The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the first solo album released by Sting. It includes ten tracks and was released in 1985, only a year after The Police had unofficially broken up. This album showcases Sting's abilities as a musician in the jazz and classical genres. There are also hints of Sting wanting fans to view him as more than just a member of The Police, as evidenced by the intentional and sudden contrast of musical style from his former band. The album features some of Sting's strongest political songs, including "Russians" (about Cold War nuclear anxieties, which had peaked in the 1980s); "Children's Crusade" (comparing the destruction of the younger generation in World War I to the devastation brought about by heroin addiction in modern-day London); and "We Work the Black Seam" (about the recent U.K. Miners' Strike). It also includes Sting's first hit after The Police, "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"; a jazzed-up reworking of The Police song "Shadows in the Rain"; and a song inspired by Anne Rice's book Interview with the Vampire, "Moon over Bourbon Street". Some songs contain vocal phrases from the Sting's work with The Police, such as the lines "Every breath you take/Every move you make" heard at the end of "Love Is The Seventh Wave" The movie Bring on the Night documents some of the recording work that produced this album, as well as the subsequent tour. COMPOSERS: Sting LABEL: A&M 393 750 TIME: 41'40 PRODUCER: Sting & Peter Smith PHOTO: Max Vadukul Sting g, voc, b on 9 Darryl Jones b Branford Marsalis sax Omar Hakim dr Kenny Kirkland keyb Danny Quatrochi synclavier