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Sting: The Last Ship

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Label: A&M Records
Released: 2013.09.20
Time:
 45:24
Category: Rock, Folk
Producer(s): Sting, Rob Mathes
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.sting.com
Appears with: The Police
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] The Last Ship (Sting) - 3:51
[2] Dead Man's Boots (Sting) - 3:30
[3] And Yet (Sting) - 3:53
[4] August Winds (Sting) - 3:18
[5] Language of Birds (Sting/R.Mathes) - 3:30
[6] Practical Arrangement (Sting/R.Mathes) - 3:20
[7] The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance (Sting) - 4:13
[8] Ballad of the Great Eastern (Sting/R.Mathes/D.Miller/K.Tickell/J.Lawry/P.Tickell/I.Coleman) - 5:15
[9] What Have We Got? [feat. Jimmy Nail] (Sting/J.Nail/K.Tickell/P.Tickell/J.Sutton/J.Lawry) - 3:35
[10] I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else (Sting/R.Mathes) - 3:42
[11] So to Speak [feat. Becky Unthank] (Sting) - 4:07
[12] The Last Ship [Reprise] (Sting) - 3:20

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Sting - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Orchestral Bells, Cymbals, Producer

Rob Mathes - Piano, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitars, Background Vocals, Orchestra Arrangement & Conduction, Producer
Dominic Miller - Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Ira Coleman - Bass
Joe Bonadio - Drums, Percussion
Peter Tickell - Violin, Mandolin
Julian Sutton - Melodeon
Kathryn Tickell - Violin, Northumbrian Pipes
Jo Lawry - Duet Vocalon [6], Background Vocals
Jimmy Nail - Vocals on [9], Background Vocals

Thomas Bowes - Violin (Concertmaster)
Emlyn Singleton - Violin (Principal Second Violin)
Rita Manning - Violin
Boguslaw Kostecki - Violin
Warren Zielinski - Violin
Cathy Thompson - Violin
Chris Tombling - Violin
Debbie Widdup - Violin
Mark Berrow - Violin
Gaby Lester - Violin
Steve Morris - Violin
Peter Lale - Viola (Principal)
Bruce White - Viola
Andy Parker - Viola
Anthony Pleeth - Cello (Principal)
Martin Loveday - Cello
Dave Daniels - Cello
Jon Carnac - Clarinet
Gavin Mcnaughton - Bassoon
Richard Watkins - French Horn
David Pyatt - French Horn
Nicholas Korth - French Horn
Michael Thompson - French Horn
John Barclay - Trumpet
Kate Moore - Trumpet
Tom Rees-Roberts - Trumpet
Richard Edwards - Tenor Trombone
Andy Wood - Euphonium
Owen Slade - Tuba

Rachel Unthank - Clogs on [9]
Becky Unthank - Duet Vocal on [11]
The Wilson Family - Group Vocals on [1,8,9,12]
Jeff Kievit - Trumpet on [1,2,12]
Tony Kadleck - Trumpet on [1,2,12]
Bob Carlisle - French Horn on [1,2,12]
Chris Komer - French Horn on [1,2,12]
Mike Davis - Tenor Trombone on [1,2,12]
Richard Harris - Euphonium on [1,2,12]
Marcus Rojas - Tuba on [1,2,12]

Donald Hodgson - Recording, Mixing
Peter Cobbin - Orchestra Recording, Additional Mixing on [1-6,8,10,12]
Alex Venguer - Additional Recording
Jonathan Allen - Orchestra Recording
Scott Hull - Mastering
Jill Dell'Abate - Production Manager
Isobel Griffiths, Ltd. - Orchestra Contractor
Charlotte Matthews - Assistant Orchestra Contractor
Rich Rich - Pro Tools Engineering
Brett Meyer - Pro Tools Engineering
Paul Pritchard - Pro Tools Engineering
Toby Hulbert - Pro Tools Engineering
Rael Jones - Pro Tools Engineering
Lars Fox - Additional Engineering And Editing
Angus Cowen - Assistant Engineering
Mark Broughton - Assistant Engineering
Danny Quatrochi - Sting'S Guitar Technician
Mike Casteel - Music Preparation
Lori Casteel - Music Preparation
Dave Hage - Music Preparation Assistant

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It's an open secret that Sting's interest in songwriting waned after 2003's Sacred Love, an undistinguished collection of mature pop that passed with barely a ripple despite winning a Grammy for its Mary J. Blige duet "Whenever I Say Your Name." Sting spent the next decade wandering - writing classical albums for lute, recording the frostiest Christmas album in memory, rearranging his old hits for symphony, then finally, inevitably, reuniting the Police - before finding inspiration within the confines of a musical. The Last Ship tells the tale of a British shipyard in the '80s, one laid low by changing times, so there's naturally an elegiac undertow to Sting's originals, a sensibility underscored by his decision to ground nearly all these songs in the folk of the British Isles. Dockworkers in the '80s may not have been singing folk songs, but the genre is elastic, allowing for single-spotlight soliloquies along with rousing all-cast showcases, like the boisterous "What Have We Got?" Also, by having the bones of his songs belong to folk, Sting can put together a credible album of his own, as the songs from The Last Ship feel intimate in a way he's rarely attempted in his career. He brings in a few guests - Jimmy Nail and Becky Unthank show up on the standard edition, AC/DC's Brian Johnson, a rock & roll dockworker if there ever was one, shows up on the deluxe - but the focus is entirely on the songwriter. Occasionally, Sting's desire to inhabit roles within the musical is a little too strong - not long into the album he adopts either a Scottish or Irish brogue, elsewhere he affects a workingman's vernacular, all the while sounding like nobody else but the posh Gordon Sumner - but his songs are precise and cannily crafted, bearing the work of a songwriter who is intent on sculpting every line and every melodic progression. Unlike Sacred Love, The Last Ship isn't listless; even when the album is quiet - which it often is - Sting is engaged, relishing the different characters that inhabit his musical and seizing the challenge of writing in the longform. It's easy to sling arrows at The Last Ship - there is a whiff of condescension to some of the blue-collar anthems, the air is often haughty ("The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance") - but this is Sting's tightest collection of songs in ages, and they all play off each other, adding up to a cohesive whole that is surely one of his best latter-day records.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



The Last Ship is the eleventh studio album by English musician Sting, released on 20 September 2013 in Germany, and on 24 September 2013 in the UK and US. The album features guest artists with roots in the northeast of England, including Brian Johnson from AC/DC, Jimmy Nail, The Unthanks, The Wilson Family and Kathryn Tickell. The title is an allusion to the closure of the shipyards in the historic shipbuilding town of Wallsend, where Sting grew up. On 12 August 2013, audio samples of the songs from the album were published on YouTube by Cherrytree.

The Last Ship is the first full-length LP of original material released by Sting since his 2003 album Sacred Love. The album is inspired by Sting's forthcoming play of the same name, which premiered in June 2014. The play explores the themes of homecoming and self-discovery, drawing upon Sting's memories of growing up in the shipbuilding town of Wallsend, along with his reflections on the complexity of relationships, the passage of time and the importance of family and community. The play contains a few songs that are not in the album, including "What Say You Meg?", written to replace "Practical Arrangement" in the theatrical production.

The album is available as both a digital and physical release in two configurations: a standard 12-song version (also available on vinyl) and a 2-disc deluxe version with 5 additional tracks. Moreover, a 2-disc super deluxe edition with 20 tracks and special packaging will be available exclusively on Amazon.com, and AmazonMP3 will be the exclusive retailer for the 20-track, super deluxe digital edition.

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