1999 Sting – Brand New Day
Brand New Day is the sixth solo studio album by English musician Sting, released by A&M Records on 27 September 1999. Promoted heavily by the success of the album’s second single, “Desert Rose” (featuring popular Algerian Raï singer Cheb Mami), the album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 and sold over 3.5 million copies in the United States. Upon its release, Brand New Day was a critical and commercial success, and hailed as commercial comeback for Sting. The album earned Sting a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and his third Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the title track.
Tracks
1 A Thousand Years (Sting, Kipper) 5:57
2 Desert Rose (Sting) 4:46
3 Big Lie, Small World (Sting) 5:05
4 After The Rain Has Fallen (Sting) 5:04
5 Perfect Love… Gone Wrong (Sting) 5:25
6 Tomorrow We’ll See (Sting) 4:47
7 Prelude To The End Of The Game (Sting) 0:19
8 Fill Her Up (Sting) 5:37
9 Ghost Story (Sting) 5:29
10 Brand New Day (Sting) 6:20
Biography
Musicians
| Bass | Sting |
| Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
| Drums | Manu Katche |
| Drum Programming | Mark Eldridge |
| Guitar | Dominic Miller |
| Guitar (Synthesizer) | Sting |
| Pedal Steel Guitar | BJ Cole |
| Clavinet | Jason Rebello |
| Hammond Organ | Dave Hartley |
| Hammond Organ | Don Blackman |
| Keyboards | Mark Eldridge |
| Piano | Jason Rebello |
| Clarinet | Branford Marsalis |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
| Northumbrian Pipes | Katherine Tickell |
| Fiddle | Katherine Tickell |
| Percussion | Mino Cinelu |
| Background Vocals | Veneese Thomas |
| Background Vocals | Tawatha Agee |
| Background Vocals | Marlon Saunders |
| Background Vocals | Ken Williams |
| Background Vocals | Joe Mendez |
| Background Vocals | Janice Pendarvis |
| Background Vocals | Dennis Collins |
| Background Vocals | Darryl Tookes |
| Background Vocals | Athea Rodgers |
| Background Vocals | Sting |
| Vocals | Sting |
Other Musicians
2 Desert Rose
| Vocals | Cheb Mami |
3 Big Lie, Small World
| Strings (Leader) | Gavin Wright |
5 Perfect Love… Gone Wrong
| Rap | Sté |
6 Tomorrow We’ll See
| Strings (Leader) | Gavin Wright |
8 Fill Her Up
| Vocals | James Taylor |
10 Brand New Day
| Harmonica | Stevie Wonder |
Liner Notes
Producer – Sting & Kipper
Arranged By (Strings) – Farhat Bouallagui (Track 1)
Arranged By (Strings)- Dan Hartley (Tracks 6, 3)
Engineer – Simon Osborne, Neil Dorfsman, Geoff Foster
Engineer (Assistant) – Andrew Fellus, Aya Takemura, Ben Kape, Brian Garten, Etienne Colin, Hopps, Nicolas Duport, Ricky Graham, Stephane Levy-B
Mastered By – Chris Blair
Mixed By – Simon Osborne
Art Direction – Jodi Peckman, Joe Mama-Nitzberg
Photography – Carter Smith, Olaf Heine
Mastered At Abbey Road Studios
Mixed At Studio Mega, Paris
Overdubbed At Right Track Recording, NY
Overdubbed At Avatar Studios, NY
Recorded At Il Palagio, Italy
Recorded At Studio Mega, Paris
Recorded At Air Lyndhurst Hall, London
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