Brand New Day

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Brand New Day
Brand New Day cover
Studio album by Sting
Released September 28, 1999
Genre Pop Rock, World
Length 48:49
Label A&M Records
Producer Sting, Kipper
Professional reviews
Sting chronology
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
(1997)		 Brand New Day
(1999)		 All This Time
(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. Originally, Sting's usual producer Hugh Padgham was to produce the record, but Sting was happy with the work done by Kipper, and Hugh was never called. Many sounds from Spectrasonics can be heard in Kipper‘s work on the record.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Sting, except where noted.

  1. "A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) – 5:57
  2. "Desert Rose" (featuring Cheb Mami) – 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

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  • The song "Brand New Day" was used for CBS' The Early Show from 1999-2006.
  • A vinyl record static sound effect is added to the song "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" to give the song an old Jazz album sound.
  • "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" is the story told from the perspective of a dog whose beloved mistress has a new man in her life - one who is cheating on her. The rapping in French is supposed to represent the linguistic differences between human and canine.
  • The full version of "The End of the Game" was included on the single for "Brand New Day" and the DTS release of the album.

[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

[edit] Additional personnel

[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