- folk
- 66 min
- 17 tracks
- A&M Records
The Last Ship is the eleventh studio album by English musician Sting, released on 20 September 2013 in Germany and on 24 September 2013 in the UK and US. It contains songs written for and inspired by the musical The Last Ship, which was then in production and would premiere in June 2014. The Last Ship is the first full-length LP of original material released by Sting since his 2003 album Sacred Love.
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Character
Grave, earnest, contemplative and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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Metacritic 66/100
- Allmusic3.5/5 ★
- Consequence of Sound3/5 ★
- The Daily Express2/5
- The Daily Telegraph3/5 ★
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- New York Daily News4/5 ★
- PopMatters7/10 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Last Ship3:50
- 2Dead Man's Boots3:30
- 3And Yet3:53
- 4August Winds3:18
- 5Language of Birds3:30
- 6Practical Arrangement3:20
- 7The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance4:13
- 8Ballad of the Great Eastern5:14
- 9What Have We Got?3:34
- 10I Love Her but She Loves Someone Else3:42
- 11So to Speak4:07
- 12The Last Ship (reprise)3:20
- 1Shipyard6:01
- 2It's Not the Same Moon2:54
- 3Hadaway3:18
- 4Sky Hooks and Tartan Paint3:34
- 5Show Some Respect4:48
17 tracks, 66 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sting
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 2013
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- KR
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