The Best of 25 Years

Original Release Date:  October 18, 2011

Track Listing

• 1. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
• 2. We'll Be Together
• 3. Fragile
• 4. All This Time
• 5. If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
• 6. Fields of Gold
• 7. Desert Rose
• 8. Whenever I Say Your Name
• 9. Never Coming Home
• 10. Message in a Bottle [Live]
• 11. Demolition Man [Live]
• 12. Heavy Cloud No Rain [Live]

Credits

• Kathryn Tickell: Northumbrian Smallpipes
• Cheb Mami: Composer
• Sting: Bass, Guitar, Harmonica, Mandolin, Composer, Saxophone, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer, Synclavier, Roland VG8
• Vesta Williams: Vocals (Background)
• Omar Hakim: Drums
• Kenny Kirkland: Keyboards
• John Patitucci: Bass
• Jason Rebello: Clavinet
• David Sancious: Keyboards
• Lance Ellington: Vocals (Background)
• Renée Geyer: Vocals (Background)
• Bryan Loren: Producer
• Mary J. Blige: Vocals
• Joe Bonadio: Percussion, Drums
• Ed Cherney: Vocal Engineer
• Mino Cinelu: Percussion, Vocoder
• Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums
• Neil Dorfsman: Producer, Mixing
• Steve Fitzmaurice: Remixing
• Shane Fontayne: Guitar
• Josh Freese: Drums
• Jerry Grossman: Cello
• Joyce Hammann: Violin
• John Hedges: Assistant
• Aaron Heick: Flute, Clarinet (Bass), Flute (Alto), Soloist
• Efren Herrera: Assistant
• Darryl Jones: Bass
• Manu Katché: Drums
• Kipper: Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Drum Programming
• Maria Kitsopoulos: Cello
• Branford Marsalis: Percussion, Saxophone
• Rob Mathes: Keyboards, Producer, Compilation Producer
• Mark McKenna: Mixing
• Paul McKenna: Mixing
• Dominic Miller: Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Kathleen Nester: Flute
• Andy Newmark: Drums
• Suzanne Ornstein: Violin
• Hugh Padgham: Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Sandra Park: Contracting
• Janice Pendarvis: Vocals (Background)
• Brian Scheuble: Assistant
• Jim Scott: Engineer
• Laura Seaton: Violin
• Al Stone: Assistant
• Bob Vogt: Mixing
• Donal Hodgson: Programming, Pro-Tools
• Simon Osborne: Engineer, Mixing, Assistant
• Donna Gardier: Vocals (Background)
• Scott Hull: Remastering
• Lars Fox: Editing
• Andrew Catlin: Photography
• Pete Lewis: Assistant
• Lori Casteel: Music Preparation
• Brian Aris: Photography
• Danny Clinch: Photography
• Mike Casteel: Music Preparation
• Sameh Catalan: Strings
• Olaf Heine: Photography
• Martin Kierszenbaum: A&R
• Eddie Wolfl: Photography
• Rob Shaw: Violin
• Fergus Gerrand: Percussion
• Sharon Yamada: Violin
• Robert Rinehart: Viola
• Daniel Panner: Viola
• Fabrizio Ferri: Photography
• Farhat Bouallagui: Conductor, String Arrangements
• Lisa Kim: Concert Master
• Ryan Kelly: Assistant
• Joy Rose: Vocals (Background)
• Moulay Ahmed: Strings
• Hopps: Assistant Engineer
• Vivek Kamath: Viola
• Robert Orton: Mixing
• Salem Bnouni: Strings
• Aaron Walk: Assistant
• Kouider Berkan: Strings
• Rhani Krija: Percussion
• Sein Ryu: Violin
• Alex Venguer: Engineer, Editing
• Jeanine Wynton: Violin
• Eva Burmeister: Violin
• Becky Young: Viola
• Pete Smith: Producer, Engineer
• Kathryn Schenker: Executive Producer, Management
• Dave Hartley: Piano, Organ (Hammond), Choir Arrangement
• Jo Lawry: Vocals
• Annaliesa Place: Violin
• Tracy Bufferd: Publicity
• Alan Stepansky: Cello
• Kasskara: Photography
• Jeremy Turner: Cello
• Diva Goodfriend-Koven: Flute
• Liz Lim-Dutton: Violin
• Tom Carney: Violin
• Dolette McDonald: Vocals (Background)
• Bruce Keene: Assistant
• Andrew Bradfield: Assistant
• Yves Jajaget: Assistant
• Peter Bahng: Violin
• Hyunju Lee: Violin
• Lou Salvatori: Photography
• Janice Pendravis: Vocals (Background)
• Cheb Mani: Vocals