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Music Diary from Hell (2023-2024)
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The somber, personal Soul Cages is a testament to Sting's strength as a storyteller. Each song creates its own dark, lonely world with recurring themes of sea, ships, and filial love. The album opens with the wistful, virtually mist-drenched "Island of Souls," a tale of a shipbuilder's son orphaned by an accident who dreams of the open sea. Later, that sea becomes a prison for a lovelorn sailor in "Why Should I Cry for You?" Throughout, Sting dispenses with the conventions of pop lyrical structure. Saxophones, oboe, and Northumbrian pipes reinforce the folksy feel of the instrumentation. Arguably the best so
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Manufacturer: A&M
Release date: 2 February 1991
EAN: 0075021640528 UPC: 075021640528
Release date: 2 February 1991
EAN: 0075021640528 UPC: 075021640528
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Music Diary from Hell (2023-2024) (689 music items)"29.9. Ok, this is the first Sting album I didn't like that much. It's just too safe and comfortable, the man took zero risks here."