Kate Bush - Aerial

Since the 1980s Kate Bush has shouldered the unhappy burden of having to live up to her own brilliance: albums like The Dreaming and Hounds Of Love set a high watermark for shimmering, adventurous, off-kilter pop. In the 12 years that transpired between the releases of 1993's The Red Shoes and 2005's Aerial, expectations ran high that Bush had something monumental in store. Aerial does not necessarily meet those expectations, but that is not to imply that it's a lackluster release either. A double-disc set that encompasses a collection of songs about domesticity (the first disc, A Sea Of Honey) and a conceptual suite that details the passing of a day (the second disc, A Sea Of Honey), Aerial is ambitious, lovely, intensely personal, and marked by Bush's unique approach to music-making. The fierce edginess of The Dreaming-era Bush is replaced by deep meditations on family life ("Bertie"), familiar chores ("Mrs. Bartolozzi"), and the cycles of time ("Sunset"). Bush's gentle singer/songwriter mode is combined with jazz, rock, classical, electronica, and other elements for a musical experience that sustains her reputation as one our most adventurous and distinctive artists.( you love rindie1, yes you do2)