| 词条 | The Soul Cages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 释义 |
| name = The Soul Cages | type = studio | artist = Sting | cover = Thesoulcages.jpg | alt = | released = January 17, 1991 (UK)[1] January 21, 1991 (US)[2] | recorded = April – November 1990 | venue = | studio = Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris Villa Salviati, Migliarino, Italy | genre = Pop rock[3] | length = 48:10 | label = A&M 75021-6405-2 | producer = Hugh Padgham | prev_title = Nada como el sol | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Ten Summoner's Tales | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Soul Cages | type = studio | single1 = All This Time | single1date = January 8, 1991 | single2 = Mad About You | single2date = February 1, 1991 | single3 = The Soul Cages | single3date = April 1, 1991 | single4 = Why Should I Cry for You | single4date = May 21, 1991 }} }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[4] | rev2 = Chicago Tribune | rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}[5] | rev3 = Entertainment Weekly | rev3score = C[3] | rev4 = Los Angeles Times | rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[6] | rev5 = Robert Christgau | rev5Score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}[7] }} The Soul Cages is the third full-length studio album released by Sting and the first to feature longtime guitarist Dominic Miller. Released in 1991, it became his second No. 1 album in the United Kingdom.[8] The album was dedicated to Sting's recently deceased father who died in 1987. It spawned four singles: "All This Time", "Mad About You", "Why Should I Cry for You" and "The Soul Cages". The title track won Sting the first ever Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1992. ConceptThe Soul Cages is a concept album focused on the death of Sting's father. At the time, Sting had developed a writer's block shortly after his father's death; the episode lasted several years, until he was able to overcome his affliction by dealing with the death of his father through music. The first song written for The Soul Cages was "Why Should I Cry for You", and Sting has said that the rest of the album flowed quite easily after that first hurdle was overcome. Most of the songs have motifs related to sailing or the seas; Sting wrote in his autobiography, Broken Music, that his father had always regretted not becoming a sailor. There are also references to Newcastle, the part of England where Sting grew up. Album opener "Island of Souls" tells the story of Billy, the first son in a family line of riveters. As he watches the ships his father helped create set sail, Billy dreams of taking his father along with him to escape by sea; his dreams become more prevalent as his father is injured and given three weeks to live. "All This Time" chronicles Billy's desire to bury his father at sea. The middle section of the record focuses mainly on the town Billy lives in and its people (with the exception of "Mad About You", which is based on King David's story from the Bible's Books of Samuel), before the highly introspective "Why Should I Cry for You". Musically, a mournful Northumbrian Pipe motif at the end of "Island of Souls" returns to open "The Wild Wild Sea", where Billy loses his way in a tempest only to find himself steered to safety by the spirit of his father. In another fantastical narrative on the album's eponymous track, Billy's father is being held captive by a demonic fisherman, with whom Billy wagers his life in a drinking game in a bid to set his father's soul free. Finally, the album ends with the moody, slightly-enigmatic "When the Angels Fall", which serves as a final thesis on the Catholicism which so heavily influenced Sting's upbringing; particularly regarding his father's spiritual beliefs. Musically, the song acts as a full stop for both the album's content and Sting's own personal torment, with the song's fluctuating tonality finally resolving to a firm and secure G major, marking a return to “home” (in this case, the home key of the earlier, conceptually significant, track "All This Time”) and providing an overwhelming sense of acceptance, redemption and subtle-nostalgia; beautifully realised in the album's closing “lullaby” motif. The character of Billy is referred to in the third person for the first three songs and in the first person for the last three songs. In an interview with Charlie Rose aired on 10 December 2010, Sting mentioned that he was working on a "mood piece", a musical project and book in collaboration with Pulitzer winner Brian Yorkey. The work would be based on an album he released many years ago concerning the loss of his father, growing up in Newcastle and witnessing the passing of the shipbuilding industry there. He admitted being scared of the prospect of pulling it all together but expressed confidence in it working out. This project has since been confirmed as the musical The Last Ship. PackagingAt the time this album appeared, the music industry was starting to shift away from using CD longboxes. Sting, a committed environmentalist, wanted to eliminate the amount of cardboard waste caused by the longbox. The original packaging was a fourfold cardboard case that could be modified to look like a longbox, and folded back into a jewel box sized CD package for home storage. In Germany, the CD was sold in jewel cases as well as longboxes. The cover painting was a commissioned work by the Scottish artist Steven Campbell. Until the release of Symphonicities in July 2010, The Soul Cages was the only studio album by Sting not to feature a photograph of himself on the front cover, although he does appear on the back cover of both albums. Track listingAll songs written by Sting. {{tracklist| title1 = Island of Souls | note1 = | length1 = 6:41 | title2 = All This Time | note2 = | length2 = 4:54 | title3 = Mad About You | note3 = | length3 = 3:53 | title4 = Jeremiah Blues (Part 1) | note4 = | length4 = 4:54 | title5 = Why Should I Cry for You | note5 = | length5 = 4:46 | title6 = Saint Agnes and the Burning Train | note6 = | length6 = 2:43 | title7 = The Wild Wild Sea | note7 = | length7 = 6:41 | title8 = The Soul Cages | note8 = | length8 = 5:51 | title9 = When the Angels Fall | note9 = | length9 = 7:48 }} Some pressings erroneously list "Why Should I Cry for You" before "Jeremiah Blues (Part 1)".
PersonnelAdapted from liner notes
Singles
Certifications{{certification Table Top}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=Austria|award=Gold}}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=Canada|award=Platinum}}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=Finland|award=Gold|salesamount=26,040}}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=France|award=Platinum|salesamount=451,400|salesref=[9]}}} }{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=Germany|award=Platinum}}}{{certification Table Entry|title=ソウル・ケージ|artist=スティング|type=album|region=Japan|award=Gold|work=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=Japanese |relyear=1991|certyear=1991|certmonth=2|salesamount=185,820|salesref=[10]|autocat=yes}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|region=Spain|award=Platinum|certref=[11]}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum}}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold}}{{certification Table Entry|title=The Soul Cages|artist=Sting|type=album|autocat=yes|relyear=1991|region=United States|award=Platinum}}}{{certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}Charts{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Weekly charts
Year-end charts
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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202121521/http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Sting&titel=The%2BSoul%2BCages&cat=a |archivedate=2 December 2012 |df=dmy }} 25. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Sting/| title= Sting > Artists > Official Charts| publisher=UK Albums Chart|accessdate=6 March 2014}} 26. ^{{cite web|title=allmusic (The Soul Cages > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r19164/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|accessdate=1 May 2013}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/1991_album.asp |title=Austriancharts.at – Jahreshitparade 1991|publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=1 May 2013}} 28. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1702&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |title=RPM 100 Albums (CDs & Cassettes) of 1991 |publisher=RPM |date=21 December 1991 |accessdate=6 May 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213817/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1702&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |archivedate=8 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }} 29. ^{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1991&cat=a |title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1991|language=Dutch |publisher=Dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=9 April 2014}} 30. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1991.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1991 par InfoDisc |language=French |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |accessdate=1 May 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023052023/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1991.php |archivedate=23 October 2014 |df=dmy }} 31. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1991a.html |script-title=1991年 アルバム年間TOP100|title= Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1991| language=Japanese| accessdate=1 May 2013}} 32. ^{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1991 |title=Hitparade.ch – Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1991 |work= |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=8 May 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100651/http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=1991 |archivedate=24 December 2013 }} 33. ^{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074744/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html |url=http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html |title=Complete UK Year-End Album Charts |accessdate=2 April 2014 |archivedate=11 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 34. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/1991/the-billboard-200 |title=Billboard.BIZ – Year-end Charts – Billboard 200 – 1991 |publisher=billboard.biz |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121206023449/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/1991/the-billboard-200 |archivedate=6 December 2012 |accessdate=1 May 2013 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 6 : Sting (musician) albums|1991 albums|Albums produced by Hugh Padgham|A&M Records albums|Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Concept albums |
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