I don't wanna be the only one who doesn't create a Kate Bush's thread, so here's mine.

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I love Red Shoes and Aerial, the first one because it has some excellent songwriting, the second because it has the ambition of Hounds Of Love, with equally great results. As for 50 Words, I like it a lot, though not as much as the other two. I appreciate that it's a piano album, after all Kate is a pianist. And some of the songs, especially "Snowflake", are outstanding.

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Kate has lost nothing to my ears. Quite the opposite really. I love how she continues to push her art into new and unexpected places.

I actually consider Aerial and 50 Words For Snow to be two of her greatest achievements.

They're up there with The Dreaming and Hounds Of Love for me.

Okay, they may not be very immediate in a "pop" sense, but they're both ridiculously beautiful.

Aerial is fantastic. 50 words didn't do much for me.

I've just realised that this thread overlaps with the one SuperSoul has created about Director's Cut. Sorry about it, SuperSoul. What we can do is discuss the post-1990 albums of new material here and talk about the reworkings of Director's Cut on the other thread.

'Pi' is something special. The Aeriel album did have some other good moments.

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'Constellation of The Heart'...was a strange attempt at some kind of soul / RnB rendition...don't believe me? Take another listen...and so The Red Shoes album was a...mish-mash.

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Trying to identify what is special about 'King Of The Mountain, that MattyJam likes so much..and I've listened hard, but it's all subjective isn't it?

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'The Director's Cut'...others can talk about that....

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'50 Words for Snow'...as said elsewhere, is sombre, sober, beautiful...and forgettable...

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Didn't she have Bertie after The Red Shoes and that was the reason she took her hiatus from music, right?

I don't think she lost it as others have said Aerial is an amazing double album.

While 50 had some moments I was jus tired of another sprawling everything but the kitchen sink continuing. As I stated back when it was released it would be nice for Kate to release a proper 4 minute good old classic single.

Militant said:

Aerial is fantastic. 50 words didn't do much for me.

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Pretty much the same for me, too...thought Aerial was great, 50 words...I realize it was something different, but I'm hoping for another 'proper" studio album (whatever that means , LOL....)

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Aerial is probably the Kate Bush album I listen to the most. 50 Words I found took a long time to sink in, more than likely due to my decision never to listen to it unless it's winter.

The singles i heard from Aerial are fantastic. Haven't heard the full album yet... but, it seems she made good work. Throughout her entire career. No bad albums from what i have heard.

'lose' not 'loose'. That always fucking pisses me off.

Unlike Kate, who is perfect eternally.

Indeed, no bad album in her entire career, that's my take. She has managed to follow her path apart from the pop treadmill and continues releasing really special, painstaking and beautiful music.

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Marrk said:

'lose' not 'loose'. That always fucking pisses me off.

Unlike Kate, who is perfect eternally.

Corrected for you. Beg you pardon for making a slight mistake in a language that's not mine. Should you wish to continue in other language, I'd gladly do it in quite a few.

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^^

Some folks on here can be so rude.....

MattyJam said:

^^

Some folks on here can be so rude.....

I feel bad for having fucking pissed him off. He surely doesn't deserve it. Anyway, he was probably right in saying Kate Bush is perfect eternally.

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MattyJam said:

Cloudbuster said:

Kate has lost nothing to my ears. Quite the opposite really. I love how she continues to push her art into new and unexpected places.

I actually consider Aerial and 50 Words For Snow to be two of her greatest achievements.

They're up there with The Dreaming and Hounds Of Love for me.

Okay, they may not be very immediate in a "pop" sense, but they're both ridiculously beautiful.

YES!!! I concur! "Aerial" is especially gorgeous to me! It's an autumn masterpiece! It dropped 11/05/05 in the U.S. and I couldn't get down to the local music store fast enough b4 work that day to scoop one up!

As for "Director's Cut," wasn't feelin' it. For ME, it was a waste of a recording and why on Earth would u change the title of a song that was a hit to another title??? ("The Sensual World" to "Flower Of The Mountain?") WHACK! :-O

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TheDigitalGardener said:

Aerial is probably the Kate Bush album I listen to the most. 50 Words I found took a long time to sink in, more than likely due to my decision never to listen to it unless it's winter.

Haha! Me TOO!

SuperSoulFighter said:

Kate wanted to use James Joyce's Flower of the Mountain, but was denied permission by the writer's heirs. So she wrote her own lyrics and called it The Sensual World. Next time around, she did get permission to use Joyce's words, so that's why Flower of the Mountain was finally released. As she had intended all along.

Ahhhh...well, that makes sense then, DOESN'T it? LOL! Thanks!!!

Kate has lost nothing to my ears. Quite the opposite really. I love how she continues to push her art into new and unexpected places.

I actually consider Aerial and 50 Words For Snow to be two of her greatest achievements.

They're up there with The Dreaming and Hounds Of Love for me.

Okay, they may not be very immediate in a "pop" sense, but they're both ridiculously beautiful.

SuperSoulFighter said:

MattyJam said:

^^

Some folks on here can be so rude.....

Todos pueden errarse. No problema.

thanks2joniandu said:

TOTALLY AGREE. 50 Words is a breathtaking, epic masterpiece.

Definitely a mood piece but...

and i was expecting a thread about menopause.

pld71 said:

and i was expecting a thread about menopause.

Oh, don't be cruel! But I admit the "it" on the title is open to interpretation...

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50 Words for Snow was one of my favourite albums of 2011. Minor masterpiece.

I agree. While Aeriel had good moments I felt 50 Words was consistent straight through. It's become one of my favorites of her catalogue. Whenever I need something slighly depressing and moody I put it on. I listen to both of those albums more than Directors Cut. Aeriel though has one of my favorite Bush songs on any album "Somewhere in Between".

thanks2joniandu said:

50 Words is a breathtaking, epic masterpiece.

A Coral Room is probably my favourite song from any artist...

andykeen said:

A Coral Room is probably my favourite song from any artist...