Kate Bush - Lionheart (1978) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

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Artist: Kate Bush
Title: Lionheart
Year Of Release: 1978 / 1985
Label: Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #CP32-5040
Genre: Art Rock, Pop Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 36:56
Total Size: 237 / 122 Mb (Full Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Lionheart is the second album by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was released in November 1978, just nine months after Bush's successful debut album The Kick Inside. Lionheart reached no. 6 on the UK album chart (her only album not to make the top 5) and has been certified Platinum by the BPI. The first single taken from the album, "Hammer Horror", missed the UK Top 40. However, the follow-up single, "Wow", was released on the back of Bush's UK tour and became a UK Top 20 hit.

Proving that the English admired Kate Bush's work, 1978's Lionheart album managed to reach the number six spot in her homeland while failing to make a substantial impact in North America. The single "Hammer Horror" went to number 44 on the U.K. singles chart, but the remaining tracks from the album spin, leap, and pirouette with Bush's vocal dramatics, most of them dissipating into a mist rather than hovering around long enough to be memorable. Her fairytale essence wraps itself around tracks like "In Search of Peter Pan," "Kashka From Baghdad," and "Oh England My Lionheart," but unravels before any substance can be heard. "Wow" does the best job at expressing her voice as it waves and flutters through the chorus, with a melody that shimmers in a peculiar but compatible manner. Some of the tracks, such as "Coffee Homeground" or "In the Warm Room," bask in their own subtle obscurity, a trait that Bush improved upon later in her career but couldn't secure on this album. Lionheart acts as a gauge more than a complete album, as Bush is trying to see how many different ways she can sound vocally colorful, even enigmatic, rather than focus on her material's content and fluidity. Hearing Lionheart after listening to Never for Ever or The Dreaming album, it's apparent how quickly Bush had progressed both vocally and in her writing in such a short time.

~ Mike DeGagne, All Music

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Kate Bush - Lionheart (1978) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

Track List:

01. Symphony in Blue [03:37]
02. In Search of Peter Pan [03:48]
03. Wow [04:01]
04. Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake [03:16]
05. Oh England My Lionheart [03:13]
06. Fullhouse [03:14]
07. In the Warm Room [03:36]
08. Kashka From Baghdad [03:57]
09. Coffee Homeground [03:39]
10. Hammer Horror [04:40]

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