Sting – …Nothing Like The Sun

89,99

Comes with poster and inserts,

If Dream of the Blue Turtles was an unabashedly pretentious affair, it looks positively lighthearted in comparison to Sting’s sophomore effort, Nothing Like the Sun, one of the most doggedly serious pop albums ever recorded. This is an album where the only up-tempo track, the only trifle — the cheerfully stiff white-funk “We’ll Be Together” — was added at the insistence of the label because they believed there wasn’t a cut on the record that could be pulled as a single, one that would break down the doors to mainstream radio. And they were right, since everything else here is too measured, calm, and deliberately subtle to be immediate (including the intentional throwaway, “Rock Steady”). So, why is it a better album than its predecessor? Because Sting doesn’t seem to be trying so hard. It flows naturally, largely because this isn’t trying to explicitly be a jazz-rock record (thank the presence of a new rhythm section of Sting and drummer Manu Katche for that) and because the melodies are insinuating, slowly working their way into memory, while the entire record plays like a mood piece — playing equally well as background music or as intensive, serious listening. Sting’s words can still grate — the stifling pompousness of “History Will Teach Us Nothing” the clearest example, yet calls of “Hey Mr. Pinochet” also strike an uneasy chord — but his lyricism shines on “The Lazarus Heart,” “Be Still My Beating Heart,” “They Dance Alone,” and “Fragile,” a quartet of his very finest songs. If Nothing Like the Sun runs a little too long, with only his Gil Evans-assisted cover of “Little Wing” standing out in the final quarter, it still maintains its tone until the end and, since it’s buoyed by those previously mentioned stunners, it’s one of his better albums.

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A&M Records 393912-1 2xLP, Album Germany 1987

A1. The Lazarus Heart 4:34
A2. Be Still My Beating Heart 5:32
A3. Englishman In New York 4:25
B1. History Will Teach Us Nothing 4:58
B2. They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo) 7:16
B3. Fragile 3:54
C1. We’ll Be Together 4:52
C2. Straight To My Heart 3:54
C3. Rock Steady 4:27
D1. Sister Moon 3:46
D2. Little Wing 5:04
D3. The Secret Marriage 2:03

Credits:

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat Mastered at Masterdisk, New York Debossed  logo lower left back cover 1987 A&M Records Inc., Los Angeles, 1987 A&M Records Inc. Los AngelesAppearance of Cat#s:393912-1 on the cover backside, spine, and English lyrics insert page 3 and 4833816-1 on record 1 (A/B)833817-1 on record 2 (C/D) and sleeve of record 2833 816-1 on the sleeve of record 12,7″ / 7,2 cm black square sticker on front sleeve: “12 new songs from Sting specially priced 2-record set includes English lyrics mit Deutschen texten textes francais inclus 393912-1″Comes in two inner sleeves with a gatefold insert containing English lyrics reach lyrics on record 1 innerGerman lyrics on record 2 inner contains also a free poster of Sting with violin in his hands, while this one has no poster: [r10233678] (also indicated by a sticker on front)This version has French lyrics,

 

 

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 0 82839 39121 4
Barcode 082839391214
Matrix / Runout 833 816 – 1 S 1 3 20
Matrix / Runout 833 816 – 1 S 2 3 20
Matrix / Runout 833 817 – 1 S 1 3 20
Matrix / Runout 833 817 – 1 S 2 3 20
Matrix / Runout 833 816 1 S 1 1 110145 3 20 33 V 3
Matrix / Runout 833 816 1 S 2 1110138 3 20 3V 7
Matrix / Runout 833 817 1 S 1 110140 3 20 3 7
Matrix / Runout 833 817 1 S 2 13 3 20 3 7
Matrix / Runout 833 816 1 S 1 1150 3 20 3v 7
Matrix / Runout 833 816 1 S 2 11 5 0 3 20 3 7
Matrix / Runout 833 817 1 S 1 110112 3 20 3 7
Matrix / Runout 833 817 1 S 2 1143 3 20 3 7
Label Code LC 0485
Rights Society GEMA
Price Code POL 294
Other 833816-1
Other 833817-1
Other 833 816-1
Other PRS Hannover

 

 

 

 

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Weight 1 kg
Artist