Symphonicities

Symphonicities
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Studio album by Sting
Released	13 July 2010
Genre	Rock, classical
Length	55:39
Label	Deutsche Grammophon
Producer	Sting, Rob Mathes
Sting chronology
If On a Winter's Night... (2009)If On a Winter's Night...2009 Symphonicities (2010) Live in Berlin (2010)Live in Berlin2010

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(62/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Boston Globe	(positive)
Entertainment Weekly	D
Los Angeles Times
NOW
PopMatters
Rolling Stone

Symphonicities is the tenth studio album by English musician Sting. It was released on 13 July 2010 on Deutsche Grammophon.

Background

The album is a companion piece to the tour of the same name in which Sting, performing with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, reinterprets some of his songs as classical symphonic compositions. Symphonicities was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and produced by Rob Mathes and Sting. Elliot Scheiner and Claudius Mittendorfer mixed the record, and it was mastered by Scott Hull. As of November 2010, the album had sold over 600,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

All songs composed by Sting.

1. "Next to You" – 2:30
2. "Englishman in New York" – 4:23
3. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:56
4. "I Hung My Head" – 5:31
5. "You Will Be My Ain True Love" – 3:44
6. "Roxanne" – 3:37
7. "When We Dance" – 5:26
8. "The End of the Game" – 6:07
9. "I Burn for You" – 4:03
10. "We Work the Black Seam" – 7:19
11. "She's Too Good for Me" – 3:03
12. "The Pirate's Bride" – 5:02

Bonus tracks

• "Straight to My Heart" (Best Buy, Napster, EU iTunes and Japanese bonus track)
• "Why Should I Cry for You?" (iTunes and Japanese bonus track)
• "Whenever I Say Your Name" (Amazon and Japanese bonus track)
• "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (Bronx Street Fair Mix) on Symphonicities vinyl LP

Personnel

• Sting – vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks 9 and 11), rabble rousers (track 11)

Orchestras, conductors and arrangers

• The New York Chamber Consort – orchestra (tracks 1, 2, 9, 11 and 12)
• The London Players – orchestra (tracks 3 and 6)
• The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra – orchestra (tracks 4, 5, 7 and 8)
• Lisa Kim – concertmaster (tracks 1, 2, 9 and 12)
• Jackie Shave – concertmaster (tracks 3 and 6)
• Gerald Gregory – concertmaster (tracks 4, 7 and 8)
• Rob Mathes – arrangements (all tracks except 4, 5 and 7), conducting (tracks 1–3, 6, 9, 10 and 12)
• Steven Mercurio – arrangements (tracks 5 and 7), conducting (tracks 4, 7 and 8)
• David Hartley – arrangements (track 4)

Musicians

• Jo Lawry – backing vocals (all tracks except 10), duet vocals (tracks 5 and 11)
• David Finck – double bass (tracks 1–3 and 6)
• Ira Coleman – double bass (tracks 4, 5, 7, 8 and 11)
• Dominic Miller – acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 5, 7, 8 and 12), electric guitar (track 11)
• Rob Mathes – piano (tracks 1–3, 6 and 12), acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 6 and 11), rabble rousers (track 11)
• David Cossin – percussion (tracks 1–8), solo percussion (track 9)
• Joe Bonadio – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 9–12 and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (Bronx Street Fair Mix))
• Ben Wittman – loop programming (track 9)
• Aaron Heick – clarinet solo (track 2)
• Anthony Pleeth – solo cello (track 6)
• Shelley Woodworth – solo oboe (track 12)

• Barbara Allen – harp (track 12)
• Jeff Kievit – lead trumpet (track 10)
• Jim Hynes – trumpet (track 10)
• James Delagarza – trumpet (track 10)
• Dylan Schwab – trumpet (track 10)
• Larry DiBello – horn (track 10)
• Chad Yarborough – horn (track 10)
• David Peel – horn (track 10)
• Theo Primus – horn (track 10)
• Birch Johnson – trombone (track 10)
• Dick Clark – trombone (track 10)
• Jeff Nelson – bass trombone (track 10)
• Marcus Rojas – tuba (track 10)
• Chris Botti – rabble rousers (track 11)
• Ed Cherner – rabble rousers (track 11)
• Tracy Bufferd – rabble rousers (track 11)
• Kathryn Schenker – rabble rousers (track 11)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	3
Canadian Albums (Billboard)	9
Croatian Foreign Albums (HDU)	2
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)	22
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)	13
French Albums (SNEP)	10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	7
Greek Albums (IFPI)	5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)	5
Irish Albums (IRMA)	40
Italian Albums (FIMI)	4
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)	83
Polish Albums (ZPAV)	1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)	1
Scottish Albums (OCC)	30
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)	11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	15
UK Albums (OCC)	30
US Billboard 200	6

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)	24
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Hungary (MAHASZ)	Platinum	6,000
Italy (FIMI)	Gold	30,000
Poland (ZPAV)	3× Platinum	60,000
*sales figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

External links

• Official site
• Fansite
• Symphonicities at Metacritic