release date: Nov. 4, 2005
format: digital (2 cd)
[album rate: 3 / 5]
producer: Kate Bush
label: EMI - nationality: England, UK
8th studio album by Kate Bush is a double cd released 12 years following The Red Shoes (1993). Disc 1 of the album is titled "A Sea of Honey" and disc 2, "A Sky of Honey". Bush had always been shy with the press giving few interviews and never touring with her music, and after her '93 album she concentrated fully on her family life. Such a lengthy break from making music, almost naturally means something else in terms of styles and inspiration when finally re-appearing.
Aerial was met with positive reviews, and on it she demonstrates a new-found blend of folk rock, celtic folk, and singer / songwriter version of the art pop spectrum. It's a quiet, almost ambient album, which requires attention, I guess. I just haven't been able to find it... yet.
[ almusic.com, Rolling Stone 4 / 5, The Guardian, The Observer 5 / 5 stars ]
