Released 1 July 1986 Label A&M
75021-6705-2 Release date July 1986 Genres Jazz, New wave | Length 83:04 Artist Sting Producer Sting | |
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Recorded 29 May – 23 December 1985 Venue Paris, Rome, and Arnhem Bring On the Night
(1986) ...Nothing Like the Sun
(1987) Awards Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Similar Sting albums, New wave albums | ||
Sting bring on the night live in paris
Bring on the Night is a 1986 live album by Sting recorded over the course of several live shows in 1985 and released in 1986. The title is taken from a song by The Police from their 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc. The songs performed include Sting's early solo material from the studio album The Dream of the Blue Turtles, and from his time with The Police, with a few of the performances played as medleys of the two. The touring band features the prominent jazz musicians Branford Marsalis, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkland, and Omar Hakim.
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Despite not featuring any hit singles, the album reached number 16 on the UK Album Charts and won Sting a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
Bring on the Night is also a 1985 documentary directed by Michael Apted covering the formative stages of Sting's solo career—released as DVD in 2005.
Track listing
All songs written by Sting, except where noted.
- "Bring on the Night/When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" – 11:41
- "Consider Me Gone" – 4:53
- "Low Life" – 4:03
- "We Work the Black Seam" – 6:55
- "Driven to Tears" – 6:59
- "Dream of the Blue Turtles/Demolition Man" – 6:08
- "One World (Not Three)/Love Is the Seventh Wave" – 11:10
- "Moon over Bourbon Street" – 4:19
- "I Burn for You" – 5:38
- "Another Day" – 4:41
- "Children's Crusade" – 5:22
- "I Been Down So Long" (Alex Atkins, J. B. Lenoir) – 4:54
- "Tea in the Sahara" – 6:25
Personnel
Songs
1Bring On the Night / When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around11:45
2Consider Me Gone4:51
3Low Life4:08