50 Words for Snow
Kate Bush
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Snowflake | Kate Bush | 9:46 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lake Tahoe | Kate Bush | 11:08 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Misty | Kate Bush | 13:32 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Wild Man | Kate Bush | 7:16 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Snowed in At Wheeler Street | Kate Bush | 8:05 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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50 Words for Snow | Kate Bush | 8:30 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Among Angels | Kate Bush | 6:48 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 7 Songs |
iTunes Review
It’s a Christmas miracle that Kate Bush released two albums in 2011. However, Director’s Cut, a reinterpretation of songs from The Sensual World and The Red Shoes, inspired her to get working on new material. The fact that the music has a definitive winter solitude inspired her to complete this album before the season passed. The studio perfectionist in her ensures that each song sounds complete and sonically rewarding. The piano is deep and measured, building to dramatic heights. No track is shorter than six-plus minutes, and two roll out at more than 11 and 13 minutes. This leisurely pace lets Bush explore the mysteries and romance of a season where snow’s temporary presence reminds her of life’s own impermanence. “Misty” builds to an overwhelming crescendo, with Steve Gadd’s drums kicking the piano and strings into a new soundfield. Elton John, British actor Stephen Fry, and Bush’s 12-year-old son, Bertie, make guest appearances that increase the impact. John, in particular, sings in his lower register for a striking cameo on the daring love story “Snowed in at Wheeler Street”.
Customer Reviews
November will be Magic Again
This is not a social album, you wont play it for friends but it is an amazing album, that you'll listen to alone, preferably sat by the window while the snow gentle falls outside and like the album, the individual flakes fall until they are a snowdrift and everything is covered white.
Snowflake with Kate's son Albert on shared vocals is hauntingly superb - like a twisted version of Walking in the Air, Bertie is a snowflake falling waiting for his mother to find him.
Misty, about an affair between a woman & a snowman is just brilliant - Kate makes a snowman and then takes him to bed, where he melts in her hands and leaves the sheets soaking wet.
Wild Man is one of Kate's most original and for me personally one of her best singles.
Album highlight for me is Snowed in at Wheeler Street (the duet with Elton John) about lovers that keep missing each other through the centuries from Rome burning, to the Second World War right up-to 9/11 in New York.
50 Words for Snow does what it says on the tin : my favourites 15 spangladasha, 27 icyskidski and 32 shimmerglisten
Among Angles is the most conventional song on the album and the perfect way to wrap up this album, it's a collection of Winter Songs that are not just for Christmas
Sublime, winter goodness
Truly superb. Grab a blanket a hot cup of tea, dim the lights and immerse yourself in one of the greatest winter soundscapes of the decade. The real magic of this album is it's ability to evolve even after the 30th listen- songs you may not have liked at first soon become masterpieces; as with all Kate's work, the narratives are the pure soul of her songs...and did i mention that beautiful voice of hers?
50 Words for Snow
35 years on and her talent still stuns me.
Biography
Born: 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Kate Bush
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Wuthering Heights | The Kick Inside | 4:29 | £0.59 | View In iTunes |
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Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) | The Whole Story | 4:59 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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This Woman's Work | The Sensual World | 3:38 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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The Man With the Child in His Eyes | The Kick Inside | 2:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Babooshka | Never for Ever | 3:20 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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King of the Mountain | King of the Mountain - Single | 4:52 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Cloudbusting | The Whole Story | 5:10 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Army Dreamers | Never for Ever | 2:58 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Wuthering Heights (New Vocal) | The Whole Story | 4:58 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hounds of Love | The Whole Story | 3:03 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
- £7.99
- Genres: Pop, Music, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Rock, Adult Alternative
- Released: 18 November 2011
- ℗ 2011 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Noble & Brite Ltd
