Red Shoes (1993) (Import)

Artist: Kate Bush
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Product Summary
UPC: 04988006836655
Release Date: 11/22/2005
Buy.com Sku: 202067496
Item#: M2R5ES
Format:  CD


Song Listing
 
Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Rubberband Girl------
2. And So Is Love------
3. Eat The Music------
4. Moments Of Pleasure------
5. Song Of Solomon, The------
6. Lily------
7. Red Shoes, The------
8. Top Of The City------
9. Constellation Of The Heart------
10. Big Stripey Lie------
11. Why Should I Love You?------
12. You're The One------


Japanese pressing of Kate's 1993 album Red Shoes. Comes packaged in a miniature LP sleeve.
 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel: Kate Bush (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, bass); Prince (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Danny McIntosh (guitar); Paddy Bush (mandola, valiha, singing bowls, musical bow, fujare, whistles, background vocals); Nigel Kennedy (violin, viola); Justin Vali (valiha, kaboosy, background vocals); Nigel Hitchcock (tenor & baritone saxophones); Paul Spong (trumpet); Neil Sidwell (trombone); Steve Sidwell (trumpet, flugelhorn); Gaumont D'Olivera (bass, drums, percussion, programming); John Giblin (bass); Stuart Elliot (drums, percussion); Charlie Morgan (percussion); Lenny Henry, Collin Lloyd-Tucker (background vocals); Trio Bulgarka, Gary Brooker.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios Number One, London, England.
Kate Bush was never the most prolific of artists; this 1993 album and its attendant singles formed her complete '90s output. Her recordings are carefully conceived, densely orchestrated, and finely tuned, and THE RED SHOES is no exception. Though spontaneity may not be her strong suit, her records are never dull or self-indulgent.
Among Kate Bush's most relaxed recordings, THE RED SHOES features a number of guest appearances, notably Eric Clapton, Nigel Kennedy, and Jeff Beck. Highlights include the appropriately bouncy "Rubberband Girl," the double entendre-laden "Eat the Music," complete with a great horn section, and "Big Stripey Lie," an angry track shot through with distortion and some of Bush's most agonized vocals since her 1980 album NEVER FOR EVER. Also noteworthy is "Why Should I Love You?" an interesting collusion between Bush's introspective style and loose funk lite, courtesy of The Artist Hereafter Known As Prince Rodgers Nelson.

 
Compilation Appearances
Two Rooms-Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
She's Having A Baby
Rolling Stone Women In Rock
Felicity
Hidden Treasures
Back To Mine
Rewind: Best Of The 80's (w/Bonus DVD)(w/ Bonus DVD)
Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Underground
Music Of The 20th Century 1880-1999
BRAZIL / O.S.T. (RMST)
Vice City(box Set) 1002
Greatest Pop Ballads
Hits And Extended Mixes
Elton John's Christmas Party
Starter For Ten
Made Of Bricks

 
Associated Artists and Works
Artists, Various
Artists, Various
E-Clypse
Original Soundtrack
Brazil ~ Original Soundtrack
Various Artists
Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 01/2006
Original Release Date : 1993
Catalog ID : 487771
Label : Toshiba EMI (Japan)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 49880068366558

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (11/25/93, p.120)
- 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...There are more hooks on THE RED SHOES than on any of [Kate Bush's] releases since THE DREAMING...while the music has settled down somewhat, Bush herself remains rambunctious, and it's a saving grace..."

Spin (12/93, p.119)
- Recommended - "...Great songs lurk on THE RED SHOES....Bush still sings like a siren..."

Entertainment Weekly (11/5/93, p.70)
- "...Filled with lovely, if loopy, pop songs, RED SHOES makes sense of Bush's excesses without squelching her beguiling silliness...." - Rating: B

Q (11/93, p.115)
- 3 Stars - Good - "...THE RED SHOES improves immeasurably after repeated plays over a long period of time...[it's] more musically varied than thematically..."

Melody Maker (10/30/93, p.32)
- "...an utter masterpiece. It had decked me within four tracks and by the climax I was positively subterranean...."

Musician (11/93, p.86)
- "...Between the theatrical arrangements and aggressively intimate vocals, Bush has clearly labored to do justice to the soul's storms..."

NME (Magazine)
(12/25/93, p.67)
- Ranked #45 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...when the blues really burn, she'll break your heart...."

NME (Magazine)
(11/6/93, p.29)
- 9 - Excellent Plus - "...a paradoxical thing. It's her most personal album to date, yet it's also her most accessible, in which the listener can identify personally with the pain she's trying to pull herself through....a truly exceptional album...."

 


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