The Best Sting Albums of All Time

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Sting is one of the greatest solo musicians of all time and his band, The Police, is one of the greatest rock bands of the 80s and of all time. List of the best Sting albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This Sting discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Sting albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Sting singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Sting album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Sting album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

Sting famously got his start at part of the widely popular band The Police, but has also enjoyed a very successful solo career. His debut solo studio album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, was released in 1985. 

If you want to know the best Sting album of all time, or the top Sting albums, this list will answer your questions. Examples include  ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987), Ten Summoner's Tales (1993), and Brand New Day (1999). These popular Sting CDs have been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order isn't just one person's opinion. 

  • Ten Summoner's Tales
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    346 VOTES

    Ten Summoner's Tales

    1. Prologue (If I Ever Lose My Faith in You)
    2. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)
    3. Fields of Gold
    4. Heavy Cloud No Rain
    5. She's Too Good for Me
    6. Seven Days
    7. Saint Augustine in Hell
    8. It's Probably Me
    9. Everybody Laughed but You
    10. Shape of My Heart  
    11. Something the Boy Said
    12. Epilogue (Nothing 'Bout Me)

    346 votes
  • The Dream of the Blue Turtles
    2
    251 VOTES

    The Dream of the Blue Turtles

    1. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
    2. Love Is the Seventh Wave
    3. Russians
    4. Children's Crusade
    5. Shadows in the Rain
    6. We Work the Black Seam
    7. Consider Me Gone
    8. The Dream of the Blue Turtles
    9. Moon over Bourbon Street
    10. Fortress Around Your Heart

    251 votes
  • ...Nothing Like the Sun
    3
    295 VOTES

    ...Nothing Like the Sun

    1. The Lazarus Heart
    2. Be Still My Beating Heart
    3. Englishman in New York
    4. History Will Teach Us Nothing
    5. They Dance Alone
    6. Fragile
    7. We'll Be Together
    8. Straight to My Heart
    9. Rock Steady
    10. Sister Moon
    11. Little Wing
    12. The Secret Marriage

    295 votes
  • The Soul Cages
    4
    239 VOTES

    The Soul Cages

    1. Island of Souls
    2. All This Time
    3. Mad About You
    4. Jeremiah Blues (Part 1)
    5. Why Should I Cry for You
    6. Saint Agnes and the Burning Train
    7. The Wild Wild Sea
    8. The Soul Cages
    9. When the Angels Fall

    239 votes
  • Mercury Falling
    5
    162 VOTES

    Mercury Falling

    1. The Hounds of Winter
    2. I Hung My Head
    3. Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
    4. I Was Brought to My Senses
    5. You Still Touch Me
    6. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
    7. All Four Seasons
    8. Twenty Five to Midnight
    9. La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
    10. Valparaiso
    11. Lithium Sunset

    162 votes
  • Brand New Day
    6
    168 VOTES

    Brand New Day

    1. A Thousand Years
    2. Desert Rose
    3. Big Lie, Small World
    4. After the Rain Has Fallen
    5. Perfect Love... Gone Wrong
    6. Tomorrow We'll See
    7. Prelude to the End of the Game
    8. Fill Her Up
    9. Ghost Story
    10. Brand New Day

    168 votes
  • 57th & 9th
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    84 VOTES

    57th & 9th

    1. Inside
    2. Send Your Love
    3. Whenever I Say Your Name
    4. Dead Man's Rope
    5. Never Coming Home
    6. Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)
    7. Forget About the Future
    8. This War
    9. The Book of My Life
    10. Sacred Love

    84 votes
  • The Last Ship
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    109 VOTES

    The Last Ship

    1. The Last Ship
    2. Dead Man's Boots
    3. And Yet
    4. August Winds
    5. Language of Birds
    6. Practical Arrangement
    7. The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance
    8. Ballad of the Great Eastern
    9. What Have We Got?
    10. I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else
    11. So to Speak
    12. The Last Ship (Reprise)

     

    109 votes
  • If on a Winter's Night...
    9
    83 VOTES

    If on a Winter's Night...

    1. Gabriel's Message
    2. Soul Cake
    3. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
    4. The Snow It Melts the Soonest
    5. Christmas at Sea
    6. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
    7. Cold Song
    8. The Burning Babe
    9. Now Winter Comes Slowly
    10. The Hounds of Winter
    11. Balulalow
    12. Cherry Tree Carol
    13. Lullaby for an Anxious Child
    14. The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
    15. You Only Cross My Mind in Winter

    83 votes
  • Symphonicities
    10
    76 VOTES

    Symphonicities

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

     

    76 votes
  • Sacred Love
    11
    111 VOTES

    Sacred Love

    1. Inside
    2. Send Your Love
    3. Whenever I Say Your Name
    4. Dead Man's Rope
    5. Never Coming Home
    6. Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)
    7. Forget About the Future"
    8. This War
    9. The Book of My Life
    10. Sacred Love

    111 votes
  • 44/876
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    70 VOTES

    44/876

    1. 44/876 
    2. Morning Is Coming 
    3. Waiting For The Break Of Day
    4. Gotta Get Back My Baby
    5. Don't Make Me Wait
    6. Just One Lifetime
    7. 22nd Street
    8. Dreaming In The U.S.A.
    9. Crooked Tree
    10. To Love And Be Loved
    11. Sad Trombone
    12. Night Shift
    13. If You Can't Find Love
    14. Love Changes Everything
    15. 16 Fathoms
    16. Don't Make Me Wait (Dave Audé Rhythmic Radio Remix)
     

    70 votes
  • Songs From the Labyrinth
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    70 VOTES

    Songs From the Labyrinth

    1. Walsingham
    2. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
    3. Ryght Honorable...
    4. Flow My Tears (Lachrimae)
    5. Have You Seen the Bright Lily Grow
    6. ...Then in Time Passing On...
    7. The Battle Galliard
    8. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
    9. ... And Accordinge as I Desired Ther Cam a Letter...
    10. Fine Knacks for Ladies
    11. ...From Thence I Went to Landgrave of Hessen...
    12. Fantasy
    13. Come, Heavy Sleep
    14. Forlorn Hope Fancy
    15. ...And from Thence I Had Great Desire to See Italy...
    16. Come Again
    17. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
    18. ...After My Departures I Caled to Mynde...
    19. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
    20. My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
    21. Clear or Cloudy
    22. ...Men Say That the Kinge of Spain...
    23. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
     

    70 votes