- rock, pop
- 65 min
- 7 tracks
- Fish People
50 Words for Snow is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush, released on 21 November 2011. It was the second album released on her own label, Fish People, and Bush's first all-new material since Aerial (2005). The album was promoted by the single "Wild Man"; a further single, "Snowflake", followed in October 2024, alongside a short film in support of War Child.
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Grave, character-led, contemporary and intimate.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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Metacritic 85/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8.2/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Daily Telegraph5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- The Independent5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork8.5/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1Snowflake9:48
- 2Lake Tahoe11:08
- 3Misty13:32
- 4Wild Man7:17
- 5Snowed in at Wheeler Street8:05
- 650 Words for Snow8:31
- 7Among Angels6:49
7 tracks, 65 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kate Bush
- Label
- Fish People
- Released
- November 21, 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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