50 Words for SnowEveryone better hold off on writing those Best Albums of 2011 lists, because a last-minute disc has swooped in and stolen the hearts of music critics everywhere: Kate Bush's '50 Words for Snow', the British singer's first album of original music since her equally well-received 'Aerial' in 2005. There isn't a single negative review for the album on Metacritic, as '50 Words for Snow' has garnered every praiseworthy, multi-syllabic adjective imaginable. (Seriously, reading reviews for this album is like studying for the SATs.) As Bush sings on title track, there are 50 words for snow in the Eskimo-Aleut language, so here are 50 words, from the keyboards of music critics, to describe '50 Words for Snow':
Pitchfork:
1. beguiling
2. subtle
3. blizzard-y
EW
4. stunning
5. gorgeous
BBC
6. profound
7. jolting
8. cold
9. absurd
Spin
10. diaphanous
11. spooky
12. languorous
13. somnambulant
Los Angeles Times
14. elegance
15. ethereal
16. precious
17. illuminated
Paste
18. pillowy
19. radiating
20. luxurious
21. airy
22. wintry
Boston Globe
23. serene
24. glacier
25. elegy
Slant
26. dense
27. icy
28. bizarre
29. erotic
30. hushed
31. magnificent
Drowned in Sound
32. spectacular
33. immense
34. monomaniacally
35. precise
36. incomparable
The Guardian
37. humping
38. peculiar
39. inscrutable
40. extraordinary
The Quietus:
41. impressionistic
42. whimsical
43. striking
44. strangeness
The Telegraph
45. heartworn
46. warmth
47. chilling
OutKast's Big Boi:
48. somber
49. raw
And from the one less-than-exemplary (but still positive) review on Metacritic:
50. disappointing
