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Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 is the first greatest hits album by English musician Sting.Released in 1994, it features hit singles from his first four studio albums The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985), ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), and Ten Summoner's Tales (1993), plus two new tracks.
The Very Best of... Sting & The Police is a compilation album issued by A&M Records on 3 November 1997, [4] containing a mix of Police songs and Sting's solo works. [5] It originally featured one new track, a remix of the 1978 song "Roxanne" by rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs.
Born Gordon Sumner in 1951, he was a member of the jazz group Last Exit, who released a cassette album in 1975. With The Police (1977–1986, occasional reunions thereafter), Sting sold over 100 million records and singles. As a solo performer, he has released 15 albums between 1985 and 2021, most of which have sold millions of copies worldwide.
The album came out shortly after Sting's solo album The Soul Cages, prompting David Sinclair to point out in his review in Q magazine that "Copeland and Summers were far more than a passive vehicle for Sting's songs. As powerful personalities and assertive musicians in their own right, they gingered up Sting's basic ideas while putting the ...
Nothing Like the Sun (stylised as ...Nothing Like the Sun) is the second solo studio album by English musician Sting. The album was originally released on 5 October 1987 on A&M (worldwide) as a double LP and single CD. The album explores the genres of pop rock, soft rock, jazz, reggae, world, acoustic rock, dance-rock, and funk rock.
On 2 November, Yates was in the Tyne Tees studio in Newcastle upon Tyne, where she was presenting the weekly live music show The Tube. Among the acts performing were Ultravox, promoting their greatest hits album The Collection. The singer, Midge Ure, was chatting to Yates in the dressing room when Geldof called her.
The Phenomenon 1968–1998 (a.k.a. Forever and Ever – 40 Greatest Hits) by Demis Roussos (1998) Forever and Ever – Definitive Collection by Demis Roussos (2002) Collected by Demis Roussos (2015) The Best of Roxy Music by Roxy Music (2001) Greatest Hits by Roxy Music (1977) Greatest Hits by Run-D.M.C. (2002)
AllMusic critic Chris True regards "The Bed's Too Big Without You" as a classic example of the Police's ability to merge reggae with new wave music. [6] He also praises the musicianship of all three members of the band, Stewart Copeland's "brilliant" drumming, Andy Summers' "trebly" guitar playing and Sting's "rolling" bass line. [6]