Sting / The Soul Cages – CD (Used)

Description

Author: Sting

Format: Enhanced

Release Date: 21-08-2015

Details: Product descriptionSting ~ Soul CagesAmazon.caThe somber, personalSoul 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 song on the album, « Mad About You » is a mystical ballad about a king who has everything except the woman he loves. Grand, elegiac, and allegorical,Soul Cages stands as one of Sting’s most downcast recordings, and one of his most compelling.–Courtney Kemp

UPC: 075021640528

EAN: 0075021640528

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood