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Album cover of The Kick Inside
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The Kick Inside

Kate Bush

  • 1978
  • 13 tracks
  • 44 min

Tracks

Side A 6 tracks · 19:58

  1. 11978Moving3:02D major
  2. 21978The Saxophone Song3:53A major
  3. 31978Strange Phenomena2:59E major
  4. 41978Kite2:57
  5. 51978Dutch Top 40: peak position 27 in week 31 of 1978, 5 weeks in the chartThe Man with the Child in His Eyes2:39G major
  6. 61978Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 14 of 1978, 11 weeks in the chartWuthering Heights4:29

Side B 7 tracks · 23:12

  1. 11978James and the Cold Gun3:37C♯ minor
  2. 21978Feel It3:03
  3. 31978Oh to Be in Love3:18F♯ minor
  4. 41978L'Amour Looks Something Like You2:29D major
  5. 51978Dutch Top 40: peak position 21 in week 44 of 1979, 6 weeks in the chartThem Heavy People3:05G♯ minor
  6. 61978Room for the Life4:06D major
  7. 71978The Kick Inside3:35

Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl

Sound of The Kick Inside

The Kick Inside sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 123 bpm.

Quietest track: Feel It · most energetic: Kite

  • Tempo123 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy31% · 38%
  • Mood60% · 63%
  • Acoustic97% · 85%
  • Danceable47% · 47%

Across 13 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

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Frequently asked questions

When was The Kick Inside by Kate Bush released?

The Kick Inside came out in 1978.

How many tracks are on The Kick Inside?

The Kick Inside has 13 tracks, 44 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.

Which tracks from The Kick Inside made the Dutch Top 40?

Three tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: The Man with the Child in His Eyes, Wuthering Heights and Them Heavy People. The highest was Wuthering Heights, at number 4 in week 14 of 1978.

Which category is The Kick Inside in?

The Kick Inside is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Kate Bush.

Which other albums by Kate Bush are in the collection?

The collection holds one more album by Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love (1985).

What do the percentages for the sound of The Kick Inside mean?

They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.

How do you play The Kick Inside?

With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

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