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Never for Ever by Kate Bush
Never for Ever is an album by Kate Bush, released in 1980. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Babooshka”, on 2 lists with a best position of #672.
Never for Ever, Kate Bush's third album, came out on EMI in September 1980, and it's the record where she took a hand on the controls, co-producing with Jon Kelly. The result is a hothouse of an LP, part art-pop, part baroque chamber piece, part progressive rock, with Bush's voice darting from coo to shriek as if every song were a small play she was acting out in full costume.
It also made history. Never for Ever was her first number-one album, the first by a British woman solo artist to top the UK chart, and the first by any female solo act to go straight in at the top. It's since gone gold with the BPI. "Babooshka", all theatrical flourish, became one of her biggest hits, and "Army Dreamers" and "Breathing" joined it in the UK top 20, a hat trick of singles as strange as they were catchy.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Never for Ever on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babooshka | 2 | #672 | – | 1991–1999 | |
| 2 | Army Dreamers | 1 | #490 | – | 1991 | |
| 3 | Breathing | 1 | #647 | – | 1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.