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The Red Shoes (Album) (Music)
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The Red Shoes is the seventh studio album by English art pop musician Kate Bush, released in 1993 through EMI in the UK and Columbia Records in the US. Coming out four years after her previous effort, 1989's The Sensual World, this album marked a shift to a more pop-oriented approach influenced by Bush's desire to make an album that could translate more effectively to live performances. Consequently, much of the studio-centric traits present across prior albums were absent, with the Fairlight CMI trickery being deemphasized in favor of standard synthesizers and live instruments. To facilitate this, Bush worked with a large number of collaborators, including Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen, Jeff Beck, and even Prince.Contrary to its poppy, upbeat sound, the album was recorded during a tense period in Bush's personal life. Longtime collaborator Alan Murphy and The Tour of Life backing dancer Gary "Bubba" Hurst respectively died in 1989 and 1990, both from complications of AIDS, her relationship with Del Palmer disintegrated (though the two would remain coworkers), and her mother, Hannah, fell deathly ill, ultimately passing away just before the album's release. These difficulties played a role in the album's lengthy production, taking three years to put together; in the interim, she put out the discography-spanning Boxed Set "This Woman's Work" and a Cover Version of Elton John's "Rocket Man", for the tribute album Two Rooms. The latter project ended up being her last work with Murphy before his death. The losses Bush faced in her personal life would influence the lyrics of the album, with many songs carrying undercurrents of both longing and grief.Upon release, The Red Shoes was a substantial commercial success in the UK, where it peaked at No. 2, became the 32nd best-selling album of the year, and was certified platinum. In the US, where Bush's following was more limited, it only peaked at No. 28, but still out-charted both Hounds of Love and The Sensual World; it would also be certified gold in Canada. However, where Bush would go from here would go unanswered, as an intended one-year hiatus turned into twelve as the production of the follow-up album, Aerial, dragged on. In the meantime, she would have a son, Albert McIntosh, devoting her time to raising him. Aerial would eventually release in 2005.The Red Shoes was supported by five singles: "Rubberband Girl", "Eat the Music", "Moments of Pleasure", "The Red Shoes", and "And So Is Love". Bush aimed to support the album with an expansive world tour, which would've been her first since The Tour of Life in 1979. However, these plans never materialized; instead, she recorded the short film The Line, the Cross and the Curve, which featured music videos for "Rubberband Girl", "And So Is Love", "The Red Shoes", "Moments of Pleasure", "Eat the Music" and "Lily". In 2011, Bush included re-recorded versions of "Song of Solomon", "Lily", "The Red Shoes", "Moments of Pleasure", "Top of the City", "And So Is Love", and "Rubberband Girl" on her ninth studio album, Director's Cut, together with re-recorded songs from The Sensual World.Tracklist: "Rubberband Girl" (4:42) "And So Is Love" (4:16) "Eat the Music" (5:08) "Moments of Pleasure" (5:16) "The Song of Solomon" (4:27) "Lily" (3:51) "The Red Shoes" (4:00) "Top of the City" (4:14) "Constellation of the Heart" (4:46) "Big Stripey Lie" (3:32) "Why Should I Love You?" (5:00) "You're the One" (5:52)Every old sock meets an old trope: | |
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