Nothing Like The Sun - Sting (CD 1987)

There was a great outcry across the land when the Police broke up back in the eighties. Stewart Copeland went on to score films and tv, Andy Summers went his own way, and Sting -- Well, Sting went on to become an even bigger legend and one of the best songwriters around. His previous solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles was a bit incoherent in places, but with this one, he struck gold, and hasn't stopped since. Most of the songs center around love, in all of its forms, and are generally pop tunes, catchy without too much embellishment. I can handle that, I listen to Sting for the lyrics,.

"I don't know what the critics will think of this album...People might listen to it and wonder, What's he doing? I knew I was on the right track when I confused everybody in the studio - they didn't have a clue about what I was trying to get at, which was a real pop record. I wanted a record that is funny, emotional, sad, sexy, danceable and serious. That, to me, is what pop music should be - not this homogeneous record that has one guitar sound and one snare drum sound from start to finish." -Sting, Spin, December, 1987 Sting, pop artiste Sting's first solo album, The Dream Of The Blue...

The Police closed up shop in 1986, at which point lead singer/bassist Sting was already established as a solo star. His debut, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, was a critical and commercial success that was both a progression of The Police's evolving sound (this was a band that got more musically complex with each successive album) as well as an exploration of his jazz roots. It was literate enough for the highbrow folks to get into and hooky enough for the folks who were listening to Prince and Madonna at the time-although I hope they all got up to move the needle or fast-forward the cassette..

Instead of a prologue Nothing like the Sun was the culmination of everything Sting had pursued over the course of the 80s, a true masterpiece. This was where every piece of the puzzle finally lay in its place, his political awareness, his maturity as a musician, his genius as a lyricist, yes the best band he d ever had, finally, his beautiful soul it all comes down to this: one of the 80s best pop albums. Part 1: All that you can t leave behind Sting has always been the kind of person to let his feelings show. As he himself admits, Synchronicity (the Police, 1983) consists almost entirely of.