Finally got around to it ... thanks Jason. As you can see, I prefer live recordings. I'm actually surprised by the lack of presence from Sacred Love, I like the songs. But I don't like the recording. If the Inside DVD had been included, it would definitely have found representation in my choices. 1 Bring On The Night / When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around (Bring on the night) 2 Consider me gone (Bring on the night) 3 Perfect Love Gone Wrong (... All this time) 4 All this time (... All this time) 5 Driven to tears (Bring on the night) 6 Mad about you (... All this time) 7 Don't Stand So Close to Me (... All this time) 8 The Soul Cages (The Soul Cages) 9 Rock Steady (Nothing like the sun) 10 Roxanne (... All this time) bonus: Moon Over Bourbon Street (... All this time) Inside (Sacred Love) I have a boot from Los Angeles in 91. It has the most amazing version of MIAB. Oh well. On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 06:46:13PM +0100, Jason_Daly@dell.com wrote:

Can't believe the response to this - hope ye enjoyed (to those who have yet to do this, do it fast and send it on so I can add to the Ultimate Album)

Some real interesting and strange choices list. Was a bit surprised! The following are the most popular choices, so far ....

1. If I Ever Lose My Faith 2. Desert Rose 3. Mad About You 4. I Was Brought To My Senses 5. They Dance Alone 6. Seven Days 7. (tie) Consider Me Gone / Wild Wild Sea 8. Soul Cages 9. (tie) Moon Over Bourbon Street / When the Angels Fall 10. Shape Of My Heart

Is the above the Ultimate Album ????

As for a title, the best one has to be "Ten Cages Like A Sacred Dream of Night" (good one Angie)

any other suggestions guys and gals ?

Jason from cold and wet and windy Ireland

-----Original Message----- From: Daly, Jason Sent: 09 April 2004 12:06 Subject: The Ultimate Sting Album

Hi all,

That time of the year again - my thread starts the brain cells at a trot and then propels them to a near fatal sprint ...

I posted a mail about 2 years ago, asking each of you to compile what you would consider THE ultimate album, compiled with nothing but Sting's finest - but with a twist .. the response was outstanding, and with the release of All This Time and Sacred Love, its time to jump start the brain cells again.

So on we go.

Criteria are simple - ( Note, you MUST adhere to the below - it makes it more difficult but it shows a real fan just how much they actually like a song when given a choice)

1. You must only pick 10 tracks + 2 bonus (free choice) 2. Tracks can only be picked from Sting's solo albums (listed below) 3. No Police tracks are allowed (exception, you can choose a track from All This Time) 4. This is the way the tracks MUST be chosen, Track 1, must be chosen from all tracks listed at No.1 from the following Sting solo albums, (Dream Of the Blue Turtles, Bring On The Night, Nothing Like The Sun, The Soul Cages, Ten Summoner's Tales, Mercury Falling, Brand New Day, All This Time, Sacred Love)

Track 2, must be chosen from all tracks listed at No.2 Track 3, must be chosen from all tracks listed at No.3 .... Track 4, etc,etc

eg: Track 1 to be chosen from the following - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dream Of The Blue Turtles) Bring On The Night/When The World Is Running Down (Bring On The Night) The Lazarus Heart (Nothing Like The Sun) Island Of Souls (The Soul Cages) If I Ever Lose My Faith In You (Ten Summoners Tales) The Hounds Of Winter (Mercury Falling) A Thousand Years (Brand New Day) Fragile (All This Time) Inside (Sacred Love)

5. Bring On The Night is classed as 1 full album, Tracks 1 to 14 6. Enjoy! 7. STICK TO THE CRITERIA - or I will not accept the album, and send reply's to me first for verification (ha!) 8. If you feel up to it - create an album title.

(... and for those of you who might have forgotten the track listing on the albums (shame on you) I have listed all of them below - how nice am I?)

Dream Of The Blue Turtles

1. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#if you love somebody> If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

2. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#love is the seventh> Love Is The Seventh Wave

3. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#russians> Russians

4. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#childrens crusade> Children's Crusade

5. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#shadows in the rain> Shadows In The Rain

6. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#we work the black seam> We Work The Black Seam

7. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#consider me gone> Consider Me Gone

8. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#the dream of the blue> The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

9. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#moon over bourbon street> Moon Over Bourbon Street

10. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric11.htm#fortress around> Fortress Around Your Heart

Bring On The Night

1. Bring On The Night / When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around

2. Consider Me gone

3. Low Life [

4. We Work The Black Seam

5. Driven To Tears

6. The Dream Of The Blue Turtles / Demolition Man )

7. One World (Not Three) / Love Is The Seventh Wave

8. Moon Over Bourbon Street

9. I Burn For You

10. Another Day

11. Children's Crusade

12. Down So Long

13. Tea In The Sahara

Nothing Like The Sun

1. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#lazarus heart> The Lazarus Heart

2. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#bestill> Be Still My Beating Heart

3. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#englishman> Englishman In New York

4. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#history> History Will Teach Us Nothing

5. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#theydance> They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)

6. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#fragile> Fragile

7. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#wellbetogether> We'll Be Together

8. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#straight> Straight To My Heart

9. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#rocksteady> Rock Steady

10. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#sistermoon> Sister Moon

11. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#littlewing> Little Wing

12. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric13.htm#thesecret> The Secret Marriage

The Soul Cages

1. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#The Island Of> Island Of souls

2. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#All This> All This Time

3. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#Mad About> Mad About You

4. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#Jeremiah Blues> Jeremiah Blues (Part 1)

5. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#Why Shoul I Cry For You> Why Should I Cry For You

6. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#Saint> Saint Agnes And The Burning Train

7. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#The Wild Wild> The Wild Wild Sea

8. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#The Soul> The Soul Cages

9. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric14.htm#When The Angels> When The Angels Falls

Ten Summoner's Tales

1. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#loosefaith> Prologue (If I Ever Lose My Faith In You)

2. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#lovestrong> Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)

3. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#FOG> Fields Of Gold

4. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#heavycloud> Heavy Cloud No Rain

5. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#toogood> She's Too Good For Me

6. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#sevendays> Seven Days

7. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#sainaugustine> Saint Augustine In Hell

8. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#itsprob> It's Probably Me

9. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#everybodylaughed> Everybody Laughed But You

10. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#shapeofheart> Shape Of My Heart

11. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#boysaid> Something The Boy Said

12. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric15.htm#nothingboutme> Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me)

Mercury Falling

1. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#hounds> The Hounds Of Winter

2. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#ihung> I Hung My Head

3. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#letsoul> Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot

4. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#brought> I Was Brought To My Senses

5. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#touchme> You Still Touch Me

6. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#imhappy> I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

7. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#seasons> All Four Seasons

8. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#25night> Twenty Five To Midnight

9. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#labelle> La Belle Dame Sans Regrets

10. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#valparaiso> Valparaiso

11. <http://www.cybercomm.nl/%7Egugten/lyric17.htm#lithium> Lithium Sunset

Brand New Day

1. A Thousand Years

2. Desert Rose (4:46)

3. Big Lie Small World

4. After The Rain Has Fallen

5. Perfect Love ... Gone Wrong

6. Tomorrow We'll See

7. Prelude to the End Of The Game )

8. Fill Her Up

9. Ghost Story

10. Brand New Day

All This Time

1. Fragile

2. A Thousand Years

3. Perfect Love... Gone Wrong

4. All This Time

5. The Hounds of Winter

6. Mad About You

7. Don't Stand So Close To Me

8. When We Dance

9. Dienda

10. Roxanne

11. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

12. Brand New Day

13. Fields of Gold

14. Moon Over Bourbon Street

15. Shape of My Heart

16. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

17. Every Breath You Take

Sacred Love

1. Inside

2. Send Your Love

3. Whenever I Say Your Name

4. Dead Man's Rope

5. Never Coming Home

6. Stolen Car

7. Forget About The Future

8. This War

9. The Book Of My Life

10. Sacred Love

11. Send Your Love (Dave Aude remix)

12. Shape Of My Heart (Live - from All This Time sessions)

13. Like A Beautiful Smile

_______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police