The Best of 25 Years

~ Release by Sting (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Tracklist

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1If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
recording of:
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Illegal Songs, Inc., Magnetic Publishing Ltd. and Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.
4:25
2Love Is the Seventh Wave
recording of:
Love Is the Seventh Wave
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Bugle Songs Ltd. (Publishing label formerly known as Illegal Music Ltd.), Illegal Songs Inc., Magnetic Publishing Ltd., Reggatta Music (publisher) and Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.
3:33
3Moon Over Bourbon Street
engineer and mixer:
Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer) and Pete Smith (UK producer)
producer:
Pete Smith (UK producer) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
additional synclavier:
Danny Quatrochi
bass guitar [bass]:
Darryl Jones (bassist for The Rolling Stones)
double bass, guitar and lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim
keyboard:
Kenny Kirkland
saxophone:
Branford Marsalis (saxophonist)
background vocals:
Dolette McDonald and Janice Pendarvis
arranger:
Dominic Muldowney
recorded at:
Blue Wave Recording Studios in Barbados
recording of:
Moon Over Bourbon Street
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.
44:01
4Fortress Around Your Heart
recording of:
Fortress Around Your Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Magnetic Publishing Ltd. and Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.
4:52
5Englishman in New York
producer:
Neil Dorfsman and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Mark McKenna (engineer) and Bob Vogt
mixer:
Neil Dorfsman and Hugh Padgham
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1997)
music videos:
Englishman in New York by Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
Englishman in New York
lyricist and writer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
44:27
6They Dance Alone
producer:
Neil Dorfsman and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Mark McKenna (engineer) and Bob Vogt
mixer:
Neil Dorfsman and Hugh Padgham
guest guitar:
Eric Clapton, Fareed Haque and Mark Knopfler
guest vocals:
Rubén Blades
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
They Dance Alone (Cueca solo)
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France, GM Sumner, Magnetic Publishing Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
37:14
7Fragile
producer:
Neil Dorfsman and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Mark McKenna (engineer) and Bob Vogt
mixer:
Neil Dorfsman and Hugh Padgham
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1997)
recording of:
Fragile
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
4.43:55
8We’ll Be Together
recording of:
We’ll Be Together
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
4:46
9All This Time
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Efren Herrera, Yves Jajaget, Bruce Keene, Simon Osborne (engineer/producer), Brian Scheuble and Al Stone (UK engineer)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1991)
music videos:
All This Time by Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
All This Time
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
34:55
10Mad About You
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Efren Herrera, Yves Jajaget, Bruce Keene, Simon Osborne (engineer/producer), Brian Scheuble and Al Stone (UK engineer)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1991)
recording of:
Mad About You
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Matthew Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Blue Turtle Music and Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
3.353:54
11Why Should I Cry for You
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
additional remixer:
Mark Mazzetti
remixer:
Hugh Padgham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1991)
recording of:
Why Should I Cry for You?
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
2.54:46
12The Soul Cages
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Efren Herrera, Yves Jajaget, Bruce Keen, Simon Osborne (engineer/producer), Brian Scheuble and Al Stone (UK engineer)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1991)
recording of:
The Soul Cages
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Matthew Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
35:52
13If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
engineer and mixer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Andrew Bradfield, Pete Lewis (engineer) and Simon Osbourne
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1997)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
3.354:29
14Fields of Gold
engineer and mixer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Andrew Bradfield, Pete Lewis (engineer) and Simon Osbourne
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1997)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Fields of Gold
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Germany (GmbH & Co. KG), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Steerpike Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
3.83:40
15Seven Days
engineer and mixer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1997)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Seven Days
composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
3.54:40
16Shape of My Heart
engineer and mixer:
Hugh Padgham
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Shape of My Heart
lyricist:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
composer:
Dominic Miller (guitarist) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
44:37
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1When We Dance
additional engineer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (from 1994-08 until 1994-09)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1994-08 until 1994-09)
karaoke version of:
wHEn We DAncE 94-10 (SXID SX210SYEJ6) by Top Jimmy Page
recording of:
When We Dance (from 1994-08 until 1994-09)
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
56:00
2I Was Brought to My Senses
engineer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer) and Hugh Padgham
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham
bass:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
fiddle:
Kathryn Tickell
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
keyboard:
Kenny Kirkland
saxophone:
Branford Marsalis (saxophonist)
additional vocals:
East London Gospel Choir, Lance Ellington (Strictly Come Dancing), Shirley Lewis, Monica Reed Price and Tony Walters
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
background vocals [vocal sessions coordinated by] arranger:
Graeme Perkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
I Was Brought to My Senses
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Matthew Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Magnetic Publishing Ltd. and Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
3.55:50
3You Still Touch Me
engineer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer) and Hugh Padgham
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham
bass:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
keyboard:
Kenny Kirkland
saxophone:
Andrew Love
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
You Still Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Matthew Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
33:48
4I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying
engineer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer) and Hugh Padgham
producer:
Hugh Padgham and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
mixer:
Hugh Padgham
bass:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
keyboard:
Kenny Kirkland
pedal steel guitar [pedal steel]:
B.J. Cole
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
A&M Records, Inc. (in 1996)
recorded at:
Lake House, Wiltshire in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Matthew Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
2.53:58
5Desert Rose
engineer and mixer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
co-producer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
producer:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
clarinet:
Branford Marsalis (saxophonist)
clavinet and piano:
Jason Rebello
darbuka:
Ettamri Mustapha
drum machine [drum programming] and keyboard:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) and Manu Katché
fiddle and Northumbrian pipes:
Kathryn Tickell
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
Hammond organ:
Don Blackman and Dave Hartley (pianist)
pedal steel guitar:
B.J. Cole
percussion:
Mino Cinelu
trumpet:
Chris Botti
background vocals:
Tawatha Agee, Dennis Collins (backing vocalist), Joe Mendez, Janice Pendarvis, Althea Rodgers, Marlon Saunders, Darryl Tookes, Veneese Thomas and Ken Williams (songwriter)
guest vocals:
Cheb Mami
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
Desert Rose
additional lyricist:
Cheb Mami
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
GM Sumner (in 1999) and Magnetic Publishing Ltd. (in 1999)
54:51
6Brand New Day
engineer and mixer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
co-producer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
producer:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
harmonica:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
Brand New Day
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
3.56:21
7Send Your Love (Dave Aude remix)
recording engineer and mixer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
assistant engineer:
Hopps
engineer:
Donal Hodgson (task: programming engineer) and Steve Miller (down-tempo, house artist Afterlife) (task: mix engineer)
additional producer:
Dave Audé
producer:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
bass guitar:
Danny Dunlap
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
additional remixer:
Dave Audé
remix of:
Send Your Love by Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) feat. Vicente Amigo
recording of:
Send Your Love
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Matthew Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
23:17
8Whenever I Say Your Name
recording engineer and mixer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
programming:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge)
assistant engineer:
Hopps
engineer:
Donal Hodgson (task: programming engineer)
producer:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
bass, clarinet [turkish clarinet] and lead vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
castanets:
Valérie Denys
cello:
Jacqueline Thomas (British cellist)
double bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) and Manu Katché
duduk [darduk]:
Lévon Minassian
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
Hammond organ:
Jeff Young (US keyboardist and vocalist)
keyboard:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
piano and Rhodes piano [Rhodes]:
Jason Rebello
tabla [Tablas]:
Aref Durvesh
trombone:
Clark Gayton
trumpet:
Chris Botti
background vocals:
Ada Dyer (American soul singer), Donna Gardier and Joy Rose (vocalist)
choir vocals:
Chœur de Radio France
guest lead vocals:
Mary J. Blige
vocals:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge)
chorus master:
Philip White (British chorus master)
arranger:
Dave Hartley (pianist)
recording of:
Whenever I Say Your Name
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
35:26
9Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)
recording engineer and mixer:
Simon Osborne (engineer/producer)
assistant engineer:
Hopps
engineer:
Donal Hodgson (task: programming engineer)
producer:
Kipper (Mark Eldridge) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Original English solo version)
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
33:58
10End of the Game
producer:
Rob Mathes and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
assistant mixer:
Matthew Scheiner
mixer:
Elliot Scheiner
bass:
Ira Coleman
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
percussion:
David Cossin
background vocals:
Jo Lawry
vocals and performer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Steven Mercurio (conductor and composer)
arranger:
Rob Mathes
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
End of the Game
writer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
46:09
11Never Coming Home
recording of:
Never Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
5:21
12Russians (live)
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany (in 2010)
live recording of:
Russians (in 2010)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Virgin Music Publishers Ltd., Illegal Songs (publisher) (in 1985), Magnetic Publishing Ltd. (in 1985) and Reggatta Music (publisher) (in 1985)
is based on:
Lieutenant Kijé Suite, op. 60: II. Romance
4:54
13Message in a Bottle (live)
live recording of:
Message in a Bottle
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., GM Sumner and Virgin Music, Inc. (US arm of Virgin’s publishing company)
4:49
14Demolition Man (live)
live cover recording of:
Demolition Man
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
4:27
15Heavy Cloud No Rain (live)
live recording of:
Heavy Cloud No Rain
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
3:44