The Soul Cages

Performer: Sting
Artist: Branford Marsalis; Dominic Miller; Manu Katche; Kenny Kirkland
Engineer: Hugh Padgham
Producer: Hugh Padgham; Sting
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Sting (vocals, bass); Dominic Miller (guitar); Branford Marsalis (saxophone); Kenny Kirkland (keyboards); Manu Katche (drums). Recorded at Studio Guilaume Tell, Paris, France and Villa Salviati, Migliarino, Italy. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Sting (vocals, mandolin, synthesizer, Synclavier); Dominic Miller (guitar); Kathryn Tickell (pipe); Paola Paparelle (oboe); Branford Marsalis (saxophone); Kenny Kirkland (keyboards, drums); David Sancious (keyboards); Manu Katche (drums); Skip Burney, Munyungo Jackson, Tony Vacca, Vinx, Ray Cooper , Bill Summers (percussion). Recording information: Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris, France; Villa Salviati, Migliarino, Italy. Sting's most personal solo album (it was written in response to the death of his father), THE SOUL CAGES is also his most ambitious. Many of the tracks (Island of Souls", "Mad About You") verge (impressively) on classical art song territory. For some, however, the good news here is that Sting is playing bass again; his simple yet effective lines are heard to particular advantage on the upbeat pop gem "All This Time." Another high point is "Saint Agnes and the Burning Town," a flamenco-inflected instrumental tour de force unlike anything in Sting's catalogue.

Rolling Stone (2/21/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Sting's most ambitious record yet, and maybe his best...the nine pieces are minidramas of intensity and will...Sting's poetic language makes for a sort of sensory theater, darkly lit, almost Gothic. The effect at times is a bit overwhelming, but it's gripping too, the tossing and turning of an anxious superman." Q (2/91) - 4 Stars - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991. Stereo Review (4/91) - "...the album is not an entertainment so much as a meditation...an important work..."

To some, the Englishman born under the name Gordon Sumner will always be known as the bassist, songwriter, and frontman of the Police. But Sting's mega-successful solo career from the 1980s into the 21st century may even overshadow his former band's fame. Crafty lyrics and a clever hybrid of rock, jazz, pop, and world music have made him an international star, and he proudly inhabits the role of the pensive celebrity. While his former bandmates search out uncharted territory, Sting continues to pursue the spotlight with his own brand of soulful, grown-up pop. Throughout his career, Sting has also dabbled in various acting roles, appearing in films directed by numerous cinema luminaries.

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