Albummet selv nåede tredjepladsen som bedste placering i Storbritannien.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=38589 | title = Kate Bush - The Kick Inside | publisher = Chartstats.com | access-date = 2012-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110816071854/http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=38589 | archive-date = 16. august 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Også i andre lande blev albummet en succes: I Holland nåede det førstepladsen,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kate+Bush&titel=The+Kick+Inside&cat=a | title = Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (album) | publisher = dutchcharts.nl | language = nl | access-date = 2012-07-15 }}</ref> i New Zealand andenpladsen<ref>{{cite web | url = http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Kate+Bush&titel=The+Kick+Inside&cat=a | title = Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (album) | publisher = charts.org.nz | access-date = 2012-07-15 | archive-date =  4. marts 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064109/http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Kate+Bush&titel=The+Kick+Inside&cat=a |url-status=dead }}</ref> og i Australien og Frankrig tredjepladsen.<ref>{{cite book | author = David Kent | title = Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 | publisher = Australian Chart Book | isbn = 0646119176 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://infodisc.fr/Album_B.php | publisher = infodisc.fr | language = fr | title = Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste | access-date = 2012-07-15 | archive-date =  7. november 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111107224423/http://infodisc.fr/Album_B.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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