Reviews
Ranked #45 in New Musical Express' list of `The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...when the blues really burn, she'll break your heart....", 9 - Excellent Plus - "...a paradoxical thing. It's her most personal album to date, yet it's also her most accessible, in which the listener can identify personally with the pain she's trying to pull herself through....a truly exceptional album....", "...Filled with lovely, if loopy, pop songs, RED SHOES makes sense of Bush's excesses without squelching her beguiling silliness...." - Rating: B+, 3 Stars - Good - "...THE RED SHOES improves immeasurably after repeated plays over a long period of time...it's more musically varied than thematically...", "...an utter masterpiece. It had decked me within four tracks and by the climax I was positively subterranean....", Recommended-"...Great Songs Lurk on the Red Shoes....Bush Still Sings like a Siren...", "...Between the theatrical arrangements and aggressively intimate vocals, Bush has clearly labored to do justice to the soul's storms...", 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...There are more hooks on THE RED SHOES than on any of Kate Bush's releases since THE DREAMING...while the music has settled down somewhat, Bush herself remains rambunctious, and it's a saving grace..."
