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Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) [2018, Remastered Reissue]
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Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) [2018, Remastered Reissue]
Pop/Rock, Art Rock, Baroque Pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 37:28 Min. | 268,77 Mb
Label: Parlophone Records/Fish People (EU) | Cat.# 0190295568962 | Released: 2018-11-16 (1980-09-07)
Pop/Rock, Art Rock, Baroque Pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 37:28 Min. | 268,77 Mb
Label: Parlophone Records/Fish People (EU) | Cat.# 0190295568962 | Released: 2018-11-16 (1980-09-07)
"Never for Ever" is the third studio album by English singer Kate Bush. Released in September 1980, it was Bush's first #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 #1. It has since been certified Gold by the BPI. It features the UK Top 20 singles "Breathing", "Army Dreamers" and "Babooshka", the latter being one of Bush's biggest hits. Bush co-produced the album with Jon Kelly.
~Wikipedia
"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 #1 in the U.K., on the strength of three singles that made her country's Top 20. Both "Breathing" and "Army Dreamers" went to #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. She bettered this formula for 1985's Hounds of Love, making that album's "Running Up That Hill" her only Top 40 single in the U.S., peaking at #30.
~Review by Mike DeGagne
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Kate Bush - Never For Ever (1980) [2018, Remastered Reissue]
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Release of the album: 1980, September, 7 [LP EMI Records, Cat.# EMA 794, UK]
Release of this CD: 2018, November, 16 [CD Parlophone Records/Fish People (EU), Cat.# 0190295568962 / UPC: 0190295568962]
℗ 2018 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd.
© 2018 Parlophone Records Ltd., a Warner Music Group Company.
Made in the EU
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Credits:
Art Direction – Kate Bush
Artwork [Front Cover And Centre] – Nick Price
Coordinator [Artwork Co-Ordination] – Paul Maxwell Ltd.
Design [Costume Design] – Gini Hardy
Design Concept [Back Cover Concept], Photography By – John Carder Bush
Engineer – Jon Kelly
Engineer [Assistant Engineer At Abbey Road Studios] – John Barratt
Engineer [Assistant Engineer At Air Studios] – Jon Jacobs
Producer – Jon Kelly, Kate Bush
Technician [Programming The Fairlight] – John Walters, Richard Burgess
Typography [Lettering] – Carol Bennett
Vocals, Piano, Harmony Vocals [Harmonies] – Kate Bush
Written-By, Arranged By – Kate Bush
Tracklist:
01. Babooshka (03:20)
02. Delius (02:51)
03. Blow Away (03:34)
04. All We Ever Look For (03:48)
05. Egypt (04:11)
06. The Wedding List (04:15)
07. Violin (03:15)
08. The Infant Kiss (02:49)
09. Night Scented Stock (00:52)
10. Army Dreamers (02:59)
11. Breathing (05:33)
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