I really like the album. Not sure if it's as powerful as The Dreaming or Hounds Of Love, but it certainly has moments of greatness and is a massive improvement from The Red Shoes.

Joanni would make a great single... maybe How To Be Invisible too, as I think would Sunset (maybe if it were given a little editing).

I was disappointed a little by A Coral Room. In my opinion it isn't in the same league as This Womans Work or even Moments Of Pleasure.

The highlight on the album for me is Sunset. Very classy, beautiful lounge-singer vocals over a jazzy piano... and the latin influence at the end blows you away.

I'm also very impressed by Nocturne (sounds like a Moby record)... although I'm not too keen on the title track. Sounds like a bad 90s dance record.

AnckSuNamun said:

I think so, too.

stevenpottle said:

I'll be extremely happy with any of those choices.

But Joanni's the one for me.

Two words.....Sunset. WOW

i am...i am in shock..what a beautiful album...proof that with age you dont loose your edge.....one of my all time fav (if not my fav) kate albums....


Aerial should be a registered 8th wonder of the world...good god!!

SassyBritches said:

yeah

mynameisnotsusan said:

I'm not too crazy about that one....yet something about singing numbers that I don't really like.....even if it is Kate who's singing it

lilgish said:

lucky you
what price were the others marked as?

AnckSuNamun said:

9.99

AnckSuNamun said:

if i could reach through your monitor and physically slap you with a fish, i would, but i guess this will have to suffice.

i think the song is gorgeous and full of magic. that bass line is undeniable!

i've only been able to give it one spin, but after one listen my ears were definitely thrilled at what came out of my speakers. i will say i was expecting "Washing machine" and "Bertie" to be disappointing after all of the negative things i've read about those tracks, to my surprise, i found them to be solid tracks.

Oh, and if that wasn't fam enough for you, i'm mos def gonna get one of the Aerial t-shirts, a KOTM sweatshirt and an aerial lithograph.

how to be invisible, aerial, king of the mountain, and bertie are my faves as of now. i've only listened to the cd a few times, though, so this is sure to change over time.

Yep,it is better than The Beekeeper.

gypsyfire said:

i wouldn't go that far.

gypsyfire said:

That album is such a lifeless drag. The most disappointing album of the year for me apart from that appalling soundtrack of Bjork's. Even Fiona's album was pretty boring. Kate's the only fave female artist of mine that's impressed me this year. All others have been a big let down.

Cloudbuster said:

Baiter!

The Power Of Orange Knickers justified The Beekeper all by itself.

And the title was great.

onenitealone said:

It's not even something I like to admit. Just telling it how it is from my point of view. I know a lot of people are very fond of The Beekeeper but I just found it bland. After a pretty strong start Extraordinary Machine got boring very quickly. And Drawing Restraint 9 was dreadful. I love all three women but in my opinion they've all delivered poor efforts this time around.

Maybe next time.

Cloudbuster said:

honey, you own my jimmy...

i wish more folk here would be as objective as you are. (but i personally loved Fiona's album. but then i wasnt a fan before so i might not have the full picture.)

and my love for Aerial grows with each listen. i hope prince here's this and realizes that you dont have to release crap like Rave or Musicology and let his fans justify it cause he has been in the industry so long.

my arse!!

lilgish said:

are you fuckin' serious? I paid $23 for mine It's worth it though

sinisterpentatonic said:

I didn't say I hated the song....I'm just not crazy about the chorus with numbers just yet. Songs always grow on me so.....I wouldn't count this one out just yet. Hey and you're still not crazy about Heads We're Dancing ...now that bass line is undeniable...and the strings

Cloudbuster said:

The first disc alone is better than The Beekeeper. I liked Fiona's though.....not her best album, but it was still satisfying enough for me.

you all have me rolling on the floor!

anyway, i agree that kate's new one gets better with every listen.

Man I wish Kate Bush was my mom and wrote me that Bertie song!!
But then I don't think though that I would ever be able to resolve the Oedipal crisis!

Aerial, the title track and all of Sky of Honey is just so exhilarating!
The "most stunning 42 minutes you will hear this year"!

Kate sounds still so youthful, but so mature, sophisticated, exuberant, joyful, playful, lovely, still Kate quirky, divine, sublime!


Cathy Cathy, it's me Bertie!

My lawd, can we have a new sticky for this album? This one was mainly about the prelude to the album's release. It'd be nice if we could have a nice new thread where we can review the album and pick it apart.

We've had about 203 Madonna/Confessions threads, so I don't think it's too much to ask to have a new Kate Bush/Aerial one.