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Kate Bush's eighth studio album, Aerial, is a two-disc set released on November 7, 2005. It is her first new album since 1993. Musicians contributing to the album include former Procol Harum keyboardist Gary Brooker, drummer Steve Sanger, long-time Kate Bush collaborator Michael Kamen, Brazilian percussionist Bosco D'Oliveira, and Rolf Harris. On November 13, Aerial entered the official UK Album chart at number three. It sold more than 90,000 copies in its first seven days, enough to have taken it to number one most other weeks of the year. Within a month, it had been certified platinum. Within five months of its release, the album had sold more than 1.1 million copies worldwide. Aerial is among Bush's most critically acclaimed albums.* On January 10, 2006, Bush was nominated for two BRIT Awards for Best British Female Solo Artist and Best British Album for Aerial. On January 27, it went up against Demon Days by Gorillaz and Coles Corner by Richard Hawley in the pop category of the South Bank Show's annual arts awards, but was beaten by Hawley. UK music magazine Mojo named it their third best album of 2005, behind Antony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now and Funeral by The Arcade Fire.
Singles The first single from the album was "King of the Mountain". The song makes references to Elvis Presley and the film Citizen Kane. The track was played for the first time on BBC Radio 2 on September 21 2005, and was made available for download as of September 27. The single peaked at number four on the UK singles chart, giving Bush her first top five hit for twenty years and her third highest ever chart placing. The song also made number six on the UK Downloads chart. Track listing All songs written by Kate Bush Disc One: A Sea of Honey Disc Two: A Sky of Honey Personnel Miscellanea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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