Bring On the Night is the first live album by the English musician Sting recorded over the course of several live shows in 1985 and released in 1986. The title is taken from a song by the Police from their 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc. The songs performed include Sting's early solo material from the studio album The Dream of the Blue Turtles, and from his time with the Police, with a few of the performances played as medleys of the two. The touring band features the prominent jazz musicians Branford Marsalis on tenor and soprano saxophones, Darryl Jones on bass guitar, Kenny Kirkland on keyboards and synthesizer, and Omar Hakim on drums. Also appearing are backing vocalists Janice Pendarvis and Dolette McDonald.
Despite not featuring any hit singles, the album reached number 16 on the UK Album ChartsSting in the UK Charts , The Official Charts. and won Sting a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
Bring On the Night is also a 1985 documentary directed by Michael Apted covering the formative stages of Sting's solo career—released as DVD in 2005.
Track listing
On CD and digital editions, sides 1 and 2 correspond to disc 1 and sides 3 and 4 to disc 2.
Personnel Musicians Sting – lead vocals, guitars, synthesizers, double bass (9) Darryl Jones – bass Kenny Kirkland – keyboards, synthesizers Branford Marsalis – saxophones, rap, percussion Omar Hakim – drums, electronic percussion Janice Pendarvis – backing vocals Dolette McDonald – backing vocals
Technical Produced Sting and Kim Turner Engineered by Gerd Rautenbach, Peter Brandt, Kim Turner, and Jim Scott Recorded by Pete Smith at Dierks Mobile 2 (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9) Technicians – Danny Quatrochi (guitar), Tam Fairgreave (bass and keyboards), Billy Thompson (drums) Management – Kim Turner and Miles Copeland Road manager – Billy Francis Production manager – Keith Bradley Art direction – Michael Ross Design – John Warwicker and Michael Ross Painting – Su Huntley and Donna Muir Photography – Denis O'Regan, Donna Muir, Michael Ross and Su Huntley Monitor mixer – Tom Herrman Sound – Tony Blanc, John Roden and Martin Rowe. Lighting – Jim Laroche and Bill Neil Rigger – Deryck Dickinson Booking – Ian Copeland, Teresa Green and Buck Williams at Frontier Booking International
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for Bring On the Night Chart (1986) Peakposition
Year-end charts +Year-end chart performance for Bring On the Night Chart (1986) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 49 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 61
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