Sting
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Sting Biography
fter disbanding the Police at the peak of their popularity in
1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, one
obsessed with expanding the boundaries of pop music. Sting incorporated
heavy elements of jazz, classical, and worldbeat into his music,
writing lyrics that were literate and self-consciously meaningful, and
he was never afraid to emphasize this fact in the press. For such
unabashed ambition, he was equally loved and reviled, with supporters
believing that he was at the forefront of literate, intelligent rock
and his critics finding his entire body of work pompous. Either way,
Sting remained one of pop's biggest superstars for the first ten years
of his solo career, before his record sales began to slip.
Before the Police were officially disbanded, Sting began work on his
first solo album late in 1984, rounding up a group of jazz musicians as
a supporting band. Moving from bass to guitar, he recorded his solo
debut, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, with Branford Marsalis,
Kenny Kirkland, and Omar Hakim. The move wasn't entirely unexpected,
since Sting had played with jazz and progressive rock bands in his
youth, but the result was considerably more mature and diverse than any
Police record. The album became a hit, with If You Love Somebody Set
Them Free, Love Is the Seventh Wave, and Fortress Around Your
Heart reaching the American Top Ten. Sting brought the band out on an
extensive tour, which was captured on a documentary called Bring on the
Night, which appeared in 1986, along with a live double album of the
same name. That year, Sting participated in a half-hearted Police
reunion that resulted in only one new song, a re-recorded version of
Don't Stand So Close to Me.
Following the aborted Police reunion, Sting began working on the
ambitious Nothing Like the Sun, which was dedicated to his recently
deceased mother. Working from a jazz foundation, and again
collaborating with Marsalis, Sting worked with a number of different
musicians on the album, including Gil Evans and former Police guitarist
Andy Summers. The album received generally positive reviews upon its
release in late 1987, and it generated hit singles with We'll Be
Together and They Dance Alone. Following its release, Sting began
actively campaigning for Amnesty International and environmentalism,
establishing the Rainforest Foundation, which was designed to raise
awareness about preserving the Brazilian rainforest. An abridged
Spanish version of Nothing Like the Sun, Nada Como el Sol, was released
in 1988.
Sting took several years to deliver the follow-up to Nothing Like the
Sun, during which time he appeared in a failed Broadway revival of The
Threepenny Opera in 1989. His father also died, which inspired 1991's
The Soul Cages, a dense, dark, and complex album. Although the album
peaked at number two and spawned the Top Ten hit All This Time, the
record was less successful than its predecessor. Two years later, he
delivered Ten Summoner's Tales, a light, pop-oriented record that
became a hit on the strength of two Top 20 singles, If I Ever Lose My
Faith in You and Fields of Gold. At the end of 1993, All for Love,
a song he recorded with Rod Stewart and Bryan Adams for The Three
Musketeers, became a number one hit. The single confirmed that Sting's
audience had shifted from new wave/college rock fans to adult
contemporary, and the 1994 compilation Fields of Gold: The Best of
Sting played to that audience.
Three years after Ten Summoner's Tales, Sting released Mercury Falling
in the spring of 1996. Although the album debuted highly, it quickly
fell down the charts, stalling at platinum sales and failing to
generate a hit single. While the album failed, Sting remained a popular
concert attraction, confirming his immense popularity. Brand New Day,
which followed in 1999, turned his commercial fortunes around in a big
way, and 2003's Sacred Love did well also. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
All Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine