Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales
(A&M Records 1993 5400751)
Sleeve & Insert in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT- condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from 1 tiny mark at the start of side 2 that gives a few light clicks on the intro to Saint Augustine)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band The Police from 1977 to 1984, before launching a solo career.
Ten Summoner’s Tales is the fourth solo studio album by English musician Sting. The title is a combined pun of his family name, Sumner, and a character in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the summoner. Released in 1993, it explores themes of love and morality in a noticeably upbeat mood compared to his previous release, the introspective The Soul Cages released in 1991 after the loss of both his parents in the 1980s.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sting, except “It’s Probably Me” written with Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen, and “Shape of My Heart” written with Dominic Miller
| A1 | Prologue (If I Ever Lose My Faith In You) | 4:31 | |
| A2 | Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) | 5:11 | |
| A3 | Fields Of Gold | 3:42 | |
| A4 | Heavy Cloud No Rain | 3:47 | |
| A5 | She’s Too Good For Me | 2:30 | |
| A6 | Seven Days | 4:39 | |
| B1 | Saint Augustine In Hell | 5:17 | |
| B2 | It’s Probably Me | 5:09 | |
| B3 | Shape Of My Heart | 4:38 | |
| B4 | Something The Boy Said | 5:28 | |
| B5 | Epilogue (Nothing ‘Bout Me) | 3:41 |
Personnel
- Sting – vocals, bass guitar, double bass, harmonica, saxophone, arrangements
- David Sancious – keyboards
- Dominic Miller – guitars
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Larry Adler – chromatic harmonica
- Brendan Power – chromatic harmonica
- Richard Edwards – trombone
- Mark Nightingale – trombone
- John Barclay – trumpet
- Guy Barker – trumpet
- Dave Heath – flute
- Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle
- Sian Bell – cello
- James Boyd – viola
- Simon Fischer – violin
- Kathryn Greeley – violin
- David Foxxe – narration (devil’s voice on “Saint Augustine in Hell”)[25]
Production
- Sting – producer
- Hugh Padgham – producer, engineer, mixing
- Andrew Bradfield – assistant engineer
- Pete Lewis – assistant engineer
- Simon Osborne – assistant engineer
- Roger Lian – digital editing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, USA)
- Danny Quatrochi – personal technical assistant
- Richard Frankel – art direction, design
- Norman Moore – art direction, design
- Kevin Westenberg – photography
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