Bring it on!!!

A great live-release, the sound is great, the songs are great, the performing is great - and yes - Sting is great, performing with his great band at their very best!



Low Life, We Work The Black Seam, I Burn For You and Consider Me Gone are my personal favorites on the album - but as I am sitting here now I feel like I am forgetting something (As these words were spoken, I swear... yes well...)



As mentioned the sound and recording (of course) is nearly perfect - unexpected for the time of this release - and I never get tired of listening to Branford Marsailles (wrong spelled?) perform on I Burn For You, the solo is great - and clear, and just flows into the room when played loud.



Sting was performing with his Blue Turtles on The Dream...-tour, so it is a jazzy-experimental-project "eternalyzed" on the Bring On The Night-release, apparently handpicked songs from different shows on the tour, this is not one Live-show recorded.



He also performs a couple of previously unreleased songs (I think) written in the Police-period (Low Life and Another Day - I hope I'm not wrong here) - other than that he also performs some Police-classics (including a great version of Tea In The Sahara). Of course it includes material from his first solo-album as well.



Are you a fan, but haven't heard this - then do it!

The straight dope on this album

Okay, so admittedly, this is a reactionary review because I've seen too many people give misleading and superficial representations of this album (kind of annoying, no?). Onto the review...



It's a great live double-disc set and it is heavily influenced by Sting's band comprised of jazz musicians. But, only one song could be considered jazz (Dream of the Blue Turtles) and that's the one without much of a solo section (very un-jazz-like). This lineup is one of the best I've ever come across in pop music. The keyboard solos on some of these songs are so smokin' I shake my head and laugh sometimes when I'm listening to it.



Another quick thing to clear up. On this album and on Dream of The Blue Turtles, Sting gives up the bass (replaced by Darryl Jones) and plays guitar. He's actually a pretty good rhythm guitar player.



So is it good? Absolutely. And you get to hear quite a few of Sting's solo songs as well as some Police material. It's a great album with lots of color and excitement. You can even appreciate Branford Marsalis doing a mid-80's rap over one of the choruses. It's kind of cheezy now, but given the time period, it was fresh and fun.



So, as a recommendation, let me say that I taped a copy of this CD way back when I didn't have a CD player in my car and would just let it repeat itself over and over in my car wherever I went. I think you'll really dig this album.

Totally Awesome... best LIVE Sting !!!

I bought this when it originally came out back in the mid 80s... and it was on cassette... I wore it out, and since it costed so much, and I was a college student.. I didn't rebuy it...



I just recently purchased it... and this CD still has all its magic. Omar Hakim on drums Branford Marsalis on horns... it is totally a jazz rock fusion gem. There are some jazz folks out there that will totally thumb their nose at Sting, but they are snobs, and they should be ignored...



I love all the songs but my favorite is ONE WORLD/LOVE IS THE SECOND WAVE combo at the beginning of side two. This is really a treat, and it could have went on for another 10 minutes as far as I am concerned.



If you like DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES and would like to know what that would have sounded like live, then get this CD. It is very impressive.



Have fun