Жанр: Pop/Rock | Страна: England | Годы: 1985—2016
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After disbanding the Police at the peak of their popularity in 1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, one obsessed with expanding the boundaries of pop music. Sting incorporated heavy elements of jazz, classical, and worldbeat into his music, writing lyrics that were literate and self-consciously meaningful, and he was never afraid to emphasize this fact in the press. For such unabashed ambition, he was equally loved and reviled, with supporters believing that he was at the forefront of literate, intelligent rock and his critics finding his entire body of work pompous. Either way, Sting remained one of pop's biggest superstars for the first ten years of his solo career, before his record sales began to slip. Before the Police were officially disbanded, Sting began work on his first solo album late in 1984, rounding up a group of jazz musicians as a supporting band. Moving from bass to guitar, he recorded his solo debut, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, and Omar Hakim. The move wasn't entirely unexpected since Sting had played with jazz and progressive rock bands in his youth, but the result was considerably more mature and diverse than any Police record. The album became a hit, with "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "Love Is the Seventh Wave," and "Fortress Around Your Heart" reaching the American Top Ten. Sting brought the band out on an extensive tour and filmed the proceedings for a 1986 documentary called Bring on the Night, which appeared alongside a live double album of the same name. That year, Sting participated in a half-hearted Police reunion that resulted in only one new song, a re-recorded version of "Don't Stand So Close to Me." Following the aborted Police reunion, Sting began working on the ambitious Nothing Like the Sun, which was dedicated to his recently deceased mother. Proceeding from a jazz foundation, and again collaborating with Marsalis, Sting worked with a number of different musicians on the album, including Gil Evans and former Police guitarist Andy Summers. The album received generally positive reviews upon its release in late 1987, and it generated hit singles with "We'll Be Together" and "They Dance Alone." Following its release, Sting began actively campaigning for Amnesty International and environmentalism, establishing the Rainforest Foundation, which was designed to raise awareness about preserving the Brazilian rainforest. An abridged Spanish version of Nothing Like the Sun, Nada Como el Sol, was released in 1988. Sting took several years to deliver the follow-up to Nothing Like the Sun, during which time he appeared in a failed Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera in 1989. His father also died, which inspired 1991's The Soul Cages, a dense, dark, and complex album. Although the album peaked at number two and spawned the Top Ten hit "All This Time," the record was less successful than its predecessor. Two years later, he delivered Ten Summoner's Tales, a light, pop-oriented record that became a hit on the strength of two Top 20 singles, "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" and "Fields of Gold." At the end of 1993, "All for Love," a song he recorded with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams for The Three Musketeers, became a number one hit. The single confirmed that Sting's audience had shifted from new wave/college rock fans to adult contemporary, and the 1994 compilation Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting played to that new fan base. Three years after Ten Summoner's Tales, Sting released Mercury Falling in the spring of 1996. Although the album debuted highly, it quickly fell down the charts, stalling at platinum sales and failing to generate a hit single. Although the album failed, Sting remained a popular concert attraction, a feat that confirmed his immense popularity regardless of his chart status. Released in 1999, Brand New Day turned his commercial fortunes around in a big way, though, eventually going triple-platinum and earning two Grammy Awards. Issued in 2003, Sacred Love also did well, and Sting spent several years with the reunited Police before returning to his solo game for 2009's If on a Winter's Night.... One year later, he hit the road alongside the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, who added their own symphonic arrangements to his material. Symphonicities, a companion CD, and Live in Berlin, released in conjunction with the world tour, arrived that same year. After several years of work, Sting completed his musical The Last Ship in 2013. Initially, he introduced the piece as a solo album released in September of 2013, but the musical -- set in a struggling shipyard in the '80s -- made its Broadway debut in 2014. Sting spent the next two years touring, sometimes co-headlining with Paul Simon, and then in late 2016 he released 57th & 9th, his first album of pop songs in 13 years. The album was recorded in a few weeks with contributions from a pair of long-time collaborators, guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, plus drummer Josh Freese and guitarist Lyle Workman. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist
2016 - 57th & 9th (Deluxe) [00:48:39]
№ Time Track title
01 3:31 I Can't Stop Thinking About You
02 4:18 50,000 (New Version)
03 3:48 Down, Down, Down
04 3:14 One Fine Day (New Version)
05 3:06 Pretty Young Soldier
06 3:32 Petrol Head
07 3:18 Heading South On the Great North Road
08 4:34 If You Can't Love Me
09 4:57 Inshallah
10 2:50 The Empty Chair
11 3:38 I Can't Stop Thinking About You (LA Version)
12 4:58 Inshallah (Berlin Sessions Version)
13 2:54 Next To You (Live At Rockwood Music Hall)
2013 - The Last Ship (Deluxe) [01:06:06]
№ Time Track title
01 3:50 The Last Ship
02 3:30 Dead Man's Boots
03 3:53 And Yet
04 3:18 August Winds
05 3:30 Language of Birds
06 3:20 Practical Arrangement
07 4:13 The Night the Pugilist Learned How To Dance
08 5:15 Ballad of the Great Eastern
09 3:34 What Have We Got? (feat. Jimmy Nail)
10 3:42 I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else
11 4:07 So To Speak (feat. Becky Unthank)
12 3:19 The Last Ship (Reprise)
13 6:01 Shipyard (feat. Jimmy Nail, Brian Johnson & Jo Lawry)
14 2:54 It's Not the Same Moon
15 3:18 Hadaway
16 3:34 Sky Hooks and Tartan Paint (feat. Brian Johnson)
17 4:48 Show Some Respect
Digital Booklet - The Last Ship (Deluxe)
2013 - Practical Arrangement - Single
№ Time Track title
01 3:16 Practical Arrangement
2011 - The Best of 25 Years [00:54:45]
№ Time Track title
01 4:25 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (2011 Remix)
02 4:46 We'll Be Together (2011 Remix)
03 3:55 Fragile
04 4:55 All This Time
05 4:29 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
06 3:40 Fields of Gold
07 4:51 Desert Rose
08 5:25 Whenever I Say Your Name (feat. Mary J. Blige)
09 5:20 Never Coming Home (2011 Remix)
10 4:49 Message In a Bottle (Live At Irving Plaza) [2011 Remix]
11 4:26 Demolition Man (Live At Irving Plaza) [2011 Remix]
12 3:45 Heavy Cloud No Rain (Live At Irving Plaza) [2011 Remix]
2011 - 25 Years [04:05:27]
CD 1
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№ Time Track title
01 4:25 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (2011 Remix)
02 3:33 Love Is the Seventh Wave (2011 Remix)
03 4:31 Consider Me Gone (2011 Remix)
04 4:01 Moon Over Bourbon Street (2011 Remix)
05 4:52 Fortress Around Your Heart (2011 Remix)
06 11:28 Bring On the Night / When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What's (Still Around) [Live In Paris]
07 6:30 Driven to Tears (2011 Remix) [Live]
08 5:15 I Burn for You (2011 Remix) [Live]
09 5:34 Be Still My Beating Heart
10 7:14 They Dance Alone
11 4:26 Englishman In New York
12 3:55 Fragile
13 4:46 We'll Be Together (2011 Remix)
14 3:48 Sister Moon
15 2:04 The Secret Marriage
CD 2
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№ Time Track title
01 4:55 All This Time
02 3:54 Mad About You
03 4:46 Why Should I Cry for You?
04 5:52 The Soul Cages
05 7:50 When the Angels Fall
06 4:29 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
07 3:40 Fields of Gold
08 4:39 Seven Days
09 5:05 It's Probably Me
10 4:37 Shape of My Heart
11 6:00 When We Dance
12 4:42 I Hung My Head
13 5:50 I Was Brought to My Senses
14 3:47 You Still Touch Me
15 3:58 I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
CD 3
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№ Time Track title
01 5:58 A Thousand Years
02 4:51 Desert Rose
03 5:30 Ghost Story
04 6:21 Brand New Day
05 3:16 Send Your Love (Dave Aude Remix Edit Version)
06 5:24 Whenever I Say Your Name (feat. Mary J. Blige)
07 3:57 Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)
08 3:27 Soul Cake
09 5:49 The Hounds of Winter
10 2:30 Next to You
11 7:19 We Work the Black Seam
12 5:04 The Pirate's Bride
13 5:20 Never Coming Home (2011 Remix)
14 4:51 Russians (feat. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra & Steven Mercurio) [Live In Berlin]
15 6:00 The End of the Game (feat. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra & Steven Mercurio) [Live In Berlin - Without Intros]
CD 4
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№ Time Track title
01 19:26 The 25 Years Interview
2010 - Symphonicities [00:59:56]
№ Time Track title
01 2:30 Next to You
02 4:23 Englishman In New York
03 4:57 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
04 5:32 I Hung My Head
05 3:44 You Will Be My Ain True Love
06 3:38 Roxanne
07 5:27 When We Dance
08 6:07 The End of the Game
09 4:04 I Burn for You
10 7:19 We Work the Black Seam
11 3:03 She's Too Good for Me
12 5:03 The Pirate's Bride
13 4:09 Straight to My Heart (Bonus Track)
Digital Booklet - Symphonicities
2009 - If On a Winter's Night [00:53:08]
№ Time Track title
01 2:33 Gabriel's Message
02 3:27 Soul Cake
03 4:03 There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
04 3:43 The Snow It Melts the Soonest
05 4:37 Christmas At Sea
06 2:42 Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
07 3:16 Cold Song
08 2:43 The Burning Babe
09 3:05 Now Winter Comes Slowly
10 5:49 The Hounds of Winter
11 3:10 Balulalow
12 3:11 Cherry Tree Carol
13 2:50 Lullaby for an Anxious Child
14 2:49 Hurdy Gurdy Man
15 2:35 You Only Cross My Mind In Winter
16 2:34 Coventry Carol
2004 - Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) - EP [00:10:50]
№ Time Track title
01 3:41 Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) [Radio Version - Formerly Kip's CHR Mix]
02 4:05 Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) [Batson-Doc - Will.i.am Remix featuring Will.i.am]
03 3:04 Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) [B. Recluse Mix featuring Twista - New bridge version]
2003 - Sacred Love [00:57:48]
№ Time Track title
01 4:48 Inside
02 4:38 Send Your Love
03 5:26 Whenever I Say Your Name (feat. Mary J. Blige)
04 5:44 Dead Man's Rope
05 4:59 Never Coming Home
06 3:57 Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)
07 5:13 Forget About The Future
08 5:30 This War
09 6:16 The Book Of My Life
10 5:44 Sacred Love
11 3:16 Send Your Love (Dave Aude Remix Edit Version)
12 2:19 Shape Of My Heart (from "...All This Time")
1999 - Brand New Day [00:48:52]
№ Time Track title
01 5:57 A Thousand Years
02 4:46 Desert Rose
03 5:05 Big Lie Small World
04 5:03 After The Rain Has Fallen
05 5:25 Perfect Love...Gone Wrong
06 4:48 Tomorrow We'll See
07 0:19 Prelude To The End Of The Game
08 5:38 Fill Her Up
09 5:30 Ghost Story
10 6:20 Brand New Day
1997 - The Very Best of Sting and the Police [01:18:10]
№ Time Track title
01 4:49 Message in a Bottle
02 2:59 Can't Stand Losing You
03 4:27 Englishman in New York
04 4:11 Every Breath You Take
05 4:38 Seven Days
06 5:02 Walking on the Moon
07 3:39 Fields of Gold
08 3:54 Fragile
09 4:20 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
10 4:07 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
11 4:14 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
12 6:21 Brand New Day
13 4:46 Desert Rose
14 4:29 If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
15 4:17 When We Dance
16 4:00 Don't Stand so Close to Me
17 3:09 Roxanne
18 4:48 So Lonely
1996 - Mercury Falling [00:52:24]
№ Time Track title
01 5:30 The Hounds of Winter
02 4:41 I Hung My Head
03 6:44 Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
04 5:50 I Was Brought to My Senses
05 3:47 You Still Touch Me
06 3:57 I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
07 4:28 All Four Seasons
08 4:08 Twenty Five to Midnight
09 5:17 La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
10 5:25 Valparaiso
11 2:37 Lithium Sunset
1993 - Ten Summoner's Tales [00:48:38]
№ Time Track title
01 6:43 Island of Souls
02 4:55 All This Time
03 3:53 Mad About You
04 4:55 Jeremiah Blues (Part 1)
05 4:47 Why Should I Cry for You?
06 2:43 Saint Agnes and the Burning Train
07 6:42 The Wild Wild Sea
08 5:52 The Soul Cages
09 7:49 When the Angels Fall
1991 - The Soul Cages [iTunes Match] [00:48:20]
№ Time Track title
01 6:43 Island of Souls
02 4:55 All This Time
03 3:53 Mad About You
04 4:55 Jeremiah Blues (Part 1)
05 4:47 Why Should I Cry for You?
06 2:43 Saint Agnes and the Burning Train
07 6:42 The Wild Wild Sea
08 5:52 The Soul Cages
09 7:49 When the Angels Fall
1987 - ...Nothing Like the Sun [iTunes Match] [00:55:00]
№ Time Track title
01 4:38 The Lazarus Heart
02 5:35 Be Still My Beating Heart
03 4:27 Englishman in New York
04 5:00 History Will Teach Us Nothing
05 7:13 They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)
06 3:54 Fragile
07 4:57 We'll Be Together
08 3:55 Straight to My Heart
09 4:28 Rock Steady
10 3:47 Sister Moon
11 5:04 Little Wing
12 2:04 The Secret Marriage
1985 - The Dream of the Blue Turtles [00:41:40]
№ Time Track title
01 4:16 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
02 3:32 Love Is the Seventh Wave
03 3:58 Russians
04 5:02 Children's Crusade
05 4:50 Shadows In the Rain
06 5:43 We Work the Black Seam
07 4:20 Consider Me Gone
08 1:18 The Dream of the Blue Turtles
09 4:00 Moon Over Bourbon Street
10 4:40 Fortress Around Your Heart
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