...Nothing Like the Sun

by Sting

Type: Album
Released: 5 October 1987
Label: A&M
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 55:09
Community rating: 3.64/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Sting's ambitious double album seamlessly integrates worldbeat, jazz-pop, and soft rock into a pristine, highly literate pop framework. Expanding on his solo debut, the record features contributions from jazz heavyweights like Branford Marsalis and Gil Evans, backing deeply conscious, politically charged, and melancholic songwriting. '...Nothing Like the Sun' stands as a lush, eclectic masterpiece of adult contemporary pop.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, political, sophisticated, literate, soulful

Tracklist

Credits

Sting - primary artist, producer, arranged by, vocals, bass [basses], written-by, guitar
Richard Frankel - art direction, design
Dolette McDonald - backing vocals
Janice Pendarvis - backing vocals
Renee Geyer - backing vocals
Vesta Williams - backing vocals
Manu Katché - drums, membranophone
Andy Newmark - drums [additional]
Kenny Kirkland - keyboards, electric piano piano synthesizer
Denis Blackham - lacquer cut by
Bob Ludwig - mastered by
Hugh Padgham - mixed by
Neil Dorfsman - mixed by, producer
Bob Vogt - mixed by [assistant]
Mark McKenna - mixed by [assistant]
Mino Cinelu - percussion, vocoder
Brian Aris - photography by
Dave O'Donnell - producer [assistant]
Ken Blair - producer [assistant]
Branford Marsalis - saxophone, soprano saxophone tenor saxophone
Jimi Hendrix - written-by
Andy Summers - guitar
Eric Clapton - guitar
Fareed Haque - guitar
Mark Knopfler - guitar
Ruben Blades - vocals [spanish]
Paul McKenna - mixed by
John Hegedes - mixed by [assistant]
Bryan Loren - producer
Mark Egan - bass
Kenwood Dennard - drums
Hiram Bullock - guitar, acoustic guitar electric guitar
Gil Evans And His Orchestra - orchestra
Ken Helman - piano