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Track Listing
1. Message in a Bottle
2. Can't Stand Losing You
3. Englishman in New York
4. Every Breath You Take
5. Seven Days
6. Walking on the Moon
7. Fields of Gold
8. Fragile
9. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
10. De Do Do Do, De da da Da
11. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
12. Brand New Day
13. Desert Rose
14. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
15. When We Dance - (edit)
16. Don't Stand So Close to Me
17. Roxanne
18. So Lonely
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Sting (vocals, guitar, bass); Cheb Mami (vocals);
Andy Summers (guitar); Branford Marsalis (saxophone); Kenny Kirkland,
David Sancious (keyboards); Darryl Jones (bass); Stewart Copeland, Vinnie Colaiuta, Omar Hakim (drums); Mino Cinelu (percussion).
Producers include: The Police, Nigel Gray, Hugh Padgham, Sting, Kipper.
During two decades in the music business, Sting has always been about genre-busting. The Police imbued their reggae-influenced brand of rock music with a truly literary lyrical sensibility, distancing themselves from the Tolkien-tinged meandering which tended to pass for "thoughtful lyrics" in the seventies. The ill-advised sci-fi garb of SYNCHRONICITY notwithstanding, they brought vibrancy, imagination, and intelligence into the dumbed-down world of arena rock. THE VERY BEST OF STING & THE POLICE represents their work with unquestionably classic cuts such as "Message In A Bottle," "Can't Stand Losing You," and "Every Breath You Take."
On his own, Sting moved into the even headier realms, assembling a supergroup of young jazzers and further indulging the bookworm within. "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" and "Englishman In New York" display the mellower, calmer Sting. You want erudite? The album's only co-writing credit is "Russians," based on a little something by Prokofiev. Closing with the hugely successful Puff Daddy remix version of "Roxanne," THE VERY BEST OF STING & THE POLICE provides an overview of his progression from schoolmaster to rock icon and back again.
Industry Reviews
4 out of 5 stars - ...These 18 songs attest to Sting's strike rate of hit singles...
Q (04/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...The songs are sturdy and companionable....With efficiency and literary verve intact on every note...
Rolling Stone (11/14/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...The songs are sturdy and companionable....With efficiency and literary verve intact on every note...Q (4/02, p.137) - 4 out of 5 stars - ...These 18 songs attest to Sting's strike rate of hit singles...
Rolling Stone (11/14/2002)
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