Lionheart (studio album) by Kate Bush

Lionheart by Kate Bush
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 2,502nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 265 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (48th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (467th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,502nd)
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Kate Bush bestography

Lionheart is ranked 8th best out of 17 albums by Kate Bush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kate Bush is Hounds Of Love which is ranked number 53 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,024.

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 265 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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From 01/05/2024 13:01
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From 06/24/2023 18:30
A significant step down from The Kick Inside, but not for lack of trying. Kate Bush pushes her sound and songwriting in a way that feels too self-conscious. Most of these tracks just sort of happen--though, highlights like "Wow" and "Hammer Horror" are as good as any Bush has written. There's nothing outright terrible, but that's not enough to keep this from being a sophomore slump.
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85/100
From 05/09/2023 06:20
A more mellow laid back affair, I really like this album. Some beautiful instrumentation and dreamy vocals. Probably not as well known, as the big hits sit within other albums.
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70/100
From 07/31/2020 20:43
Not as good as the debut, but still a really cool listen.
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From 07/09/2019 08:22
The songwriting on this album is - how else could it be? - of a high level, even though I miss the absolute highlights that "The Kick Inside" did have.
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From 11/18/2018 09:40
I only really like the singles from Kate's early albums, can't get my head around the rest of it.
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From 11/08/2018 10:17
Probably her most laid back album. But what I like about Kate Bush is her weirdness and expressiveness, so the album tends to be a bit boring for me.
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80/100
From 02/14/2018 23:56
An awesome, if quirky singer. This album grew on me then swept me away. Not her best but, still very, very good.
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From 11/13/2016 22:39
Inferior to practically all of her work, yet it's still a good album that most people will be at least satisfied with. There are a couple of great gems like the single "Wow", the erotic "In The Warm Room" & the forbbiden homosexual love song "Kashka From Baghdad".
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60/100
From 06/07/2016 19:46
Lionheart, the lightning quick follow up to, the kick inside, doesn't quite have the brilliance of the first album. It's similar in delivery, but all in all, the songs aren't quite as good. Still some nice tracks; oh England, my lionheart, kashka from Bagdad, and, hammer horror, are all okay but there's nothing really memorable here, it all just passes me by. Probably Kate Bush's least essential album.
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