STING
NOTHING LIKE THE RISING SUN (2CD)
COMPACT DISC DOUBLE
Item no. :UN2CD062 Barcode :0823564037066 Artist :STING Product type :Compact Disc Double Label :UNICORN Release Date :14 April 2023
MAGICAL 1988 BROADCAST FROM THE TOKYO DOME
• Sting’s first solo album, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featured jazz musicians including Kenny Kirkland, Darryl Jones, Omar
Hakim and Branford Marsalis. It included the hit singles ‘If You Love Somebody Set Them Free’, ‘Fortress Around Your Heart’, ‘Love Is
the Seventh Wave’ and ‘Russians’. Within a year, the album had reached Triple Platinum. It received Grammy nominations for Album
of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance and Best Engineered Recording.
• In 1985, Sting provided spoken vocals for the Miles Davis album You're Under Arrest, taking the role of a French-speaking police
officer. He also sang backing vocals on Arcadia's single ‘The Promise’ and on two songs from Phil Collins' album No Jacket Required.
• Sting released his sophomore record, ...Nothing Like the Sun in 1987, including singles, ‘We'll Be Together’, ‘Fragile’, ‘Englishman in
New York’ and ‘Be Still My Beating Heart’, dedicated to his mother, who had recently died. It went Double Platinum. The album won
Best British Album at the 1988 Brit Awards and in 1989 received three Grammy nominations including his second consecutive
nomination for Album of the Year.
• Playing a wonderful show on this date, the entire concert is now available on this new 2CD set, made available here for the first time.
TRACKLIST
DISC ONE
1 Lazarus Heart 8:18
2 Too Much Information 1:59
3 We’ll Be Together 4:48
4 Englishman In New York 4:56
5 Sister Moon 9:20
6 Rock Steady 4:57
7 One World (Not Three) 8:10
8 Bring On The Night/When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around 11:02
9 If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free 6:19
10 King Of Pain 7:29
DISC TWO
1 They Dance Alone/Walking On The Moon 9:53
2 Tempted 6:11
3 Be Still My Beating Heart 6:41
4 Walking In Your Footsteps 4:48
5 Fragile 4:42
6 Little Wing 10:33
7 Fortress Around Your Heart 6:54
8 Don’t Stand So Close To Me 10:01
9 Every Breath You Take 6:27
10 Message In A Bottle 8:16
