Aerial by Kate Bush

British singer-songwriter Kate Bush has been around much longer than I have been around this world and it's interesting to me, as someone who has listened to her very first recording, The Kick Inside, to see the grand difference in her 2005 release, Aerial. For one, this album features less piano and more studio based sound utilizing more drums, new-age effects and additional support from an orchestra. Secondly, this album is not as unabashedly romantic, but more content with the beauty of life and motherhood. Listening to this album reminds me of lush green forest during the summer in which the day feels endless. I'm sitting on the ground with headphones in my ear listening to the entire album's content while the shadows move ever so slightly as night draws nearer and nearer. Songs like "Pi" or "Prelude" really instill a nature orientated sense of reflection; as the course of the album progresses its a quiet affair. It's as if Kate Bush intended this album to be an emotional cleansing of the demons within. At the end of the album, you can't help but feel the colorful spectrum of rejuvenation surround you.


For those of you who are not familiar with Kate Bush's work, this is an excellent place to begin. Earlier works might be challenging to listeners who are not acquainted with the deep territories of their eclecticism and musical adaptability.


Songs I recommend from this album:
1. King of the Mountain
2. Pi
3. How to Be Invisible
4. Joanni
5. Bertie
6. A Coral Room
7. Somewhere in Between