Editing Never for Ever (section)

{{for|the South Korean-American film|Never Forever}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Never for Ever
| type       = [[Studio album]]
| artist     = [[Kate Bush]]
| cover      = Katebushneverforever.png
| alt        = A pencil drawing of a woman with many creatures flying out from under her dress
| released   = {{start date|1980|09|08|df=y}}<ref name="ws-sleeve">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[The Whole Story]] |publisher=EMI Canada |id=PWAS17242}}</ref>
| recorded   = September 1979 – May 1980
| studio     = [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]] and [[AIR Oxford Circus|AIR]], London<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Kate-Bush-Never-For-Ever/release/580107|title=Kate Bush – Never for Ever (1980, Gatefold Cover, Vinyl)|website=[[Discogs]]|date=1980 }}</ref>
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Progressive pop]]|[[art rock]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Kate |title=Kate Bush: where to start in her back catalogue |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/13/kate-bush-where-to-start-in-her-back-catalogue |website=The Guardian |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>|[[New wave music|new wave]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/thirteen-new-wave-album-classics|title=Thirteen New Wave Album Classics|website=AllMusic}}</ref>}}
| length     = {{duration|m=37|s=16}}
| label      = [[EMI Records|EMI]] (UK)<br>[[EMI America Records|EMI America]] (US)<br>[[Harvest Records|Harvest]] (Canada)
| producer   = {{hlist|Kate Bush|[[Jon Kelly]]}}
| prev_title = [[On Stage (EP)|On Stage]]
| prev_year  = 1979
| next_title = [[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]
| next_year  = 1982
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Kate Bush]] studio album
| type       = studio
| prev_title = [[Lionheart (Kate Bush album)|Lionheart]]
| prev_year  = 1978
| title      = Never for Ever
| year       = 1980
| next_title = [[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]
| next_year  = 1982
}}
{{Singles
 | name        = Never for Ever
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Breathing (Kate Bush song)|Breathing]]
 | single1date = 14 April 1980
 | single2     = [[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]
 | single2date = 27 June 1980
 | single3     = [[Army Dreamers]]
 | single3date = 22 September 1980
}}
}}

'''''Never for Ever''''' is the third [[Album#Studio|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 [[Music recording certification|Gold]] by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]. It features the UK Top 20 singles "[[Breathing (Kate Bush song)|Breathing]]", "[[Army Dreamers]]" and "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]", the latter being one of Bush's biggest hits. Bush co-produced the album with [[Jon Kelly]].