Sting/Tokyo,Japan 1.22.2005

In 2005, Sting’s “SACRED LOVE”, which he started making the day after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, went platinum and made it possible for him to perform in Japan for the first time in five years. A treasured original recording that allows you to experience the scene is now available. This work was recorded at the “January 22, 2005: Nippon Budokan” performance. This is a masterpiece audience recording. First of all, let’s check the show’s position from the schedule for the first visit to Japan in the 21st century.・January 15th: Osaka Castle Hall ・January 16th: Hiroshima Sunplaza ・January 18th: Fukuoka International Center ・January 19th: Nagoya Rainbow Hall ・January 21st: Nippon Budokan ・January 22nd: Nippon Budokan ←★This work★・January 23rd: Nippon Budokan A total of 7 performances. The highlight was the three consecutive performances at Nippon Budokan, and this work was on the middle of the day. This work recorded at such a show is a neat and exquisite audience recording. The most wonderful thing is the clarity and beauty of the sound. The evidence of audience recording is engraved in the realistic applause and snare tone, but the atmosphere is warm and transparent, and the core that penetrates through the middle is powerful. Although it picks up the sound of the hall, it rises like an aura from the core, adding a glossy color to the details of the performance sound and singing voice without hiding them. Moreover, the beautiful sound becomes clearer towards the end of the song, becoming as transparent as a clear blue sky. In fact, this change is due to the on-site PA. The sound production on this day was unstable in the first half, and it was slightly cloudy (unusual since it was a two-day continuous performance at Budokan). Of course, it is a small difference that the audience at the scene would not have noticed, but the delicate sound of this work allows you to feel the subtle changes firmly. Its beauty extends to the breath of the audience. Nippon Budokan is surrounded by an adult mood, but the waves of clapping that rise there are very detailed. Even if you make a mistake, you won’t be bothered by nearby clapping voices or talking voices, but since every single beat of applause is clear, there is a sense of perspective between nearby clapping and distant clapping, and you can see the octagonal space beautifully. It is depicted in Such waves rise and fall in time with the music. It is a beautiful recording that will make you intoxicated by the on-site mood, which is like an autumn rain. What is depicted with such a sound is a treasure trove of masterpieces that encompass his career up to that point. Let’s organize the contents here. THE POLICE (4 songs)・OUTLANDOS D’AMOUR: Roxanne・REGGATTA DE BLANC: Message In A Bottle・GHOST IN THE MACHINE: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic・SYNCHRONICITY: Every Breath You Take Solo (15 songs)・THE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES: If You Love Somebody Set Them Free・…NOTHING LIKE THE SUN: Englishman In New York／Fragile・TEN SUMMONER’S TALES: Shape Of My Heart／Fields Of Gold／If I Ever Lose My Faith In You・MERCURY FALLING ：The Hounds of Winter・BRAND NEW DAY：Brand New Day／Desert Rose／A Thousand Years ・SACRED LOVE：Send Your Love／Dead Man’s Rope／Sacred Love／Whenever I Say Your Name／Never Coming Home …and like this It has become. Speaking of 2005, the big performance of THE POLICE number on “BROKEN MUSIC TOUR” with the title of the autobiography became a hot topic, but this work was before that. THE POLICE number is limited to only four special songs, and plenty of solo masterpieces are played. Moreover, the selection is extremely luxurious. In 2019, he also came to Japan on the ultimate best banquet tour “MY SONGS TOUR”, and 13 of the 19 songs in this work overlapped. And interspersed with it are new songs from “SACRED LOVE”, “The Hounds of Winter” and “A Thousand Years.” After that, we will push forward to “BROKEN MUSIC TOUR” and THE POLICE reunion, but before that it is a show that summarizes the solo once. Good sound, good music, good performance…the three essential elements of a great piece of music are all at a high level, but you can also replace “good” with “beautiful.” This work does not have any surprising sounds that can be mistaken for a sound board, but that is not a drawback. Audience recording is not originally a substitute for a sound board, but should be talked about with the “beauty unique to guest records”. In that sense, this work is extremely neat and special. It was introduced by the Uxbridge label because it was a show 15 years ago, but it is a beautiful live album that would definitely have been pressed if it had been discovered at that time. Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 22nd January 2005 PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (58:49) 1. Intro 2. Send Your Love 3. Message in a Bottle 4. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 5. The Hounds of Winter 6. Band Introductions 7. Dead Man’s Rope 8. Brand New Day 9. Shape of My Heart 10. Englishman in New York 11. Fragile 12. Fields of Gold 13. Sacred Love Disc 2 (60:11) 1. Whenever I Say Your Name 2. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 3. Never Coming Home 4. Roxanne 5. Desert Rose 6. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You 7. Every Breath You Take 8. A Thousand Years