Release: 1980
Genre: Avant-pop, Baroque Pop
Format: LP
Label: EMI Records
Catalog# 1A 062-07339
Prijs: €10,00
Never for Ever is the third studio album by English singer Kate Bush. Released in September 1980, it was Bush's first number 1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at number 1.
Bush co-produced the album with Jon Kelly.
"Never for Ever" has Kate Bush sounding vocally stable and more confident, taking what she had put into her debut single "Wuthering Heights" from 1978 and administering those facets into most of the album's content. Never for Ever went to number one in the U.K., on the strength of three singles that made her country's Top 20. Both "Breathing" and "Army Dreamers" went to number 16, while "Babooshka" was her first Top Five single since "Wuthering Heights." Bush's dramatics and theatrical approach to singing begin to solidify on Never for Ever, and her style brandishes avid seriousness without sounding flighty or absurd.
"Breathing," about the repercussions of nuclear war, conveys enough passion and vocal curvatures to make her concern sound convincing, while "Army Dreamers" bounces her voice up and down without getting out of hand. "Babooshka"'s motherly charm and flexible chorus make it one of her best tracks, proving that she can make the simplest of lyrics work for her through her tailored vocal acrobatics.
The rest of the album isn't quite as firm as her singles, but they all sport a more appeasing and accustomed sound than some of her past works, and she does manage to keep her identity and characteristics intact.
Side A
A1. Babooshka (3:20)
A2. Delius (2:49)
A3. Blow Away (3:31)
A4. All We Ever Look For (3:43)
A5. Egypt (4:09)
Side B
B1. The Wedding List (4:13)
B2. Violin (3:13)
B3. The Infant Kiss (2:51)
B4. Night Scented Stock (0:49)
B5. Army Dreamers (2:52)
B6. Breathing (5:25)
Vinyl: Goed
Cover: Goed
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