release date: Nov. 2, 1993
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,18]
producer: Kate Bush
label: EMI - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: 1. "Rubberband Girl" - 2. "And so Is Love" - 3. "Eat the Music" - 6. "Lily"
7th studio album by Kate Bush released 4 years after The Sensual World (Oct. 1989). Once again Bush comes out with a mainstream pop / rock album, and in my mind, it's not a hugely inspiring album without being bad or mediocre. Like the predecessor, The Red Shoes reached number #2 on the national albums chart list - number #28 in the US making it her highest ranked album there.
The album would prove to be her last studio release for the following 12 years. Privately, Bush had gone through a break-up with Del Palmer in the early '90s and she found together with guitarist Dan McIntosh, whom she married in '92. Personal loss and a difficult life-style as an international pop star had her retire from the spotlight from early '94, after which she led a completely anonymous life paying attention to her family life until she finally released Aerial in 2005.
Apparently, Kate Bush wasn't satisfied with the production and arrangements of especially this album, which resulted in 7 alternate tracks released on her 2011 album Director's Cut.
[ allmusic.com 2 / 5, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
