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50 Words for Snow [VINYL] [Double LP]

Kate Bush Vinyl
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  • Vinyl (21 Nov 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Double LP
  • Label: Noble & Brite Ltd
  • ASIN: B005MIQJ1O
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (271 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,048 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Snowflakes
2. Lake Tahoe
3. Misty
4. Wild Man
5. Snowed in at Wheeler Street
6. 50 Words for Snow
7. Among Angels

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Tenth studio album by the acclaimed English singer-songwriter. The album is her second of 2011, after 'Director's Cut', and features the single 'Wild Man'.

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KATE BUSH 50 Words For Snow (2011 UK 7-track double LP pressed on 180gram VINYL - her tenth studio album including Wild Man. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with 20-page booklet containing lyrics pictures and credits FPLP007)

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181 of 196 people found the following review helpful
By Andrew
Format:Audio CD
If you've been reading the reviews of this album you'll notice quite a striking dichotomy. Most professional reviewers and many here at Amazon give it a full 5 stars, but then there are a significant number who actively dislike the album, handing out a 1 star accompanied by a slew of derisory comments.

What to make of it?

Well, if you're after pop songs and easily accessible melodies you may well be disappointed. Instead this record takes a more extended modern classical or jazz approach. It's subtle and it's a definite grower.

Personally after initially being a little nonplussed I really love it a lot now. Lyrically it's particularly strong and really creates an atmosphere of the season. Currently it's probably my favourite listen of 2011.

So, if you are open to a high quality subtle slow burner (and a great winter album for years to come), go ahead and buy (a quick listen/sample will not reveal its charms). If however you're after something more immediate maybe give this one a miss.
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33 of 38 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to Kate's magical winter wonderland 23 Nov 2011
Format:Audio CD
Being a fan of all Kate's albums, it feels that she has in some ways come full circle, returning to the evocative simplicity of her early work but creating new moods and atmospheres that are fresh and intriguing. After listening to this for a few weeks, it has a special meaning to me. I often play it as a late evening chill out.

Just listening to her in the latest radio interviews, Kate clearly has never seemed happier and her musical Mojo remains undimmed. It seems she already has ideas for her next project and we will be hearing of her more often in the years ahead.

Not so much a collection of songs, but 7 short story 'tone poems'. I welcome Kate's experiment with longer song structures to lose oneself in.

Whilst I would admit this is not an album of catchy seasonal ditties, this album needs patience and repeated listens in order to fully appreciate its beauty. Kate is an artist who produces work on her own terms, free from the shackles of the demands of fan blogs and the music industry establishment.

My general impressions: Shut out the world, put on this album and immerse yourself for an hour uninterrupted in Kate's winter wonderland. Despite only a few listens, new details and elements of the stories are starting to develop in my head. This work is so organic, evocative and dreamy. Forget your troubles and the recession, just escape into Kate's alternative world.

Snowflake: Kate views snow as a substance transforming a landscape or garden with its physical beauty. Kate finds the world so loud and 'lowest common denominator' sometimes, whilst snowflakes are all unique and individual. With repeated listenings, the repeated piano and Bertie motifs become less intrusive and ghostly sounding electronic keyboard details emerge from the mix. Love's Steve Gadds evocation of horses through snowdrifts.

Lake Tahoe: Perhaps the most ambitious song on the album, Kate giving the song an almost classical feel. Stefan Roberts makes a memorable contribution, his opening lines remind me of the end of Hello Earth from the album Hounds of Love. The haunting theme of a dog's almost mythical journey to be reunited with its owner is simple yet atmospheric and moving. This is Kate at her storytelling best.

Misty: I love the almost jazzy feel of Steve Gadd's sunlime drum work. The sequence 'I turn off the light, switch on a starry night' is almost akin to an out of body experience, makes me think of the scene in the film Little Voice, when we first see Jane Horrocks character singing/playing music in her bedroom. 'When I kiss his ice-cream lips' is Kate at her musically bonkers best!!!

Wild Man: The most pop-oriented and perhaps the most immediately accessible track on the album, marking perhaps the beginning of the albums second section. Steve Gadd's hypnotic drums, Andy Fairweather Low's full and throaty chorus and Del Palmer's bells are highlights. Kate's interpretation is an intriguing mix of fear, pity and intrigue for the mythical Yeti.

Snowed In At Wheeler Street: Whilst not particularly well versed in the music of Elton John and despite the controversy evinced by some fans, I think this really does 'work', particularly with Elton's soulful delivery. The idea of the love and loss of friends and lovers by humanity as a universal trait through the centuries is great. Love Kate's increasingly frantic vocal towards the end.

50 Words For Snow: No Kate album is ever complete without a lighter, fun moment. Wacky, this song follows in the tradition of the Big Sky and the song Aerial, whilst keeping to this album's feel. I don't think this track needs to be over-analysed.

Among Angels: A return to the piano-based delivery of the first 3 songs, it is clearly not about snow. Quite simply this song is to me one of the most moving songs she has ever written in her whole career. There is an underlying theme of personal loss, perhaps partly inspired by the recent death of her father, but I feel there is a more general message, about self-belief. We often overlook that the beginnings of a resolution to inner conflicts lies within our own souls.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Kate on thin ice? NO! 20 April 2012
Format:Audio CD
Have to say this has been the hardest Kate album to ' get into' for me. Startling, unexpected, weird and compelling. She seems to play with voice and landscape like she did with 'the dreaming', and I am old enough to remember the negative press that received! Some real highlights and some tracks that meander along. Seems to me Kate has nothing to prove anymore, this feels like a personal project that she has decided to share with us. Got to say the cover and artwork is the worst yet, I miss the fabulous photography of JCB. Ignore the crappy reviews ( you will notice mostly they were our days after the albums release and the more sensible and measured ones written later) . Some fans want Kate to do a hounds of love 2. Listening to this album is a challenge and requires concentration and some faith from you the listener, but the rewards are worthwhile with Kate.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Bush at her best
Love this album, even though I`m not really a Kate Bush fan, AND I bought it for my girlfriend. Snowed In At Wheeler Street although not a Christmassy song, feels like Christmas as... Read more
Published 15 days ago by Grimelord
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring
I really love Kate Bush but this is awful sorry to say one song just drags on one after another her worst album to date and I own all of them
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5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely love it!
From the very first time I heard the album, I fell in love with it. It just blew me away and every time listening it again, I like it more and more.
Published 2 months ago by T Lehis
1.0 out of 5 stars a short negative review.
I know I am in the minority but I find Snow a cheerless bore and a complete waste of my time.You will find this extremely odd but I actually adore everything Kate has written... Read more
Published 2 months ago by KELLY heroes
5.0 out of 5 stars snow
i got this for my husband he likes it and said it was good will get more. good good good
Published 2 months ago by linz
3.0 out of 5 stars 50 words for boredom
Typical Bush, rambling sounds that may well send you to sleep. Recording is not that clear and sounds almost muffled on some tracks. For Kate fans only.
Published 2 months ago by jayacee
5.0 out of 5 stars Kate Bush - what else is there to say?
Yet another wonderfully quirky album from the wonderfully amazing Kate Bush. Different? Certainly! I could listen to this album over and over again.
Published 2 months ago by O. Kinne
1.0 out of 5 stars very disappointing
Ideally I would have given this album no stars at all but you can't do that here. I have always been a big fan of Kate's but this has to be the worse thing she has ever done. Read more
Published 2 months ago by musiclover
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