Brand New Day (album)

Brand New Day
Studio album by Sting
Released:	1999-09-28
Recorded:	RECORDING TIME PERIOD
Length:	48:49
Label(s):	A&M
Producer(s):	Sting & Kipper
Studio(s):	Il Palagio, Figline Valdarno, Italy Mega Studios, Suresne, France

Introduction

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Personnel

• Sting, bass, bv's, vg-8 guitar synth, vocals
• Kipper, drum programming, keyboards
• Dominic Miller, guitars
• Manu Katché, drums
• Vinnie Colaiuta, drums
• Jason Rebello, piano, clavinet
• Chris Botti, trumpet

Additional personnel

• Stevie Wonder, harmonica
• James Taylor, vocal
• Cheb Mami, vocal
• Branford Marsalis, clarinet
• Mino Cinelu, percussion
• Dave Hartley, string arranger and conductor (tracks 3 and 6), Hammond organ
• B.J. Cole, pedal steel guitar
• Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian pipes, fiddle
• Don Blackman, Hammond organ
• Sté, vocal
• Gavyn Wright, string leader (tracks 3 and 6)
• Joe Mendez, background vocals
• Janice Pendarvis, background vocals
• Althea Rodgers, background vocals
• Marlon Saunders, background vocals
• Veneese Thomas, background vocals
• Darryl Tookes, background vocals
• Ken Williams, background vocals
• Tawatha Agee, background vocals
• Dennis Collins, background vocals
• Ettamri Mustapha, darbouka
• Farhat Bouallagui, string arrangement (track 2), conductor and leader
• Moulay Ahmed, string player
• Kouider Berkan, string player
• Salem Bnouni, string player
• Sameh Catalan, string player

Track listing

All songs written by Sting, unless otherwise indicated.

US release:

1. "A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) 5:57
2. "Desert Rose" (featuring Cheb Mami) 4:45
3. "Big Lie Small World" 5:05
4. "After The Rain Has Fallen" 5:03
5. "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" 5:24
6. "Tomorrow We'll See" 4:47
7. "Prelude To The End Of The Game" 0:20
8. "Fill Her Up" 5:38
9. "Ghost Story" 5:29
10. "Brand New Day" 6:19

Singles released

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Variants, special editions and re-releases

The European release features all the songs from above plus an EPK (video) as track 11.

The Australian release also has the EPK as track 11, but instead of Prelude To The End Of The Game there's actually the song The End Of The Game (6:36) on the record.

The Japanese release has the same tracks as the US release, but there's also Windmills Of Your Mind (4:19) and the EPK on the record.

The US dts 5.1 audio-DVD doesn't feature the EPK, but also offers The End Of The Game (6:36) instead of the Prelude To The End Of The Game. And obviously all the tracks are in 5.1 DTS surround sound !

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Country	Position
1999	Billboard 200	U.S.A.	9
1999	Top Canadian Albums	Canada	19
1999	Top Internet Albums		3

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Country	Position
YYYY	SONG	CHART	COUNTRY	POSITION REACHED

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year	Winner	Award	Category
1999	"Brand New Day"	The Grammy Awards	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
1999	Brand New Day	The Grammy Awards	Best Pop Vocal Albums

Nominations

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Year	Nominee	Award	Category
YYYY	NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)	AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)	CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country	Certifier	Classification	Certification
COUNTRY	CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)	CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)	CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Quotations and trivia

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See also

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External links and reviews

• Kipper's story of producing the album

References

• Sting. Discography, Brand New Day.
• Sting. Brand New Day. (1999) [Audio recording], A&M Records.
• Wikipedia. Brand New Day.