Sting Ten Summoners Tales

Sting Ten Summoners TalesPersonnel: Sting (vocals, harmonica, saxophone, bass); David Foxxe (spoken vocals); Dominic Miller (guitar); Paul Franklin (pedal steel guitar); Simon Fisher, Kathryn Greeley (violin); James Boyd (viola); Sian Bell (cello); Dave Heath (flute); Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes, fiddle); Larry Adler, Brendan Power (chromatic harmonica); John Barclay, Guy Barker (trumpet); Richard Edwards, Mark Nightingale (trombone); David Sancious (keyboards);

In a career filled with re-invention

Once again

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

This makes I'm with You the flipside of One Hot Minute

" The entire ride is more of a party than an emo-fest

Australia-raised artist to new heights

A Quick One

That passage contrasts nicely with the simple intro to the next track

with just a hint of roughness under her delicate high-register tones

Like King of Anxiety and La Vie Est Belle before it

the songs here are full of carefully delineated and sung melodies (though Jonathan Davis's sore throat from hell won't bring Frank Sinatra to mind any time soon)

Drawn from micro inflections and palettes of gut wrenching-soul