On November 7, 2005, “EMI” label released “Aerial”, the eighth Kate Bush studio album. It was recorded 1996 – 2005, and was produced by Kate Bush. “Aerial” is the only Bush’s double album. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

• Kate Bush – vocals, piano, keyboards
• Dan McIntosh – acoustic and electric guitars
• Eligio Quinteiro – renaissance guitar
• Gary Brooker– Hammond organ
• Chris Hall – accordion
• Eberhard Weber, John Giblin, Del Palmer– bass
• Peter Erskine, Stuart Elliott, Steve Sanger – drums
• Bosco D’Oliveira – percussion
• Robin Jeffrey – renaissance percussion
• Rolf Harris– didgeridoo
• Michael Wood – vocal
• Lol Creme, Gary Brooker, Paddy Bush– backing vocals
• Richard Campbell, Susan Pell – viola
• Rolf Harris– as The Painter
• Albert McIntosh (Bertie – Kate Bush’s son) – as The Sun
• Bill Dunne – “Bertie” strings arrangements
• Michael Kamen– orchestral arrangements
• London Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen
• Del Palmer– recording, mixing
• Simon Rhodes – engineer
• Chris Bolster – engineer assistant
• James Guthrie– mastering
• Josephine Bartolinni – Italian translation

Track listing:

All tracks by Kate Bush.

1. King of Mountain
2. Π
3. Bertie
4. Bartolozzi
5. How to Be Invisible
6. Joanni
7. A Coral Room
8. Prelude
9. Prologue
10. An Architect’s Dream
11. The Painter’s Link
12. Sunset
13. Aerial Tal
14. Somewhere in Between
15. Nocturn
16. Aerial