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 it's hard to tell.... Oct 08, 2009
It's really hard for me to write a review on this album! I ownend it when I was in my early 20's and remember being fascinated with Kate Bush and fanatical about all of her works. Admittedly, I still am. The difficutly with reviewing this album comes from the fact that I'm not able to owing to the pathetic condition the disc was in when it arrived. The seller of the item rated it Very Good when in all honesty it's Very Bad (the disc, not the album, I mean).
When it was GOOD Sep 11, 2009
Now you put on the stage Gary Brooker, Kate Bush and Jeff Beck, sit back and appreciate.
This kind of music was made before everything was governed byt the big companies, before artists had been turned to bioreactors and their art into idiot fodder where quantities sold are more important than any one of the qualities.
Might be I am an old fart but if the taste of music is the criterion, so are people 40 years my junior.
It is so very good when you have real artists who are so good that they even can make a mistake and you just love them more.
The pearl of the pearls on this album is "You are the One".
It is worth buying the whole disc.
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A mostly successful mixed bag Jul 11, 2008
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Intriguing album bookended by two masterpieces... Jul 01, 2007
Kate Bush's mature little girl's voice hasn't resonated as much in the United States as in Europe or Britain. Nonetheless, word of mouth does wonders and her music has attained an American following despite mainstream neglect and less than stellar chart positions. The general mainstream dismissal of female intellectualism in the States probably hasn't helped. Sadly, a solid combination of brains and beauty, both of which Bush possesses in droves, can be a disadvantage across the pond. She also has a propensity towards the artistic, which erupts most in her modern dance music videos. Their acute angularity prompted American producers to shoot "American friendly" versions. Some things just don't import as well as the Fab Four.
By the release of "The Red Shoes" in 1993 Bush had scored a stateside hit with the tempestuous "Love and Anger." Though the new album chart-topped "The Sensual World" it nonetheless didn't make her a household name in America. Many fans, regardless of locale, consider the album one of her weaker efforts. Some critics attribute this to its trimmed down "live in the studio" feel. Supposedly Bush planned to take these songs on the road, which would have broken her "no tour since 1979" streak. She thus toned down the rocket science productions of her previous albums to facilitate live performances. Fans of her studio pyrotechnics grimaced. In the end, the tour didn't happen and "The Red Shoes" joined the ranks of Bush's impressive oeuvre with more of a thud than a splash. Over ten years would pass before her next incredible album, "Aerial."
"The Red Shoes" does pale somewhat in comparison to "The Sensual World," but not much. A few of the songs sound like carry-overs from that 1989 album. Carry-overs, not outtakes; that's a big difference. "The Song of Solomon" and "You're the One" hearken the return of the amazing Trio Bulgarka. The former song's bridge provides one of the album's most moving passages. Other huge standouts include the go-with-the-flow "Rubberband Girl" (complete with 'alternate' European and American videos), the heartbreaking "Moments of Pleasure," and the obsessively danceable title track. These easily stand amongst Bush's best songs. The rest of the album ranges from great to passable, with far more emphasis on the great side of the continuum. "Constellation of the Heart" remains somewhat of a head-scratcher and "Why Should I Love You?" would sound more appropriate on a Prince album (the real Prince Rogers Nelson sat in on this one, which explains the anomaly). But, apart from a few less than extraordinary moments, "The Red Shoes" contains enough great work to satisfy any Kate Bush fan.
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 I don't know much about music but I know what I like Jun 16, 2007
this is my favorte album of all time. maybe her other work is more musicly complex. well I'v lisened to "hounds of love" and I only liked one song "runing up that hill" I'm a incredbly verbal person and if I can not understand the lyricks I get very fustrated. I think the lyrics on "the red shoes" are magical in fact some of them are inspired by ceramoneal magic traditions and palmistry. I am wiccan and I find those images inspiering. if lyrics are irelivant to you you might want to skip this album and get another by her. of the albums I'v heard "hounds of love" and "arial" this is the most "pop" or "rock" like. alot of the songs make me want to dance.
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