Nada como el sol

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...Nada como el sol
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Released16 February 1988
Genre Soft rock
Length24:09
Label A&M
Producer Bryan Loren, Jose L. Quintana, Neil Dorfsman
Sting chronology
...Nothing Like the Sun
(1987)
...Nada como el sol
(1988)
The Soul Cages
(1991)

Nada Como el Sol is an extended play by English musician Sting, containing five songs from his second solo album Nothing Like the Sun sung in Spanish and Portuguese and published in 1988. [1] [2] It therefore contains versions sung in Spanish of the following four songs: Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix titled here Mariposa Libre, Fragile retitled Fragilidad, We'll Be Together whose title becomes Si estamos juntos, They Dance Alone translates to Ellas danzan solas (Cueca solas) and finally Fragile performed also in Portuguese which becomes Frágil. The same musicians as on the original English versions can be found on this EP.

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AllMusic wrote "This was a well-done project -- the translations are good and Sting manages the Spanish and Portugese[ sic ] pronunciations well."

Track listing

  1. Mariposa Libre (Jimi Hendrix, Roberto Livi) – 4:54 - Little Wing
  2. Frágil [Portuguese] (Liluca, Sting) – 3:50 - Fragile
  3. Si Estamos Juntos (Livi, Sting) – 4:16 - We'll be Together
  4. Ellas Danzan Solas (Cueca Solas) (Livi, Sting) – 7:17 - They Dance Alone
  5. Fragilidad [Spanish] (Livi, Sting) – 3:52 - Fragile

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References

  1. "Sting | Discography | ...Nada Como El Sol". Sting.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. "Sting Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. "...Nada Como El Sol : Selecciones Especiales En Espanol Y Portugues - Sting | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.