Kate Bush – Aerial (US 2-CD, Columbia 2005): version 2
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# Kate Bush – Aerial (US 2-CD, Columbia 2005) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00827969777220
name: Kate Bush – Aerial (US 2-CD, Columbia 2005)
family: family/aerial-kate-bush
default_observation: us-2cd-2005
summary: Original US double CD of Kate Bush's eighth album Aerial, Columbia 82796 97772 2, released 8 November 2005 under licence from Kate Bush trading as Noble and Brite.
brand: brand/columbia-records
category: category/10001459
country_of_sale: US
pack_quantity: 1
pack_format: tri-fold card sleeve
model_number: 82796 97772 2
status: discontinued
superseded_by: 00886977520822
superseded_note: Columbia reissued the album in the US on 24 August 2010 as 88697 75208 2, with A Sky of Honey as one 42-minute track (Discogs release 9333439)
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| marketed_by | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | US | 2005-11-08 | | | sourced | ^discogs | Discogs lists Sony BMG Music Entertainment as record company; the sleeve text reads "Manufactured and Distributed by Columbia Records, A Division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment" |
| distributed_by | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | US | 2005-11-08 | | | sourced | ^discogs | Distributed by Columbia Records, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment; Columbia is a label, not a legal entity |
| licensed_from | company/noble-and-brite | US | 2005-11-08 | | | sourced | ^discogs | "Columbia Records is the exclusive licensee under copyright in the U.S. of Kate Bush operating as Noble and Brite" |
| manufactured_by | company/sony-dadc | US | 2005-11-08 | | | sourced | ^discogs | Glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute; Discogs 587038 lists discs pressed at Sony DADC, Pitman and Discogs 29561266 a Terre Haute pressing with the same barcode (^discogs-th) |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment | | | | | derived | ^discogs | Prefix 0827969; no source names the registrant; target is the company credited as manufacturer and distributor on this release. Other Columbia pages on this prefix target Sony Music Entertainment, which Sony BMG was renamed to in 2009 |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| US | sourced | ^discogs | Discogs gives release country US and release date 8 November 2005 for this barcode (scanned 0827969777220); MusicBrainz agrees (^musicbrainz) | | | | |
| US | derived | ^amazon | Amazon.com product B000BHNLX0, which MusicBrainz links to this release (^musicbrainz); the page prints no barcode. It showed only third-party offers, "New & Used (7) from $16.10" plus shipping, condition not stated, so no retail price is recorded | 2026-09-13 | | | |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Aerial | name | | | |
| 82796 97772 2 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: Kate Bush
label: brand/columbia-records
record_company: company/sony-bmg-music-entertainment
copyright: 2005 Kate Bush doing business as Noble and Brite
phonographic_copyright: 2005 Kate Bush trading as Noble and Brite
catalogue_number: 82796 97772 2
media: cd
discs: 2
released: 2005-11-08
release_country: US
genre: Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock
runtime_min: 79.93
edition: Original US release
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## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | -------------------- | ------ | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| 1-1 | King Of The Mountain | | 4:53 | ^discogs | Disc 1, A Sea of Honey; the album's only single (^wiki) | Kate Bush |
| 1-2 | π | | 6:09 | ^discogs | Title is the Greek letter pi | Kate Bush |
| 1-3 | Bertie | | 4:18 | ^discogs | Strings arranged by Bill Dunne | Kate Bush |
| 1-4 | Mrs. Bartolozzi | | 5:58 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 1-5 | How To Be Invisible | | 5:32 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 1-6 | Joanni | | 4:56 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 1-7 | A Coral Room | | 6:12 | ^discogs | Vocals by Michael Wood | Kate Bush |
| 2-1 | Prelude | | 1:26 | ^discogs | Disc 2, A Sky of Honey | Kate Bush |
| 2-2 | Prologue | | 5:42 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 2-3 | An Architect's Dream | | 4:50 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 2-4 | The Painter's Link | | 1:35 | ^discogs | Vocals by Rolf Harris on this edition; replaced by Albert McIntosh on the 2018 remaster (^wiki) | Kate Bush |
| 2-5 | Sunset | | 5:58 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 2-6 | Aerial Tal | | 1:01 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 2-7 | Somewhere In Between | | 5:00 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 2-8 | Nocturn | | 8:34 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
| 2-9 | Aerial | | 7:52 | ^discogs | | Kate Bush |
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## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| Packaging | Tri-fold card sleeve with 24-page booklet; red hype sticker on sealed copies | | ^discogs | MusicBrainz describes the packaging as Gatefold Cover (^musicbrainz) | us-2cd-2005 | | | | known | printed | |
| Matrix / runout | CD1 CTDP-143134 5; CD2 CTDP-143135 4 | | ^discogs | Same on all listed variants, including the Terre Haute pressing (^discogs-th) | us-2cd-2005 | | | | known | printed | |
| Mastering SID code | IFPI L327 | | ^discogs | Both discs | us-2cd-2005 | | | | known | printed | |
| Mould SID codes | CD1 IFPI 7217 or IFPI 7225; CD2 IFPI 72014, IFPI 72012 or IFPI 720C | | ^discogs | Pitman variants; the Terre Haute pressing carries IFPI 5008 on CD1 (^discogs-th) | us-2cd-2005 | | | | known | printed | |
| Sticker code | 8 2876 97772 2-S1 | | ^discogs | Printed on the hype sticker of sealed copies | us-2cd-2005 | | | | known | printed | |
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## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------ | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | -------------------- | ------------- |
| us-2cd-2005 | US Columbia 2-CD 82796 97772 2, 2005 | edition | US | | 2005-11-08 | | | supported | | | | ^discogs | Edition described from Discogs releases 587038 and 29561266 and MusicBrainz; no photo of the pack was read | | 1 | | tri-fold card sleeve | 82796 97772 2 |
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## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | note |
| ----------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| us-2cd-2005 | Kate Bush | Producer | ^discogs | Also written by, piano, keyboards and design |
| us-2cd-2005 | Del Palmer | Recording and mix engineer | ^discogs | Also bass |
| us-2cd-2005 | Michael Kamen | Orchestra arranger and conductor | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | London Metropolitan Orchestra | Orchestra | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Simon Rhodes | Orchestra recording engineer | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Chris Bolster | Assistant orchestra recording engineer | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | James Guthrie | Mastering | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Danny McIntosh | Electric and acoustic guitar | ^discogs | Credited as Dan McIntosh |
| us-2cd-2005 | John Giblin | Bass | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Eberhard Weber | Bass | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Peter Erskine | Drums | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Stuart Elliott | Drums | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Steve Sanger | Drums | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Gary Brooker | Backing vocals, Hammond organ | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Lol Creme | Backing vocals | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Paddy Bush | Backing vocals | ^discogs | |
| us-2cd-2005 | Rolf Harris | Didgeridoo, vocals | ^discogs | Vocals on The Painter's Link |
| us-2cd-2005 | Peacock | Design | ^discogs | With Kate Bush |
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## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | -------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| | images | unknown | No licensed photo of this pack was found; Discogs and Cover Art Archive images carry no reuse licence | |
| us-2cd-2005 | specifications | not_researched | Track durations are not printed on the release; they come from Discogs, and MusicBrainz differs by up to a second per track (total 80:05 against 79:56) | ^discogs |
| us-2cd-2005 | packaging | not_researched | Sleeve not read from a photo; Discogs says tri-fold card sleeve, MusicBrainz says gatefold cover | |
| us-2cd-2005 | markets | unknown | No dated retail listing that prints this barcode could be fetched; the Amazon.com page matches through MusicBrainz's ASIN link only, and no last_seen date is sourced | ^amazon |
| | relationships | unknown | No public source names the GS1 registrant of prefix 0827969; the gs1_prefix_owner row is derived from the release credits | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-13
note: Built from Discogs releases 587038, 29561266 and 9333439, the Discogs master versions list, the MusicBrainz release record, Wikipedia and the 2007 Barcodepedia archive; no pack photo read.
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## Images <!--images-->
| asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | provider_entity_id | provider_image_id | source_image_url | download_url | retrieved_at | matched_barcode | match_method | match_confidence | original_width | original_height | stored_width | stored_height | observation |
| ------------------- | ----- | ----------------- | --------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ----------- |
| front-6f0fe382.webp | front | cover-art-archive | editorial | Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/release/5eceb9ff-d7d2-31b8-b070-d6b7ab588611/cover-art | 2026-09-13 | | 5eceb9ff-d7d2-31b8-b070-d6b7ab588611 | 22423536948 | https://coverartarchive.org/release/5eceb9ff-d7d2-31b8-b070-d6b7ab588611/22423536948.png | https://coverartarchive.org/release/5eceb9ff-d7d2-31b8-b070-d6b7ab588611/22423536948-1200.jpg | 2026-09-13T19:13:35.845Z | 0827969777220 | barcode | 1 | 1200 | 1188 | 1200 | 1188 | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/587038 | Discogs release 587038: Kate Bush – Aerial (2×CD, Album, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 587038 | identifiers, labels, companies, notes, tracklist, credits | | | |
| discogs-th | https://api.discogs.com/releases/29561266 | Discogs release 29561266: Kate Bush – Aerial (2×CD, Album, US, 2005, Terre Haute pressing) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 29561266 | identifiers, formats, companies | | | |
| discogs-2010 | https://api.discogs.com/releases/9333439 | Discogs release 9333439: Kate Bush – Aerial (2×CD, Album, US, 2010) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 9333439 | identifiers, notes, tracklist | | | |
| discogs-master | https://api.discogs.com/masters/28811/versions?per_page=100 | Discogs master 28811: Kate Bush – Aerial, versions | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 28811 | versions | | | |
| musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/5eceb9ff-d7d2-31b8-b070-d6b7ab588611?fmt=json&inc=labels+recordings+artist-credits | MusicBrainz release: Kate Bush – Aerial (CD, US, 2005) | 2026-09-13 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 5eceb9ff-d7d2-31b8-b070-d6b7ab588611 | barcode, label, catalogue number, media, recordings, ASIN | CC0 | | |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_(album) | Wikipedia: Aerial (album) | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead, overview, single, re-releases, infobox | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| amazon | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BHNLX0 | Amazon.com: Bush, Kate – Aerial | 2026-09-13 | Amazon.com | retailer | | B000BHNLX0 | offers | | | |
| barcodepedia-2007 | https://web.archive.org/web/20070301034504/http://en.barcodepedia.com/827969777220/aerial | Barcodepedia (2007 archive): Aerial | 2026-09-13 | Barcodepedia | other | 2007-03-01 | | title, container | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
This is the original United States double compact disc of Aerial, the eighth album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush, released by Columbia Records on 8 November 2005 as catalogue number 82796 97772 2.[^discogs] It was her first album in twelve years and her first double album, issued on EMI outside the US, and it peaked at number three in the UK.[^wiki] The two discs hold the suites A Sea of Honey and A Sky of Honey, sixteen tracks lasting about 80 minutes.[^musicbrainz] The sleeve credits the recording to Kate Bush trading as Noble and Brite and names Columbia, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, as exclusive US licensee, manufacturer and distributor; the discs were glass mastered by Sony DADC.[^discogs]
The old Barcodepedia page, captured in March 2007, titled this barcode "Aerial" and listed it as an audio CD.[^barcodepedia-2007] Columbia reissued the album in the US in August 2010 under barcode 886977520822, with A Sky of Honey as a single 42-minute track,[^discogs-2010] and from 2011 Bush reissued her albums on her own label, Fish People.[^wiki]
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