The Red Shoes (Album)

The Red Shoes is the seventh studio album by English singer and songwriter Kate Bush. It was released in November 1993 with twelve pieces and placed at the same time the musical accompaniment to Bush's film debut The Line, The Cross and the Curve dar. " The Red Shoes " should Kate Bush's last album will be facing a twelve-year musical pause that only in 2005 with the follow-up album aerial has ended. In England, " The Red Shoes " reached the second place in the album charts and was certified platinum .. In the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts rank 18 the maximum placement managed 28 in Germany, according to Media Control.

Production

The album was written and produced by Kate Bush. Among the many guest performers include Prince, former Procol Harum keyboardist Gary Brooker, and Eric Clapton. On the piece of Moments of Pleasure string arrangements are included by Michael Kamen.

On several tracks of the album song by the Bulgarian band Trio Bulgarka is contributed, supported vocally already appeared on the 1989 The Sensual World Bush.

Shortly after the release of the album in 1993, Kate Bush was not satisfied with the result of the recordings, especially not with the sound production of "The Red Shoes ". The same goes for the album "The Sensual World ," which Bush moved to selected tracks from two albums in 2011, re-arranged, edited and partially re-recorded on the production Director's Cut to publish a second time.

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Reception

" The Red Shoes " was little positive response from the critics and sometimes referred to as Kate Bush's worst studio production. Benevolent reviews emphasize that " The Red Shoes " is less a bad album, but rather in comparison to the remaining works of the singer would drop in quality.