All This Time (Sting album)

...All This Time is a live album and concert film by Sting, recorded and filmed on 11 September 2001. It was recorded at Sting's Villa Il Palagio in Italy in front of a select audience drawn from his fan club and features live versions of Sting's songs from his Police and solo song catalogue. The album and video get their name from the song of the same name from his album The Soul Cages. The concert documentary was directed by Jim Gable and the documentary portion was edited by Scott C. Wilson and Jeffrey Doe.

Background

Sting wanted to put together a concert in his home at Villa Il Palagio in Tuscany, Italy, so he enlisted a group of musicians to practice and perform with him. The events leading up to the night of the performance were filmed, and during these events on the day of the performance, the September 11 attacks perpetrated against the United States occurred, and the assembled group of musicians was made aware of this. The group performed the concert as originally intended, although Sting indicated on the DVD documentary the tone of the evening was quite different from how it was originally intended. Additionally, the "Desert Rose" performance featuring vocalist Cheb Mami was canceled due to the same circumstances.

The album primarily consists of acoustic renditions of material in Sting's discography. Sting told Saga magazine that he was aiming for an "intimate feel" with the recordings for the purpose of attaining a "real atmosphere". Following the release of the album, Sting embarked on a tour consisting of over 250 shows.

Sting dedicated the concert to those who died on from the September 11 attacks. Inside the CD booklet, upon the first page, it is stated, "This album was recorded on September 11, 2001, and is respectfully dedicated to all those who lost their lives on that day." Thereafter, the lyrics for the included song "Fragile" are also transcribed; of the full song list comprising the CD, only the lyrics for this one song are within the booklet.

CD track listing

All songs written by Sting, except where noted.

1. "Fragile" – 4:35
2. "A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) – 3:01
3. "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" - 4:11
4. "All This Time" – 5:20
5. "Seven Days" (Japan Bonus track) – 4:39
6. "The Hounds of Winter" – 4:29
7. "Mad About You" (excluded from US edition) – 3:37
8. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 2:15
9. "When We Dance" – 4:53
10. "Dienda" (Kenny Kirkland, Sting) – 3:14
11. "Roxanne" – 3:37
12. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:57
13. "Brand New Day" – 4:46
14. "Fields of Gold" – 3:50
15. "Moon over Bourbon Street" – 2:55
16. "Shape of My Heart" (Sting, Dominic Miller) (UK/Japan Bonus track) – 2:06
17. "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – 4:31
18. "Every Breath You Take" – 5:04

DVD track listing

1. "Fragile"
2. "A Thousand Years"
3. "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong"
4. "All This Time"
5. "Seven Days"
6. "The Hounds of Winter"
7. "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
8. "When We Dance"
9. "Dienda"
10. "Roxanne"
11. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
12. "Brand New Day"
13. "Fields of Gold"
14. "Moon Over Bourbon Street"
15. "Shape of My Heart"
16. "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
17. "Every Breath You Take"

• The DVD edition includes bonus performances of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "Fill Her Up", and "Englishman in New York". It also includes rehearsals and a behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of the CD.

Personnel

• Sting – lead vocals, guitars, bass guitar
• Dominic Miller – guitars, backing vocals
• B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
• Christian McBride – acoustic bass
• Jaques Morelenbaum – cello
• Kipper – keyboards, programming
• Jason Rebello – acoustic piano
• Jeff Young – organ, backing vocals
• Manu Katché – drums
• Marcos Suzano – percussion
• Haoua Abdenacer – darbuka
• Clark Gayton – trombone
• Chris Botti – trumpet
• Katreese Barnes – backing vocals
• Janice Pendarvis – backing vocals

Production

• Kipper – producer
• Sting – producer
• Martin Kierszenbaum – A&R
• Simon Osborne – recording, mixing
• Donal Hodgson – Pro-Tools, second engineer
• Peter "Hopps" Lorimer – assistant engineer
• Stefano Marchioni – assistant engineer
• Mixed at Fonoprint (Bologna, Italy)
• Chris Blair – mastering at Abbey Road Studios (London, UK)
• Tam Fairgrieve – production manager
• Richard Frankel – package design
• Danny Clinch – photography
• Kathryn Schenker – management

Additional credits

• James Bolton – stage manager
• Vidi Wash – monitor engineer
• Jim Ebdon – sound engineer
• Simon Bauer – sound technician
• Danny Quatrochi – bass technician
• Donny FitzSimmonds – drum technician
• Phil Docherty – guitar technician
• Peter "Hopps" Lorimer – keyboard technician

Charts

Certifications

External links

• at IMDb