Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:58 am
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"25 Years" is the title of a Sting 3-CD + DVD box coming in September. Despite recording enough non-L.P. rarities in his post-Police career to fill three and a half discs, NONE OF THEM will be included in this forthcoming box set. This is appalling. Who does Universal think is going to buy this turkey?
Fortunately, A&M Records' foreign affiliates have compiled some of Sting's rare tracks, such as the Japan release "Sting at The Movies" & the Russian 2-CD set "B-Sides & Rarities"(yes, the Russian set is legit, on the A&M label). However, none of Sting's pre-1993 rare tracks have been offered on CD anywhere.
Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
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From antimusic.com:
The Sting: 25 Years box set will be released on September 27, 2011. Featuring three CDs comprised of 45 remastered tracks personally curated by Sting, a previously unreleased live concert DVD and a comprehensive hardcover book, this retrospective captures for the first time both the highlights and rarities of Sting's enduring solo career. This consummate collection contains selections spanning his entire solo catalog, from his 1985 debut album, The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, to his latest release, Live in Berlin. Highlights include all of Sting's top 40 hits as well as Grammy® winners "Brand New Day," "The Soul Cages," "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You," and "Whenever I Say Your Name" featuring Mary J. Blige .
Sting: 25 Years was produced by Rob Mathes and Executive Produced by Sting's longtime manager, Kathryn Schenker. The box set also contains nine songs remixed by Robert Orton and Steve Fitzmaurice exclusively for this collection.
Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live At Irving Plaza, the previously unreleased live concert DVD, features 10 tracks culled from newly unearthed raw performance footage filmed in New York City on the final night of Sting's U.S. "Broken Music" tour in 2005.
The discs are housed in a hardcover book containing intimate and rare photos from world renowned photographers, complete lyrics, personal commentary and a newly written introduction by Sting.
Richly diverse in musical content and visually captivating, Sting: 25 Years is a compelling tribute to the restless spirit of an artist who continues to evolve and explore new musical territory.
STING: 25 YEARS Disc One: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free Love Is The Seventh Wave Consider Me Gone Moon Over Bourbon Street Fortress Around Your Heart Bring On The Night (Live) Driven To Tears (Live) I Burn For You (Live) Be Still My Beating Heart They Dance Alone Englishman In New York Fragile We'll Be Together Sister Moon Secret Marriage
Disc Two: All This Time Mad About You Why Should I Cry For You? The Soul Cages When The Angels Fall If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Fields Of Gold Seven Days It's Probably Me Shape Of My Heart When We Dance I Hung My Head I Was Brought To My Senses You Still Touch Me I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
Disc Three: A Thousand Years Desert Rose Ghost Story Brand New Day Send Your Love Whenever I Say Your Name Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) Soul Cake The Hounds Of Winter Next To You We Work The Black Seam The Pirate's Bride Never Coming Home Russians (Live) The End Of The Game (Live)
Disc Four: Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live at Irving Plaza Message In A Bottle Demolition Man Synchronicity II Driven To Tears Heavy Cloud, No Rain A Day In The Life Voices Inside My Head/When The World Is Running Down Roxanne Next To You Lithium Sunset
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Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:06 pm
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It's pretty obvious Sting is tapped out creatively. He hasn't done an album of new material since 2003, and that album was far from his best work.
Sting can put out whatever he likes, but there's nothing here that would induce me to buy it, as I have most of his solo albums.
I don't know why he's holding back on the rarities, because now would be the time for a physical release of such material...to sell to old CD folggies like me.
Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
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Pass! Sting has turned into a worthless wanker and I couldn't care less about something like this. I might have been interested in a set with copious rarities, particularly "January Stars", but this smells like nothing more than a sell-out for the Christmas season.
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Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
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It's a pretty good career survey, but something of this size is highly unlikely to be a big seller. I will say the DVD may be very well worth watching because around that time Sting and his band were rocking hard shockingly and doing a ton of Police songs which I believe led to the Police reunion of 2007-08. I'm not sure if this DVD is from that tour but I think it is. Sting hasn't done anything worth a damn since Ten Summoner's Tales his last great album in 1993. After that he was riding Michael Bolton's coattails. But a box of rare tracks could easily fill 3 discs and I have a lot of them from the days of Napster but I'd buy a box of his rare tracks many of which were excellent.
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Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
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Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
It's a pretty good career survey, but something of this size is highly unlikely to be a big seller. I will say the DVD may be very well worth watching because around that time Sting and his band were rocking hard shockingly and doing a ton of Police songs which I believe led to the Police reunion of 2007-08. I'm not sure if this DVD is from that tour but I think it is. Sting hasn't done anything worth a damn since Ten Summoner's Tales his last great album in 1993. After that he was riding Michael Bolton's coattails. But a box of rare tracks could easily fill 3 discs and I have a lot of them from the days of Napster but I'd buy a box of his rare tracks many of which were excellent.
Sounds like a ICE custom CD project if ever there was one...
Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:57 pm
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Dr. Chris Evil wrote:
Invisible Pedestrian wrote:
It's a pretty good career survey, but something of this size is highly unlikely to be a big seller. I will say the DVD may be very well worth watching because around that time Sting and his band were rocking hard shockingly and doing a ton of Police songs which I believe led to the Police reunion of 2007-08. I'm not sure if this DVD is from that tour but I think it is. Sting hasn't done anything worth a damn since Ten Summoner's Tales his last great album in 1993. After that he was riding Michael Bolton's coattails. But a box of rare tracks could easily fill 3 discs and I have a lot of them from the days of Napster but I'd buy a box of his rare tracks many of which were excellent.
Sounds like a ICE custom CD project if ever there was one...
it would be a huge undertaking. i think sting had a single with 3 unreleased songs for every one song that was released.
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Post subject: [2011-09-27] Sting "25 Years" 3-CD/1-DVD box set (Cherrytree/A&M/Universal)
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These are the rare tracks I burned on a 3 CD set I made years ago:
Another Day (If You Love Somebody b-side) Gabriel's Message (Russians b-side later on A Very Special Christmas) Mack The Knife (Moon Over Bourbon Street b-side) Conversation With a Dog (We'll Be Together b-side) Ghost In The Strand (Be Still My Beating Heart b-side) If You're There (Englishman In New York b-side) Fragil (Fragile b-side) Ellas Damzon Solas (Gueca Solo) (They Dance Alone b-side) I Miss You Kate (All This Time b-side) King Of Pain (live) (same as above) Tempted (live) (Mad About You b-side) If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (live) (same as above) Oh La La Hugh (The Soul Cages b-side) Walking In Your Footsteps/Don't Stand So Close To Me/The Lazarus Heart/Too Much Information (all live from above) It's Probably Me w/ Eric Clapton (from Lethal Weapon 3) All This Time (unplugged)/Mad About You/Every Breath You Take/Message In A Bottle/Tea In The Sahara/Walking On The Moon (all live from above) January Stars (Seven Days b-side) Mad About You/Ain't No Sunshine/Island Of Souls/The Wild Wild Sea/The Soul cages (all live from above) Fragile/Purple Haze/Fortress Around Your Heart/Roxanne (all live from Fields Of Gold single) Demolition Man/Shape Of My Heart/It's Probably Me/A Day In The Life (all live from Demolition Man EP) All For Love w/ Bryan Adams & Rod Stewart (from Three Musketeers) Take Me To The Sunshine (from This Cowboy Song single) Moonlight (from Sabrina soundtrack) Twenty Five To Midnight (You Still Touch me b-side) Lullaby To An Anxious Child (from same) The Pirate's Bride (from same) Live At TFI Friday EP: You Still Touch Me/Lithium Sunset/Message In A Bottle This Was Never Meant To Be (I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying b-side) Giacomo's Blues (from same) Windmills Of Your Mind (from Brand New day single) End Of The Game (long version) (from same) I Need You Like I Need This Hole In My Head (from Dolphins) My Funny Friend & Me (from Emperor's New Groove) Rise & Fall w/ Craig David no remixes!
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Rough, Raw & Unreleased: Live At Irving Plaza, the previously unreleased live concert DVD, features 10 tracks culled from newly unearthed raw performance footage filmed in New York City on the final night of Sting’s U.S. 'Broken Music' tour in 2005.
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