Sting‘s ‘Brand New Day’ is his sixth solo studio album featuring ‘Desert Rose’ with Cheb Mami and released on September 24, 1999 by A&M Records.
Track Listing : 1.A Thousand Years (Kipper, Sting) – 05:57 . 2.Desert Rose (Sting) – 04:45 . 3.Big Lie, Small World (Sting) – 05:05 . 4.After The Rain Has Fallen (Sting) – 05:03 . 5.Perfect Love… Gone Wrong (Sting) – 05:24 . 6.Tomorrow We’Ll See (Sting) – 04:47 . 7.Prelude To The End Of The Game (Sting) – 00:20 . 8.Fill Her Up (Sting) – 05:38 . 9.Ghost Story (Sting) – 05:29 . 10.Brand New Day (Sting) – 06:19
Musicians : Sting – Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vg-8 Guitar Synth, Vocals . James Taylor – Vocals On (8), Acoustic Guitar . Cheb Mami – Vocals On (2) . Sté Strausz – Vocals On (5) . David Hartley – Vocals On (3), String Arranger, Conductor On (3 – 6), Hammond Organ . Kipper – Drum Programming, Keyboards . Dominic Miller – Guitars . Manu Katché – Drums . Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums . Jason Rebello – Piano, Clavinet . Chris Botti – Trumpet . Stevie Wonder – Harmonica . Branford Marsalis – Clarinet . Mino Cinelu – Percussion . Ettamri Mustapha – Darbouka . B.J. Cole – Pedal Steel Guitar . Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian Pipes, Fiddle . Don Blackman – Hammond Organ . Gavyn Wright – String Leader On (3 – 6) . Farhat Bouallagui – Conductor And Leader . Moulay Ahmed – String Player . Kouider Berkan – String Player . Salem Bnouni – String Player . Sameh Catalan – String Player . Joe Mendez – Background Vocals . Janice Pendarvis – Background Vocals . Althea Rodgers – Background Vocals . Marlon Saunders – Background Vocals . Veneese Thomas – Background Vocals . Darryl Tookes – Background Vocals . Ken Williams – Background Vocals . Tawatha Agee – Background Vocals . Dennis Collins – Background Vocals
Production : Produced By Sting, Kipper . Simon Osborne – Engineer
Package : Olaf Heine
– photography . Carter Smith – photography . Richard Frankel – package design
Video Director(s) : Paul Boyd for “Desert Rose”
Recorded In 1999.
Released On September 24, 1999 By A&M Records.
(Source Sting – Brand New Day | Official Website)




Olaf Heine