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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075021640221
Label: A&M
Manufacturer: A&M
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: A&M
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Sales Rank: 5993
Studio: A&M
Disc 1:- The Lazarus Heart
- Be Still My Beating Heart
- Englishman in New York
- History Will Teach Us Nothing
- They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)
- Fragile
- We'll Be Together
- Straight to My Heart
- Rock Steady
- Sister Moon
- Little Wing
- The Secret Marriage
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Amazon.com essential recording:
Sting's second and most conceptually dense solo album moved on from jazz to ideas picked up from Latin music. Even when he's not using Latin music's tricky polyrhythms, the melodies of the ballad 'Be Still My Beating Heart' and the hit dance single 'We'll Be Together' suggest he'd been listening to lots of salsa. If you can sting, you can cross-pollinate, too, and there are some other subtle hybrids here, notably the Gil Evans Orchestra's gliding arrangement of Jimi Hendrix's 'Little Wing' and the reggae-in-a-Cole Porter suit of 'Englishman in New York.' Of course, the former schoolteacher has some lyrical messages to deliver and the three songs that originally made up the second side of a double LP are a bitter meditation on Latin American politics and history. --Douglas Wolk
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Rating:  -
Fresh off a burning tour with some of the best young jazzers money could buy (see video "Bring on the Night") Sting updates and integrates those elements into his brilliantly wordsmithed songs. What started as a brilliant case study on "Dream of the Blue Turtles" here becomes a Modus Operandi, and a perfect backdrop for his lyrical references to Shakespeare, politics and myth. There are plenty of hits here as others have described, the songs stand the test of time. The real charm of this album is ... Read More
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VERY NICE SOLO ALBUM.
This is Sting's second or third or fourth solo album, depending on how you are counting. It is his second official studio solo album. Like his first (Dream of the Blue Turtles), it was released as a double LP and single CD. It is only 54 minutes long, so the LP sides were very short (under 14 minutes long) and it was more like a double EP. It was frustrating to listen to the LP versions as you also had to get up and change sides.
Being released ... Read More
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Eight of the twelve tracks are fantastic, and only one is noticeably bad. The Lazarus Heart, Be Still my Beating Heart, and if it weren't for the chorus, Straight to my Heart, stand among Sting's best works. His sultry rendition of Little Wing is astounding; I've never before or after heard Sting's voice sound so good and the strangely haunting, yet fitting guitar work make the notes palpable. However, the CD's sound quality unfortunately suffers from a purely digital recording in what was still CD's ... Read More
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Nothing Like the Sun is a teriffic album & a worthy succesor to Dream of the Blue turtles. Although this sequel isn't quite as strong musically from beginning to end as Dream of the Blue turtles was, there are still some really fantastic songs here. Some of the highlights include:
1. "Englishman in New York" - An upbeat & jazzy tune which is fantastic & which also features Branford Marsalis playing superb sax as always.
2. "Be still my beating heart". A great song ... Read More
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My favorite songs on this cd are 'Little Wing', 'Be Still My Beating Heart', and 'Sister Moon'. The Spanish version of this cd (Nada Como el Sol) contains 'Mariposa Libre' which he does a beautiful job on, his accent is great. These cd's are definately worth paying full price for, you won't be sorry.
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