STING – NOTHING LIKE THE SUN 2LP – Nr MINT UK THE POLICE

Sting – …Nothing Like The Sun
(A&M Records  1987  AMA6402)
Matrix No’s: A4/B4/C4/D1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some light ringwear rubbing & some sticker marks top right – hype sticker top right (bottom of sticker torn away)
Booklet in Nr MINT condition
Cover Print in Nr MINT condition

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

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.

…Nothing Like the Sun is a 1987 album by Sting. The title comes from Shakespeare’s Sonnet #130 (“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”), which Sting used in the song “Sister Moon”.

Track listing

All songs by Sting except as noted.

Side one

1. “The Lazarus Heart” – 4:34
2. “Be Still My Beating Heart” – 5:32
3. “Englishman in New York” – 4:25

Side two

4. “History Will Teach Us Nothing” – 4:58
5. “They Dance Alone” – 7:16
6. “Fragile” – 3:54

Side three

7. “We’ll Be Together” – 4:52
8. “Straight to My Heart” – 3:54
9. “Rock Steady”  – 4:27

Side four

10. “Sister Moon”  – 3:46
11. “Little Wing” (Jimi Hendrix) – 5:04
12. “The Secret Marriage” (Hanns Eisler, Sting) – 2:03

Personnel

• Sting – Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar on “History Will Teach Us Nothing” and “Fragile”
• Renée Geyer – Background Vocals
• Dollette McDonald – Background Vocals
• Janice Pendarvis – Background Vocals
• Vesta Williams – Background Vocals
• Kenwood Dennard – Drums on “Little Wing”
• Manu Katché – Drums
• Andy Newmark – Drums
• Gil Evans & His Orchestra (on “Little Wing”)
• Mino Cinelu – Percussion, Vocoder
• Rubén Blades – Vocals (on “They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)”)
• Mark Egan – Bass on “Little Wing”
• Hiram Bullock – Guitar on “Little Wing”
• Eric Clapton – Guitar on “They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)”
• Fareed Haque – Guitar on “They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)”
• Mark Knopfler – Guitar (on “They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)”)
• Andy Summers – Guitar on “The Lazarus Heart” and “Be Still My Beating Heart”
• Kenny Kirkland – Keyboards
• Ken Helman – Piano on “The Secret Marriage”
• Branford Marsalis – Saxophone