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Universal acclaim- based on 325 Ratings
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Positive: 291 out of 325
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Mixed: 8 out of 325
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Negative: 26 out of 325
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DennismMar 12, 2006
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nickelbMar 12, 2006wow yo!
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calinvApr 13, 2006sunset is the best. she sings like did it in 80 years. a very deep emotion, an graceless introspective of soul-bird.
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PhilipHJul 16, 2006A beautiful and enigmatic creation from a super, super talent
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CurtBJul 20, 2006This release may take multiple listens to fully appreciate it's many qualities.
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PaoloNov 11, 2005Masterpiece!
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MarcBNov 11, 2005Absolutely breathtaking. I'm not the same person anymore.
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PhilHNov 11, 2005In an age of instant idols and music by numbers you are a true artist, and a true artist is always relevant! thanks Kate!
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DanielLNov 11, 2005As a first time Kate Bush listener there's only one thing to say: This is fucking amazing.
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AlexJNov 11, 2005Lovely album, very pure and controlled - a masterpiece!
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KaiHNov 11, 2005Genius.....brilliant story telling...in a way only Kate Bush can do it. Good to have her back....and I hope we don't have to wait another 12 years to listen of the wonder that is Kate Bush
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AlexBNov 12, 2005To hear that voice again in those beautiful intelligent compositions has been worth the 12 year long wait!
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ColinONov 12, 2005I was a big fan before, and couldn't wait for this to arrive................... sorry just getting up after pasing out, WOW!!!!!!! What an album. Usually takes me a couple of times to like other songs, but loved it first time. Welcome back Kate.
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FlemmingFNov 10, 2005this record makes me explode with sheer exuberance and implode with heartfelt beauty. it plays you like an angel. surely this is the closest you can get to the divine. it's simply quite extraordinary.
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MichaelSNov 12, 2005A small masterpiece.
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ToddBNov 13, 2005One of Kate's best....especially A Sky of Honey...absolutely beautiful. There is nobody like her and her music and it`s wonderful to have her back!!
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StephenRNov 13, 2005GENIUS! Powerful, moving, so refreshing, I am blown away by the power of this album
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simongNov 13, 2005just awesome
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HaroldGreenNov 14, 2005Aerial is simply the best album of 2005.
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JariVNov 15, 2005A masterpiece.
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danielcNov 15, 2005A gem and a masterpiece! Worth every day of the lonnggg wait.
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GregGNov 15, 2005Easily Kate's best since "Hounds of Love." The second CD is amazing, and should be listened to as one, complete, unified piece. "Nocturn" may be one of the greatest songs she's ever written. Kate Bush is one of music's few true originals.
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DavidMNov 17, 2005Beautiful.
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ElstonGNov 17, 2005It's pure art, she is simply fantastic human been with lot of love for all.
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RogerSNov 17, 2005The closest pop music comes to outsider art, and I mean that in a good way. Kate has always followed her own muse, as if the fickle tastes of the mainstream were non-existant, and the result is a double album that works both as ambient background and as a closely-scrutinized, layered work.
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JeffRNov 19, 2005I have listened to this album obsessively since I first received it in the mail. I had not realized just how much I missed Kate Bush. And it contains material which should be ranked along with her best material, along with a few pieces -- like on all her albums -- that just don't do much for me. But I am not -- repeat, NOT -- complaining.
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JarekP.Nov 19, 2005Seductive and magical album, although it often shows common, normal things... I can't stop listening to it. Kate owns my heart.
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PSmithNov 21, 2005This album is a masterpiece...it creeps up on you. Kate Bush is one of a kind.
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JamesMNov 20, 2005Deceptively simple and unimpressive on the first listen...but listen to it a few more times, and the whole thing just overwhelms you. An utterly beautiful album, rivalling Hounds of Love as her masterpiece. She makes you glad to be alive!
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EricBNov 21, 2005This is my top album of the year. Yes i waited a long time for a new CD from Kate. and Yes it was worth it. Beautiful from beginning to end
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dirkkNov 22, 2005
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PeterHNov 30, 2005
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RachelLNov 7, 2005Perhaps one of the most well-knit, elegant and sophisticated albums to come out of the new millennium. It is quite distinct and once again pushes the envelope. Both albums are completely cinematic and potent with emotion. Just when you think nothing else can be done musically...Kate comes along and proves you wrong.
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ChesterENov 7, 2005Completely transporting - Aerial is the bet album of the year and yes, it was worth the 2 year wait!
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BrettLNov 7, 2005I can't imagine a better album from her... more BVs maybe? Oh well, what's there is beautiful, it works wonders.
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andybNov 8, 2005The most beautiful album ever from the lovely miss Bush. Thankyou Kate.
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vrNov 8, 2005yay kate! it's been worth the wait.... merci!
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BarbraLNov 8, 2005A Kate album for everyone beautiful, accessible and completely inspired. What a gift this is.
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FredLNov 9, 2005the world is still sensual. I am deeply moved. Thx
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JeannineSNov 9, 2005Words cannot do this album enough justice. It is incomparable in its beauty, and makes virtually everything that has preceeded it this decade laughable and even inconsequential in comparison. Stunned....
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alexanderjNov 9, 2005Beautiful, moving, funny, thoughtful. Gets inside my head the more often and the closer I listen to it. Kate is in excellent form. Ahh, the great kate. She has always been, and is now especially in our music-lite age, a unique and hugely gifted talent.
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MTONov 9, 2005... become panoramic indeed. Positively cinematic. Whether wading in the sea of honey or soaring through the atmosphere of the sky of honey, this is the best album of the year.
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NickTNov 9, 200512 years and it is worth the wait. And I sincerely hope that a new generation take the time to listen, to discover and to enjoy.
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LucENov 9, 2005I haven't heard such a perfect album for years. Thank you Kate for being the greatest female singer
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josecDec 10, 2005the greatest has come back with a vengeance
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JyotirmayaDDec 27, 2005This is a good double CD but you have to be in the mood for it. The songs sound a little too much the same, and it's too long - kind of what I thought of Tori Amos' latest release "...Bee's" coincidentally and interestingly.
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WayneGDec 30, 2005Brilliant (aside from 3 songs on the first cd)
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cassandramFeb 11, 2006Kate just gets better, she reaches new and different realms. The sound is neither dated nor hackneyed, but beckons one to explore new ways of listening and seeing. She dosnt have to conform to what is considered "cool" because she just inherently is and she can set a mood like none other....
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stephanFeb 13, 2006Kate's beautiful Album!!
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marknMar 28, 2006
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ChristopherMJun 23, 2006Beautiful work from Kate; My rating may be premature, as I am only just listening to it now for the first time, so it may grow on me more...
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SteveSJun 24, 2006The best album of 2005 and Kate's near best (Hounds of Love still holds that crown). This woman is still astonishingly relevant, despite a 12 year hiatus.
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JoeWNov 11, 2005As a long time KB fan who was rather disappointed in her last album, I was skeptical going in and didn't think she had anything left to offer, especially after a 12 year hiatus. But this album is a fantastic return to form. Highly recommended.
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erickNov 11, 2005I love her
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rhomasaNov 11, 2005Simply delicious. Kate proves that she is an iconoclastic artist, serving the listner a platter of an incredible feast. This album will immediately be picked up by allof the popular female artists so they can listen and try to catch up to her..
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[Anonymous]Nov 12, 2005Throat-gripping, exquisite masterpiece...interesting to note that Kate and Madonna are the same age.....
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BrianKNov 12, 200510 is nowhere near enough. Apprehensive after her 12 years absence, I am thrilled to hear her once again. "Nocturn" and "Aerial" rank among the best songs she has ever done. This ranks as the best CD to come out by anyone in years.
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BrandonNov 12, 2005Could have been shaved down to a single album by removing some of the less-than-stellar tracks - still a very fine record, my first Kate Bush purchase and am interested enough to collect more of her albums.
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alancNov 14, 2005One of her best offerings to date. CD2 excellece in ambience
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mackyNov 14, 2005Great album, her best album since Hounds of love. She is unique and when you hear music as good as this it makes you realise how much un-original junk is coming out at the moment. There is only one Kate!
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JimPNov 15, 2005Much anticipated.....not disappointing. As always, grows effortlessly richer with repeated and close listening.
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MichaelKNov 17, 2005simply wonderful
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DaveMNov 19, 2005In the sea of musical mediocrity that now exists Kate Bush stands out like an island of dreams. Simply staggering piece of work.
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TomCNov 19, 2005
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MattDNov 21, 2005'Hounds' revisited, but with so much happiness. Love it (especially 'sky'), love her
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IvoSNov 29, 2005Beautiful, inspired and inspiring, wacky, incredibly well-crafted and even surprisingly kick-a** in places. Anyone who can sing the digits of pi like that is okay by me. Wonderful album.
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MarcusBDec 17, 2005Side Two - Astonishing In Its Beauty! Fucking Gorgeous. The Woman Has Natural Talent, Her Entire Career Is One Of Unsurpassed Quality.
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MichaelJDec 22, 2005
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ElCMar 24, 2009
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nolandwSep 30, 2006After a listen a sea of honey left me cold.A sky of honey made me hot and horny.I allway wanderd what it would be like to have sex with Kate Bush after to hearing A sky of honey I nkow.
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TakisSOct 19, 2009A real experimental masterpiece! Only Kate can make songs like Aerial Prologue or Prelude in that Age. The album is the successor of Hounds of Love! A masterpiece!
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nickaOct 3, 2006
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barbradMar 1, 2007Forget the therapist - listen to this. Stunning
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AnyaZ.Jan 8, 2008Buying this album was best spending of money ever!!! Aerial is amazing album, great work of art and music. One of Bush's best.
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RobbieCNov 9, 2007Simply stunning.
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FilipMar 12, 2007Aerial isn't magnificent, it's perfect. Just aerial perfect.
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ChrisPMay 19, 2007The second CD, a Sky Of Honey, grew and grew on me. and is now one of my very favourite albums. Think of it as a single piece as it's full of cross-references. And it's introspective yet ecstatic, everyday yet transcendent, full of secrets and wonderful from beginning to end.
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adamaDec 21, 2008
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CarolineBSep 17, 2008Incredible - atmospheric, thoughtful intelligent and beautiful. Bill M's problem is not the music. He needs to open his ears, mind and heart.
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DavidFeb 17, 2007Simply divine. A true artist at work. Kate's music makes most of today's award noted music pale in comparison. Here here to a truly great double CD.
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OlavLApr 24, 2007Soundscape is like traveling my own country's landscape!
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PiyuT.Jun 26, 2008Simply put, one of the best albums I have ever had the fortune of listening to. Just shows how much KB has matured as an artist and a person.. her vioce is deeper and if it is possible, more mellifluous than it was twelve years ago. Just one thing Kate - please don't go into a sabbatical again, EVER (or atleast not one lasting twelve years)!
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KeithDJul 29, 20094 years later and Aerial continues to shine brilliantly, deliriously so.
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MICHAELWDec 19, 2006
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Awards & Rankings
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There's no pushing of the envelope because there doesn't need to be. Aerial is rooted in Kate Bush's oeuvre, with grace, flair, elegance, and an obsessive, stubborn attention to detail.
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Despite her prolonged absence, Bush sounds as vital as ever.
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Like all ambitious double albums, [Aerial] is not without its flaws, but even Bush's moments of failure are much more interesting than those of her contemporaries.