Featuring 31 remastered tracks, including several remixes and newly unearthed live recordings, this compilation represents a diverse cross-section of Sting's enduring solo career. Highlights include the No. 1 hits If You Love Somebody Set Them Free and All This Time, as well as Grammy winners If I Ever Lose My Faith In You and Whenever I Say Your Name featuring Mary J. Blige. The CDs also include a new mix of Never Coming Home as well as previously unreleased live versions of Message In A Bottle, Demolition Man and Heavy Cloud No Rain. TRACKLISTING: DISC ONE: 1. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 2. Love Is The Seventh Wave 3. Moon Over Bourbon Street 4. Fortress Around Your Heart 5. Englishman In New York 6. They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo) 7. Fragile 8. We'll Be Together 9. All This Time 10. Mad About You 11. Why Should I Cry For You? 12. The Soul Cages 13. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 14. Fields Of Gold 15. Seven Days 16. Shape Of My Heart DISC TWO: 1. When We Dance 2. I Was Brought To My Senses 3. You Still Touch Me 4. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying 5. Desert Rose 6. Brand New Day 7. Send Your Love (Dave Aude Remix) 8. Whenever I Say Your Name 9. Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) 10. End Of The Game 11. Never Coming Home 12. Russians (Live) 13. Message In A Bottle (Live) 14. Demolition Man (Live) 15. Heavy Cloud No Rain (Live)
Performer Notes
Audio Remasterer: Scott Hull .
Recording information: A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA (05/14/2005); Abbey Road Studios, London, UK (05/14/2005); Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, UK (05/14/2005); Air Studios, Montserrat (05/14/2005); Avatar, New York, NY (05/14/2005); Blue Wave Recording Studios, St. Philip, Barbados (05/14/2005); Capitol Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA (05/14/2005); Il Palagio, Italy (05/14/2005); Irving Plaza, New York, NY (05/14/2005); Lake House, Wiltshire, UK (05/14/2005); Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada (05/14/2005); Mega Studios, Paris, France (05/14/2005); MSR Recording Studios, New York, NY (05/14/2005); Right Track (05/14/2005); Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris, France (05/14/2005); The Town House, London, UK (05/14/2005); Villa Salviati, Migliarino, Italy (05/14/2005); A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA (08/1994-09/1994); Abbey Road Studios, London, UK (08/1994-09/1994); Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, UK (08/1994-09/1994); Air Studios, Montserrat (08/1994-09/1994); Avatar, New York, NY (08/1994-09/1994); Blue Wave Recording Studios, St. Philip, Barbados (08/1994-09/1994); Capitol Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA (08/1994-09/1994); Il Palagio, Italy (08/1994-09/1994); Irving Plaza, New York, NY (08/1994-09/1994); Lake House, Wiltshire, UK (08/1994-09/1994); Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada (08/1994-09/1994); Mega Studios, Paris, France (08/1994-09/1994); MSR Recording Studios, New York, NY (08/1994-09/1994); Right Track (08/1994-09/1994); Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris, France (08/1994-09/1994); The Town House, London, UK (08/1994-09/1994); Villa Salviati, Migliarino, Italy (08/1994-09/1994).
Photographers: Olaf Heine; Fabrizio Ferri; Michael O'Neal ; Lou Salvatori; Danny Clinch.
Note that title: it's the Best of 25 Years, Sting's career-encompassing box set, not a greatest-hits album, so this 12-song collection misses some hit singles. That said, the big ones are here -- "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "We'll Be Together," "Fragile," "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" -- along with a couple of choice album tracks and Police live cuts that make this a solid sampler of Sting's solo work. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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