...nothing like the sun

STING

Birth Name: Gordon Matthew Sumner
Born: October 2, 1951
Genres: Rock, Pop, New Wave, Reggae, Jazz, Classical

Member of: Last Exit, Newcastle Big Band, The Police, The Radio Actors, Strontium 90

basic information

release date	1987 Oct
country of manufacture	Germany
label	A&M Records
catalog no.	393 912-4 [Cass.], 39 3912-2 [CD], 393 912-1 [LP]
format	Cass., CD, 2 LP
note of registration	P1987 A&M Records, Inc. ©1987 A&M Records, Inc.
recording	Air Studios, Montserrat
mixing	Hugh Padgham and Neil Dorfsman assisted by Bob Vogt and Mark McKenna
mastering	Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York
production	Neil Dorfsman, Sting
credits	Special thanks to Danny Quatrochi for his help (creative, logistical, technical and personal ... a Jersey dude.) Thanks to Theresa "Babe" Greene. Thanks to New England Digital, The wonderful Kellys, and Kathleen McGee. Thanks to Miles Copeland, Kim Turner and Kathryn Schenker.

musicians

Manu Katché 5)	drums
Kenny Kirkland	keyboards
Mino Cinelu	percusion, vocoder
Bradford Marsalis	saxophone
Andy Newmark	additional drums
Fareed Haque	guitar
*Mark Knopfler*	guitar
Eric Clapton	guitar
Ruben Blades	spanish
Dollette McDonald	backing vocals
Janice Pendarvis	backing vocals
Vesta Williams	backing vocals
René Gayer	backing vocals
Sting 5)	vocals, bass

tracks [CD]

5	they dance alone (cueca solo) (7:36)

notes

liner notes:
On the Amnesty Tour of 1986 the musicians were introduced to former political prisoners, victims of torture and imprisonment without trial, from all over the world. These meetings had a strong affect on all us. It's one thing to read about torture but to speak to a victim brings you a step closer to the reality that is so frighteningly pervasive. We were all deeply affected. Thousands of people have "disappeared" in Chile, victims of murder squads, security forces, the police, the army.
Imprisonment without trial and torture are commonplace. The "Cueca" is a traditionaö Chilean courting dance. The "Cueca Solo" or the dance alone is performed publicly by the wives, daughters and mothers of the "disappeared".
Often, they dance with photographs of their loved ones pinned to their clothes. It is a symbolic gesture of protest and grief in a country where democracy doesn't need to be 'defended' so much as exercised.

also available

source Golden Guide []

year	country of manufacture	format	label	catalog no.	notes of registration
?	Australia / USA	CD	A&M Records	CD 6402 / DX2163	?
1991	Japan	CD	mobile fidelity sound lab / A&M Records	UDCD 546	(C) + (P)1987 MFSL, Inc. un-der licence from A&M Records, Inc.
1997	China	CD		393 912-2	(P) 1987 A&M Records Inc. (C) 1997 PolyGram Far East
2000	UK / USA	CD	A&M Records / dts entertainment	69286-01063-2-1	(P) + (C)2000 DTS, Inc.

– Cassettes

cover 1 | cover 2 | cover 3

Australian edition
label: A&M Records • catalog no.: RMC 53343/3

cover 4 | cover 5 | cover 6

Malaysian edition
label: A&M Records • catalog no.: CS 640

cover 7 | cover 8

of the United Arb Emirate edition:
label: Thomsun Original • catalog no.: EN-1915

– Single track on

they dance alone

– Promos
D. J. copy | they dance alone

– Further available

...nothing like the sun - the videos

VHS Video ►►►►►
label: A&M Video
catalog no.: VC-61306
(P) + (C) 1988 ?

1988 13)

– Further release of this album on 2 Videos on 1 LD:

¬the¬ videos part 1 = ... nothing like the sun

release date	1989
country of manufacture	Japan
label	A&M Video
format	LD (12")
catalog no.	LV 38405
notes of registration	[(C) + (P) 1988 ?]

compilations sampler lyrics

Track they dance alone (cueca solo) also available on

compilations


1988	1994	2003	2011

¬the¬ best of 25 years | fields of gold - the best of Sting 1984-1994 | songs of love | ¬the¬ videos

sampler

with track: they dance alone (cueca solo)

source Golden Guide []


1996

best of rock [1996]

The sampler best of rock additionally comprises the track(s) 'money for nothing' from the album(s): 'Dire Straits: brothers in arms'.

Promo [Sampler]
best of rock


			1996

lyrics

5

they dance alone (cueca solo)
(Sting)

Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can’t see what it is that they despise
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

It’s the only form of protest they’re allowed
I’ve seen their silent faces scream so loud
If they were to speak these words
they’d go missing too
Another woman on the torture table
what else can they do
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

One day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll dance
One day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Ellas danzan con los muertos
Ellas danzan con amores invisibles
Ellas danzan con silenciosa angistia
Danzan con sus padres
Danzan con sus hijos
Danzan con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas
Danzan solas

Hey Mr. Pinochet
You’ve sown a bitter crop
It’s foreign money that supports you
One day the money’s going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin’ with her invisible son
They’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone They dance alone

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last update of this webpage: 11.11.2011

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