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  • Audio CD (11 Jun 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: A&M
  • ASIN: B00002DEB5
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,477 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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There is a difference between being an inspired musician and an informed musician. Sting is the latter. As always, he surrounds himself with ultra-talented artists: this time around Stevie Wonder, Branford Marsalis, James Taylor, guitarist Dominic Miller and the prince of rai Cheb Mami fill the roster. Brand New Day exhibits about as many musical styles as there are tracks, all encased in dense, meticulous production. The album begins promisingly. "A Thousand Years" pulses atop a lush, two-note foundation. "A Desert Rose" folds trilling Algerian pop into trip-hop. Melodic, late-night jazz ballads dominate the middle portion of the collection. But Sting's preoccupation with odd-numbered time signatures prevents the songs from grooving, while the choruses are yawns. "Fill Her Up", a country tune, represents Sting at his most self-indulgent. Listening to one of the wealthiest musicians in pop singing "Got no money to invest/Got no prospect/Or education/I was lucky to get the job at this gas station" requires a heroic suspension of disbelief. The song morphs into this rousing gospel number where Sting and a supporting chorus chant "You gotta fill 'er up with Jesus!/You gotta fill her up with life!" Who knew unleaded could be so rousing? --Beth Massa

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BRAND NEW DAY continues Sting's sophisticated approach toward pop music as he once again collaborates with ace musicians on material that knows no cultural or stylistic boundaries. Not surprisingly, the tantric guru chooses love as the theme for this eclectic collection of songs.
Sting's cross-cultural forays range from a collaboration with Algerian singing sensation Cheb Mami on the Ofra Haza-meets-William Orbit"Desert Rose" to the bossa nova-influenced "Big Lie Small World". There's a jazz patina throughout--guest trumpeter Chris Botti emulates Miles Davis on the coffee-house hip-bop of"Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" and long-time friend Branford Marsalis adds mournful clarinet to the sumptuous string arrangements of the noirish "Tomorrow We'll See", a song about a weary prostitute straight out of a Raymond Chandler novel. Although the upbeat yet moody title track cheerfully rings with Stevie Wonder's bubbly harmonica, Sting's restlessness on"Fill Her Up" truly stands out. The track starts out as a country song (a la "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying") in 9/8time only to eventually reveal an ambient gospel chorus.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for 'Desert Rose', 2 Aug 2006
By Paul Handley (Notts. UK) - See all my reviews
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On the sleeve of 'Brand New Day',Sting stands poised to spring from a lift and whisk a bewteeful laydee away to paradise (out of shot he's probably sat on a white horse).Digitally piped through hi-fi speakers perhaps he's listening to his own back catalogue? It's easy to laugh at Sting for being an ego on a stick. He is an ex-English teacher after all, and one suspects a 'recovering catholic'(?),so it should be easy to forgive the pseudo-literary,Carl Jungy ,Tantric sex thing. The following is also true; even if he didn't have one of the most compelling voices in contemporary music (which he does)and hadn't written a handful of songs that stand comparison with the very best (which he has)he would still be amongst a handful of truly world class bass players. His lines are always coolly elegant, and precisely what the song requires, eschewing obvious technical display. 'Brand New Day' isn't Stings best album, there are songs here that could be dispensed with, without the record losing anything substantial, as I think, this is probably true of all his solo output, which puts them outside the remit for truly great records (The Police managed this with monotonous regularity - imagine taking anything off 'Outlandos d'Amour' without leaving it seriously diminished?)Alot of 'Brand New Day' is just bland, and one gets the feeling that his forays into unfamiliar musical genres, overstretch even his prodigious talents. Play 'Fill Her Up' next to something by Steve Earle at his 'trailer trash' best and it just sounds stupid. Rythming weasel with diesel- an ex-English teacher! An earlier reviewer called Sting an 'informed' rather than an 'inspired' musician. He's informed alright, but to say he's never inspired is just plain wrong. Try this;take your car onto a deserted motorway. It's 3.00am and pouring with rain. Drive the car fast, (that's 70mph -probably)and play 'Desert Rose' very, very, very loud (Cheb Mami has the voice of an Angel).If you don't get a bang from that, and can't feel the word 'inspired' hanging somewhere in the ether,you're probably dead, and shouldn't be out on such a p*** poor night.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars high quality Sting, 6 Jun 2006
By Hill Walker "Pennine Dweller" (The Pennines of course!) - See all my reviews
The man churns them out and they're beautiful. Admittedly still in the then innovative style of Blue Turtles - like all his music since really but he invented that sound and it just sounds great so good luck to him. It grooves and you can't fault the man for doing what people want and what he does so well.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brand New Day, 16 Feb 2000
This album is the first one of Sting I've ever bought. The more I play it the more I love it. The whole album was worth buying for the first two tracks alone. There are a couple on there that I skip, but on the whole, it is very good, and varied. It's never out of my CD player! I sent the words of 'A Thousand Years' to my boyfriend. He was knocked out by the words!
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Sting's sixth studio CD is a big improvement on "Mercury Falling". The arrival of Kipper on the production side means this is certainly one of the best-produced albums in terms of... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Nicholas Casley

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice album, pity about the poses
I like the album, but I find the 'poses' in the CD booklet a bit annoying. Essentially he is doing a lot of dominance displays, which usually consists of showing people his hands... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2008 by D. Hopkins

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic!!!!!!!
well, Im going to keep this entry short n sweet. This album is just amazing! Sting has had so many legend songs...this album, for me, is probably his best!!!! Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2004 by **Caroline***

4.0 out of 5 stars Emphasis on passionate love...Yeah
This set really starts off strongly with "A Thousand Years" and "Desert Rose", tapers off a bit with "Big Lie Small World", but bounces back upward withn "After The Rain Has... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2003 by Neal C. Reynolds

5.0 out of 5 stars Brand New Sting!
This album, I am sure should be no stranger to anyone.
After going multi-platinum, spawning 3 singles including the monumental 'Desert Rose' with Cheb Mami and 'After the Rain... Read more
Published on 2 July 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars zipping zingy
if you like to bomb down the motorway at wheeeee miles per hour listen to this album. I found it very uplifting, in fact I looked forward to going to work so I could listen to it... Read more
Published on 13 April 2001 by kaneria@yahoo.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly magical.
When I first heard 'Thousand Years' a shiver ran down my spine and I was completely captured by it. Sting has excelled himself again in this album which I believe it to be one of... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice range
Good range, nice background music, some great tracks such as A Thousand Years, Desert Rose, After The Rain Has Fallen and Fill Her Up.
Published on 6 Aug 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely the best
stings other albums were great and played a main part in my life, this album follows up after them and is as good if not better than them! Read more
Published on 16 July 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Ooooooooh Yes!
This is one of the most atmospheric CDs I have listened to for a long time. Very haunting with a Moroccan feel to it. It can lift you up or chill you out. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2000 by cheshamites@aol.com

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