Never for Ever

For the South Korean-American film, see Never Forever.

Never for Ever
A pencil drawing of a woman with many creatures flying out from under her dress
Studio album by
Kate Bush
Released8 September 1980 (1980-09-08)[1]
RecordedSeptember 1979 – May 1980
StudioAbbey Road and AIR, London[2]
Genre
Length37:16
LabelEMI (UK)
EMI America (US)
Harvest (Canada)
Producer
Kate Bush chronology
On Stage
(1979) 		Never for Ever
(1980) 		The Dreaming
(1982)
Kate Bush studio album chronology
Lionheart
(1978) 		Never for Ever
(1980) 		The Dreaming
(1982)
Singles from Never for Ever
  1. "Breathing"
    Released: 14 April 1980
  2. "Babooshka"
    Released: 27 June 1980
  3. "Army Dreamers"
    Released: 22 September 1980

Never for Ever is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush, released on 8 September 1980 by EMI Records, it was Bush's first No. 1 album and was also the first album by a British female solo artist to top the UK Albums Chart, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at No. 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.

  1. ^ The Whole Story (Media notes). EMI Canada. PWAS17242.
  2. ^ "Kate Bush – Never for Ever (1980, Gatefold Cover, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  3. ^ Hutchinson, Kate (13 May 2020). "Kate Bush: where to start in her back catalogue". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Thirteen New Wave Album Classics". AllMusic.