The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (album)

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The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
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Studio album by Sting
Released: 1985-06-01 (?) (USA)

1985-06-17 (UK)

1985-06-18 (Germany)

1985-07-10 (Japan)

Recorded: March - April 1985
Length: 41:40
Label(s): A&M
Producer(s): Sting & Pete Smith
Studio(s): Blue Wave Recording Studio

Introduction

Sting recorded demos for this album at Utopia Studios on (at least) 1984-04-28, 1984-05-05, 1984-10-31, 1985-01-04 and 1985-01-05.

In The New York Times Magazine from December 9, 1984 Sting is quoted with: "On my new album, I've written a couple of songs that have been influenced by Kurt Weill. I'm working with a full orchestra on those, and that wouldn't be suitable for The Police."

Hitkrant from January 24, 1985 mentions that Sting is busy working on his solo LP on Montserrat and would then travel to Russia to work with the Leningrad Orchestra.

A Sting interview in 1985-02 Musik Szene features a few mysterious bits. The journalist mentions the rumour that Sting's new album will be produced by Torch Song. Sting replies that this is not quite right. He mentions that The Police (!) recorded a song for the upcoming movie "Youngblood". He confirms that he asked Torch Song for help, but nothing was recorded yet. It's just that Torch Song also happens to contribute to the "Youngblood" soundtrack.

The first song Sting and his band recorded was Shadows In The Rain - played in a similar style as his original 1980 demo. Children's Crusade was recorded during the second night of recording. The next night Sting taught the band Consider Me Gone which was recorded with Eddy Grant and the president of Guyana being present. After they left Sting and band jammed in various styles, including a reggae that would be the foundation for Love Is The Seventh Wave. The next week they would record Fortress Around Your Heart, Russians and We Work The Black Seam, also adding vocals and a new keyboard line for If You Love Somebody Set Them Free.

Personnel

Track listing

All songs written by Sting unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" 4:14
  2. "Love Is the Seventh Wave" 3:30
  3. "Russians" (Prokofiev, Sting) 3:57
  4. "Children's Crusade" 5:00
  5. "Shadows In The Rain" 4:56
  6. "We Work The Black Seam" 5:40
  7. "Consider Me Gone" 4:21
  8. "The Dream Of The Blue Turtles" 1:15
  9. "Moon Over Bourbon Street" 3:59
  10. "Fortress Around Your Heart" 4:48


Singles released

Variants, special editions and re-releases

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Charts

Album

Year Chart Country Position
YYYY CHART COUNTRY POSITION REACHED

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
YYYY WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

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

UK ads:

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German ad:

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Japanese ads:

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Australian ad:

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Argentina ad:

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See also

External links and reviews

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References