Lionheart (Kate Bush album)

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Lionheart
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Studio album by
Released10 November 1978
Recorded7 July – September 1978
StudioSuper Bear Studios
(Berre-les-Alpes, France)
Genre
Length36:32
Label
Producer Andrew 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)
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Symphony in Blue"3:35
2."In Search of Peter Pan"3:46
3."Wow"3:58
4."Don't Push Your Foot on the Heartbrake"3:12
5."Oh England My Lionheart"3:10
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Fullhouse"3:14
7."In the Warm Room"3:35
8."Kashka from Baghdad"3:55
9."Coffee Homeground"3:38
10."Hammer Horror"4:39

Notes:

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [40] Platinum50,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [41] Platinum100,000^
Japan26,100 [32]
Netherlands (NVPI) [42] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [43] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [44] Platinum300,000^
United States28,000 [45]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


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