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Album cover of …Nothing Like The Sun
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…Nothing Like The Sun

Sting

  • 1987
  • 12 tracks
  • 56 min

Tracks

Side A 3 tracks · 14:37

  1. 11987The Lazarus Heart4:36G major
  2. 21987Be Still My Beating Heart5:34C major
  3. 31987Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 13 of 1988, 8 weeks in the chartEnglishman In New York4:27

Side B 3 tracks · 16:12

  1. 11987History Will Teach Us Nothing4:59A major
  2. 21987Dutch Top 40: peak position 29 in week 42 of 1988, 4 weeks in the chartThey Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)7:16
  3. 31987Dutch Top 40: peak position 10 in week 23 of 1988, 9 weeks in the chartFragile3:56B major

Side C 3 tracks · 13:19

  1. 11987Dutch Top 40: peak position 31 in week 47 of 1987, 3 weeks in the chartWe'll Be Together4:56D major
  2. 21987Straight To My Heart3:55A major
  3. 31987Rock Steady4:29A♯ minor

Side D 3 tracks · 11:02

  1. 11987Sister Moon3:47C♯ minor
  2. 21987Little Wing5:11D major
  3. 31987The Secret Marriage2:04

Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl

Sound of …Nothing Like The Sun

…Nothing Like The Sun sounds much like the shelves on average, at a tempo around 118 bpm.

Quietest track: The Secret Marriage · most energetic: Rock Steady

  • Tempo118 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy31% · 38%
  • Mood70% · 63%
  • Acoustic86% · 85%
  • Danceable45% · 47%

Across 12 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

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Frequently asked questions

When was …Nothing Like The Sun by Sting released?

…Nothing Like The Sun came out in 1987.

How many tracks are on …Nothing Like The Sun?

…Nothing Like The Sun has twelve tracks, 56 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.

Which tracks from …Nothing Like The Sun made the Dutch Top 40?

Four tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Englishman In New York, They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo), Fragile and We'll Be Together. The highest was Englishman In New York, at number 9 in week 13 of 1988.

Which category is …Nothing Like The Sun in?

…Nothing Like The Sun is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Sting.

Which other albums by Sting are in the collection?

The collection holds three more albums by Sting: The Soul Cages (1991), My Songs (2019) and The Night Watch (Live at the Rijksmuseum) (2026).

What do the percentages for the sound of …Nothing Like The Sun mean?

They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.

How do you play …Nothing Like The Sun?

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