The Best of 25 Years (12 track A&M 2011 release)

~ Release by Sting (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

Many of these items point to incorrect recordings. From the disc that I have:

MCN: 0602527788760

Track ISRCs:

  1. USUM71112450
  2. USUM71112457
  3. USAM18700043
  4. USAM19100286
  5. GBAAM9390001
  6. USAM19300066
  7. USIR19902517
  8. USAM10300226
  9. USUM71112458
  10. USUM71112459
  11. USUM71112460
  12. USUM71112461
Annotation last modified on 2015-03-09 02:15 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
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
2We’ll Be Together
recording of:
We’ll Be Together
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
4:46
3Fragile
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
4All 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
5If 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
6Fields 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
7Desert 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
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)
35:25
9Never Coming Home
recording of:
Never Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
5:20
10Message 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
11Demolition Man (live)
live cover recording of:
Demolition Man
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
4:26
12Heavy Cloud No Rain (live)
live recording of:
Heavy Cloud No Rain
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
3:45