Her would be described as a singer does not do justice. As a singer / songwriter would also be described as too little, because Kate Bush was already on their debut "The Kick Inside" more: poet, multi-instrumentalist, actress, Exentrikerin. "Wuthering Heights" is the only UK No.1 hit of her career, is still one of the best literary adaptation in contemporary pop music. Yet it's not just this song that makes the magic of the debut. You may be tender and romantic as "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (1978 UK # 6, her first of four US placements: # 88), you can rock rough as to "James and the Cold Gun", their experimentation free rein in an indescribable manner as in "The Saxophone Song" or "Strange Phenomena". Rarely (perhaps never) previously had a British singer so much personality or musical Individulität off the ground, as did Kate Bush with this debut. All the more remarkable this the fact that she was only 19 at the recordings. The "birth" of a large and exciting career.
