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 after The Red Shoes (Nov. 1993). Disc 1 of the album is titled "A Sea of Honey" and disc 2, "A Sky of Honey". Bush has always been reluctant or shy with the press giving rare interviews and never touring with her music, and after her '93 album she concentrated fully on her family life and withdrew from the music scene. Such a lengthy break from making music, almost naturally means something else in terms of styles and inspiration when finally re-appearing, and Aerial is something else.
The album was met by positive reviews, and it sees her demonstrating a new-found blend of folk rock, celtic folk, and singer / songwriter version of in an art pop spectrum. It's quiet, almost ambient, which requires attention, I guess. For my part, I just haven't been able to find my way around it... yet.
[ almusic.com, Rolling Stone 4 / 5, The Guardian, The Observer 5 / 5 stars ]
