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  • Summary: The latest full-length solo release for British pop/rock artist Sting was recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
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  1. Nov 23, 2021
    80
    The Bridge is out of time yet timeless, pure pop class.
  2. Nov 23, 2021
    70
    Sometimes the music is too comfortable for such strife, but there is more than enough here to satisfy. The voice still sounds great, too.
  3. Nov 23, 2021
    70
    ‘The Bridge’ is so much more than a clever concept album, there are links between each of the songs and the prolific musician takes to the theme like a duck to water (sorry!) and whilst water is the common denominator, it is really about connection - connection between people, life and death and more.
  4. Nov 24, 2021
    70
    Happily, he retains the melodic sharpness that characterized 57th & 9th, his last solo album of straight-forward pop tunes. The Bridge isn't quite as crisp and clean as that 2016 effort, yet it moves along at a quick clip.
  5. Mojo
    Nov 23, 2021
    60
    The Bridge is Sting at his most-Sting like. [Jan 2022, p.82]
  6. Rolling Stone
    Jan 5, 2022
    60
    There are moments that'll sate Policeheads, along with jazz touches, folk storytelling, and an Otis Redding reading. [Jan 2022, p.71]