Nothing Like the Sun (Sting album)

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Nothing Like the Sun
Studio album by
Sting
Released5 October 1987 (1987-10-05)[1]
RecordedMarch–August 1987
StudioAIR Studios, Montserrat
Genre
Length54:45
LabelA&M
75021-6402-2
Producer
Sting chronology
Bring On the Night
(1986) 		Nothing Like the Sun
(1987) 		Nada como el sol
(1988)
Singles from Nothing Like the Sun
  1. "We'll Be Together"
    Released: 30 October 1987[2]
  2. "Be Still My Beating Heart"
    Released: January 1988 (US)[3]
  3. "Englishman in New York"
    Released: 5 February 1988[4]
  4. "Fragile"
    Released: 1 April 1988[5]
  5. "They Dance Alone"
    Released: 2 September 1988[6]

Nothing Like the Sun (stylised as ...Nothing Like the Sun) is the second solo studio album by English musician Sting. The album was originally released on 5 October 1987 on A&M (worldwide) as a double LP and single CD. The album explores the genres of pop rock, soft rock, jazz, reggae, world, acoustic rock, dance-rock, and funk rock. The songs were recorded in March–August 1987 at AIR Studios, in Montserrat, assisted by record producers Hugh Padgham, Bryan Loren, and Neil Dorfsman. It features a number of high-profile guest guitarists, including former Police member Andy Summers, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, and Hiram Bullock, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Sting's early work.

On release, the album was received favorably by the majority of music critics and in 1989, the album was ranked No. 90 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Best Albums of the Eighties".[7] "We'll Be Together", "Be Still My Beating Heart", "Englishman in New York", "Fragile", and "They Dance Alone" were all released as singles.

It won Best British Album at the 1988 Brit Awards.[8] In 1989 the album received three Grammy nominations including Album of the Year while the album's second single ("Be Still My Beating Heart") was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.[9]

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ "Sting singles".
  3. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 792. ISBN 9780862415419.
  4. ^ "Sting singles".
  5. ^ "Sting singles".
  6. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 35.
  7. ^ "100 BEST ALBUMS OF THE EIGHTIES". Rolling Stone.
  8. ^ "Brit Awards - 1988". Brit Awards.
  9. ^ "Grammy Awards - Sting". Grammy Award.