In November 2005, Kate Bush returns with Aerial, her eighth album, twelve years after The Red Shoes. Considering it as an afterthought too long and too filling, but with a significant material, it revives the spirit of the double vinyl album and offers us two CDs of about 40 minutes. Overall, production is sumptuous, the piano work particularly rich and cared for and the object (cover, booklet, photos) superb. The first disc, entitled "A Sea of Honey" is not free from certain weaknesses ("Joanni" and "Pi" with no little relief, "Mrs. Bartolozzi" a bit long), but also contains some nuggets: "A Coral Room "in the great tradition Bush's melody voice-piano, the single" King of the Mountain ", which refers to Elvis (written nine years ago!) and especially the" How to Be Invisible "dynamic with these three lines interwoven guitar. The second CD "A Sky of Honey" is a true happiness. He says simply, along six songs and 3 interludes, one afternoon, night and sunrise in the middle of nature and birds. Titles stretch slowly and languorously on a very jazzy rhythmic (provided by Peter Erskine and Eberhard Weber specialists). After the magnificent "An Architect's Dream", here the prodigious "Sunset" which suddenly appeared a flamenco guitar. The apotheosis awaits after the night ("Nocturn") Here dawn on pace almost techno of "Aerial" Kate dares interrupt a minute and a half birds chirping and laughter. Finally, it rises high in the sky, and level, far above all others.
