Lionheart (Kate Bush album)

Lionheart
Studio album by
Kate Bush
Released10 November 1978
Recorded7 July – September 1978
StudioSuper Bear Studios
(Berre-les-Alpes, France)
Genre
Length36:32
Label
ProducerAndrew Powell
assisted by Kate Bush
Kate Bush chronology
The Kick Inside
(1978) 		Lionheart
(1978) 		On Stage
(1979)
Kate Bush studio album chronology
The Kick Inside
(1978) 		Lionheart
(1978) 		Never for Ever
(1980)
Singles from Lionheart
  1. "Hammer Horror"
    Released: 3 November 1978[2]
  2. "Wow"
    Released: 9 March 1979
  3. "Symphony in Blue"
    Released: 5 May 1979 (Japan)

Lionheart is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was released on 10 November 1978, nine months after Bush's successful debut album The Kick Inside. Lionheart peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart[3] (her only album not to make the top 5), and has been certified Platinum by the BPI.[4]

The first single taken from the album, "Hammer Horror", missed the UK Top 40.[5] The follow-up single, "Wow", was released on the back of Bush's UK tour and peaked at No. 14 in the UK singles chart.[6] The album is among Bush's worst-reviewed, and Bush herself was reportedly not happy with the finished product, feeling it rushed.

  1. ^ Hutchinson, Kate (13 May 2020). "Kate Bush: where to start in her back catalogue". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 68.
  3. ^ "LIONHEART". Official Charts. 25 November 1978. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Asake, Mr Money With The Vibe, Album". BPI. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  5. ^ "HAMMER HORROR". Official Charts. 11 November 1978. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  6. ^ "WOW". Official Charts. 17 March 1979. Retrieved 9 October 2024.