Live In Berlin by Sting

Live In Berlin

Sting

2010

Live In Berlin is a Rock album by Sting, originally released in 2010.

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Soft Rock
  • lush
  • theatrical
  • uplifting

About

Recorded on September 21, 2010 during the tour supporting his album <i>Symphonicities</i>, <i>Live In Berlin</i> takes the orchestrations of that album onto the stage where the arrangements are allowed to breathe. It’s a way of keeping Sting interested in his material and it gives his audience re-imaginings of obvious hits such as “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You” and “King of Pain,” the fan favorites like “Englishman In New York” and “Moon Over Bourbon Street,” and fantastic deep album cuts. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and guests, Branford Marsalis and Steven Mercurio, make a comfortable musical bed for Sting to twist up his lyrical visions. He's in fine voice throughout and it’s his distinctive phrasings that lend songs like “The End of the Game,” “All Would Envy” and “Shape of My Heart” a passionate center. Despite the orchestrations, these songs are never overwhelmed. There is still an austere beauty at work where the notes left unplayed are just as important as the notes that are. This is a concise retrospective that should satisfy Sting fans and make them anxious for new material.

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Tracklist

  1. 1If I Ever Lose My Faith In You (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)4:46
  2. 2Englishman In New York (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)4:38
  3. 3Fields of Gold (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)3:35
  4. 4Why Should I Cry for You? (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)7:45
  5. 5All Would Envy (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)5:36
  6. 6Tomorrow We'll See (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)4:48
  7. 7The End of the Game (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)6:21
  8. 8Whenever I Say Your Name (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)7:21
  9. 9Shape of My Heart (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)4:49
  10. 10Moon Over Bourbon Street (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)6:04
  11. 11Mad About You (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)4:45
  12. 12King of Pain (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)5:39
  13. 13Desert Rose (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)4:44
  14. 14Fragile (Live at the O2 World, Berlin, September 21, 2010)4:50

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