/50 | 7 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Ilolahti | Top 36 Music Albums of the 1970s | 4/36 | 18 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 17/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 22 Music Albums of 1978 | 2/22 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 501 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,185 | |||
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The Kick Inside ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 00:50 | xhitmanx | 1,573 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 21:52 |  CharlieBarley | 3,270 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 16:57 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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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 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5422): By CharlieBarley
neilgee 08/12/2026 20:30 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 08/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5396): By pranafilmsThe Kick Inside comments
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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. (Edited)
71.7 rating (Edited)
HoldenM 06/24/2023 17:45 | #297769 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
Great record
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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