Sting - Nothing Like The Sun (1987)
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Sting's double-length follow-up to his solo debut DREAMS OF THE BLUE TURTLE is very much in the same sophisticated, adult pop vein, although darker and less jazzy (notwithstanding a collaboration with Miles Davis's arranger Gil Evans on a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing"). The songs are a generally varied lot, ranging from a tribute to victims of repression in Argentina ("They Dance Alone") to a tongue-in-cheek, sort-of-reggae tribute to famous eccentric Quentin Crisp ("An Englishman in New York"). The sort-of-funk "We'll Be Together"(originally written for a Japanese beer commercial) is the most upbeat and pop-ish thing here, and was deservedly a hit single, although Sting now disdains it.


*Ranked #90 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums Of The Eighties".


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Tracklist:
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01. The Lazarus Heart
02. Be Still My Beating Heart
03. Englishman In New York
04. History Will Teach Us Nothing
05. They Dance Alone (Gueca Sola)
06. Fragile
07. We'll Be Together
08. Straight To My Heart
09. Rock Steady
10. Sister Moon
11. Little Wing - (with Gil Evans)
12. Secret Marriage

*A&M Records (1987)- 393912-2


Personnel
Sting: Vocals, Basses, Guitar on 'Fragile' and 'History Will Teach Us Nothing'
Manu Katché: Drums
Kenny Kirkland: Keyboards
Mino Cinelu: Percussion, Vocoder
Branford Marsalis: Saxophone
Andy Newmark: Additional Drums
Gil Evans: and his orchestra on 'Little Wing'
Hiram Bullock: Guitar on 'Little Wing'
Kenwood Dennard: Drums on 'Little Wing'
Mark Egan: Bass on 'Little Wing'
Andy Summers: Guitar on 'Lazarus Heart' and 'Be Still My Beating Heart'
Fareed Haque: Guitar on 'They Dance Alone'
Mark Knopfler: Guitar on 'They Dance Alone'
Eric Clapton: Guitar on 'They Dance Alone'
Ruben Blades: Spanish on 'They Dance Alone'
Ken Helman: Piano on 'Secret Marriage'
Vest Williams: Backing Vocals
René Gayer: Backing Vocals



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