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- Summary: Kate Bush's first new album in six years is influenced by snow and features Stephen Fry, Elton John , and Andy Fairweather Low as guest musicians.
- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Snowed In At Wheeler Street | |
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Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you but don't I know you? There's just something about you. Haven't we met before? We've been in love forever. When we... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 35
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Mixed: 2 out of 35
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Negative: 0 out of 35
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Nov 29, 2011One of the year's most imaginative albums.
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Nov 17, 201150 Words for Snow is extraordinary business as usual for Bush, meaning it's packed with the kind of ideas you can't imagine anyone else in rock having.
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Nov 21, 201150 Words for Snow is undoubtedly whimsical, but it's played and arranged so exquisitely that even the most po-faced should be able to acknowledge the scale of its achievement.
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UncutNov 23, 2011From austere, absurd materials, the cumulative effect is remarkable. [Dec 2011, p.76]
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Dec 8, 2011A remarkably delicate, often meandering (though never purposeless) song cycle revolving around snow, imagination and longing, set to rich, spiraling piano compositions and deep open spaces.
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Nov 21, 2011The singer does a lot of luxuriating on her 10th album; 50 Words for Snow spreads seven songs over 65 leisurely minutes, her multi-octave voice and piano mostly at the forefront.
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Nov 21, 2011This album is rather better when it is winking at you, rather than seeking to cryogenically preserve emotion.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 23
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Mixed: 0 out of 23
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Negative: 1 out of 23
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