{"product_id":"kate-bush-lionheart-180g-vinyl-lp","title":"Kate Bush – Lionheart  [180g Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eKate Bush – Lionheart [180g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e FP2LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5057998268610\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Art Pop \/ Progressive Pop \/ Baroque Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fish People \/ EMI \/ Parlophone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 November 1978\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 November 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLionheart\u003c\/em\u003e is Kate Bush's second studio album, released on 10 November 1978 on EMI — just nine months after the phenomenal commercial and critical success of her debut \u003cem\u003eThe Kick Inside\u003c\/em\u003e. The speed of its making is central to the album's history: EMI, eager to capitalise on Bush's breakthrough, pushed for a rapid follow-up, and the sessions were completed at \u003cstrong\u003eSuper Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes on the French Riviera\u003c\/strong\u003e — the only Kate Bush album recorded entirely outside the UK — in a compressed timeframe that she has since spoken about with characteristic candour. \"Considering how quickly we made it,\" she said in 1989, \"it's a bloody good album, but I'm not really happy with it.\" The album peaked at \u003cstrong\u003enumber six on the UK Albums Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e — her only album not to reach the top five — and has been certified \u003cstrong\u003ePlatinum by the BPI\u003c\/strong\u003e for sales of over 300,000, spending 36 weeks on the chart. Subsequent reassessment by critics and fans has been far kinder than the original reviews, and several tracks are now regarded as among her finest early work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced, like \u003cem\u003eThe Kick Inside\u003c\/em\u003e, by \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Powell\u003c\/strong\u003e, and featuring a cast of musicians that included Pilot members \u003cstrong\u003eIan Bairnson\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar) and \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Paton\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass\/vocals), the album's most significant introduction is \u003cstrong\u003eDel Palmer\u003c\/strong\u003e — playing bass here for the first time on a Bush record, beginning an association that would continue through every subsequent album until \u003cem\u003e50 Words for Snow\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and encompassing a long-term personal relationship throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Of the album's ten tracks, only three — \u003cstrong\u003e\"Symphony in Blue\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\"Full House\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Coffee Homeground\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — were newly composed for the sessions; the remainder were reworked from Bush's teenage compositions, several of which had been considered for \u003cem\u003eThe Kick Inside\u003c\/em\u003e. The album takes its title from \u003cstrong\u003e\"Oh England My Lionheart\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, the closing track of Side One — an extraordinary piece of baroque nostalgia, a fantasy of wartime England addressed directly to the country itself, with strings arranged by Powell and Bush's piano carrying the melody in a single sustained performance of quiet desolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's other stand-out tracks are equally distinctive. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Wow\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — released as the second single in March 1979 and reaching number fourteen in the UK, becoming one of Bush's signature songs — is a glittering, theatrically knowing commentary on show business and the music industry; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Hammer Horror\"\u003c\/strong\u003e (the lead single) draws on Hammer Films and the stage production of \u003cem\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame\u003c\/em\u003e for a piece of high gothic drama; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Kashka from Baghdad\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — written as a teenager — is a hushed, twilight character study of two mysterious neighbours, and is among the most atmospherically complete pieces on the record. \u003cstrong\u003e\"In the Warm Room\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Symphony in Blue\"\u003c\/strong\u003e demonstrate that even in a rushed session Bush's melodic instincts were unerring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e2023 Fish People reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e — released by Kate Bush's own label as part of her first comprehensive catalogue refresh since the 2018 box sets, prompted in part by a new generation of listeners discovering her music via \u003cem\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/em\u003e and the global re-charting of \"Running Up That Hill\" in 2022 — presents the album freshly cut from the \u003cstrong\u003e2018 remasters\u003c\/strong\u003e, with new \u003cstrong\u003elacquers cut by mastering engineer Bernie Grundman\u003c\/strong\u003e under the oversight of \u003cstrong\u003eJames Guthrie\u003c\/strong\u003e, pressed on \u003cstrong\u003e180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e at the renowned \u003cstrong\u003eRecord Industry plant in the Netherlands\u003c\/strong\u003e. The record is presented in a replica sleeve with new \u003cstrong\u003eFish People label designs\u003c\/strong\u003e and protected in a \u003cstrong\u003eresealable poly-bag liner\u003c\/strong\u003e with a \u003cstrong\u003eFish People Reissue sticker\u003c\/strong\u003e. One of the finest-sounding editions of this album currently available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony in Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Search of Peter Pan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOh England My Lionheart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFullhouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Warm Room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKashka from Baghdad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoffee Homeground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHammer Horror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKate Bush – Vocals, Piano, Producer (with Andrew Powell)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndrew Powell – Producer, Orchestral Arrangements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIan Bairnson – Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Paton – Bass, Backing Vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDel Palmer – Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStuart Elliott – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlan Murphy – Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharlie Morgan – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBernie Grundman – Lacquer Cutting (2023 reissue)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Guthrie – Remastering Oversight (2023 reissue)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Fish People \/ EMI \/ Parlophone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kate Bush","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57549280084355,"sku":"FP2LP","price":34.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/df89b6ac-d250-4ef6-9c13-dea8dab2967d.webp?v=1773087770","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/kate-bush-lionheart-180g-vinyl-lp","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}