She's working on a new album with Stuart Elliott, Mick Karn, Peter Erskine and others. The
late Michael Kamen wrote the string arrangements for two tracks which will appear on the new
album. She recorded what she has described as "some beautiful orchestral movements" with him
and the London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road in October 2003. Chris Hall has played
accordion on one track. Classical musicians Emma Murphy and Susanna Pell have also recorded
for the album. Del Palmer is said to be engineering. Kate had her new recording studio
serviced and upgraded and started recording in late 1999. Release date was planned at the
start of 2005, but:
A double album entitled Aerial wil be in the stores on November 7th.
It will follow a single, King of the Mountain, released on 24 October, with both the single and album produced by Bush herself.
The 47-year-old performer's last album, The Red Shoes, reached number two in the UK album chart in 1993.
Her last public appearance was in 2001, when she received Q magazine's "classic songwriter"
award in London.
King of the Mountain
Could
you see the aisles of women?
Could you see them screaming and weeping?
Could you see the storm rising?
Could you see the guy who was driving?
Could you climb higher and higher?
Could you climb right over the top?
Why does a multi-millionaire
Fill up his home with priceless junk?
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
Elvis are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain
Another Hollywood waitress
Is telling us she's having your baby
And there's a rumour that you're on ice
And you will rise again someday
And that there's a photograph
Where you're dancing on your grave
The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house
Elvis are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain
The wind it blows
The wind it blows the door closed
Written and Produced by Kate
Recording and Mixing Engineer: Del Palmer
Mastered by James Guthrie
Drawing by Bertie
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Musicians on King of the Mountain:
Symfo Index.