Octo_Russ

Sting ['Fields Of Gold' The Very Best Of Sting 1984-1994]

Early to mid Sting, i like his album 'Mercury Falling' the best, his earlier albums all have something essential on them, but at the same time they have enough average that a compilation like this can make the ideal substitute, don't agree on every track, and yes there are some omissions too, but this really fits the bill, i listened to this early in my blogging career [20th March 2010].

Sting is now 63, and even though he looks 50, his music seems to have gone the other way, his latest album The Last Ship' sounds like he's turning into Roger Whittaker!, 'The Last Farewell' wouldn't go amiss on that album, i think i gave up on him when 'Brand New Day' was released.

So on this listen i love tracks 3-6 & 14, but i always come back to that wonderful song of his, as the title track says 'Fields Of Gold', it has one of the most simplest melodies, a constant sharp clicking on the drums, that doesn't get annoying, a great story too, a seeming act of pure lust i guess, but within there's promises made, and at the end the lines,

Many years have passed, since those summer days

Among the fields of barley

See the children run, as the sun goes down

Among the fields of gold

to me it sounds like the children were a product of 'among the fields of barley'!

Here's Sting singing 'Fields Of Gold' on YouTube.