50 Words for Snow

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AlbumNov 21 / 20117 songs, 1h 5m 8s
Art Pop Ambient Pop
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8.5 / 10

Kate Bush's second album of original material in the last 17 years is haunting and gorgeous. Like so much of her best music, it's filled with deep story-songs that have the effect of putting one in the kind of treasured, child-like space-- not so much innocent as open to imagination-- that never gets old.

8.5 / 10

Kate Bush's second album of original material in the last 17 years is haunting and gorgeous. Like so much of her best music, it's filled with deep story-songs that have the effect of putting one in the kind of treasured, child-like space-- not so much innocent as open to imagination-- that never gets old.

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For an artist who rarely wallows in the past, Kate Bush made a curious choice earlier this year in releasing Director’s Cut, a reworking of tracks from a pair of decades-old discs, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes. Those two albums are also the most pop-oriented in Bush’s catalog; it’s as though she needed to…

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For an artist who rarely wallows in the past, Kate Bush made a curious choice earlier this year in releasing Director’s Cut, a reworking of tracks from a pair of decades-old discs, The Sensual World and The Red Shoes. Those two albums are also the most pop-oriented in Bush’s catalog; it’s as though she needed to…

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50 Words For Snow is another stepping stone away from the interpretive-dancing-in-a-field Kate Bush of yore. It proves her credentials of distinct maturity as well as exhibiting her ability to experiment successfully with deep-set and sombre but…

8 / 10

50 Words For Snow is another stepping stone away from the interpretive-dancing-in-a-field Kate Bush of yore. It proves her credentials of distinct maturity as well as exhibiting her ability to experiment successfully with deep-set and sombre but…

8.5 / 10

"I was born in a cloud," sighs art-rock sorcerer Kate Bush on her mesmerizing tenth studio album. "Cloud-like" is a fairly…

8.5 / 10

"I was born in a cloud," sighs art-rock sorcerer Kate Bush on her mesmerizing tenth studio album. "Cloud-like" is a fairly…

Another impossibly beautiful and individually brilliant album.

Another impossibly beautiful and individually brilliant album.

7.0 / 10

Compared to her earlier work, Kate Bush's latest album may be a bit of a surprise to some, while utterly logical to others.

7.0 / 10

Compared to her earlier work, Kate Bush's latest album may be a bit of a surprise to some, while utterly logical to others.

9 / 10

Rippucino. We’ll return to this shortly - but first, a question. What is it about Kate Bush that makes men, women and John Lydon go weak at the knees?

9 / 10

Rippucino. We’ll return to this shortly - but first, a question. What is it about Kate Bush that makes men, women and John Lydon go weak at the knees?

The grand dame of art-pop blows hot and cold with a beguiling, frustrating dose of cold comfort, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

The grand dame of art-pop blows hot and cold with a beguiling, frustrating dose of cold comfort, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

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8 / 10

50 Words for Snow is a success not only because it’s so challengingly bold and peculiar.

50 Words for Snow is a success not only because it’s so challengingly bold and peculiar.

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Kate Bush '50 Words For Snow' album review on Northern Transmissions.

9.0 / 10

Kate Bush '50 Words For Snow' album review on Northern Transmissions.

<p>Yeti lovers? A Stephen Fry cameo? Kate Bush's weird winter wonderland is stunning, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>

<p>Yeti lovers? A Stephen Fry cameo? Kate Bush's weird winter wonderland is stunning, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>

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4.0 / 5

Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow review: Disappointing single aside, it's another frighteningly good album from one of England's all-time greats.

4.0 / 5

Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow review: Disappointing single aside, it's another frighteningly good album from one of England's all-time greats.

Kate Bush's 50 Words for Snow is a quietly beautiful album.

Kate Bush's 50 Words for Snow is a quietly beautiful album.

CD CHOICE: 50 Words for Snow , Fish People, ****

CD CHOICE: 50 Words for Snow , Fish People, ****

A snowbound lover's perfection slightly marred by icy grandeur. CD review by Mark Kidel

A snowbound lover's perfection slightly marred by icy grandeur. CD review by Mark Kidel

8 / 10

8 / 10