The Last Ship (album)

For other uses, see The Last Ship.

The Last Ship
Studio album by
Sting
Released20 September 2013
GenreRock, jazz, folk, blues, Celtic, sea shanty
Length45:24
LabelA&M, Cherrytree
ProducerSting, Rob Mathes
Sting chronology
Live in Berlin
(2010) 		The Last Ship
(2013) 		57th & 9th
(2016)
Singles from The Last Ship
  1. "Practical Arrangement"
    Released: 15 July 2013
  2. "And Yet"
    Released: 13 August 2013[1][2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Consequence of Sound[5]
The Daily Express2/5[6]
The Daily Telegraph[7]
The Guardian[8]
New York Daily News[9]
PopMatters[10]
Rolling Stone[11]

The Last Ship is the eleventh studio album by English musician Sting, released on 20 September 2013 in Germany[12][13] and on 24 September 2013 in the UK and US. It contains songs written for and inspired by the musical The Last Ship, which was then in production and would premiere in June 2014. The Last Ship is the first full-length LP of original material released by Sting since his 2003 album Sacred Love.[14]

The album, like the musical, takes inspiration from the closing of the shipyards in and around the historic shipbuilding town of Wallsend, where Sting grew up. The album features guest artists with roots in the northeast of England, including Brian Johnson from AC/DC, Jimmy Nail, The Unthanks, The Wilson Family, and Kathryn Tickell.[15]

  1. ^ "Stings neue Single 'And Yet' liefert Vorgeschmack auf 'The Last Ship'" (in German). Universal Music Group. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. ^ "The lyric video for Sting's latest single, "And Yet," from his new album The Last Ship is available now - check it out!". sting.com. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ^ "The Last Ship Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. ^ "The Last Ship - AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  5. ^ Hardy, Tony (26 September 2013). "Album Review: Sting – The Last Ship". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  6. ^ Townsend, Martin (22 September 2013). "CD review: Sting – The Last Ship". The Daily Express. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  7. ^ Brown, Helen (20 September 2013). "Sting, The Last Ship, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (19 September 2013). "Sting: The Last Ship - review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ^ Farber, Jim (24 September 2013). "'The Last Ship,' music review". New York Daily News. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. ^ Catchpole, Kevin (10 October 2013). "Sting: The Last Ship". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ^ Decurtis, Anthony (24 September 2013). "The Last Ship". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  12. ^ "'The Last Ship (Deluxe)' von Sting". iTunes Store. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Sting – We are excited to share the news that a brand new album of..." facebook.com/sting. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Sting to Release a New Album in September". The New York Times. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  15. ^ "Sting to release first new original album in 10 years, 'The Last Ship'". Daily News. New York. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.