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"If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male; and TEN SUMMONER'S TALES won the 1994 Grammy Award for Engineered Album, Nonclassical. "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" was also nominated for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year; and TEN SUMMONER'S TALES was nominated for Album Of The Year.
Mr. "Sheer Profundity" delivered a stunning fourth solo album that probably surprised himself as well as the critics who were prepared to watch his fall from grace after the seeming failure of the intense THE SOUL CAGES. Right from the opener, "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You," the album holds its pace. That track will be seen as a classic in years to come, as will the beautiful "Fields Of Gold" and "Shape Of My Heart." Sting is established as a major artist with a solo career that has now eclipsed his former supergroup.
Recorded at Lake House, Wiltshire, England.
Personnel: Sting (vocals); Dominic Miller (guitar); Simon Fischer (violin); Kathryn Tickell (fiddle); James Boyd (viola); Sian Bell (cello); Dave Heath (flute); Larry Adler, Brendan Power (harmonica); John Barclay, Guy Barker (trumpet); Mark Nightingale, Richard Edwards (trombone); David Sancious (keyboards); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums).
Audio Mixers: David Tickle; Hugh Padgham.
Recording information: Lake House, Wiltshire, England.
Photographer: Kevin Westenberg.
Personnel: Sting (vocals, harmonica, saxophone, bass); David Foxxe (spoken vocals); Dominic Miller (guitar); Paul Franklin (pedal steel guitar); Simon Fisher, Kathryn Greeley (violin); James Boyd (viola); Sian Bell (cello); Dave Heath (flute); Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes, fiddle); Larry Adler, Brendan Power (chromatic harmonica); John Barclay, Guy Barker (trumpet); Richard Edwards, Mark Nightingale (trombone); David Sancious (keyboards); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums).
Rolling Stone (3/18/93, p.38) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...strikes the tricky balance of being both uncompromised and relaxed....TALES is loose and swinging; the joy in the playing is palpable....Sting's singing is superb, a virtual study in intelligent rock-vocal technique...masterful..." Spin (4/93, p.94) - Highly Recommended - "...his most playful record....Sting continues to emphasize his flair for haunted, existential romance..." Entertainment Weekly (3/12/93, p.60) - "...11 terse, vividly imagined gems....has plenty of catchy, unburdened moments..." - Rating: A Q (1/94, p.83) - Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993.'
Great overall CD Great sounding CD, bought it for one song, but loved all of them. Submitted by btmort (Ukiah, Ca) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
Great album!!! The best STING album, I can say that this is an Excellent CD for a Cheap price. Submitted by ericksabagh (Cancun, Mexico.) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
Better than I thought it would be! "If I ever lose my faith in you" is the stand-out single from this album. Personally, I bought it for the haunting "Shape of My Heart" after catching the credits of some film or other on satellite tv. I forget the movie, but I wrote down the song and album name it made such an impression. Also on this offering are the other great singles "Fields of Gold" and "It's probably me". A typical current Sting offering, so if you're a fan you will love it. If not, give it a listen anyway & you may be surprised by the old fella. Submitted by fofe76 (Sydney, Australia) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
10 Stars for Ten Summoner's Tales Can Sting ever surpace this Masterpiece
of his musical genius. There is not
a bad tune on this C.D. Sting runs
the gauntlet of musical styles, with
his structure of this collection of
songs. Seven Days, has all the humour
in it's lyrics of a Robin Williams
monologue. Field of Gold is so tender
and discriptive.It's probably Me is
one of the most romantic songs I have
ever heard.The Shape Of My Heart is
so inventive with the lyrics,once
again proving what a musical genius
Sting is. I have to say I have listened
to this c.d. about 1000 times and loved
it as much every single time. Submitted by Patricia (Memphis, Tennessee) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
Memories of this album... Gosh, it's 2003 now yet I remember getting this cd 10 years ago, and rushing to play it in my grandmother's car, since I had no working cd player at the time. Fields of gold still kills me with emotion. I remember that time so clearly....The sign of an AMAZING album.
Jeff Submitted by successbychoice (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
Great overall CD
Better than I thought it would be!
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