Kate Bush - Aerial

[randyhersom]

This has gotten as much play from me as any new release in quite a while. The bass line from Nocturn, track 8 on disc 2 was the first thing to pull me in during background listens, and that track is a definite favorite, right up there with Running Up That Hill. Domestic bliss and family is an overriding theme, and the music is a little less hard edged than earlier recordings.

On disk one she follows up her computer song from a couple albums back by singing pi to dozens of digits. It's enjoyable and the audacity is admirable, but it's not quite a highlight of the album. It does cement her place as the absolute nerd goddess

Alluring is the best word I can come up with to describe the overall effect. In one fragment she duets with a bird recording, attempting to imitate its sound.

[Guest]

Indeed its a masterpiece- i like how Erskine and ECM artist E. Weber are on it-- all on here should get a copy!