Red Hot + Blue
Red Hot + Blue is the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting several songs of Cole Porter, and the title of the album originates from Cole Porter's musical Red, Hot and Blue.
| Red Hot + Blue | ||||
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| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released | September 25, 1990 | |||
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| Length | 77:03 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
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| Red Hot Benefit series chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
2006 CD/DVD re-issue | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Calgary Herald | A |
| NME | 5/10 |
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| The Vancouver Sun | |
Released in September 1990, the album sold over a million copies worldwide, raised nearly $1m for the activist group ACT UP, and was heralded as one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business. The accompanying ABC television special featured music videos for the songs. The clips portrayed the societal effects of AIDS.
In 2006 Red Hot + Blue was re-issued as a two-disc set including the original CD remastered, and a DVD of the video collection. In 2023, Bloomsbury Publishing announced that John S. Garrison would be writing a volume on Red Hot + Blue for its newest round of books in their 33⅓ book series.