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Classic Album no.1: The Kick Inside – Kate Bush

by Mollie Tanner | Feb 23, 2018 | Music Reviews

Happy 40th Birthday to one of the greatest debut albums of all time. Released on this day in 1978 this album, which made no.3 on the UK album charts, heralded the arrival of the then 19 year old Kate, and gave her a stand out single success of Wuthering Heights, the...

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