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Sting: Fields of Gold - The Best of Sting 1984-1994

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: A&M Records
Released: 1994
Time:
 66:29
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.sting.com
Appears with: The Police
Purchase date: 2000.04.06
Price in €: 12,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] When We Dance (Sting) - 5:59
[2] If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Sting) - 4:15
[3] Fields of Gold (Sting) - 3:38
[4] All This Time (Sting) - 4:55
[5] Englishman in New York (Sting) - 4:27
[6] Mad About You (Sting) - 3:53
[7] It's Probably Me (Clapton/Kamen/Sting) - 5:02
[8] They Dance Alone (Sting) - 7:13
[9] If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (Sting) - 4:31
[10] Fragile (Sting) - 3:53
[11] We'll Be Together (Sting) - 3:51
[12] Moon over Bourbon Street (Sting) - 4:00
[13] Love Is the Seventh Wave (Sting) - 3:30
[14] Russians (Sting) - 3:56
[15] Why Should I Cry for You? (Sting) - 4:51
[16] This Cowboy Song (Sting) - 5:00
[17] Fragil (Sting) - 3:51

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


GORDON MATTHEW "Sting" SUMNER - Bass, Arranger, Vocals, Producer

MICHAEL KAMEN - Producer
STEPHEN MCLAUGHLIN - Producer
HUGH PADGHAM - Producer, Remixing, Mixing
NEIL DORFSMAN - Producer, Mixing

EFREN HERRERA - Mixing Assistant
BOB LUDWIG - Remastering
MARK MCKENNA - Mixing Assistant
BRIAN SCHEUBLE - Mixing Assistant
JIM SCOTT - Mixing
AL STONE - Mixing Assistant
BOB VOGT - Mixing Assistant
SIMON OSBORNE - Engineer, Mixing Assistant
STEWART WHITMORE - Digital Transfers
NORMAN MOORE - Art Direction, Design
PETE LEWIS - Mixing Assistant
MARK MAZZETTI - Remixing, Remastering
RICHARD FRANkEL - Art Direction, Design
PAT SULLIVAN - Digital Transfer Assistant
MICHEL COMTE - Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


"Fields of Gold" ragt aus der Flut der Hit-Sampler heraus. Denn der 17teilige Songzyklus ist kein müdes Aneinanderreihen bekannter Titel, sondern ein erlesenes und sorgsam aufbereitetes Werk, das die gesamte musikalische Bandbreite des Nordengländers im vergangenen Jahrzehnt reflektiert."

T. Müller in stereoplay 1/95



"This collection eliminates a lot of the more pretentiously "sophisticated" album tracks. The legion of Sting fans who consider the previous sentence heresy already own 12 out of 14 tracks; two new songs are included: "When We Dance" and "This Cowboy Song".

All-Music Guide ***



Early in his solo career, Sting defined himself as a man of taste, choosing to work with jazz musicians instead of rockers. Inevitably, this meant he walked the thin line between sophisticated pop and adult contemporary, but he did it with grace from 1985's Dream of the Blue Turtles to 1993's Ten Summoner's Tales. Unfortunately, Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting doesn't illustrate what a deft trick he pulled off with that quartet of albums. Naturally, Fields of Gold concentrates on his hit singles, just like any other greatest hits collection, but Sting's material sounds surprisingly tame in this context. Sure, there is a number of great songs here -- enough to state his case as a fine songwriter or to satisfy his casual fans. Still, these songs are safe choices and all share a similar tranquil quality, which means the collection itself becomes a little monotonous. Nevertheless, Fields of Gold performs the necessary service of rounding up all of the big hits -- "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free"; "All This Time"; "Fortress Around Your Heart"; "They Dance Alone"; "If Ever Lose My Faith in You"; "Fragile"; and an alternate version of "We'll Be Together" -- and offering them on one disc, which is reason enough to make it worthwhile, even with its flaws.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



A good overview of Sting's radio hits and popular album tracks with only one major omission ("Mad About You"), Fields of Gold also offers three previously-unreleased songs. "This Cowboy Song" and "When We Dance" appear on no other album, while "We'll Be Together" is an alternate version. The import version of this collection offers a substantially different (and expanded) track listing, dropping "Fortress Around Your Heart," "Be Still My Beating Heart," and "Why Should I Cry for You"; and adding "Mad About You," "Nothing 'Bout Me," "Seven Days," "It's Probably Me," "Love is the Seventh Wave," and "Demolition Man."

Gavin McNett - Amazon.com



Fields Of Gold gibt einen tollen Überblick über Stings Hitnummern und populäre Albumtracks (mit nur einer wichtigen Auslassung, "Mad About You"). Des weiteren findet man auf dem Album drei bislang unveröffentlichte Aufnahmen: "This Cowboy Song" und "When We Dance" sind komplett neu, während "We'll Be Together" hier in einer alternativen Version vorliegt. Die Importversion dieser CD hat eine grundlegend andere, erweiterte Trackliste. "Fortress Around Your Heart," "Be Still My Beating Heart" und "Why Should I Cry For You" sind hier nicht aufgeführt, hinzu kommen dafür "Mad About You", "Nothing 'Bout Me", "Seven Days", "It´s Probably Me", "Love Is The Seventh Wave" und "Demolition Man."

Gavin McNett - Amazon.de



Sting wandelt 15fach durch Fields Of Gold und addiert ein softes und ein Uptempo-Extra.

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Schon seine Soloalben waren immer etwas Besonderes. Und auch Stings Zwischenbilanz "Fields Of Gold" ragt aus der Flut der Hit-Sampler heraus. Denn der 17teilige Songzyklus ist kein müdes Aneinanderreihen bekannter Titel, sondern ein erlesenes und sorgsam aufbereitetes Werk, das die gesamte musikalische Bandbreite des Nordengländers im vergangenen Jahrzehnt reflektiert. Zwei Stücke sind neu ("When We Dance", "This Cowboy Song"), zwölf Titel wurden einem digitalen Remastering unterzogen, einer davon, nämlich "We'll Be Together", feiert jetzt in der mit Eric Clapton eingespielten ursprünglichen Rock-Version seine CD-Premiere. ** Interpret.: 08-10 ** Klang.: 08-09

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 L y r i c s


When We Dance

If he loved you
Like I love you
I would walk away in shame
I'd move town, I'd change my name

When he watches you
When he counts to buy your soul
On your hand his golden rings
Like he owns the bird that sings

When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings

The priest has saved my soul
Salvation is in the balance of the angels
And underneath the wheels of passion
I keep the faith in my fashion

When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
(Oooh) I'm still in love with you

CHORUS
When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
I'm gonna love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way

When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife

If I could break down these walls
And shout my name at heaven's gate
I'd take these hands
And I'd destroy the dark machineries of fate,
The vehicles are broken
Heaven's the one above
Hellfire's a promise away
I'd still be saying
I'm still in love
Still in love
Still in love
Still in love...

He won't love you
Like I love you
He won't care for you this way
He'll mistreat you with disdain

Come and live with me
We'll have children of our own
I would love you more than life
If you'll come and be my wife

CHORUS
When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
I'm gonna love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife
I'm gonna love you night and day
I'm gonna try in every way

When we dance
Angels will run and hide their wings
I'm gonna find a place to live
Give you all I've got to give
I would love you more than life
If you'll only be my wife

When we dance...

I had a dream last night
Dreamt you were by my side
Walking with me baby
My heart was filled with pride
I had a dream last night


If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy, someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody, set them free

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see we want to possess

If  you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free


Fields Of Gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold

So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold


All This Time

I looked out across
The river today,
I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
Where the seagulls play.
I saw the sad shire horses walking home
In the sodium light
I saw two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night

And all this time, the river flowed
Endlessly to the sea.

Two priests came round our house tonight
One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying
To serve the final rite,
One to learn, one to teach,
Which way the cold wind blows
Fussing and flapping in priestly black
Like a murder of crows

And all this time, the river flowed
Endlessly to the sea
If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old man,
I'd bury him at sea

Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle
And as these words were spoken I swear I hear
The old man laughing,
'What good is a used up world, and how could it be
worth having'

And all this time the river flowed
Endlessly like a silent tear
And all this time the river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists,
Then how come he never lived here.

The teacher told us, the Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
Garrison town,
They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found

And all this time the river flowed
In the falling light of a northern sun
If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
Men go crazy in congregations
But they only get better
One by one
One by one...


Fortress Around Your Heart

Under the ruins of a walled city
Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light
No flags of truce, no cries of pity
The siege guns had been pounding all through the night
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the fields I'd known
I recognized the walls that I once laid
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

And if I have built this fortress around your heart
Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire
Then let me build a bridge
For I cannot fill the chasm
And let me set the battlements on fire

Then I went off to fight some battle
That I'd invented inside my head
Away so long for years and years
You probably thought or even wished that I was dead
While the armies all are sleeping
Beneath the tattered flag we'd made
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid

This prison has now become your home
A sentence you seem prepared to pay
It took a day to build the city
We walked through its streets in the afternoon
As I returned across the lands I'd known
I recognized the fields where I'd once played
I had to stop in my tracks for fear
Of walking on the mines I'd laid


Be Still My Beating Heart

Be still my beating heart
It would be better to be cool
It's not time to be open just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
Or I'll be taken for a fool
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so

I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart

Be still my beating heart
You must learn to stand your ground
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
To soothe the thoughts that plague me so
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart

Never to be wrong
Never to make promises that break
It's like singing in the wind
Or writing on the surface of a lake
And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land
Struggle to avoid any help at hand

I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart


They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)

Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is they despise
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone   They dance alone

It's the only form of protest they're allowed
I've seen their silent faces scream so loud
If they were to speak these words
they'd go missing too
Another woman on the torture table
what else can they do
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone   They dance alone

One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angistia
Danzan con sus padres
Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas
Danzan solas

Hey Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin' with her invisible son
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone   They dance alone


If I Ever Loose My Faith In You

You could say I lost my faith in science and progress
You could say I lost my belief in the holy Church
You could say I lost my sense of direction
You could say all of this and worse, but
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world
You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV
You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians
They all seemed like game show hosts to me
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do
I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
I never saw no military solution
That didn't always end up as something worse, but
Let me say this first
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do


Fragile

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence
and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star   like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are   how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star   like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are   how fragile we are
How fragile we are   how fragile we are


Why Should I Cry For You?

Under the dog star sail
Over the reefs of moonshine
Under the skies of fall
North, north west, the stones of Faroe

Under the Arctic fire
Over the seas of silence
Hauling on frozen ropes
For all my days remaining
But would north be true?

All colours bleed to red
Asleep on the ocean's bed
Drifting in empty seas
For all my days remaining

But would north be true?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?
Dark angels follow me
Over a godless sea
Mountains of endless falling,
For all my days remaining,

What would be true?

Sometimes I see your face,
The stars seem to lose their place
Why must I think of you?
Why must I?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?
Why would you want me to?
And what would it mean to say,
That, "I loved you in my fashion"?

What would be true?
Why should I?
Why should I cry for you?


Englishman In New York

I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on the side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York

See me walking down Fifth Avenue
A walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York

I'm an alien   I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
I'm an alien   I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

If "manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say

I'm an alien   I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
I'm an alien   I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the only one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society
At night a candle's brighter than the sun

Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run

If "manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say

I'm an alien   I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
I'm an alien   I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York


We'll Be Together

I see me with you and all the things you do
Keep turning round and round in my mind
Forget the weather we should always be together
And any other thought is unkind

To have you with me I would swim the seven seas
To have you as my guide and my light
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together   We'll be together tonight

We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

I see you with me and all I want to be
Is dancing here with you in my arms
Forget the weather we should always be together
I'll always be a slave to your charms

To have you with me I would swim the seven seas
To have you as the guide in my life
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together   We'll be together

We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

Call me baby.  You can call me anything you want
Call me baby  Call me  Just call me
We'll be together, yeah
We'll be together, yeah

I see you with me and baby makes three
I see me with you and all the things we do
Forget the weather we should always be together
I need you as my guide and my light
My love is the flame that burns in your name
We'll be together   We'll be together tonight


Russians

In Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russains love their children too

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy
There is no monopoly of common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

There is no historical precedent
To put words in the mouth of the president
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie we don't believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us me and you
Is that the Russians love their children too


This Cowboy Song

We rode all night across an endless desert
We had no moon to light our way
And though a billion stars were slowly turning
We lacked the consciences to pray

Our horses running like devil chasers
Those feet they hardly touched the ground
Yes, I'm familiar with the grey wolves howing
But I'm certain I never heard this sound

Devil to pay  On judgement day
Would Jesus strike me down
If I should pray this cowboy song

It's all I know
To bring me back into your arms
Your distant sun
Your shining light
You'll be my dark star shining
Tonight

I've been the lowest of the low on the planet
I've been a sinner all my days
And I was living with my hand on the trigger
I had no sense to change my ways

The priest asked if I'd embrace the ressurection
To suck the poison from my life
Just like an existential cowboy villain
His words were balanced on my knife

Devil to pay  On judgement day
Would Jesus strike me down
If I should pray

This cowboy song
It's all I know
To bring me back into your arms
Your distant sun
Your shining light
You'll be my dark star shining
Tonight

Every night
Every night
All my distances afar

This cowboy song
It's all I know
To bring me back into your arms
This cowboy song
This cowboy life
I'll be your dark star shining
Tonight

Dark star...

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