Kate Bush - 2 NEW ALBUMS!

[Pyewacket]

Here's a quick (75 seconds) look at the gor-gi-mous packaging for Director's Cut. It's me totally geeking out (I just got it yesterday):





Some other quick tidbits:

The album appears to be on track to debut at #2 (behind Adele) on the UK charts! It was #1 for several days following its initial release, but Adele's now-17-week stay at #1 appears to be unstoppable.

A cool exchange between Kate and the German weekly Spiegel:
Spiegel: Do you know that you are revered by hip-hop titans like 2Pac, Wu-Tang Clan or Dr. Dre and many others?
Bush: I am aware of that, and I cannot do much more than to say I find it surprising and incredibly cool.

Director's Cut has been reviewed on the official site of the Catholic Church, which calls it "An album, away from the structures typical of pop-rock, yet endowed with great strength in communication: an excellent appetizer, waiting for a new album that is already [in the works]."

Other reviews (I don't know which of these has a four- or five- star system):

Kultura Pravda (Slovak): 5 stars “one of the best albums of this year”
Drowned in Sound (UK?): 7 out of 10 "a dazzling affirmation of Bush’s genius as songwriter"
Wirtulana Polska (Polish): 3 out of 5
The Sun (UK): 4 out of 5 "artistically satisfying...a dreamy bewitching treat with unexpected deviations from the original versions"
Sydvenskan (Swedish): 3 out of 5 “dramatic, multi-layered pop songs”
Record Collector (UK, I think): 2 out of 5 “the tracks feature ho-hum touches that largely result in reducing the songs’ power."
Scotsman: 4 stars "The resulting revamps are satisfying, rounded – and occasionally bizarre"
The Observer (UK): 3 out of 5 "a beguiling album"
The Metro (UK and Ireland): 4 stars "a brilliantly fresh approach...laced with heart-racing action"
Music Week (UK): "a strong album"
The Times (Will Hodgkinson, UK) 3 stars “interesting, but not easy to lose yourself in“
The Times (Dan Cairns, UK): 4 stars "To listen...is to be reminded that this extraordinary artist is without equal.”
News Of The World (UK): 4 stars "there’s a playful adventurousness here that’s more imaginative than most brand-new music."
London Evening Standard (UK): 3 stars "This Woman's Work stands tallest...she's taken from as well as given to Florence & The Machine"
Irish Times: 4 stars
Yahoo Music (US?): 5 out of 10: “a mis-guided attempt at modification"
The Vine (Australia): "these new versions are slinky and elegantly dreamy."
Daily Telegraph (UK): 4 stars "should really be enjoyed as a rare, live performance"
Word Magazine (UK): “Radical reinvention and unfettered weirdness.”
Financial Times (UK): 3 out of 5
Daily Mail (UK): 4 stars "a natural richness and sensuality."
Daily Express (UK) 5 stars "More Kate Bush is always a good thing"
The Independent (UK): 5 stars "Return of the Sensual Woman"
Guardian (UK): 4 out of 5 "faffing about of the most exquisite kind."
Q Magazine (UK): 4 stars
NME (UK): "very much the Son Of ‘Aerial’; full of silence, space and maturity. "

(these were quoted from http://www.katebushnews.com/ or the original sites)