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by: Sting See Larger Image List Price: $13.98 Our Price: $9.97 You Save: $4.01 (29%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $1.98 Collectible Price: $13.98 Third Party New Price: $4.90 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075021375024 Format: Enhanced Label: A&M Manufacturer: A&M Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: A&M Release Date: October 25, 1990 Sales Rank: 3081 Studio: A&M Disc 1: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Love Is the Seventh Wave Russians - Sting, Prokofiev, Sergei Children's Crusade Shadows in the Rain We Work the Black Seam Consider Me Gone The Dream of the Blue Turtles Moon Over Bourbon Street Fortress Around Your Heart Related Items: Nothing Like the Sun The Soul Cages Ten Summoner's Tales Mercury Falling Synchronicity [Digipak] see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: From one spin of The Dream of the Blue Turtles, Sting's first solo release, it's obvious that for him there would be life beyond the Police. Teamed with a band of top jazz players, he presents his musical visions that had gone unrealized while he was still constrained by his former ensemble. In style and subject matter, it's a decidedly diverse collection of songs and the playing is excellent throughout. The love songs are mostly focused on endings or escapes, and it's quite possible to interpret much of the imagery in reference to the bitter breakup of the Police. Sting's concern with history and politics is in evidence: he makes a father's plea for sanity and restraint in the nuclear age, takes up for the U.K.'s much-abused coal miners, and relates the savage stupidity of World War I to the destructive effects of adolescent heroin addiction. Songs that seem elaborately constructed and recorded contrast with others that are presented as one-take jams. Seen as a whole, The Dream of the Blue Turtles is eclectic, ambitious--sometimes pretentious--but altogether worth owning. --Al Massa Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - His first solo effort was his best... I bought this on LP in 1985 and finally updated to CD and it has never gotten old. True, this sounds a lot more like the later songs of the Police than the Sting releases of late, but if you, like me, ever say, "Gee, I like Sting's music, but I sure like the older stuff and what he did with the Police the best," then this is the CD you want. Rating: - Sting's first album is passable, with naive lyrics Sting's first album after leaving The Police was a reasonable commercial success, assuring himself a solo career, at least for some time. I listen to the album when it came out, in 1985, when I was 18, and I was impressed by it, but it hasn't aged that well. The music is pleasant though hardly memorable, and the lyrics are literate (perhaps too literate) but also naive. What sounded brave and intelligent 20 years ago, sounds pretty naive now. Like the pre - End of the cold war "Russians" (with a ... Read More Rating: - After today... Consider Me Gone This has always been my favorite Sting solo album, partly because it doesn't really feel like a solo album. As Sting says in the liner notes, "people keep referring to this album as a solo effort, which of course is ridicilous" well Mr. Sting I agree with you. This Blue Turtles band was absolutely fantastic and kudos to you for hiring these amazing musicians and assembling this great band. Branford Marsalis is absolutely mind blowing on a few of the tracks, such as "Children's Crusade" and "Shadows ... Read More Rating: - first solo album of Gordon Matthew Sumner (STING) As His first solo work is just remarkably well done!!!! Rating: - First solo effort Awesome! I liked him with The Police, but Sting got me forever with this music. see more Browse for similar items by category: Alternative Rock - Styles - Music - General Classic Rock - Styles - Music - Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) Pop - Styles - Music - General Pop - Styles - Music - Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary - Pop - Styles - Music - General AAS