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Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 |  | Artist: Sting
Label: Polydor Group
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 2960
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 77 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 073145402862
EAN: 0073145402862
ASIN: B000006TH6
Release Date: June 18, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | When we dance | | • | If you love somebody set them free | | • | Fields of gold | | • | All this time | | • | Englishmen in New York | | • | Mad about you | | • | It's probably me | | • | They dance alone (Cueca solo) | | • | If I ever lose my faith in you | | • | Fragile | | • | We'll be together | | • | Moon over Bourbon Street | | • | Love is the 7th wave | | • | Russians | | • | Why should I cry for you | | • | This cowboy song | | • | Fragil (Portugese version) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
A good overview of Sting's radio hits and popular album tracks with no major omissions, iFields of Gold/i also offers three previously unreleased songs. "This Cowboy Song" and "When We Dance" appear on no other album, while "We'll Be Together" is an alternate interpretation. The import version of this collection offers a substantially different and expanded track listing, dropping "Fortress Around Your Heart", "Be Still My Beating Heart", and "Why Should I Cry for You"; and adding "Nothing 'Bout Me", "Mad About You", "Seven Days", "It's Probably Me", "Love is the Seventh Wave", and "Demolition Man". i--Gavin McNett/i
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 Excellent Album January 3, 2004
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This has to be one of the undisputed Greatest Hits Albums of all time. This album has the power to wreak havoc on the emotions from breaking everyone down in a flurry of saddness with "Fields of Gold " then building them up "If you Love Somebody Set them Free".pOne of the main reasons that i bought this album was however for sentimental value. Not because i know Sting, but because my father had this album a while ago and we have since stopped talking, but this album reminds me of the better times that we had shared. Perhaps he overplayed it too much, but maybe thats why its stuck in my mind and is perhaps one of my most treasured albums!
Sting - musical perfection! February 5, 2008
Matt182 (Wales, UK)
This album is best listened to when you're in a somber mood, thinking about the person you love the most. That is when you can feel the full power in the music. This album has so much; perfect love songs, great meaningful music in everyday issues and even politics in 'Russians'. The first time that I listened to this album I was left with a mood that was like nothing I've ever felt before, this is how fantastic Sting is as a songwriter. This collection is from his best period of music after The Police.
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br / I prefer The Police for their majority of their music, but Sting is magnificent on his own. I think that breaking up with the band when they were at the climax of their career was probably a good idea with what Sting created on his own. He wrote nearly all of the songs for The Police, and the band was the best thing from the 1980's. From his first album the big pop hit 'If you love somebody set them free' (which I always feel the need to get up and move to - is there anything wrong with that?!), then 'Love is the seventh wave', which is a fantastic somber song, Russians, the political song conveying the upheaval that was occuring in America in the time of this first album and then the somber and meaningful 'Moon over Bourbon street'. This is what I love about Sting, he is easily one of the greatest songwriters of all time. He writes perfect love songs in 'Fields of gold', my favourite Sting song. The imagery that he creates in his music is remarkable and like no other. When we dance, a fantastic really expressive love song, If I ever lose my faith in you, a catch song with the lyrics, 'You could say I lost my belief in a politician', referncing back to 'Spirits in the material world'. I was expecting him to say that and when it came in I just burst out laughing! Then there is the brilliant 'Mad about you', with the brilliant lyrics 'It would make a prison of my life, if you were to become anothers wife', which right now I can relate to more than ever. My only complaint is that the final track on this album is 'Fragil', which is the Portuguese version of Fragile. I definitely think that another one of his English songs should've been included instead, like 'Be still my beating heart' or 'Fortress around your heart'. That is the only album's flaw, but it's nice to hear Sting singing in Portuguese and it just goes to show that his music is loved throughout the world.
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br /Every single song on this album is just gold, it definitely lives up to the name 'Fields of gold'! I was wondering whether to give it 4 starts, but it really does deserve 5, it is just so brilliant. If you are to buy any Sting album then you should definitely get this one first, it gives the perfect overview of Sting's magnificent career after The Police (which you should definitely get, if you don't have their self titled album'). He has moved through time and easily challenged the music of the day. I think that every single song on this album is brilliant and it beats any of the music around today. Especially for a solo artist. If you want more meaningful music than Sting's then you will have a very hard time trying to find it. If you buy this album then you definitely won't regret it, it will probably be the best album you have ever bought! I know that I've wrote a long review but everyone that is even remotely interested in Sting should have an in-depth view of how great he is. I mean he's still on tour in Australia with The Police now! If you are even slightly interested in Sting then you have to buy this fantastic collection of awesome songs. Thanx for reading.
Excellent September 27, 2009
Sheila Brown (Cornwall, UK.)
This CD is great. I would recommend it to anyone who likes Sting. The sound quality is excellent. The track selection includes all of my favourites from the decade.
Sting - The Shakespeare of Song Writing !!! September 25, 2007
G. Kyriacou (UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sting knows how to write 'Real' songs, not silly ones that always sound the same, with words like 'You are my love above' etc.,
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br /The Master of song writing. A absolutely unique voice. When the incredibly talented Sting puts pen to paper beautiful words come alive and he creates magic.
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br /The Shakespeare of song writing.
 Good Enought For A "Best Of" Album January 2, 2003
Neal C. Reynolds (Indianapolis, Indiana)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
This CD is an excellant overview of Sting's commercial hits, and is sure to please with "When We Dance", "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You", "Fields Of Gold", "If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)", "All This Time", and so forth.brIt does have the weakness, of course, of most "best of" compilations in that it shows only the commercial "top 40" side of a notable artist. Those who think the only good stuff is that which is played on the radio therefore enjoy this and other "best of" collections, and will like this more than any one album. pThis is a good sampler of Sting's radio hits, but if you want a deeper understanding of Sting, don't stop here, but also listen to the albums which show off the less commercial side of his talent.
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