Lionheart
by Kate Bush
Kate Bush bestography
Lionheart is ranked 8th 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 18,025.
(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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Lionheart track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/10/2026 22:31 |  CharlieBarley | 3,251 | 81/100 | |
| 02/28/2026 18:13 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 02/01/2026 15:05 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,361 | 71/100 | |
| 01/23/2026 17:16 | hebbo137 | 199 | 79/100 | |
| 01/18/2026 09:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 8,580 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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HoldenM 06/24/2023 18:30 | #297774
A significant step down from The Kick Inside, but not for lack of trying. Kate Bush pushes her sound and songwriting in a way that feels too self-conscious. Most of these tracks just sort of happen--though, highlights like "Wow" and "Hammer Horror" are as good as any Bush has written. There's nothing outright terrible, but that's not enough to keep this from being a sophomore slump.
A more mellow laid back affair, I really like this album. Some beautiful instrumentation and dreamy vocals. Probably not as well known, as the big hits sit within other albums.
Not as good as the debut, but still a really cool listen.
The songwriting on this album is - how else could it be? - of a high level, even though I miss the absolute highlights that "The Kick Inside" did have.
Goliath 11/18/2018 09:40 | #225112
I only really like the singles from Kate's early albums, can't get my head around the rest of it.
Boltzmann 11/08/2018 10:17 | #224110
Probably her most laid back album. But what I like about Kate Bush is her weirdness and expressiveness, so the album tends to be a bit boring for me.
An awesome, if quirky singer. This album grew on me then swept me away. Not her best but, still very, very good.
Inferior to practically all of her work, yet it's still a good album that most people will be at least satisfied with. There are a couple of great gems like the single "Wow", the erotic "In The Warm Room" & the forbbiden homosexual love song "Kashka From Baghdad".
Lionheart, the lightning quick follow up to, the kick inside, doesn't quite have the brilliance of the first album. It's similar in delivery, but all in all, the songs aren't quite as good. Still some nice tracks; oh England, my lionheart, kashka from Bagdad, and, hammer horror, are all okay but there's nothing really memorable here, it all just passes me by. Probably Kate Bush's least essential album.
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