Symphonicities

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Symphonicities
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Studio album by
Sting
Released13 July 2010 (2010-07-13)
Studio Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Rock, classical
Length55:39
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Producer Sting, Rob Mathes [1]
Sting chronology
If on a Winter's Night...
(2009)		Symphonicities
(2010)		 Live in Berlin
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (62/100) [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Boston Globe (positive) [4]
Entertainment Weekly D [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NOW Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Symphonicities is the tenth studio album by English musician Sting, released on 13 July 2010 on Deutsche Grammophon. This is his first studio album featuring new recordings of existing songs (the second one to date being the 2019 studio album My Songs ).

Contents

Background

The album is a companion piece to the tour of the same name in which Sting, performing with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, reinterprets some of his songs as classical symphonic compositions. Symphonicities was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, [10] and produced by Rob Mathes and Sting. Elliot Scheiner and Claudius Mittendorfer mixed the record, [1] and it was mastered by Scott Hull. [11] As of November 2010, the album had sold over one million copies worldwide.

Track listing

All songs composed by Sting.

  1. "Next to You" – 2:30 (originally from Outlandos d'Amour , 1978)
  2. "Englishman in New York" – 4:23 (originally from ...Nothing Like the Sun , 1987)
  3. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:56 (originally from Ghost in the Machine , 1981)
  4. "I Hung My Head" – 5:31 (originally from Mercury Falling , 1996)
  5. "You Will Be My Ain True Love" – 3:44 (originally from the Cold Mountain soundtrack, 2003)
  6. "Roxanne" – 3:37 (originally from Outlandos d'Amour, 1978)
  7. "When We Dance" – 5:26 (originally from Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 , 1994)
  8. "The End of the Game" – 6:07 (originally a b-side to the song "Brand New Day" from Brand New Day , 1999)
  9. "I Burn for You" – 4:03 (originally from the Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack, 1982)
  10. "We Work the Black Seam" – 7:19 (originally from The Dream of the Blue Turtles , 1985)
  11. "She's Too Good for Me" – 3:03 (originally from Ten Summoner's Tales , 1993)
  12. "The Pirate's Bride" – 5:02 (feat. Jo Lawry - originally a b-side to the song "I Was Brought to My Senses" from Mercury Falling, 1996)

Bonus tracks

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Hungary (MAHASZ) [38] Platinum6,000^
Italy (FIMI) [39] Gold30,000*
Poland (ZPAV) [40] 3× Platinum60,000*
Russia (NFPF) [29] Gold5,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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