The Dream of the Blue Turtles

by

Sting
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Release type:

studio album

First released:

1985

Overview Edit

The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the first solo and debut studio album released by British pop singer-songwriter Sting, released in the United States on June 1, 1985. It includes ten tracks and was released in 1985, only a year after The Police had unofficially broken up. The album features some of Sting's strongest political songs, including "Russians" (about Cold War nuclear anxieties, which had peaked in the 1980s); "Children's Crusade" (comparing the destruction of the younger generation in World War I to the devastation brought about by heroin addiction in modern-day London); and "We Work the Black Seam" (about the recent U.K. Miners' Strike).

It also includes Sting's first hit after The Police, "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"; a jazzed-up reworking of The Police song "Shadows in the Rain"; and a song inspired by Anne Rice's book Interview with the Vampire, "Moon over Bourbon Street".

The movie Bring on the Night documents some of the recording work that produced this album, as well as the subsequent tour.

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Record label:

unknown

Catalog number:

3750

Release dates:

1985 in United States

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Genres

Adult Contemporary, Classic Rock, Jazz, Progressive Rock,

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The first is still the best

I can't believe it's been 15 years since I bought my first copy of this album on vinyl, but what doesn't surprise me is how great it is even today. Every song tried something new and started introducing jazz overtones to a 15-year old kid who was straight rock-and-roll. Not only is the music great, but this has to be far and away one of the best collections of lyrics ever written. Where else do Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, and Sergei Prokofiev come together with a white former punk and his al…

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Quite good.

The Dream of the Blue Turtles is a pretty enjoyable album. The album's musicianship, songwriting, and production are good. All of the tunes are quite adventurous. My favorite songs are "Fortress Around Your Heart," "Russians," and "Children's Crusade." The rest of the tracks are also listenable. Sting does a good job with the vocals throughout. Worth a listen.

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If You Love Somebody Set Them Free