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    Posted: March 30 2007 at 06:12
Nocturnal sublimeness.................
 
I really do believe that this artist is fundamentally one of the best progressive artists of the 2K0 decade. She has had only one album( double) this decade but nothing has come close in the last 5 years...................I mean absolutely nothing. It is good to see a female far outshining her collabotaive counterparts . In saying that she is a jewel on a moment falling on hard times............................the " HORIZON"........................
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Speaking as someone who's been a huge fan since The Dreaming, I love her whole catalog.  Not as enthusiastic about the Kick Inside and Lionheart, still haven't gotten around to getting the CD versions of those. 
 
I really missed her during her hiatus after The Red Shoes.  Tori Amos to a greater extent and Sarah McLachlan to a lesser extent helped fill the void for me.  Sarah really peaked progressively with Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.  Her 2003 offering, Afterglow, is merely good music.
 
Tori, on the other hand, has fairly consistently cranked out great stuff.  Check out Your Cloud and Pancake from 2003's Scarlett's Walk.  Jamaica Inn on 2005's The Beekeeper.  2001's Strange Little Girls has Adrian Belew as a guest musician in a more prominent role than he usually serves up when he guests.  (That one's outside of your 5 year range but inside of the 00's.)  No original tunes on that one but an excellent progressive reconstruction of Neil Young's Heart of Gold.  Looking forward to seeing what she comes up with on this year's new one American Doll Posse.  Tori and Sarah are certainly not pure prog, but then isn't Kate categorized as prog related, anyway. 
 
Laurie Anderson's Life On A String (2001) is also outside of your 5 year range.  Here's the greatest contender, I say.  The music on this one is much more innovative than Kate's Aerial.  Laurie's also shares Kates lack of prolificness (prolicitivity?).  I see she's got a new one finally coming out in 2008.  Laurie's long overdue for inclusion on this site.  If not as prog related, then certainly under avant-prog.
 
I do see a rumor of a new Kate Bush album on the horizon at katebushnews.com, but no specifics.  I'm guessing at this stage, I'd be surprised if we get anything before 2008 and jeeze, this decade's running out fast.  Where the hell did it go?Shocked
 
Now I guess brace yourself for all those naysayers who'll say that Kate isn't progressive and neither are any of the one's I mentioned above.  Sorry, I'm a big tenter when it comes to prog.
 
(On a side note, Slartibartfast here turns 42 today, a few of you may get the significance.  When it comes to progressive music, what a great era to be living in!)


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I love Kate too, though I thought "Aerial" was astoundingly awful.  I really hope she retires before another misfire of that degree.  The once great artist churning out what sounds like Elton John throwaways.  Certainly no PFM "Stati" comeback!
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Aerial is one of her best albums ,just behind Hounds Of Love and The Dreaming for me.She took a but of a dip with The Red Shoes but on the whole I can honestly say that I enjoy her music as much (if not more) than any other artist.
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

I love Kate too, though I thought "Aerial" was astoundingly awful.  I really hope she retires before another misfire of that degree.  The once great artist churning out what sounds like Elton John throwaways.  Certainly no PFM "Stati" comeback!
 
Speaking as a PFM and Stati fan as well, I can't agree with you about Aerial. 
 
It's not as ground breaking of innovative as The Dreaming.  There's a couple of "cheesy" tracks where her motherhood influence certainly comes through, but most of the material here is up to par with her past catalog.  I find disc two to be a solidly good as side two of Hound of Love.
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i bought "The Dreaming" and "Hounds Of Love" recently..

"tough" sound, especially the former one, but i'm really enjoying them..

plus, i adore Tori Amos..
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Aerial is the finest prog related sound IMHO since god knows..............
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

I love Kate too, though I thought "Aerial" was astoundingly awful.  I really hope she retires before another misfire of that degree.  The once great artist churning out what sounds like Elton John throwaways.  Certainly no PFM "Stati" comeback!
 
Nooooo, I've come out in a cold sweat even thinking about it. Aerial "awful" - no way. Probably her best apart from Hounds and maybe The Dreaming.
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2007 at 09:05
Aerial, awful??

Nonesense, brilliant album. I agree with chopper, it's up there with her best.
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For some reason I put off buying Aerial until about November last year. Big mistake. It is certainly one of the best albums the decade so far and probably one of the greatest albums by a female artist ever! The sad thing is realising that it will probably take 10 years before - if - she releases another album... 
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Big fan of Hounds of Love, Never For Ever, and Aerials. A truly unique artist, with a distinctly female touch. Also, I personally don't find her "motherhood" songs to be cheesy
at all.  Her highly sexualized foray into domesticity in the song Mrs. Bartolozzi is also a highlight for me, with her simple and unconventional chorus... "Washing machine...". Puts  a smile on my face, as does the quirky chorus to Pi... "3.14159...". Pure genius.
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Originally posted by Bt-Tor Bt-Tor wrote:

Big fan of Hounds of Love, Never For Ever, and Aerials. A truly unique artist, with a distinctly female touch. Also, I personally don't find her "motherhood" songs to be cheesy
at all.  Her highly sexualized foray into domesticity in the song Mrs. Bartolozzi is also a highlight for me, with her simple and unconventional chorus... "Washing machine...". Puts  a smile on my face, as does the quirky chorus to Pi... "3.14159...". Pure genius.
 
Me neither, that's why I put cheesy in quotes. Smile
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