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All rights reserved.The Dream of the Blue Turtles (A&M) - Sting (CD 1990)
| Track Listing 1. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 2. Love Is the Seventh Wave 3. Russians 4. Children's Crusade 5. Shadows in the Rain 6. We Work the Black Seam 7. Consider Me Gone 8. Dream of the Blue Turtles, The 9. Moon Over Bourbon Street 10. Fortress Around Your Heart
Album Notes Personnel: Sting (vocals, guitar, bass); Branford Marsalis (saxophone, percussion); Frank Opolko (trombone); Kenny Kirkland (keyboards); Danny Quatrochi (Synclavier synthesizer, background vocals); Darryl Jones (bass); Omar Hakim (drums); Eddy Grant (congas); Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis, Pete Smith, Elliot Jones, Jane Alexander, Vic Garbarini, The Nannies Chorus, Rosemary Purt, Stephanie Crewson, Joe Sumner, Kate Sumner, Michael Sumner (background vocals). Sting had a lot to prove on his first post-Police effort, and he proved himself up to the task of establishing a distinctive identity as a solo artist. Instead of replicating his reggae-tinged Police style, he ventured into new realms, hiring top drawer American jazz musicians like Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland and drum monster Omar Hakim to accompany him on the kind of harmonically sophisticated (though decidedly non-jazz) tunes he'd begun working on towards the end of the Police's lifetime (see SYNCHRONICITY). There's still a touch of reggae on the open-hearted "Love Is the Seventh Wave," and even a funked-up version of the formerly abstract Police tune "Shadows In The Rain," but most of the tunes here (except the pop smash "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" are the kind of literate, adult-friendly sophisto-pop that would become a template for his subsequent solo recordings. BLUE TURTLES still stands as one of his most memorable albums. Editorial Reviews CMJ (01/05/2004) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||||
Reviews  SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAYReview created: 08/06/07 by:  I could listen to this CD every day. Even my husband who wasn't familiar with the CD asks me to play it whenever I'm playing CD's. Can't say enough. Classic Sting style. The guy is a genius. Review ID: 10000000004144852 Was this review helpful? Report this review  The Dream Of The Blue TurtlesReview created: 05/07/07 by: I decided to buy this album because I really like Sting and most of his songs. This CD is packed with great songs. I especially like 'Russians.' This is a great buy for any true Sting fan. Review ID: 10000000003538840 Was this review helpful? Report this review Stings First SoloReview created: 10/16/06 by: 2 of 4 people found this review helpful. This cd was Sting's first solo album/cd after he left The Police. He gave it a smashing try and made statements. It starts out with If You Love Something Set It Free and ends big with Fortress Around My Heart. He did so well--he was on the road to success with this. He proved his talent! Review ID: 10000000002140090 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Sting got away from the Police and lived out a DreamReview created: 03/26/03 by: flamepillar -- a member of Epinions Pros: Brilliant musicianship, slick production and <b>"Fortress Around Your Heart"</b>, an unimaginably gorgeous tune. Cons: The music does get weird in spots; politics may be unsettling to some. Not too often that you see a wildly successful band lose their lead singer, only for the lead singer to go solo... and become even bigger. That's just what Sting did with his departure from the Police -- in 1985, he released his first solo effort, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. No doubt, Sting had to be nervous about it. He even has a look of apprehension right there on the cover. However, when the opening single "If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free" started pummeling its way through the charts, Sting's career was already well cemented. The opening of the song is a bit outlandish, with two... Review ID: 10000000000234618 Sting Takes Flight In A Dream...Review created: 12/16/02 by: bob_tomato-- a member of Epinions and Lead in Music Pros: Sting and his talented band weave a masterpiece of styles and sounds Cons: this space deliberately devoid of any negative information "Once you're in a successful group you become part of people's gestalt, and you're not allowed to escape from it. Freedom is everything to me - freedom to change my mind, freedom to be seen differently." - Sting, Record, 1985 Throughout my high school years, The Police was one of my very favorite bands - I loved the sparse sounds which conveyed a richness and depth in both lyric and tone. Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting had created one of the most successful bands of the early eighties, and in my senior year, they ruled the airwaves and MTV with the album Synchcronicity, presenting.. Review ID: 10000000000234616 U-turnReview created: 03/26/03 by: foxy_shy -- a member of Epinions Pros: More complicated than some previous or subsequent works, pays off if you re patient<BR/> Cons: Objection: this field should be removed for some albums<BR/> Three years after The Police had sung their swan song - the delightful Synchronicity - Sting released the album most people referred to as his solo debut . The first single off The Dream of the Blue Turtles immediately became a huge hit you must have heard it - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free . The success of the album was inevitable, as also The Police fans (most of them) joined the growing army of Sting s admirers. The ex-policeman took off here and delivered 5 more studio, 3 live and 1 compilation album, remaining a rare phenomenon of success up to the present days. Somewhere this year.. Review ID: 10000000000234617 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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