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Track Listings
| 1. King of the Mountain |
| 2. Pi |
| 3. Bertie |
| 4. Mrs. Bartolozzi |
| 5. How to Be Invisible |
| 6. Joanni |
| 7. Coral Room |
| 8. Prelude |
| 9. Prologue |
| 10. Architect's Dream |
| 11. Painter's Link |
| 12. Sunset |
| 13. Aerial Tal |
| 14. Somewhere in Between |
| 15. Nocturn |
| 16. Aerial |
Product Description
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It's often said that a musician's debut represents the culmination of a lifetime's worth of experiences, but their sophomore effort is usually derived from just the intervening year. By waiting 12 years between The Red Shoes and her new double CD, Aerial, Kate Bush has tried to regain that lifetime. It's a remarkably coherent recording, reflecting the unique world of sound and spirit Bush has inhabited since her debut. The first disc, subtitled A Sea of Honey, is a suite of personal reveries. It ranges from "King of the Mountain," a contemplation of unbridled celebrity and its isolation that references Elvis and Citizen Kane, to the piano-and-voice study "Mrs. Bartolozzi," an ode to household chores whose chorus is "Sloshy sloshy sloshy sloshy, get that dirty shirty clean." With its Depeche Mode-influenced synth pads, electro pulses, and lyric cadences, "King of the Mountain" is vintage Bush pop. Bu! t many of the songs attain more epic proportions, like the dynamic "Joanni," a hymn to Joan of Arc. It's the second disc--a suite called A Sky of Honey--on which Bush really comes into her own. Using metaphors of the turning of the day and the flight of birds, she orchestrates a meditation on the cycles of life. Musically expansive, she weaves her compositions out of birdsong, subtle orchestrations, and jazz trios, showing herself at her experimental best. Embracing her relatively new motherhood, as well as the death of her mother, Aerial is a deeply personal album, and a welcome return from one of pop music's true icons and vocal wonders. --John Diliberto
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Album Description
Since she catapulted to international fame with Wuthering Heights over 25 years ago, Kate Bush has been one of music's most reknowned artists. Aerial, the first new studio album from Kate since 1993's The Red Shoes, marks the return of Kate to the music scene with twelve new songs written and produced by Kate at her home studio in England. The new album includes her incredible new single 'King Of the Mountain'. Columbia. 2005.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
first double album - forever genius,
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This review is from: Aerial (Audio CD)
Have been listening to Kate since 1978 with her first album at 19 yrs The Kick Inside. She puts to shame any other and all else in modern music where bubble gum Britneys and Ashleys and/or Lindsays ad nauseum (there seems to be an unlimited supply) offer to engage at their now similar age thru whelping about what they have learned in the fullness of their wisdom! Have all her albums and will always listen to her and lay next to her inspiration. Would have loved to see her live, but apparently she doesn't fly. Aerial is her first double album and more seemless a flow throughout from Skies to Seas....go with her enchantments and leave the rest behind. She realizes George Bernard Shaw's brilliant quote; "Youth, what a shame to waste it on the young."
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
This one will grow on you ...,
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This review is from: Aerial (Audio CD)
When I first put this in my player I let it sweep over me, and it was mostly nice; at times great. Subsequent listens really made it grow on me. Kate's voice is still as smooth as crystal; in fact at times on these two discs her double-tracked vocals create moments redolent of 1982's "The Dreaming" (don't get me wrong - she doesn't layer her vocals all throughout; merely in spots here and there).The musicianship is crisp and satisfying; the production is warm and soothing (to quote Kate); the songwriting is stimulating and inspiring, and uniquely Kate. I read one review that called some of the sounds on the album "dated". I know what the reviewer means, but I think if it's "dated", then it is in a truly POSITIVE way. It still works: Kate has still got it, I'm happy to say.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the wait,
By Greg (Calgary) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aerial (Audio CD)
This album was like being re-united with a long lost freind. The first time I heard it I would have given it 3 stars. It takes a while to really appreciate this album. Once you have grown to love it then it is one of those few albums that demands your complete attention. Switch the lights off, turn up the volume, let your imagination loose and enjoy the journey. If you like Kate Bush I just can't recommend this album highly enough. If you have never heard of her then you are taking a risk (but what's a few bucks here or there), people either love her music or hate it - but if you get hooked you will buy everything she has ever made and still want more.
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