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57th & 9th
Rock · 2016 · 13 tracks · 48m

57th & 9th

Sting

A lean, guitar-driven return to rock energy. Gritty city-street textures meet meditations on mortality and the passage of time.

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It's the record where he finally plugs the electric bass back in and remembers how to rock.

A spirited and slightly gritty return to rock energy tempered by the wisdom of age.

57th & 9th · vs · Sting
Energetic+4.0σ

Energetic saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 48m
01
I Can’t Stop Thinking About You
3:31
02
50,000
4:17
03
Down, Down, Down
3:48
04
One Fine Day
3:14
05
Pretty Young Soldier
3:06
06
Petrol Head
3:32
07
Heading South on the Great North Road
3:18
08
If You Can’t Love Me
4:34
09
Inshallah
4:56
10
The Empty Chair
2:50
11
I Can’t Stop Thinking About You (LA version)
3:38
12
Inshallah (Berlin Sessions version)
4:58
13
Next to You
2:54
Moments Worth Waiting For
The driving, propulsive bassline that kicks off the album on track 1, signaling a departure from his previous orchestral work.
The somber, acoustic vulnerability of track 10, recorded as a tribute to the Bataclan victims.
The gritty, almost garage-rock distortion on the guitars during the bridge of Petrol Head.
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