Director’s Cut is Kate Bush’s revising and re-recording tracks from her albums The Sensual World (1989) and The Red Shoes (1993). All the lead vocals and drums on Director’s Cut are new performances. Three songs have been completely re-recorded including the classic “This Woman’s Work.” Kate Bush explains her motivation in this project this way: “For some time I have felt that I wanted to revisit a selection of tracks from the albums The Sensual World and The Red Shoes. Keeping the best original performances from the musicians but stripping out the tracks, adding new scenes and textures before sewing it all back together, it has become something of a director’s cut but in sound–not vision…and that they could benefit from having new life breathed into them. Lots of work had gone into the two original albums and now these songs have another layer of work woven into their fabric. I think of this as a new album.” It sounds great to me! GRADE: A
TRACK LIST:
Disc: 1
1. Flower of the Mountain
2. The Song of Solomon
3. Lily
4. Deeper Understanding
5. The Red Shoes
6. This Woman’s Work
7. Moments of Pleasure
8. Never Be Mine
9. Top of the City
10. And So is Love
11. Rubberband Girl
Disc: 2
1. The Sensual World
2. Love and Anger
3. The Fog
4. Reaching Out
5. Heads We’re Dancing
6. Deeper Understanding
7. Between A Man And A Woman
8. Never Be Mine
9. Rocket’s Tail
10. This Woman’s Work
11. Walk Straight Down the Middle
Disc: 3
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?
12. You’re the One