Very Best Of Sting And The Police, The [Remastered] - Sting/Police (The) > Reviews > Nee nah, nee nah

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money

Advantages:	Classic
Disadvantages:	the last track spoiled it for me

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

It is not often that the title accurately describes the album, but in this case it does. This is a must have for anyone who likes Sting or the Police. Classic tracks abound on this one, many taken me back to when I was knee high to a grasshopper and wasted evenings by hanging around the park and trying to be cool.

Well the album has 18 tracks - of which 17 are by either Sting or the Police and the final one being a Puff Daddy remix, which personally does nothing for me, but I can understand why they put it on the album.

The tracks are:
1. Message in a bottle
2. Can't stand losing you
3. Englishman in new york
4. Every breath you take
5. Seven days
6. Walking on the moon
7. Field of Gold
8. Fragile
9. Every little thing she does is magic
10. De do do do, de da da da
11. If you love somebody set them free
12. Let you soul be you pilot
13. Russians
14. If I ever lose my faith in you
15. When we dance
16. Dan't stand so close to me
17. Roxanne
18. Roxanne '97

One thing I didn't realise until I bought this album is that all of the tracks bar one (Russians) where written by Sting. This shows tremendous song writing talent and ensdurance to keep them coming over a twenty year music career (plus the odd foray into acting e.g. Dune).

The lyrics are typically thought provoking and haunting, and seem to definately mean something (rather than todays pop pap).

If you are a fan of them, then this is a must have - and for around a tenner you really cannot go too far wrong.