Brand New Day

Infobox Album |
Name = Brand New Day
Type = Album
Artist = Sting


Released = September 28 1999
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Pop rock, World
Length = 48:49
Label = A&M Records 0694-90443-2
Producer = Sting, Kipper
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cw548qb9btc4~T0]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sting/albums/album/116644/review/6067855/brand_new_day link]
Last album = "The Very Best of Sting & The Police" (1997)
This album = "Brand New Day" (1999)
Next album = "...All This Time" (2001)

"Brand New Day" is Sting's sixth solo album. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Top 200 and sold over 3,000,000 copies. The song "Desert Rose" prominently features popular Algerian Raï singer Cheb Mami. Originally, Sting's usual producer Hugh Padgham was to produce the record, but Sting was happy with the work done by Kipper, and Hugh was never called. Many sounds from Spectrasonics can be heard in Kipper‘s work on the record.

Track listing

All songs written by Sting, except where noted.
#"A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) – 5:57
#"Desert Rose" (featuring Cheb Mami) – 4:45
#"Big Lie, Small World" (featuring David Hartley) – 5:05
#"After the Rain Has Fallen" – 5:03
#"Perfect Love... Gone Wrong" – 5:24
#"Tomorrow We’ll See" – 4:47
#"Prelude to the End of the Game" – 0:20
#"Fill Her Up" – 5:38
#"Ghost Story" – 5:29
#"Brand New Day" – 6:19

Trivia

*The song "Brand New Day" was used for CBS' The Early Show from 1999-2006.
*A vinyl record static sound effect is added to the song "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" to give the song an old Jazz album sound.
*"Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" is the story told from the perspective of a dog whose beloved mistress has a new man in her life - one who is cheating on her. The rapping in French is supposed to represent the linguistic differences between human and canine.
*The full version of "The End of the Game" was included on the single for "Brand New Day" and the DTS release of the album.

Music Videos

The music video for the title track is a parody of bleach commercials, and advertises "Brand new 'Day Ultra'" brand.

Personnel

*Sting - guitar, keyboards, vg-8 guitar synth, vocals
*Kipper - drum programming, keyboards
*Dominic Miller - guitars
*Darryl Jones - bass
*Manu Katché - drums
*Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
*Jason Rebello - piano, clavinet
*Chris Botti - trumpet

Additional personnel

*Stevie Wonder - harmonica
*James Taylor - vocals, acoustic guitar
*Cheb Mami - vocals
*Branford Marsalis - clarinet
*Mino Cinelu - percussion
*Dave Hartley - string arranger and conductor (tracks 3 and 6), Hammond organ
*B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar
*Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian pipes, fiddle
*Don Blackman - Hammond organ
*Sté - vocals
*Gavyn Wright - string leader (tracks 3 and 6)
*Joe Mendez - background vocals
*Janice Pendarvis - background vocals
*Althea Rodgers - background vocals
*Marlon Saunders - background vocals
*Veneese Thomas - background vocals
*Darryl Tookes - background vocals
*Ken Williams - background vocals
*Tawatha Agee - background vocals
*Dennis Collins - background vocals
*Ettamri Mustapha - darbouka
*Farhat Bouallagui - string arrangement (track 2), conductor and leader
*Moulay Ahmed - string player
*Kouider Berkan - string player
*Salem Bnouni - string player
*Sameh Catalan - string player

Production

*Producers - Sting and Kipper
*Engineers - Simon Osborne, Neil Dorfsman, Geoff Foster and Chris Blair
*Photography - Olaf Heine and Carter Smith
*Package design - Richard Frankel

Charts

Album

Awards

Grammy Awards