Sting - FIELDS OF GOLD: THE BEST OF STING 1984 - 1994 (1994)







Early in his solo career, Sting defined himself as a man of taste, choosing to work with jazz musicians instead of rockers. Inevitably, this meant he walked the thin line between sophisticated pop and adult contemporary, but he did it with grace from 1985's Dream of the Blue Turtles to 1993's Ten Summoner's Tales. Unfortunately, Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting doesn't illustrate what a deft trick he pulled off with that quartet of albums. Naturally, Fields of Gold concentrates on his hit singles, just like any other greatest-hits collection, but Sting's material sounds surprisingly tame in this context. Sure, there is a number of great songs here -- enough to state his case as a fine songwriter or to satisfy his casual fans. Still, these songs are safe choices and all share a similarly tranquil quality, which means the collection itself becomes a little monotonous. Nevertheless, Fields of Gold performs the necessary service of rounding up all of the big hits -- "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "All This Time," "Fortress Around Your Heart," "They Dance Alone," "If Ever Lose My Faith in You," "Fragile," and an alternate version of "We'll Be Together" -- and offering them on one disc, which is reason enough to make it worthwhile, even with its flaws.



1 When We Dance
2 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
3 Fields of Gold
4 All This Time
5 Englishman in New York
6 Mad About You
7 It's Probably Me
8 They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)
9 If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
10 Fragile
11 We'll Be Together
12 Moon Over Bourbon Street
13 Love Is the Seventh Wave
14 Russians
15 Why Should I Cry for You?
16 This Cowboy Song
17 Fragilidad



General
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 175 MiB
Duration : 01h 16mn 50s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 [Argentina Bonus Tracks]
Album/Performer : Sting
Performer : Sting
Composer : Sting
Publisher : PolyGram
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1994

Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 01h 16mn 50s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel count : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy