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Aerial

Kate Bush Format: Audio CD

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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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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. But 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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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 4 Ounces
Manufacturer : Sony Legacy
Original Release Date : 2005
Run time : 1 hour and 20 minutes
Date First Available : January 29, 2007
Label : Sony Legacy
ASIN : B000BHNLX0
Number of discs : 2

Best Sellers Rank: #149,127 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
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R. L. Tompkins

Great Album

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2017

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I actually love this album more than anything else Kate Bush has done, although I still have to hear the 50 Words for Snow CD. I absolutely love the second CD of this album, but all of it is great with some typical Kate Bush eccentricities. Who else would write a whole song about clothes going round in a washing machine, or about Pi? Yep, she still has it, and in my opinion, even better than when she was much younger.

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Tierra

Oh so beautiful....there's nothing else like it

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2006

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I can't explain how powerfully this album moves me. At first listen, I was disappointed. There was no "Night of the Swallow," no "Moving," or other rousing songs that make me want to dance, alone, in the night.

Then, I read someone's review which spoke of listening to this album in a dark room alone. I made time for this album. Time alone for me is scarce, but I missed Kate and made room for her. We cooked together, went on long walks, even went running once or twice. I fell in love with "Sunset" first. The flamenco guitars, the rhythm picking up, the multiple sky images. I listen to this and feel one with the sky. It is such a positive, beautiful album. Listening to it feels like a religious experience.

This is not party music. It's not for socializing either. I had a good friend over and I just wanted to tell her to stop talking so I could soak in this beautiful, beautiful music. Kate's voice is softer here. She wears her motherhood comfortably, and it shows, yet she still has that incredible vocal range.

I had thought that there was no surprises left in music for me. I was wrong. That doesn't mean I like all songs equally. I listen to the songs on the first disk (especially while running), but it's disk 2 that captured my heart. "Sunset," then "Nocturn." Then, sweet "Aerial:"

"I want to be up on the roof

I've gotta be up on the roof

Up, up high on the roof

Up, up on the roof

In the sun."

I am trying to say that this album is a visceral experience. You have to live it, immerse yourself in it, give yourself over to it. For those of you disappointed with it, I recommend giving it another chance. Especially listen to it outside. I think you might yourself similarly entranced as I was.

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William H. Tappan

She's unique.

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019

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She's so different, unique and and probably not for everyone. But I have been a big fan for many years. I think it's her version of alternative rock and "storytelling" that intrigues me the most. At 80-years old and living comfortably in retirement in Alaska for 15 years now, I hold on to "my" music from my previous life in Southern California and Kate is one of my absolute favorites.
Bill

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Tom P. James

superb and subtle

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2010

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I hadn't followed Kate BUsh in years. Got this on a hunch, a little after the fact, since I really wasn't looking to buy a Kate Bush c.d.. It is Really a terrific, in my estimation, piece of music.I found it took a few listens to get a feel for the c.d's. NOt to sound cliche, but it is a mature series of songs.Some madcap moments, like the birds laughing being mimicked by a woman's laugh. this song took a while to "get" but when I did I really appreciated what was being done.The musicianship is first rate.Strong melodies, production is top notch. At first the c.d. didn't have the impact I was looking for and I sort of was perplexed by this. Then it hit me. I feel heads over heels for this c.d. One of the songs has a bit of the pastoral English landscape sound that Virgina Astley did so well in the 80's..Another has a great arc of story telling..Each song has a very distinct personality. and yet feel like they are from the same breath.There are a few artists from previous decades that are still putting out relevant, evolving music that keeps in stride with their earlier work. This is such a piece.I look forward to her next song cycle.

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D. H. Richards

A return to form but even more

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2006

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Aerial is easily Kate Bush's best work since The Hounds of Love. My only small quibble is that it is a bit bloated and some sort of editing down would have helped it.

The first disc is good. Had this been the album I would have been happy, but not overjoyed. "Pie" (can't put the Greek letter here) is a really amazing song, the chorus is Kate singing the number pie. The other stand out track on disc one is "Joanni."

It is on the second disc that the album really come alive however, and makes this an essential album. Kate lets the songs breath, but they never feel too long or meandering. Really the entire disc flows as one suite of music, a true "concept" album that even Hounds of Love wasn't (maybe it would have been if that album had been a double LP as planned). "Sunset" brings in some of that "world music" feel that really didn't work so well on "Eat the Music" but here is sublime. "Somewhere in Between" stands out as a song that should have been a single. But the tour de force here is "Nocturn." It mixes an almost funky bass line with Kate's more typical ethereal voice and music.

I would place this album next to Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden in terms of density and layers, and almost endless listenability.

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Lori A. Candage

Amazing Album!

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2020

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In my opinion, this is one of Kate Bush's best. A beautiful sensuous story with a climactic crescendo of ultimate musical happiness . Just great!

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M. Bouchard

Wow wow wow wow wow.....

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2005

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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.

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Brian G

This is a work of beauty.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2019

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When I put on a disc by my Kate I always have a smile on my face as big as the Cheshire Cat. This release is pure beauty. It is completely different from previous Kate releases. What this release shows us is the essence that is the human soul. It can be a dark place, but ultimately it is light,beautiful and ultimately who we are. This is Kate's music beautiful, timeless and a joy.
Some might say that this is a concept release, but in my humble opinion, you would be wrong. Kate has created a completely different sound. There are many different types of instruments used. They all work perfectly together. What is achieved are many complex and myriad sounds.
There are 3 lady singers that have a special part of my heart, Kate being one, Stevie Nicks and Sonja Kristina ,being the other 2.What all these 3 ladies have in common is that their music transcends time. They all sing from the heart and soul. Their lyrics help us understand the world we live in. They also have unique distinctive and beautiful voices.

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Freddie's Dad

Classic & Timeless Kate Bush

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2016

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Much like Stevie Nicks’s Trouble In Shangri-La, Aerial sounds dateless. Some of these songs could have been written right after The Red Shoes, in anticipation of a more immediate follow-up that would never materialize, while others could have been composed just yesterday—and there’s no telling which are which. Bush often falls into her old, familiar eccentricities (lead single “King Of The Mountain” finds her singing with an Elvis-like drawl—it shouldn’t work but does—while the chorus of “Pi” consists of her hypnotically reciting the infinite digits that make up the titular number like some crazed mathematician), but if those quirks weren’t here we’d be complaining about that too, and they only add to the charm of an album that seems to come from another place and time, specifically Bush’s own musical past. The Lite-FM law firm of Amos & McLachlan could learn a thing or two from their predecessor about growing older without getting stale…even if it means taking more than a decade-long sabbatical only to return as if no time had passed at all.

5 people found this helpful

Dinsdale

Awesome.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2018

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This is absolutely awesome.
If you liked Hounds of Love, you'll like this, especially the second disc, a long sound sculpture inspired by sunlight and birdsong. You will be enthralled

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Phillysound2

THE STARS ARE ON OUR FINGERS……COULD BE HONEYCOMB…...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2005

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After the first eager play, I was disappointed. I had counted on Kate to give me the almost visceral experience of (what I consider to be) her best works. Aerial didn’t hit me in the heart. I wasn’t awestruck. People coming to Kate for the first time through Aerial might not ‘get it’. With hindsight, The Dreaming and Hounds of Love mark the end of her progressive breaking of ground that I still find exciting when I dig these treasures out for a Kate session. Her rich palette of colours has matured as she has too. Kate paints with smaller strokes nowadays. On further hearings, and you really need to open up and listen, Aerial gets better and better. In part, particularly A Sea of Honey, it is a miniaturist thoughtful work that has a close focus : the numbers that are pi; the joy that her boy Bertie brings her; an elemental appreciation of and affinity with nature and the details of domestic life; the undertow of grief; a day on the beach; a sunset. The whole album is like a series of excerpts from a journal. Kate sounds like she’s at peace with herself, content and happy. The energy of the past is diminished but her intense romantic imagination and feeling is still there. A Coral Room sounds like it dates from the Red Shoes – it’s beautiful and heartbreaking. A Sky of Honey is brimful of beauty – Kate’s sensual world – like a Turner painting or memories of the most intensely, unbelievably beautiful day. I listened at 3am and it was perfect. I started off thinking Sky was an unfinished work and Sea was the real album. Now, I love them both. She has made a lovely album.

14 people found this helpful

stephen darcy

kate proves that class is permament

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2014

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Aerial is kate's 1st double album that was released after a 12 year absence away from the music the buisness. What can I say about this truly fantastic album that hasn't already been said? It is a sheer joy that not only exceeds expectations, but also cements kate's place as 1 of the truly original singer/songwriter/musician that this country has produced. Bold words you may think, but I advise anyone to purchase this album and to bask in its sheer beauty and its aural delights.

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