Nothing Like The Sun

Sting

SKU: 3939121

Barcode: 082839391214

24.00 £24.00
  • Genre: Rock And Pop
  • Label: UMC
  • Released Date: 26th September 2016
  • Buying Format:
    180g 2LP

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Anyone who ever listened to The Police would know that Sting harbored ambitions beyond the limitations of one particular style. His former band may have come together during the punk and new wave heyday, but their pop nous and incorporation of reggae ensured that they stood out from their contemporaries. And when it came to carving out a solo career, Sting continued to ignore all notion of boundaries.

His debut solo album, 1985’s The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, established a unique sound that pushed the limits of what was expected of a pop song, as Sting enlisted jazz heavyweights such as saxophonist Branford Marsalis, later Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones and percussionist Omar Hakim.

Nothing Like The Sun followed in 1987, topping the charts in the UK and entering the Top 10 in the US. Expanding on the sound he hit upon for …Turtles, Sting also incorporated strains of world music into his sound. With help from former bandmate Andy Summers, plus Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and Annie Lennox, Nothing Like The Sun stands as perhaps the apogee of Sting’s ambitions at this point in his career: its songs flow together as a whole, creating a mood piece, rather than a collection of individual recordings.

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Track Listings

LP1
The Lazarus Heart
Be Still My Beating Heart
Englishman In New York
History Will Teach Us Nothing
They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)
Fragile

LP2
We'll Be Together
Straight To My Heart
Rock Steady
Sister Moon
Little Wing
The Secret Marriage

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