I like the concept of a winter album of folk songs and carols - I enjoy that kind of thing, and he does handle such material very nicely. I was initially disappointed to hear about the repackaging of familiar material, but then it occurs to me that people like us, with exhaustive Police/Sting collections, are not the target audience for this thing. It'll be aimed at people who want some seasonal music but want something a little more sophisticated than yet another 'Do They Know It's A Winter Wonderland?' compilation - probably people of about Sting's generation and the next generation below, not necessarily Fans back in the day, but with a working knowledge and liking of his singles. And those two old songs will be unfamiliar to them, so they're not paying for anything twice. Looked at that way, it doesn't seem like such a bad idea. Do I wish he'd have some sort of creative renaissance and come up with an album full of new stuff? Absolutely. Then again, if he's got nothing new to offer I respect his choice to do a project like this (or indeed the lute album) that interests him and which he can make something good out of rather than turn out an album of pappy original material just-because-he-can... Angeline