Bring on the Night

Infobox Album
Name = Bring on the Night
Type = Live album
Artist = Sting


Released = July 1986
Recorded = May 29, 1985 - December 23, 1985 in Paris, Rome and Arnhem
Genre = Jazz, New Wave
Length = 83:04
Label = A&M
75021-6705-2
Producer = Sting, Kim Turner
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jbkbu325an4k/ link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sting/albums/album/270103/review/6211927/bring_on_the_night link]
Last album = "The Dream of the Blue Turtles"
(1985)
This album = "Bring on the Night (Live)"
(1986)
Next album = "Nothing Like the Sun"
(1987)

"Bring on the Night" is a 1986 live album by Sting recorded over the course of several live shows in 1985 and released in 1986. "Bring on the Night" is a song by The Police from their 1979 album "Reggatta de Blanc. "The tracks include Sting's early solo material from the studio album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles", some material from his time in The Police, and some rarities and B-sides. The touring band features several prominent jazz musicians, including saxophonist Branford Marsalis, bassist Darryl Jones, pianist Kenny Kirkland and drummer Omar Hakim.

"Bring on the Night" is also a 1985 documentary directed by Michael Apted covering the formative stages of Sting's solo career - released as DVD in 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Sting, except where noted.

ide one

#"Bring on the Night/When the World Is Running Down You Make the Best of What's Still Around" – 11:41
#"Consider Me Gone" – 4:53
#"Low Life" – 4:03

=Side two=
#"We Work the Black Seam" – 6:55
#"Driven to Tears" – 6:59
#"Dream of the Blue Turtles/Demolition Man" – 6:08

ide three

#"One World (Not Three)/Love Is the Seventh Wave" – 11:10
#"Moon Over Bourbon Street" – 4:19
#"I Burn for You" – 5:38

=Side four=
#"Another Day" – 4:41
#"Children's Crusade" – 5:22
#"Been Down So Long" (Alex Atkins, J. B. Lenoir) – 4:54
#"Tea in the Sahara" – 6:25

Credits

*Sting – guitar, vocals
*Darryl Jones – bass guitar
*Branford Marsalis – saxophones
*Kenny Kirkland – keyboards
*Omar Hakim – drums
* Janice Pendarvis – backing vocals
* Dolette Mc Donald – backing vocals

*Denis O'Regan - cover photography