Sting 57th and 9th ( 180g vinyl LP )

Release date: 11-11-2016 

2016 EU issue 180g vinyl LP - 57th & 9th is Sting's 12th solo studio album and first rock/pop project in over a decade. The 10-song collection represents a wide range of Sting's musical and songwriting styles, from the ferocious, Road Warrior-style imagery of "Petrol Head," to the anthemic, "50,000" and the raucous, guitar-driven first single, "I Can't Stop Thinking About You." The album was recorded with Sting's long-time collaborators Dominic Miller (guitar) and Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) and includes contributions from drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Guns n' Roses), guitarist Lyle Workman and the San Antonio-based Tex-Mex band The Last Bandoleros.

The album, produced by Martin Kierszenbaum, takes its title from the Manhattan street corner that Sting crossed each day as he walked to the studios in Hell's Kitchen where the recordings were done. Sting notes that if there's a theme in the lyrics of 57th & 9th, it's the idea of travel and motion, most apparent in the autobiographical "Heading South On The Great North Road" and in "Inshallah," a first-person account of the global refugee crisis, written from a humanitarian point of view.

"It's about searching and traveling, the road, that pull of the unknown," he says. "On this album, we ended up with something that's energetic and noisy, but also thoughtful."

Tracks:
A1 I Can't Stop Thinking About You
A2 50,000
A3 Down, Down, Down
A4 One Fine Day
A5 Pretty Young Soldier

B1 Petrol Head
B2 Heading South On The Great North Road
B3 If You Can't Love Me
B4 Inshallah
B5 The Empty Chair