review by thomas

Released in the same year as her debut ”Lionheart” often get criticism for being a rushed release of leftover material. Some of the songs actually sound like they could have been leftovers or hastily written but on the other hand Bush deliver strong songs too like “Coffee Homeground”, were she shows of her voice span singing with a German accent, a little like when actress Madeline Kahn does her parody of Marlene Dietrich in the movie “Blazing Saddles”. Then we have the epic and scary rocker “Hammer Horror” and the amazing “Don’t Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake” which again demonstrates her vocal capacities.

Besides those few filler songs and the real highlights the album is full of good and solid tunes: “Symphony in Blue” and “In Search of Peter Pan” to name two. The album’s relative low status in the Bush catalogue – or rather its tendency to be overlooked – may have something to do with the lack of a single to follow “Wuthering Heights”, at least back then.

Apart from the reoccurring Kate Bush Band musicians – Stuart Elliot (drums), David Paton (bass), Ian Bairnson (guitars), Duncan Mackay (keyboards) and Paddy Bush (numerous instrument) – ex Curved Air member Francis Monkman appears on several songs. “Lionheart” is a record in the same field as “The Kick Inside” and though it doesn’t comes out as good as said album it’s a good record.