Search - Kate Bush :: The Kick Inside [Vinyl]

Good Debut, Great Cover Design, Not Remastered.

Frederick Baptist | Singapore | 12/09/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a very expensive version of a disc that you can get remastered for a better sound at a much cheaper price unless you really must have the mini-lp sleeve packaging. Admittedly, the album cover is a great work of art though but if you already have the unremastered version of this disc, you are better off getting the cheaper remastered version that's out there. Overall though, this is a good debut for the quirky but very talented female version of Bob Dylan; a modern-day poet disguised as a pop singer. Recommended."

The Greatest Album Ever?

Mr. Kevin S. Corby | Wiltshire, UK | 05/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As time passes by inexorably and relentlessly, and I think of the many thousand of songs I've heard, changed in style and sophistication, I come back time and again to The Kick Inside. This album doesn't just stand the test of time - it makes time stand still. At once haunting (The Man With the Child in His Eyes) and feel-good (James and the Cold Gun)there quite simply is not a bad track on the album: in fact, every track is just so effortlessly exceptional. This album defines the term 'classic' - a 'must have' in your collection!"

The Empress of Music!

WoW | Netherlands | 06/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album, released way back in 1978, is one of the best debuts ever. In my opinion, Kate only topped this album with The Dreaming and Hounds Of Love. This album includes some of her earliest compositions, some she wrote when still in her early teens. The Man With The Child In His Eyes is one of the most beautiful songs ever; Moving and the title track are way up with the best of the best as well, as far as I am concerned. It even includes some love songs (Oh To Be In Love, L'Amour Looks Something Like You), which are gorgeous. Her lyrical subjects matters are sometimes unexpected and of shock-value to some, but I think hers are so well crafted.... also, the instruments used on this album are unusual in some cases, but to great effect. I don't like every song on this album (Kite and Feel It don't do it for me), but the inclusion of the best pop song EVER makes up for that: Wuthering Heights. I have never heard anything better since. As for her voice: you either like it or you don't. And I love it....."