Album: The Red Shoes

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The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes (Front Cover)

Album details


Released: 5 October 1993
Length: 55:27
Label(s): Columbia Records
Studio(s): Abbey Road Studios (Studio Number One), London, England; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards


Charts
America
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
Billboard 200, USA 20 Nov. 1993 28 14
 
Europe
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
Gallup Album Chart 13 Nov. 1993 2 15
Certifications
Institution, Country Date Certification
BPI, UK 1 Dec. 1993 Platinum (300,000)
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released


The 4 singles released from this album didn’t contain a Prince contribution:

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).


Sessions and compiling

Kate Bush recorded Why Should I Love You? at Abbey Road Studios, London, England, while Prince’s parts were recorded at Larrabee Sound Studios in North Hollywood, California.

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.


Promotion

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.

The album was remastered by Doug Sax, James Guthrie and Joel Plante and re-released in 2018 (with no additional tracks).



Track listing
CD LP/MC

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:

  1. Rubberband Girl
  2. And So Is Love
  3. Eat The Music
  4. Moments Of Pleasure
  5. The Song Of Solomon
  6. Lily
  7. The Red Shoes
  8. Top Of The City
  9. Constellation Of The Heart
  10. Big Stripey Lie
  11. Why Should I Love You? (5:03) 1
  12. You’re The One




2018 CD Reissue (Remastered)

  1. Rubberband Girl
  2. And So Is Love
  3. Eat The Music
  4. Moments Of Pleasure
  5. The Song Of Solomon
  6. Lily
  7. The Red Shoes
  8. Top Of The City
  9. Constellation Of The Heart
  10. Big Stripey Lie
  11. Why Should I Love You? (5:03) 1
  12. You’re The One
  • Side 1:
  1. Rubberband Girl
  2. And So Is Love
  3. Eat The Music
  4. Moments Of Pleasure
  5. The Song Of Solomon
  6. Lily
  • Side 2:
  1. The Red Shoes
  2. Top Of The City
  3. Constellation Of The Heart
  4. Big Stripey Lie
  5. Why Should I Love You? (5:03) 1
  6. You’re The One



2018 Vinyl Reissue (Remastered)

  • Side 1:
  1. Rubberband Girl
  2. And So Is Love
  3. Eat The Music
  • Side 2:
  1. Moments Of Pleasure
  2. The Song Of Solomon
  3. Lily
  • Side 3:
  1. The Red Shoes
  2. Top Of The City
  3. Constellation Of The Heart
  • Side 4:
  1. Big Stripey Lie
  2. Why Should I Love You? (5:03) 1
  3. You’re The One


1 Written by Kate Bush



Personnel
Musicians


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



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

USA CD CK 53737 center center center center

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

None

 

 

 
Additional Information

Promotion (at time of release) Trivia


References
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