Ten Summoner's Tales
Occupation
See cast
Ten Summoner 's Tales (English Ten Stories of the messenger ) is the fourth studio album by Sting without The Police. The title is a play on words between his real name Gordon Sumner and the character of the messenger in the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1993 and the Grammy Awards in 1994 for Best Album of the Year.
Cinematic use
The song " It's Probably Me", which took up Sting with Eric Clapton, 3 was used in the movie Lethal Weapon in a different version than on the album. This recording was sold as a single and used at the beginning of the film.
In addition, the song "Shape of My Heart" was at the end of the film Léon - The Professional used.
Title list
Occupation
- Larry Adler - Harmonica
- Brendan Power - Harmonica
- John Barclay - trumpet
- Guy Barker - trumpet
- Sian Bell - Cello
- James Boyd - Viola
- Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
- Richard Edwards - trombone
- Simon Fischer - violin
- David Foxxe - narrative
- Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar
- Kathryn Greeley - Violin
- Dave Heath - Flute
- Dominic Miller - Guitar
- Mark Nightingale - trombone
- David Sancious - Keyboards
- Sting - vocals, bass, harmonica, saxophone
- Kathryn Tickell - bagpipes, fiddle
Reviews
Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote - that album is Sting's first unmistakable pop album since the days of Police; as an album it is in its similarity satisfying than anything else in his Opus. He gave the album four and a half out of five.
Singles
- It's Probably Me ( with Eric Clapton, 1992)
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You ( 1993)
- Nothing ' Bout Me (1993 )
- Fields of Gold (1993 )
- Love Is Stronger Than Justice (1993 )
- Seven Days (1993 )