Genre: rock, pop/rock, alternative, soul,
jazz Year: 1991 Total time: 48'18" Format:
wav (dts),cue, rar Size: 444,53 MB Info: http://www.sting.com/
THX to original releaser! Quote Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine (AMG) Emboldened by the enthusiastic
response to the muted Nothing Like the Sun and reeling from the loss of
his parents, Sting constructed The Soul Cages as a hushed mediation on
mortality, loss, grief, and father/son relationships (the album is
dedicated, in part, to his father; its predecessor was dedicated to his
mother). Using the same basic band as Nothing Like the Sun, the album
has the same supple, luxurious tone, stretching out leisurely over nine
tracks, almost all of them layered mid-tempo tunes (the exception being
grinding guitars of the title track). Within this setting, Sting hits a
few remarkable peaks, such as the elegant waltz "Mad About You" and "All
This Time," a deceptively skipping pop tune that hides a moving tribute
to his father. If the entirety of The Soul Cages was as nimbly melodic
and urgently emotional as these two cuts, it would have been a quiet
masterpiece. Instead, it turns inward -- not just lyrically, but
musically -- and plays as a diary entry, perhaps interesting to those
willing to spend hours immersing themselves within Sting's loss, finding
parallels within their own life. This may be too much effort for anyone
outside of the devoted, since apart from those two singles (and perhaps
"Why Should I Cry for You"), there are few entry points into The Soul
Cages -- and, once you get in there, it only rewards if your emotional
state mirrors Sting's. Tracklist:
1 Island of Souls 6:41 2 All This Time 4:55 3 Mad About
You 3:54 4 Jeremiah Blues, Pt. 2 4:55 5 Why Should I Cry for
You? 4:47 6 Saint Agnes and the Burning Train 2:43 7 The Wild
Wild Sea 6:41 8 The Soul Cages 5:52 9 When the Angels Fall
7:49 Musician: Sting - Vocals, bass, Synclavier,
Mandolin Dominic Miller - Guitars Manu Katché - Drums
Kenny Kirkland - Keyboards David Sancious - Keyboards Branford
Marsalis - Saxophone (Courtesy of Columbia Records) Kathryn
Tickell - Northumbrian Pipes Paola Paparelle - Oboe Ray
Cooper, Vinx (Courtesy of Pangaea Records), Bill Summers, Munyungo
Jackson, Skip Burney and Tony Vacca - Percussion My WebPage
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