| Songs from the Labyrinth | ||||
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| Released | 10 October 2006 | |||
| Genre | Classical, Renaissance music | |||
| Length | 48:27 | |||
| Label | Deutsche Grammophon 0007220-02 | |||
| Producer | Sting, Edin Karamazov | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ [2] |
| Now | [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
Songs from the Labyrinth is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Sting. On this album, he collaborates with Bosnian lutenist Edin Karamazov. The album features music by John Dowland (1563–1626), a lutenist and songwriter. It entered the UK Official Albums Chart at number 24[5] and reached number 25 on the Billboard 200. The release was a slow seller for a Sting album, his first since 1986's Bring on the Night to fail to break the UK top 10.[6]
The album was released and re-released in several versions: LP vinyl and CD editions with 23 tracks, a CD/DVD edition with 8 tracks on the CD and a DVD documentary, The Journey and the Labyrinth (released in both "CD size" and "DVD size" packaging), and a CD re-release with 26 tracks (including live versions of Sting's own "Fields of Gold" and "Message in a Bottle", originally recorded with The Police). In late August 2013, a "Dowland Anniversary Edition" was released, which includes 32 tracks on one CD (the full original album, six live versions of album tracks and Sting's non-Dowland live songs), as well as a DVD with the original documentary.[7]
- ^ Songs from the Labyrinth at AllMusic
- ^ Collis, Clark (13 October 2006). "Songs from the Labyrinth Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Bromstein, Elizabeth (16–23 November 2006). "Disc Guide : Pop / Rock (Sting: Songs From The Labyrinth)". Now. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ Hunter, James (30 October 2006). "Songs From The Labyrinth". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ UK Albums Chart for the week of 21 October 2006, The Official Charts.
- ^ Sting in the UK Charts, The Official Charts.
- ^ "Songs from the Labyrinth: Dowland Anniversary Edition" on Amazon.co.uk