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.
- King of Mountain
- Π
- Bertie
- Bartolozzi
- How to Be Invisible
- Joanni
- A Coral Room
- Prelude
- Prologue
- An Architect’s Dream
- The Painter’s Link
- Sunset
- Aerial Tal
- Somewhere in Between
- Nocturn
- Aerial