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| 1. Snowflakes |
| 2. Lake Tahoe |
| 3. Misty |
| 4. Wild Man |
| 5. Snowed in at Wheeler Street |
| 6. 50 Words for Snow |
| 7. Among Angels |
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Kate Bush's new album "50 Words For Snow" will be one of the landmark releases of 2011. Not only is it an album of brand new material by this extraordinary artist, but it's her second album of the year - following on from the acclaimed "Director's Cut" in May. "50 Words For Snow" features seven brand new tracks with a running time of 65 minutes and is described as being set against a background of falling snow. Having been named as a huge influence on many of the new generation of artists to have emerged in recent years, Kate Bush continues to astonish, beguile and surprise with everything she releases.
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Hushed and haunting,
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With this album, Kate Bush has come a long way from the vocal pyrotechnics and quirky musical leaps of her youth. The only trace of whimsy here is in the title track, which actually does consist mostly of 50 words for (or associated with) snow, most of them offbeat enough that it's a surprising pleasure to see the connections. The other 6 tracks are very much of a piece: songs of longing, of loss, of the ghostly evanescence that life and snowflakes have in common. Most of them feature guest vocals that are almost androgynous, somehow vague (like a snowy evening) even though the lyrics are distinctly audible. Kate's own singing, whether fronting or backing the other singers, is also subdued, and all the more affecting for that.In a way this is a very verbal album, although the stories carried by the lyrics unfold very slowly, like snow melting. First we have a dialogue between an elusive snowflake and another voice (Kate's) who hopes (or despairs?) to catch it. Then there's a story of a ghostly old woman looking for her ghostly old dog, who is also looking for her in his dreams. Then there's a tale of an affair with a snowman ("Misty"), and another of the elusive yeti, who it seems is wise to evade capture: it would mean death, like the capture of a snowflake. Then there's another dialogue (voiced by Kate and Elton John) of two "old flames" who keep meeting and missing each other for a lifetime. We end "Among Angels": "Rest your weary world in their hands." There is a sense of weariness (or is it relief from weariness?) pervading the whole thing, and yet a poignant love for it all. The music too is very subdued and subtle -- not ambient, because the atmosphere draws you in rather than receding into the background, but very quiet and simple, with Kate's piano running like a thread throughout, but also with some orchestral arrangement, some beautiful bass playing, and oddly suspended chords here and there which add to the haunting, vaguely unsettling effect. This is an album to savor, to get lost in, as if being slowly buried in snow, while the warm heart within makes its presence more deeply felt. The package is nice too, like a little hardcover book in black and white, with depictions of relief sculptures that suit the songs, and of course all the lyrics, all bespangled with a softly blurred snowfall. It's one of those sleeves that you have to slide the CD out of, so that you have to take care not to scratch it, but maybe that's appropriate too. Relationships with the living are like that ...
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It's so great to see a new Kate Bush project out! Time only makes her better. Great drumming by Steve Gadd, Danny Thompson makes an appearance with his trademark acoustic bass sound, and there are stellar guest vocalists including Sir Elton John. Love the songs and the sounds.
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change of pace,
This review is from: 50 Words For Snow (Audio CD)
This is Bush at 50. A record less insistent and more likely to flow in the background and underneath than her other music. Just as honest but less to prove.
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