Kate Bush 50 Words For Snow 96KHz/24bit

Oh I didn't say I didn't like it.  It's just...weird.

Same JD,  just that they do not sound happy is all    ... weird right enough though.    

Aye, Kate's Feelings for Snow is rather wonderful, but steer clear if you're feeling depressed.

No more plays for me, then...

Though to be fair, if I woke in the morning to a wet patch that big, I'd be a bit miffed as well...

 

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have a listen to Laurens chat with KB

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/

 

is about half way in to the show.

It must be the kind of mood I've been in recently but listening to 50 Words For Snow, kind of cheers me up. 

It's all relative, I suppose. 

 

The only song I can't really warm to(!) is the Elton John duet. Listened to the whole album three times all the way through now, and it's all rather brilliant. Love the piano.  And the sound of it in particular. A Coral Room was easily my favourite, most played from Aerial, and the new album seems to take it's musical, textural lead from there. 

 

Notwithstanding my previously aired reservations about my current set up, this album sounds fantastic in "HiFi terms" (whatever they are), but you get my (snow) drift. Steve Gadd's drums, sonic lustre, Kate's singular articulation of the English condition as seen through her/our snow obsession. It's a perfect, er, storm. 

I really like it.

I am not so keen of this latest release, 50 word's for boredom.

That looks like a Justice For Audio analysis. The DR number is the dynamic range score, don't know details but 12 is the lowest "acceptable" score, good tracks score 17-20 here but it also depends on the composition. Second column is the peak volume, this suggests that tracks 4 and 5 are clipped/distorted in at least one sample. Third column is the average volume, numbers seem acceptable but I don't have reference material.

edit: DR value table (bottom of the page)