- adult contemporary, pop, soft rock, pop rock
- 42 min
- 10 tracks
- A&M Records
The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the debut solo studio album by the English musician Sting, released on 17 June 1985. The album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and number two on the US Billboard 200.
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Character-led, grave, spare and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2.5/4 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- Orlando Sentinel5/5 ★
- Record Mirror4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- The Sacramento Bee4/4 ★
- Smash Hits6/10
- The Village VoiceC+
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Tracks
- 1If You Love Somebody Set Them Free4:17
- 2Love Is the Seventh Wave3:32
- 3Russians3:58
- 4Children’s Crusade5:02
- 5Shadows in the Rain4:50
- 6We Work the Black Seam5:42
- 7Consider Me Gone4:20
- 8The Dream of the Blue Turtles1:18
- 9Moon Over Bourbon Street4:00
- 10Fortress Around Your Heart4:43
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sting
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1985
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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