Sting – Mercury Falling (1996)

01 The Hounds Of Winter   
02 I Hung My Head   
03 Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot   
04 I Was Brought To My Senses   
05 You Still Touch Me   
06 I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying   
07 All Four Seasons   
08 Twenty Five To Midnight   
09 La Belle Dames San Regrets   
10 Valparaiso   
11 Lithium Sunset

Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar – Dominic Miller
Keyboards – Kenny Kirkland
Vocals, Bass – Sting 
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Bagpipes [Northumbrian Pipes] – Katherine Tickell
Choir [The East London Gospel Choir] – Lance Ellington, Monica Reed Price, Shirley Lewis, Tony Walters
Fiddle – Katherine Tickell
Organ [Additional Hammond Organ] – Gerry Richardson
Pedal Steel Guitar – B.J. Cole
Saxophone – Branford Marsalis
Saxophone [The Memphis Horns] – Andrew Love
Trumpet [The Memphis Horns] – Wayne Jackson

Falling somewhere between the pop sensibilities of Ten Summoner's Tales and the searching ambition of The Soul Cages, Mercury Falling is one of Sting's tighter records, even if it fails to compel as much as his previous solo albums. Though he doesn't flaunt his jazz aspirations as he did in the mid-'80s, Mercury Falling feels more serious than The Dream of the Blue Turtles, primarily because of its reserved, high-class production and execution. Building from surprisingly simple, memorable melodies, Sting creates multi-layered, vaguely soul-influenced arrangements that carry all of the hallmarks of someone who has studied music, not lived it. Of course, there are many pleasures in the record -- for all of his pretensions, Sting remains an engaging melodicist, as well as a clever lyricist. There just happens to be a distinct lack of energy, stemming from the suffocating layers of synthesizers. Mercury Falling is a record of modest pleasures; it's just not an infectious, compulsive listen. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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