LOVING this vocal! I think we can definitely see this song being played a few times at this year’s Sensual Walk event in Howth on June 18th! 🙂
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Another review to whet our appetites for the new album appeared today courtesy of Priya Elan at the NME here. May 16th cannot get here quick enough! (with thanks to Louise)
The Dublin radio station Phantom 105.2 featured a review of Director’s Cut this morning, with journalist Eamon Sweeney of The Irish Independent. You can hear it here (with thanks to Tom on our forum)
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Confusion over Lily audio clip… we and many others reported a 30 second audio clip of the new version of ‘Lily’ being posted on Youtube, but none of the links are now working and there is no word on the official Facebook and Youtube pages. We will try and keep you informed when we establish the origin of the clips!
FURTHER UPDATE: We now understand that there was what is known in the music industry as a “cock-up on the video front” at YouTube which resulted in some some short audio clips and a number of email notifications being posted before they should have been. Understandably the lucky few who heard these clips got very enthusiastic and reposted these so that other fans could hear them. Having done this and noted that the clips had been taken down, one fan sent an email to KateBush.com and received a very polite reply explaining what had happened and requesting that the clip not be reposted until it was properly made public. We suggest you keep an eye on the official FaceBook and YouTube and of course here at KateBushNews.com for any further news as to when these clips will officially be made public.
FINAL UPDATE: The ‘Lily’ preview clip has been officially posted on Youtube. Wonderful stuff here from Kate 🙂
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Now up on Amazon, full version photo here (thanks to Dan and Louise).
Disc One 1. Flower Of The Mountain 2. Song Of Solomon 3. Lily 4. Deeper Understanding 5. The Red Shoes
Disc Two 1. This Woman’s Work 2. Moments Of Pleasure 3. Never Be Mine 4. Top Of The City 5. And So Is Love 6. Rubberband Girl
Thanks again to Louise for this. Notice a couple of different things about the cover? 🙂 Full version here.
Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 Roundtable review programme played Deeper Understanding this evening and as well as discussing the record, writer Keith Cameron mentioned that he has just interviewed Kate about the new album for a forthcoming Mojo Magazine article. Listen again here (33:28 until 44:22, available till 14th April). Thanks to Louise (who also sourced the album package photo for us) for this news!
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From the press release:
KATE BUSH RELEASES HER BRAND NEW SINGLE “DEEPER UNDERSTANDING” ON TUESDAY APRIL 5; THE SINGLE WAS PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RADIO 2 THIS MORNING, MONDAY APRIL 4.
KATE’S NEW ALBUM “DIRECTOR’S CUT” IS RELEASED ON MAY 16 AND FEATURES RE-INTERPRETATIONS AND MANY NEWLY RECORDED ELEMENTS OF CLASSIC KATE BUSH SONGS FROM TWO PREVIOUS ALBUMS.
Kate Bush releases her new single, a brand new version of “Deeper Understanding”, on Tuesday April 5. The single is released digitally and had its first play this morning, Monday April 4 on Radio 2. A new short film to accompany the track will be premiered in a few weeks. It’s directed by Kate and stars Robbie Coltrane, Frances Barber and Noel Fielding – and Kate’s son Albert plays the role of the computer programme. He is also featured in the song, singing as the computer programme.
Kate’s new album “Director’s Cut” is released on May 16, the first album to be released on her own label, Fish People, which will be distributed by EMI. The track-listing for the album, which sees her revisit and, in some cases, re-record tracks from two of her classic albums is:
- FLOWER OF THE MOUNTAIN (a new version of the song originally titled ‘The Sensual World’)
- SONG OF SOLOMON
- DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
- LILY
- THE RED SHOES
- THIS WOMAN’S WORK
- MOMENTS OF PLEASURE
- NEVER BE MINE
- TOP OF THE CITY
- AND SO IS LOVE
- RUBBERBAND GIRL
Kate says: “Originally when I wrote the song ‘The Sensual World’ I had used text from the end of ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce, put to a piece of music I had written. When I asked for permission to use the text I was refused, which was disappointing. I then wrote my own lyrics for the song although I felt that the original idea had been more interesting. Well, I’m not James Joyce am I? When I came to work on this project I thought I would ask for permission again and this time they said yes. It is now re-titled ‘Flower Of the Mountain’ and I am delighted that I have had the chance to fulfill the original concept”.
All the lead vocals and drums on “Director’s Cut” are new performances, some of the tracks featuring guests including Steve Gadd, Danny Thompson and, on backing vocals, Mica Paris. Three songs have been completely re-recorded, one of which is “This Woman’s Work”.
Kate adds: “For some time I have felt that I wanted to revisit tracks from these two albums and that they could benefit from having new life breathed into them. Lots of work had gone into the two original albums and now these songs have another layer of work woven into their fabric. I think of this as a new album”.
Kate Bush is currently working on her new album of brand new material.
From the official Facebook page:
Radio 2 will be the first radio station in the world to play the new Kate Bush single, “Deeper Understanding” on Monday 4 April 2011. The song will be played within the Ken Bruce show at approximately 11.10am. Ken Bruce told us ‘The listeners to my show are very vocal when it comes to their musical loves, so I know that having the world exclusive of Kate’s new single will surpass their extremely high standards. I can’t wait to hear it myself.’
The song will be the Record of the Week on Radio2 and will be played each day on the Ken Bruce’s Show and Alex Lester’s programme. Jeff Smith, Head of Music, Radio 2 and 6 Music – ”Kate’s music is as influential today as it was when it was first released, so I’m delighted to have this world exclusive.
To celebrate the news from Radio 2… We bring you love and Deeper Understanding…
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A Swedish CD store (link here) is listing the Director’s Cut tracklisting as follows. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED!
UPDATE: The Swedish site have removed the tracklisting. As we said, this is not confirmed by EMI or Kate. We will await any official word.
1 Flower of the Mountain
2 Song of Solomon
3 Lily
4 Deeper Understanding
5 The Red Shoes
6 This Woman’s Work
7 Moments of Pleasure
8 Never be Mine
9 Top of the City
10 And so is Love
11 Rubberband Girl