Tag: Director’s Cut

New releases: Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Peter Hook, The Replacements, Go-Go's

New releases: Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Peter Hook, The Replacements, Go-Go’s

This week’s new releases include Kate Bush’s new ‘Director’s Cut’ and five reissues; four 2CD reissues from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Peter Hook’s ‘1102/2011′ EP of Joy Division covers; The Replacements’ ‘Don’t Tell a Soul’ on vinyl; and a 2CD reissue of the Go-Go’s ‘Beauty and the Beat.’

Full-album stream: Kate Bush, 'Director's Cut'

Full-album stream: Kate Bush, ‘Director’s Cut’

The first new album in six years from Kate Bush — ‘Director’s Cut,’ featuring 10 reworked tracks off 1989’s ‘The Sensual World’ and 1993’s ‘The Red Shoes’ — arrives Monday in the U.K., and, on this side of the pond, NPR is giving fans an early listen with a full-album stream.

Video: Kate Bush, ‘Deeper Understanding’

Directed by Kate Bush herself, the video for the singer’s new version of ‘Deeper Understanding’ — the first single off next month’s ‘Director’s Cut’ — is a little nutty, with ‘Harry Potter’ fixture Robbie Coltrane starring as a man who falls in love with a computer program.

Stream: Sample of Kate Bush’s ‘Flower of the Mountain’ (new version of ‘Sensual World’)

Fans of Kate Bush this morning got another sneak peak at her forthcoming collection ‘Director’s Cut’ when the singer released a sample of a third track off the album, ‘Flower of the Mountain.’

Stream: Sample of Kate Bush’s reworked ‘Lily,’ off ‘Director’s Cut’ compilation

A week after revealing the tracklist to her forthcoming collection ‘Director’s Cut’ — featuring 10 retooled songs form 1989’s ‘The Sensual World’ and 1993’s ‘The Red Shoes’ — Kate Bush today dropped a sample of a second track off the album, ‘Lilly.’

Kate Bush reveals 'Director's Cut' tracklist; stream 1st single, 'Deeper Understanding'

Kate Bush reveals ‘Director’s Cut’ tracklist; stream 1st single, ‘Deeper Understanding’

Kate Bush returned to the studio to record all-new vocals for the 10 tracks off ‘The Sensual World’ and ‘The Red Shoes’ that comprise her forthcoming collection ‘Director’s Cut,’ the singer announced today, revealing both the set’s tracklist and its first single — a reworked ‘Deeper Understanding.’

Sample: Kate Bush Auto-Tunes 1989's 'Deeper Understanding' for 'Director's Cut' single

Sample: Kate Bush Auto-Tunes 1989’s ‘Deeper Understanding’ for ‘Director’s Cut’ single

The first tease of Kate Bush’s upcoming ‘Director’s Cut’ album — which revisits tracks from ‘The Sensual World’ and ‘The Red Shoes’ — has surfaced online: a 30-second sample of the new version of ‘Deeper Understanding’ that finds Bush’s incomparable vocals run through Auto-Tune on the chorus.