Title: Sting's Best
Review: I'm always amazed at the number of people who confess to liking Sting but never heard this album. As highly as I think of his newest cd this one still is the top of the heap. It's obvious that he was dealing with some very painful issues in these songs and the angst and emotion really shine through in his vocals and lyrics. The depth of the sound is fabulous and the song structures, arrangements and instrumentation are incomparable to anything before or since. It's almost as if he knew if he didn't get these songs out of his system he'd never be able to move on to lighter and more varied fare. His voice on "Soul Cages" is unforgettable in its menace. "Mad about You" is as tight a track as he's ever recorded and "Why should I cry" is an absolute lyrical epiphany. You can't hear it and not be moved.
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