Aerial [Import]

Kate Bush | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Toshiba EMI Japan
• ASIN: B000AU1NZQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,614 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. King of the Mountain

2. Pi

3. Bertie

4. Mrs. Bartolozzi

5. How to Be Invisible

6. Joanni

7. A Coral Room

Disc: 2

1. Prelude

2. Prologue

3. An Architect's Dream

4. The Painter's Link

5. Sunset

6. Aerial Tal

7. Somewhere in Between

8. Nocturn

9. Aerial

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow wow wow wow wow....., November 19, 2005

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M. Bouchard (Trumansburg, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aerial (Audio CD)

I have to admit it took me a while to really understand this album. It's so complex... and beautiful, really. At first listen there were a few songs that hit me right off, the evocative and sad Coral Room, Sunset, Bertie (a love song to her son), the throbbing Pi, How to be Invisible (which is a lot like the old Kate) a few others, but it's only after you've really listened to the whole package, with headphones, without distractions, do you really appreciate the labor of love that this record represents. She's going in some new directions -- more jazzy, more subtle. Some reviewers complained that this isn't the old Kate. Well, the old Kate grew up, had a child, and because she sings from her heart, of course her subject matter is going to be different. She's a much more mature artist. This has got to be album of the year. Oh, and the design of the package is amazing too. All I can say is wow.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emotionally intense, profound...a work of art, November 10, 2005, November 10, 2005

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Thander Easton "Thander Easton" (London/England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aerial (Audio CD)

It has been painful waiting for Kate Bush for 12 years but now it's over, she's back with this piece of art, no doubt the album of the year, the album of the century (until she comes out with a new one). A double CD set with a beautiful and inventive album cover that makes you wonder what this fascinating woman was thinking when creating it. The songs translate the Kate Bush woman, mother and person, songs that could just be written by Kate Bush and no one else. Try the beautiful and emotive "A Coral Room" first what would be enough for you to fall in love with this wonderful album, this fascinating artist that Kate Bush is. Thank you Kate for coming back to us. Amazing!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "True Bush", November 16, 2005

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Walter Cooke (Sandys, Bermuda) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aerial (Audio CD)

It was a long, long, looong wait, but here comes another 10-er.

That unique vocal cadence and range that hypnotizes and sends chills up the spine is back in full force, along with the perfectionism that everything be "just right" with the instruments you are hearing.

Both fans and curious newcomers will not be disappointed with these lovingly crafted and intelligent soundscapes of feeling, intuition, thought and sensation.

Any disappointments? Nope, not really. Is it complex and deep and will it take you some time to get into the psyche of this music? Yep, and that's a good thing - no mushy 'Pabulum' and one-night stands here! Why is the "outside" called 'Aerial' and the "inside" called 'A Sea of Honey?' Put your thinking/feeling caps on and enjoy!