Brand New Day

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Brand New Day
Studio album by Sting
Released	September 28, 1999
Recorded	????
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	48:49
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Sting
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Sting chronology
The Very Best of Sting & The Police (1997)	Brand New Day (1999)	At the Movies (1999)

Brand New Day is Sting‘s sixth solo album. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Top 200 and sold over 3,000,000 copies. The song "Desert Rose" prominently features popular Algerian Raï singer Cheb Mami.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Trivia 3 Music Videos 4 Personnel 4.1 Additional personnel 5 Production 6 Charts 7 Awards

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Sting, except where noted.

1. "A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) – 5:57
2. "Desert Rose" – 4:45
3. "Big Lie Small World" – 5:05
4. "After the Rain Has Fallen" – 5:03
5. "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" – 5:24
6. "Tomorrow We’ll See" – 4:47
7. "Prelude to the End of the Game" – 0:20
8. "Fill Her Up" – 5:38
9. "Ghost Story" – 5:29
10. "Brand New Day" – 6:19

[edit] Trivia

The song "Brand New Day" was used for CBS' The Early Show from 1999-2006.

[edit] Music Videos

The music video for the title track is a parody of bleach commercials, and advertises "Brand new 'Day Ultra'" brand.

[edit] Personnel

• Sting - bass, bv's, vg-8 guitar synth, vocals
• Kipper - drum programming, keyboards
• Dominic Miller - guitars
• Manu Katché - drums
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
• Jason Rebello - piano, clavinet
• Chris Botti - trumpet

[edit] Additional personnel

• Stevie Wonder - harmonica
• James Taylor - vocal
• Cheb Mami - vocal
• Branford Marsalis - clarinet
• Mino Cinelu - percussion
• Dave Hartley - string arranger and conductor (tracks 3 and 6), Hammond organ
• B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar
• Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian pipes, fiddle
• Don Blackman - Hammond organ
• Sté - vocal
• Gavyn Wright - string leader (tracks 3 and 6)
• Joe Mendez - background vocals
• Janice Pendarvis - background vocals
• Althea Rodgers - background vocals
• Marlon Saunders - background vocals
• Veneese Thomas - background vocals
• Darryl Tookes - background vocals
• Ken Williams - background vocals
• Tawatha Agee - background vocals
• Dennis Collins - background vocals
• Ettamri Mustapha - darbouka
• Farhat Bouallagui - string arrangement (track 2), conductor and leader
• Moulay Ahmed - string player
• Kouider Berkan - string player
• Salem Bnouni - string player
• Sameh Catalan - string player

[edit] Production

• Producers - Sting and Kipper
• Engineers - Simon Osborne, Neil Dorfsman, Geoff Foster and Chris Blair
• Photography - Olaf Heine and Carter Smith
• Package design - Richard Frankel

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1999	The Billboard 200	9
1999	Top Canadian Albums	19
1999	Top Internet Albums	3

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
1999	"Brand New Day"	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
1999	Brand New Day	Best Pop Vocal Album