The best Sting albums
18 records, ordered by how much we can tell you about each one — not by chart position.
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Ten Summoner's Tales
1993
Showcases Sting's blend of pop and jazz influences with cohesive songwriting, making it accessible to new listeners.
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Songs from the Labyrinth
2006
Sting’s weathered voice moves through the intimate plucked resonance of Renaissance lutes.
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The Last Ship
2013
Sting’s weathered voice moves through folk-inflected ballads and maritime rhythms like a storyteller returning to a shipyard at dusk.
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The Bridge
2021
Polished pop opens onto folk balladry as Sting’s weathered voice moves between restless rhythms and quiet reflection.
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57th & 9th
2016
Sting returns to guitar-driven rock with a restless rhythmic pulse and an eye on a troubled world.
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The Dream of the Blue Turtles
1985
Jazz-trained musicians give Sting’s pop songwriting a fluid edge, moving from buoyant grooves to Cold War unease.
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Ten Summoner's Tales Start here
1993
Airy country-house acoustics give intricate rhythms room to move beneath warm vocals and spare guitar.
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...Nothing Like the Sun
1987
Jazz-shaped rhythms and spacious guitars frame a voice that moves from intimate near-whispers to polished pop urgency.
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Brand New Day
1999
Polished pop opens onto desert-toned vocal duets and gospel, with a restless rhythm section connecting its far-flung sounds.
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Nada como el sol
1988
Spanish and Portuguese vocals bring new intimacy to jazz-inflected pop, while nylon-string guitar lends political grief a hushed warmth.
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Sacred Love
2003
Electronic beats and polished pop arrangements carry a restless voice between devotional yearning and uneasy urban drama.
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Mercury Falling
1996
Jazz-inflected pop drifts from wintry restraint into gospel uplift and country storytelling, carried by supple rhythms and a hushed voice.
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Symphonicities
2010
Sting’s familiar songs trade band-driven urgency for orchestral sweep and the close grain of his voice.
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The Soul Cages
1991
Sea-dark folk melodies and jazz-inflected rock carry Sting’s meditations on grief through the shipyards and mythic waters of his childhood.
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If On a Winter's Night...
2009
Sting’s weathered voice moves through winter songs wrapped in acoustic strings and the hush of old church music.
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44/876
2018
A vibrant fusion of reggae rhythms and soulful melodies, celebrating cultural connections and personal narratives.
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All Thease Time/Unplugged Rehearsal + Live
1991
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We'll Be Together
1987
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A Touch of Jazz
2020