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''Director's Cut'' is an album by English singer and songwriter Kate Bush that she released in May 2011.〔 It is made up of songs from her earlier albums ''The Sensual World'' and ''The Red Shoes'' which have been remixed and restructured, three of which were re-recorded completely. It was Bush's first album release since 2005's ''Aerial'' and the first on her own record label, Fish People. Bush wrote all of the songs and composed all of the lyrics with the exception of lines referenced from James Joyce.〔 The album has received mostly positive critical reviews.〔 Praise has appeared from various publications such as Allmusic and ''The Scotsman''.〔 == Overview == Released in May 2011, the album features four tracks taken from ''The Sensual World'' (1989) and seven from ''The Red Shoes'' (1993) which have been re-recorded while retaining most of the original instrumentation. Regarding the entirely new lyrics to the song "The Sensual World", now re-titled "Flower of the Mountain", Bush said this: "Originally when I wrote the song "The Sensual World" I had used text from the end of ''Ulysses'' by James Joyce, put to a piece of music I had written. When I asked for permission to use the text I was refused, which was disappointing. I then wrote my own lyrics for the song although I felt that the original idea had been more interesting. Well, I’m not James Joyce am I? When I came to work on this project I thought I would ask for permission again and this time they said yes. It is now re-titled "Flower of the Mountain" and I am delighted that I have had the chance to fulfill the original concept. For some time I have felt that I wanted to revisit tracks from these two albums 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." All the lead vocals on ''Director's Cut'' and some of the backing vocals have been entirely re-recorded, with some of the songs transposed to a lower key to accommodate Bush's matured voice. Additionally, the drum tracks have been reconceived and re-recorded, with some of the tracks featuring Steve Gadd. Bassist Danny Thompson also appears and, on backing vocals, Mica Paris. Three songs have been completely re-recorded: "This Woman's Work", "Rubberband Girl" and "Moments of Pleasure". ''Director's Cut'' is available as a digital album, a standard CD in a case-bound book, a deluxe version ("Collector's Edition"), consisting of a box set including ''Director’s Cut'', ''The Sensual World'' and the ''The Red Shoes'' (re-mastered from digital to analogue), and two-disc vinyl. ''Director's Cut'' was recorded using analogue equipment. Bush stated in an interview for BBC radio that she never liked the "hard-edged sound" of the digitally recorded ''The Red Shoes'' and feels both the new recordings of the songs from this album and the re-mastered ''The Red Shoes'' have a "warmer, fuller sound." The album was a chart success, reaching No. 2 on the UK albums chart (matching the chart peak of both ''The Sensual World'' and ''The Red Shoes'') and although it fell swiftly down the chart after its first week it has sold consistently and has since been certified silver in the UK.〔 The album also charted in a number of other countries, including a No. 4 entry in the Irish charts, and also went top ten in the Netherlands and Norway. Director's Cut versions of ''Lily'' and ''Top of the City'' were performed live for the first time in Before the Dawn 2014 series of concerts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Director's Cut (Kate Bush album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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