Aerial
by Kate Bush
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Nov 8, 2005
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 325 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 291 out of 325
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 325
  3. Negative: 26 out of 325

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  1. ToddB
    Nov 13, 2005
    10
    One 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!!
  2. StephenR
    Nov 13, 2005
    10
    GENIUS! Powerful, moving, so refreshing, I am blown away by the power of this album
  3. simong
    Nov 13, 2005
    10
    just awesome
  4. HaroldGreen
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Aerial is simply the best album of 2005.
  5. JariV
    Nov 15, 2005
    10
    A masterpiece.
  6. danielc
    Nov 15, 2005
    10
    A gem and a masterpiece! Worth every day of the lonnggg wait.
  7. GregG
    Nov 15, 2005
    10
    Easily 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.
  8. DavidM
    Nov 17, 2005
    10
    Beautiful.
  9. ElstonG
    Nov 17, 2005
    10
    It's pure art, she is simply fantastic human been with lot of love for all.
  10. RogerS
    Nov 17, 2005
    10
    The 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.
  11. JarekP.
    Nov 19, 2005
    10
    Seductive and magical album, although it often shows common, normal things... I can't stop listening to it. Kate owns my heart.
  12. PSmith
    Nov 21, 2005
    10
    This album is a masterpiece...it creeps up on you. Kate Bush is one of a kind.
  13. JamesM
    Nov 20, 2005
    10
    Deceptively 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!
  14. EricB
    Nov 21, 2005
    10
    This 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
  15. dirkk
    Nov 22, 2005
    10
    Unlike almost all other artists, Kate Bush Is afforded a rare luxury . She is never expected to deliver upon past credentials or succumb to retracing former genius to be considered successful or relevent. she is however expected to ........Move you. On this her 8th studio release and 12 years on, she delievers something so intangable, so original you have to question all that has taken up Unlike almost all other artists, Kate Bush Is afforded a rare luxury . She is never expected to deliver upon past credentials or succumb to retracing former genius to be considered successful or relevent. she is however expected to ........Move you. On this her 8th studio release and 12 years on, she delievers something so intangable, so original you have to question all that has taken up space in your ears for the past decade. Start to finish Ms Bush takes you places you haven't been, soars through dreamy landscapes and slays you with craft few possess.......Mesmerising… Expand
  16. RachelL
    Nov 7, 2005
    10
    Perhaps 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.
  17. ChesterE
    Nov 7, 2005
    10
    Completely transporting - Aerial is the bet album of the year and yes, it was worth the 2 year wait!
  18. BrettL
    Nov 7, 2005
    10
    I can't imagine a better album from her... more BVs maybe? Oh well, what's there is beautiful, it works wonders.
  19. andyb
    Nov 8, 2005
    10
    The most beautiful album ever from the lovely miss Bush. Thankyou Kate.
  20. vr
    Nov 8, 2005
    10
    yay kate! it's been worth the wait.... merci!
  21. BarbraL
    Nov 8, 2005
    10
    A Kate album for everyone beautiful, accessible and completely inspired. What a gift this is.
  22. JeannineS
    Nov 9, 2005
    10
    Words 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....
  23. alexanderj
    Nov 9, 2005
    10
    Beautiful, 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.
  24. MTO
    Nov 9, 2005
    10
    ... 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.
  25. NickT
    Nov 9, 2005
    10
    12 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.
  26. LucE
    Nov 9, 2005
    10
    I haven't heard such a perfect album for years. Thank you Kate for being the greatest female singer
  27. josec
    Dec 10, 2005
    10
    the greatest has come back with a vengeance
  28. cassandram
    Feb 11, 2006
    10
    Kate 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....
  29. stephan
    Feb 13, 2006
    10
    Kate's beautiful Album!!
  30. markn
    Mar 28, 2006
    10
    I put both Cd's in my multi disc player in my truck , and as I drove around for the next week here in Hawaii that's all I listened too! The songs matched the wide and changind landscape as if she wrote the songs here. I waited along time for this and I loved it. I love her and anyone who has inspired her to keep her music alive! Please keep writing Kate and don't wait so I put both Cd's in my multi disc player in my truck , and as I drove around for the next week here in Hawaii that's all I listened too! The songs matched the wide and changind landscape as if she wrote the songs here. I waited along time for this and I loved it. I love her and anyone who has inspired her to keep her music alive! Please keep writing Kate and don't wait so long next time.… Expand
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Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. AllMusic
    80
    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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  2. Billboard
    80
    Despite her prolonged absence, Bush sounds as vital as ever.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    90
    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.
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