- Summary: The latest release for the multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was inspired by his 2014 Broadway play of the same name about a British shipyard.
- Record Label: A&M
- Genre(s): Folk, Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Pop/Rock, British Folk, Cast Recordings, Musical Theater
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Positive: 2 out of 7
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Mixed: 5 out of 7
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Oct 10, 201370Sting the pop singer is clearly not returning any time soon--but for better or worse, he manages to shine on The Last Ship.
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Sep 24, 201370There is a whiff of condescension to some of the blue-collar anthems, the air is often haughty ("The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance")--but this is Sting's tightest collection of songs in ages, and they all play off each other, adding up to a cohesive whole that is surely one of his best latter-day records.
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Sep 24, 201360The play won't open until next year, so for now all the drama in these songs is internal, and all the more riveting for that.
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Sep 24, 201360While it feels more a "project" than an album--mainly because urbane Sting never quite nails the protagonists' desperation--he tells their stories with kindness and care.
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Sep 24, 201360Sting sounds earnest and isolated: like a man singing bleakly out to sea. But he veers towards hammy at times, laying his Geordie accent on a little too thickly.
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Sep 26, 201360It ends with a glorious resolution of two notes teased from Northumbrian pipes, so perfect and final that the reprise of “The Last Ship” seems redundant. Such honest moments make this album a worthwhile, if not fully rounded experience.
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Sep 24, 201360Unfortunately, the set doesn’t quite command as a fully realized piece.
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