Album: The Red Shoes
{{Album|
|album name = The Red Shoes
|album image = 
|date = 5 October 1993
|length = 55:27
|label = Columbia Records
|studios = Abbey Road Studios (Studio Number One), London, England; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
|previous year = 1993
|next year = 1993
|previous image = Image:Millennium album.jpg
|previous album = Album: Millennium
|next image = Image:Heymansmellmyfinger album.jpg
|next album = Album: _Hey_Man..._Smell_My_Finger
|previous album link = Millennium
|next album link = Hey Man... Smell My Finger |introduction = The Red Shoes is the seventh studio album by British singer/songwriter Kate Bush.
The album contained one song with musical input by Prince, Why Should I Love You?, written by Bush (with no writing input from Prince). Kate Bush's track was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, while Prince's parts were recorded at Paisley Park Studios, marking the only time a released track has been recorded in the two legendary studios.
The album also featured musical input by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Nigel Kennedy. Why Should I Love You? also features British comedian Lenny Henry, who has long been vocal about his love for Prince's music, and performed various monologues about and impersonations of Prince during the 1980s.
The album produced four singles, Rubberband Girl, Eat The Music, The Red Shoes and And So Is Love. It reached number 28 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and was more successful in the UK (Bush's home country), where it reached number 2 on the Gallup Top 40 Album Chart.
|tracklisting =Details given for Prince-related tracks only:
- Rubberband Girl
- And So Is Love
- Eat The Music
- Moments Of Pleasure
- The Song Of Solomon
- Lily
- The Red Shoes
- Top Of The City
- Constellation Of The Heart
- Big Stripey Lie
- Why Should I Love You? (5:03) 1
- You're The One
|other format = |content =
- Side 1:
- Rubberband Girl
- And So Is Love
- Eat The Music
- Moments Of Pleasure
- The Song Of Solomon
- Lily
- Side 2:
- The Red Shoes
- Top Of The City
- Constellation Of The Heart
- Big Stripey Lie
- Why Should I Love You? (5:03) 1
- You're The One
|credits =
|* comment =
1 Written by Kate Bush
|musicians = Kate Bush - lead vocals, keyboards
- Stuart Elliott - drums
- Nigel Hitchcock - saxophone
- Neil Sidwell - trombone
- Paul Spong - trumpet
- Stoyanka Boneva - background vocals (as part of Trio Bulgarka)
- Yanka Rupkina - background vocals (as part of Trio Bulgarka)
- Eva Georgieva - background vocals (as part of Trio Bulgarka)
- Steve Sidwell - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Prince - guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, background vocals
- Lenny Henry - background vocals
|production = Kate Bush - producer
- Del Palmer - programmer, recording engineer, mixing engineer
- Michael Kamen - orchestra arrangement
- Demetr Penev - The Trio Bulgarka vocal arrangement
- Ian Cooper - mastering
- Boromira Nedeva - Bulgarian interpreter
- Ian Sylvester - digital consultant
- Sir Ali - French interpreter
- EFM - maintenence
- John Carder Bush - photography
- Peacock Marketing & Design - sleeve design and artwork
|thanks = |singles =
|see also = ! colspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:100%;color:#AB3E00"| See also
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|charts =
| Charts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| America | |||
| Country: Chart | Entry Date | Peak Position | Weeks in Chart |
| Billboard 200, USA | 20 Nov. 1993 | 26 | 14 |
| Europe | |||
| Country: Chart | Entry Date | Peak Position | Weeks in Chart |
| Gallup Album Chart | 13 Nov. 1993 | 2 | 15 |
| Institution, Country | Date | Certification | |
| BPI, UK | 1 Dec. 1993 | Platinum (units?) | |
| Certifications
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| Awards | |||
| This album has not received any awards in in the USA | |||
