The Dream of the Blue Turtles | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sting
Label: A&M
Category: Music
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Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 2410
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 3750
UPC: 075021375024
EAN: 0075021375024
ASIN: B000002GFA
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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Condition: ; 1 CD, Disc is in excellent shape. Only played a few times, ALL INSERTS INTACT, in original case, case shows minor wear, GUARANTEED TO PLAY LIKE NEW OR I'LL REPLACE/REFUND IT.. ** FREE ** Upgrade to First Class Shipping from standard shipping.
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| Tracks:
| • | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free | | • | Love Is the Seventh Wave | | • | Russians - Sting, Prokofiev, Sergei | | • | Children's Crusade | | • | Shadows in the Rain | | • | We Work the Black Seam | | • | Consider Me Gone | | • | The Dream of the Blue Turtles | | • | Moon Over Bourbon Street | | • | Fortress Around Your Heart |
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From one spin of The Dream of the Blue Turtles, Sting's first solo release, it's obvious that for him there would be life beyond the Police. Teamed with a band of top jazz players, he presents his musical visions that had gone unrealized while he was still constrained by his former ensemble. In style and subject matter, it's a decidedly diverse collection of songs and the playing is excellent throughout. The love songs are mostly focused on endings or escapes, and it's quite possible to interpret much of the imagery in reference to the bitter breakup of the Police. Sting's concern with history and politics is in evidence: he makes a father's plea for sanity and restraint in the nuclear age, takes up for the U.K.'s much-abused coal miners, and relates the savage stupidity of World War I to the destructive effects of adolescent heroin addiction. Songs that seem elaborately constructed and recorded contrast with others that are presented as one-take jams. Seen as a whole, The Dream of the Blue Turtles is eclectic, ambitious--sometimes pretentious--but altogether worth owning. --Al Massa
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an audiophile's dream (AUDIO MASTER PLUS SERIES) AM+ December 2, 2008
insoc (Miami, Florida United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am not going to talk about how good this album is because it is indeed VERY GOOD and you can read all the reviews here. If you are an audiophile or at least you like to hear your favorite albums with great sound quality this is a great album to have. Many audiophile recordings are praised for the quality recording but sometimes the music is boring, dull or nothing special. This album is a great example of how EXCELLENT MUSIC can be combined with EXCELLENT AUDIOPHILE quality sound. As a matter of fact I always use "Love is the Seventh Wave", "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" and "Shadows in the Rain" as one of my stereo system showings to my friends. Sting's voice sounds very crisp and clear and so do the instruments played by the Blue Turtles Band. JUST BE SURE YOU GET THE AM+ AUDIO MASTER PLUS SERIES release. That is the plain, regular and common release. Do not get the "remastered version" because like many other people agree, this remasterings of Sting's albums have not done any favor and have greatly deteriorated the sound quality.
His first solo effort was his best... July 6, 2008
R. Knight (Pennsylvania, USA)
I bought this on LP in 1985 and finally updated to CD and it has never gotten old. True, this sounds a lot more like the later songs of the Police than the Sting releases of late, but if you, like me, ever say, "Gee, I like Sting's music, but I sure like the older stuff and what he did with the Police the best," then this is the CD you want.
 Sting's first album is passable, with naive lyrics November 22, 2007
Andres C. Salama (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sting's first album after leaving The Police was a reasonable commercial success, assuring himself a solo career, at least for some time. I listen to the album when it came out, in 1985, when I was 18, and I was impressed by it, but it hasn't aged that well. The music is pleasant though hardly memorable, and the lyrics are literate (perhaps too literate) but also naive. What sounded brave and intelligent 20 years ago, sounds pretty naive now. Like the pre - End of the cold war "Russians" (with a good coda from Prokofiev) or "The Children's Crusade" (about the youth killed in World War I, an odd topic for a rock song). "If you love somebody, set them free" sounds like a response to Police's megahit "Every breath you take" (can't one take a position in the middle, without going to the extremes?). Then there is the luddite "We Work the Black Seam together" (about the then topical miner's strike in the north of England) and the homage to New Orleans "Moon over Bourbon Street" inspired by the book Interview with a Vampire (this was before the Brad Pitt movie). The best song of the album to me is the calypso-inspired "Love is the Seventh Wave" (great video as well).
After today... Consider Me Gone September 27, 2007
M. J. Lomenzo (Hoboken, NJ USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This has always been my favorite Sting solo album, partly because it doesn't really feel like a solo album. As Sting says in the liner notes, "people keep referring to this album as a solo effort, which of course is ridicilous" well Mr. Sting I agree with you. This Blue Turtles band was absolutely fantastic and kudos to you for hiring these amazing musicians and assembling this great band. Branford Marsalis is absolutely mind blowing on a few of the tracks, such as "Children's Crusade" and "Shadows in the Rain". "Consider Me Gone" is wonderful, just put that on with a nice glass of wine and enjoy.. ahhh! Even dated songs like "Russians" and "We Work the Black Seam" are still very enjoyable. I could go on and on... but this is the finest collection of songs Sting has composed without the Police. I still listen to this one quite often 20+ years later.
 first solo album of Gordon Matthew Sumner (STING) May 13, 2007
Vincenzo De Gregorio (Milano - Italy)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As His first solo work is just remarkably well done!!!!
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