On
September 30, A&M / Interscope Records are proud to release The Studio
Collection, a career-spanning vinyl LP box set featuring all of Sting's seminal
solo studio albums brought together for the first time.
The Studio Collection includes eight essential A&M
Records albums across eleven LPs – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985),
...Nothing Like The Sun (1987) (double LP), The Soul Cages (1991), Ten
Summoner's Tales (1993), Mercury Falling (1996), Brand New Day (1999) (double
LP), Sacred Love (2003) (double LP) and The Last Ship (2013) – with both Brand
New Day and Sacred Love available on vinyl for the first time ever.
All of the included LPs appear in exact replicas of the
original artwork presented in an exceptional slipcase package, with brand new
vinyl masters cut at the legendary Abbey Road studios to ensure exceptional
audio quality.
Contained within The Studio Collection are some of the most
iconic albums and songs of all time, including numerous GRAMMY® Award-winning
tracks as well as a plethora of multi-platinum, platinum and gold worldwide
awards. Beginning with Sting's first solo album, the revelatory The Dream Of
The Blue Turtles from 1985 – featuring the cream of America's young jazz
musicians in a politically-charged set – through 2013's The Last Ship,
exploring the central themes of homecoming and self-discovery in the North East
of England, The Studio Collection showcases Sting's meticulous song writing,
evocative storytelling, and continual innovation in a ground breaking mix of
musical genres and styles that have continually evolved throughout his
remarkable career to date.
From perennial favourites 'Englishman In New York', 'If I
Ever Lose My Faith In You', 'Fields Of Gold', 'Seven Days' and 'Shape of My
Heart', to the political 'We Work The Black Seam' and 'Russians', the
gospel-tinged 'Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot' and 'Fill Her Up', the bossa nova
'La Belle Dame Sans Regrets' and 'Big Lie Small World', through to the French
hip hop of 'Perfect Love...Gone Wrong' and the arabesque 'Desert Rose', The
Studio Collection combines the full breadth and power of Sting, the composer,
singer, activist and timeless songwriter, on high-quality heavyweight vinyl.
The Studio Collection is out on September 30th and available
to pre-order now. Click here to see the first look teaser.
To complete The Studio Collection, Sting's new album 57th
& 9th will be released November 11th.
TRACKLISTING:
THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES (Original Release: 1985)
Side A:
1. If You Love
Somebody Set Them Free
2. Love Is The
Seventh Wave
3. Russians
4. Children's
Crusade
5. Shadows In The
Rain
Side B:
6. We Work The
Black Seam
7. Consider Me
Gone
8. The Dream Of
The Blue Turtles
9. Moon Over
Bourbon Street
10. Fortress Around
Your Heart
…NOTHING LIKE THE SUN (Original Release: 1987)
Side A:
1. The Lazarus
Heart
2. Be Still My
Beating Heart
3. Englishman In
New York
Side B:
4. History Will
Teach Us Nothing
5. They Dance
Alone (Cueca Solo)
6. Fragile
Side C:
7. We'll Be
Together
8. Straight To My
Heart
9. Rock Steady
Side D:
10. Sister Moon
11. Little Wing
12. The Secret
Marriage
THE SOUL CAGES (Original Release: 1991)
Side A:
1. Island Of Souls
2. All This Time
3. Mad About You
4. Jeremiah Blues
(Part 1)
5. Why Should I
Cry For You?
Side B:
6. Saint Agnes And
The Burning Train
7. The Wild Wild
Sea
8. The Soul
Cages
9. When The Angels
Fall
TEN SUMMONER'S TALES (Original Release: 1993)
Side A:
1. If I Ever Lose
My Faith In You
2. Love Is
Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
3. Fields Of Gold
4. Heavy Cloud No
Rain
5. She's Too Good
For Me
6. Seven Days
Side B:
7. Saint Augustine
In Hell
8. It's Probably
Me
9. Shape Of My
Heart
10. Something The Boy
Said
11. Epilogue (Nothing
'Bout Me)
MERCURY FALLING (Original Release: 1996)
Side A:
1. The Hounds Of
Winter
2. I Hung My Head
3. Let Your Soul
Be Your Pilot
4. I Was Brought
To My Senses
5. You Still Touch
Me
Side B:
6. I'm So Happy I
Can't Stop Crying
7. All Four
Seasons
8. Twenty Five To
Midnight
9. La Belle Dame
Sans Regrets
10. Valparaiso
11. Lithium Sunset
BRAND NEW DAY (Original Release: 1999) **available on vinyl
for the first time
Side A:
1. A Thousand
Years
2. Desert Rose
(feat. Cheb Mami)
3. Big Lie Small
World
Side B:
4. After The Rain
Has Fallen
5. Perfect
Love...Gone Wrong
Side C:
6. Tomorrow We'll
See
7. Prelude To The
End Of The Game
8. Fill Her Up
Side D:
9. Ghost Story
10. Brand New Day
SACRED LOVE (Original Release: 2003) **available on vinyl
for the first time
Side A:
1. Inside
2. Send Your Love
(feat. Vicente Amigo)
3. Whenever I Say
Your Name (feat. Mary J. Blige)
Side B:
4. Dead Man's Rope
5. Never Coming
Home
6. Stolen Car
(Take Me Dancing)
Side C:
7. Forget About
The Future
8. This War
9. The Book Of My
Life (feat. Anoushka Shankar)
Side D:
10. Sacred Love
11. Send Your Love
(Dave Audé Remix)
THE LAST SHIP (Original Release: 2013)
Side A:
1. The Last Ship
2. Dead Man's
Boots
3. And Yet
4. August Winds
5. Language Of
Birds
6. Practical
Arrangement
Side B:
7. The Night The
Pugilist Learned How To Dance
8. Ballad Of The
Great Eastern
9. What Have We
Got? (feat. Jimmy Nail)
10. I Love Her But
She Loves Someone Else
11. So To Speak
(feat. Becky Unthank)
12. The Last Ship
(Reprise)
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