Track Listing
1. Message In A Bottle - Police
2. Can't Stand Losing You - Police
3. Englishman In New York
4. Every Breath You Take - Police
5. Seven Days
6. Walking On The Moon - Police
7. Fields Of Gold
8. Fragile
9. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
10. De Do Do Do De Da Da Da - Police
11. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
12. Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
13. Russians
14. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
15. When We Dance
16. Don't Stand So Close To Me - Police
17. Roxanne - Police
18. Roxanne (1997 Puff Daddy remix) - Sting & The Police
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Contributing Artists: | Police/Sting | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
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.
Editorial 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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