The Very Best of Sting & The Police

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The Very Best of Sting & The Police
The Very Best of Sting & The Police cover
Greatest hits by Sting
Released November 1997
Genre Rock
Label A&M
Producer(s) Hugh Padgham
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Professional reviews
Sting chronology
Mercury Falling
(1996)		 The Very Best of Sting & The Police
(1997)		 Brand New Day
(1999)


The Very Best of Sting & The Police is a compilation album issued by Sting, and released by A&M Records. It was generally regarded as unnecessary and a poor representation of the musical works of either Sting or The Police, Sting's former band (Amazon review). The only new track featured on the compilation is a remix of the 1978 Police hit "Roxanne" by rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs.

Interestingly, the album was re-released in 2002 with several track changes: the songs "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", "Russians", and "Roxanne '97 (Puff Daddy Remix)" are omitted. The songs "Seven Days", "Fragile", "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da", "Brand New Day", "Desert Rose", and "So Lonely" are added, bringing the number of tracks from 15 to 18.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Message in a Bottle – 4:49
  2. Can't Stand Losing You – 2:58
  3. Englishman in New York – 4:25
  4. Every Breath You Take – 4:13
  5. Walking on the Moon – 4:59
  6. Fields of Gold – 3:40
  7. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – 4:20
  8. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free – 4:14
  9. Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot [Edit] (1997 Release Only) – 4:29
  10. Russians (1997 Release Only)– 3:57
  11. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You – 4:29
  12. When We Dance [Edit] (1997 Release Only) – 4:17
  13. Don't Stand So Close to Me – 4:03
  14. Roxanne – 3:12
  15. Roxanne '97 [Puff Daddy Remix] (1997 Release Only) – 4:33

[edit] Personnel

The Police
Sting – Andy Summers – Stewart Copeland
Henry Padovani
Discography
Studio Albums: Outlandos d'Amour (1978) - Reggatta de Blanc (1979) - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) - Ghost in the Machine (1981) - Synchronicity (1983)
Live Albums: Live! (1995)
Compilation Albums: Every Breath You Take: The Singles (1986) - Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (1993) - Every Breath You Take: The Classics (1995) - The Very Best of Sting & The Police (1997, 2002)
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