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Tracklist
A1        If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Backing Vocals – Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis
Bass – Darryl Jones
Drums – Omar Hakim
Engineer – Jim Scott, Pete Smith
Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
Percussion [Additional] – Fergus Gerrand
Producer – Pete Smith, Sting
Saxophone [Saxophones], Percussion [Misc. Percussion] – Branford Marsalis
Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Sting
A2        Englishman In New York
Backing Vocals – Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis, Renée Geyer*, Vesta Williams
Drums – Manu Katché
Drums [Additional] – Andy Newmark
Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Vogt, Mark McKenna
Guitar – Andy Summers
Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
Mixed By – Hugh Padgham, Neil Dorfsman
Percussion, Vocoder – Mino Cinelu
Producer – Neil Dorfsman, Sting
Saxophone – Branford Marsalis
Vocals, Bass – Sting
A3        We'll Be Together
Backing Vocals – Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis, Renée Geyer*, Vesta Williams
Drums – Manu Katché
Drums [Additional] – Andy Newmark
Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
Mixed By – Paul McKenna
Mixed By [Assistant] – John Hegedes
Percussion, Vocoder – Mino Cinelu
Producer – Bryan Loren, Sting
Saxophone – Branford Marsalis
Vocals, Bass – Sting
A4        Fragile
Backing Vocals – Dolette McDonald, Janice Pendarvis, Renée Geyer*, Vesta Williams
Drums – Manu Katché
Drums [Additional] – Andy Newmark
Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Vogt, Mark McKenna
Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
Mixed By – Hugh Padgham, Neil Dorfsman
Percussion, Vocoder – Mino Cinelu
Producer – Neil Dorfsman, Sting
Saxophone – Branford Marsalis
Vocals, Bass – Sting
B1        All This Time
Drums – Manu Katché
Guitar [Guitars] – Dominic Miller
Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
Mixed By [Assistant], Engineer [Assistant] – Al Stone, Brian Scheuble, Bruce Keene, Efren Herrera, Simon Osbourne*, Yves Jajaget*
Mixed By, Engineer – Hugh Padgham
Producer – Hugh Padgham, Sting
Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Synclavier], Mandolin – Sting
B2        If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar [Guitars] – Dominic Miller
Keyboards – David Sancious
Mixed By [Assistant], Engineer [Assistant] – Andrew Bradfield*, Pete Lewis, Simon Osbourne*
Mixed By, Engineer – Hugh Padgham
Producer – Hugh Padgham, Sting
Vocals, Bass [Basses], Harmonica, Saxophone – Sting
B3        Fields Of Gold
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar [Guitars] – Dominic Miller
Keyboards – David Sancious
Mixed By [Assistant], Engineer [Assistant] – Andrew Bradfield*, Hugh Padgham, Pete Lewis
Mixed By [assistant], Engineer [assistant] – Simon Osbourne*
Northumbrian Pipes – Kathryn Tickell
Producer – Hugh Padgham, Sting
Vocals, Bass [Basses], Harmonica, Saxophone – Sting
C1        Desert Rose
Arranged By [String Arrangement], Conductor – Farhat Bouallagui
Drums – Manu Katché
Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars] – Dominic Miller
Goblet Drum [Darabukka] – Ettamri Mustapha
Keyboards, Drum Programming – Kipper
Music By – Cheb Mami
Organ [Hammond] – Dave Hartley
Percussion – Mino Cinelu
Producer – Kipper, Sting
Recorded By, Mixed By – Simon Osbourne*
Strings – Kouider Berkan, Moulay Ahmed, Salem Bnouni*, Sameh Catalan
Vocals – Cheb Mami
Vocals, Bass, Guitar Synthesizer [VG & Guitar Synth.], Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Sting
C2        Whenever I Say Your Name
Backing Vocals – Donna Gardier, Joy Rose, Lance Ellington
Clarinet – Jason Rebello
Drums – Manu Katché
Engineer [Assistant] – Hopps
Guitar [Guitars] – Dominic Miller
Keyboards, Programmed By – Kipper
Lead Vocals – Mary J. Blige
Percussion – Rhani Krija
Piano, Arranged By [Choir Arrangements] – Dave Hartley
Producer – Kipper, Sting
Recorded By, Mixed By – Simon Osbourne*
Recorded By, Mixed By, Programmed By [Pro Tools and Programming Engineer] – Donal Hodgson
Vocals, Guitar, Bass – Sting
C3        Never Coming Home
Arranged By, Conductor – Rob Mathes
Bass – John Patitucci
Bass Clarinet [Solo], Flute, Alto Flute – Aaron Heick
Cello – Alan Stepansky, Jeremy Turner, Jerry Grossman, Maria Kitsopoulos
Concertmaster – Lisa Kim
Contractor – Sandra Park
Drums, Percussion – Joe Bonadio
Edited By – Alex Venguer, Lars Fox
Flute – Diva Goodfriend*, Kathleen Nester
Guitar [Guitars] – Dominic Miller
Keyboards [Keys] – Rob Mathes
Mixed By – Robert Orton
Musical Assistance [Music Prep.] – Lori Casteel, Mike Casteel
Producer – Rob Mathes, Sting
Recorded By [Aassistant, MSR Recording Studios] – Ryan Kelly (3)
Recorded By [Assistant, Capitol Recording Studios] – Aaron Walk
Recorded By [Capitol Recording Studios] – Ed Cherney
Recorded By [MSR Recording Studios] – Alex Venguer
Viola – Daniel Panner, Becky Young*, Robert Rinehart, Vivek Kamath
Violin – Annaliesa Place, Liz Lim*, Eva Burmeister, Hyunju Lee, Jeanine Wynton, Joyce Hammann, Laura Seaton, Peter Bahng, Rob Shaw, Sein Ryu, Sharon Yamada, Suzanne Ornstein, Tom Carney
Vocals – Jo Lawry
Vocals, Guitar – Sting
D1        Message In A Bottle (Live)
Drums – Josh Freese
Guitar – Dominic Miller, Shane Fontayne
Mixed By – Robert Orton
Vocals, Bass – Sting
D2        Demolition Man (Live)
Drums – Josh Freese
Guitar – Dominic Miller, Shane Fontayne
Mixed By – Robert Orton
Vocals, Bass – Sting
D3        Heavy Cloud No Rain (Live)
Drums – Josh Freese
Guitar – Dominic Miller, Shane Fontayne
Mixed By – Robert Orton
Vocals, Bass – Sting

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Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Record Company – Universal Music
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Recorded At – Blue Wave Recording Studios
Recorded At – Le Studio
Recorded At – Air Studios
Recorded At – Studio Guillaume Tell
Recorded At – Villa Salviati
Recorded At – Le Voyageur II
Recorded At – Lake House, Wiltshire
Recorded At – Il Palagio
Recorded At – Studio Mega
Recorded At – MSR Studios
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – Irving Plaza, New York
Engineered At – The Town House
Engineered At – A&M Studios
Mixed At – Air Studios
Mixed At – The Town House
Mixed At – A&M Studios
Mixed At – Studio Mega
Mixed At – Il Palagio
Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk
Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By – G.M. Sumner
Published By – Steerpike (Overseas) Ltd.
Published By – Steerpike Ltd.
A&R – Martin Kierszenbaum
Compilation Producer – Rob Mathes
Design [Cover and package] – @Radical.Media
Executive-Producer – Kathryn Schenker
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etch] – AD*, AV*, SH*
Management – KSM, Inc., Kathryn Schenker
Management [Publicity] – Forge Ahead Media, Tracy Bufferd
Mixed By – Robert Orton (tracks: C3, D1, D2)
Photography By [Front and back covers] – Fabrizio Ferri
Photography By [Inside photos] – Andrew Catlin, Brian Aris, Danny Clinch, Eddie Wolfl, Kasskara, Lou Salvatori, Olaf Heine
Remastered By – Scott Hull (2)
Remix – Steve Fitzmaurice (tracks: A1, A2)
Written-By – Sting
℗© 2011 A&M Records, 2220 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica. CA
90404 U.S.A. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution.
All rights reserved. B0016372-01

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Gatefold sleeve,
Sticker on the factory packaging:
Sting
The best of 25 years
Includes 3 unreleased live tracks
B0016372-01

All songs written by Sting and administered by EMI Music Publishing, Ltd. unless otherwise noted.
Lyrics reprinted with the kind permission of EMI Music Publishing, Ltd.

Tracks from albums:
The Dream Of Blue Turtles (1985) - A1
Nothing Like The Sun (1987) - A2, A3, A4
The Soul Cages (1991) - B1
Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) - B2, B3
Brand New Day (1999) - C1
Sacred Love (2003) - C2
Sting. 25 Years (2011) - C3
DVD Rough. Raw & Unreleased: Live At Irving Plaza - D1, D2, D3

Published by:
©1981 GM Sumner - D1, D2
©1985 GM Sumner - A1
©1987 GM Sumner - A2, A3, A4
©1991 Steerpike (Overseas) Ltd. - B1
©1992 Steerpike, Ltd. - B2
©1993 Steerpike, Ltd. - B3, D3
©1999 Steerpike (Overseas) Ltd. - C1 (M. Khelifati. Administered by EMI Music Publishing Ltd., Delabel Editions)
©2003 Steerpike (Overseas) Ltd. - C2, C3

Recorded at:
Blue Wave Recording Studios, St. Philip, Barbados - A1
Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada - A1
Air Studios, Montserrat - A3
Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris, France - B1
Villa Salviati, Migliarino, Italy - B1
Le Voyageur II - B1
Lake House, Wiltshire, UK - B2, B3
Mega Studios, Paris, France - C1
II Palagio, Italy - C1
MSR Recording Studios - C3
Capitol Recording Studios (Lead Vocals) - C3
Live in Irving Plaza, New York, NY - D1, D2, D3
Mixed at:
Air Studios, Montserrat - A2, A4
The Town House, London, UK - B1, B2, B3
A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA - B1
Mega Studios, Paris, France - C1
II Palagio, Italy - C1
Engineered at:
The Town House, London, UK - B1, B2, B3
A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA - B1

A1 - Branford Marsalis: Saxophones, Misc. Percussion (Courtesy of Columbia Records)
C2 - Mary J. Blige: Lead Vocals (Courtesy of Geffen Records)

Tracks durations are not printed on the cover
The tracks are consecutively numbered

Note that title: it's the Best of 25 Years, Sting's career-encompassing box set, not a greatest-hits album, so this 12-song collection misses some hit singles. That said, the big ones are here -- "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "We'll Be Together," "Fragile," "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" -- along with a couple of choice album tracks and Police live cuts that make this a solid sampler of Sting's solo work. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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