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Sting's Best Album Just Got Better!

Frederick Baptist | Singapore | 11/02/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'd been a long-time Sting fan since the Police days until ironically up to this album. I've found that all his albums after this one have come up short and in many ways seem to be attempts at recapturing the magic he created on this album but alas not succeeding. Yes, he had great singles after this album but not great albums which just goes to show just how good this album really is. As a cohesive, flowing, piece of work with track after track of great songs, this album was clearly his best ever. The only bum track here relative to the rest which probably would have been better left off the whole album would be "We'll Be Together" which just seems to stand out as the weakest track of the lot. This version is not only remastered for a great sound, although the first track seems a little soft but thankfully the volume levels seem to adjust to their proper levels by the end of the 2nd track, and also comes with a great bonus video track on Quicktime which is the video of the best track on this disc, "An Englishman in New York." Great songwriting both lyrically and musically, great arrangement especially on the Jimi Hendrix standard, "Little Wing" (almost as good as the one the Corrs did)and even the liner notes are penned by Sting himself all make for a worthwhile purchase. Highly recommended as the best version of this album that is currently out there."

AVOID this "remastered" edition...

insoc | Miami, Florida United States | 11/19/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Of course, that "one star" rating couldn't be for the musical quality of this great record which I could easily rate "5 stars" and probably you are reading this review not to know how good this record is but just to see if this "remastered" issue is worth. Well, I hope you can learn from my review and other reviews on the web that as surprising as it maybe, this 1998-1999 Sting reissues does not do any justice to the original recordings and somehow they have made it to sound worst. As I love this album I just tought it could be great to hear it in a better version. I read some reviews telling that this album, the Soul Cages and The Dream were ruined by the remastering but couldn't resist from buying this version. Well, I deeply regret it. The sound of this remastering is WEAK, DULL and they have removed almost of low frequencies. It's really a shame. You are better off buying the other versions and NO THIS ONE."