KATE BUSH - “AERIAL”

“AERIAL”â€"KATE BUSH

Rock, $22.98 (list price), Columbia

BASIC STORY: Bush’s first album in 12 years is a grand double disc that matches her previous high standards.

SAMPLE: “Who knows who wrote that song of summer/That blackbirds sing at dusk/This is a song of colour/Where sands sing in crimson, red and rust/Then climb into bed and turn to dust.”

Review: After a prolonged absence, Bush, the role model for Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, and countless other female singer-songwriters, returns and favors us with two discs containing her usual bewitching tales of nature, family, and history, and Elvis and mathematics, too. With the occasional modern production touches, the songs continue to follow her idiosyncratic path of calm tones framed by unsettling and/or mysterious images and melodies. The second disc is more tranquil than the first, but both discs should provide much joy to her fans and provide succor to lovers of great songwriting and artistic ambition.

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