Although Lionheart - recorded over 10 weeks in the autumn of 1978 and released that December - indicated a progression in the career of Kate Bush, it was undoubtedly recorded too quickly after the mammoth The Kick Inside to offer clear indications of any musical development. After Lionheart, EMI allowed Kate almost total control over her pace of work and the release of new material.
Nonetheless, the album consolidated her right to the top newcomer, female singer and songwriter awards for 1978, and it included a number of fine tracks like Symphony In Blue, Don’t Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake and Oh England My Lionheart, the latter a beautifully crafted tribute to the mother country complete with mandolin from brother Paddy. The song encapsulated Kate’s Englishness and went some way to explaining why, by the mid Eighties, she had yet to break big in the US.
The album also included Wow, written as a reaction to the impression the music press was giving about her and her use of words like groovy, amazing and wow.
It’s not up to The Kick Inside, but it is a valuable piece of work.
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Advantages: Fierce,delicate,enchantin g.All that Kate Bush is loved and admired for encapsulated in this album Disadvantages: You stare at the cover hating youself for not looking as sexy as she does!
Advantages: Fierce,delicate,enchantin g.All that Kate Bush is loved and admired for encapsulated in this album Disadvantages: You stare at the cover hating youself for not looking as sexy as she does!
Oct 9th, 2000
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