Sting's attempt at world music. *Yawn* Hard to believe this is the same guy who released the excellent Ten Summoner's Tales only six years earlier. How this won a Grammy for Best Pop Album is beyond me. Evidently, the competition that year was Lou Bega. Note to Sting: while you're trying to be all things to all cultures, don't forget to write some good melodies.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #9 (Sept 2, 2000)
Tracks: Only two good tracks here: After The Rain Has Fallen and the title track (Sting was smart enough to get a harmonica solo from Stevie Wonder here). The other tracks range from boring (Ghost Story) to derivative (Big Lie Small World & Fill Her Up) to aurally painful (Desert Rose). Still, with two good songs, this album has two more good songs than its successor, Sacred Love.
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Purchased around the time I bought my first CD burner (a Philips CDR 765, below), I was happy to burn the two good tracks to a mix CD and leave the rest alone.
Previously revisited for the blog:
Sacred Love (2003)
Roxanne 97 (Puff Daddy Remix) (1997)
Mercury Falling (1996)
Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
...Nothing Like The Sun (1987)
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