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STING & SHAGGY "44/876"

release date: 20th April

chart positions:  UK #9,  AU #38, US #40

if one album purchase was going to worry me this year it was this one as im not a big fan
of Reggae, and I run hot and cold with Sting over the last few decades....
I don't think anyone saw this one coming....
makes sense though with Shaggy a Reggae guy and Sting's Reggae tinged sounds
with The Police back in the day...
its Sting's 18th career album and Shaggy's 13th, so these guys have been around the block
a time or two...
pop/reggae tunes here...
superb production, everything is crystal clear...
sounds like theyre having fun, letting their hair down and jamming for fun...
some lyrics have a social conscience , others are simplistic catchy...
this is the coolest Sting has been since his Dream Of The Blue Turtles album IMO...
album title comes from the International dial codes for UK and Jamaica...
superb stuff IMO...

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: sad trombone
best track: just one lifetime





tracks:

1....44/876 ***
2....morning is coming ***
3....waiting for the break of day ***
4....gotta get back my baby **
5....don't make me wait **
6....just one lifetime ***
7....22nd Street ***
8....dreaming in the USA ***
9....crooked tree ***
10..to love and be loved **
11..sad trombone **
12..night shift **

3s - 7
2s - 5
1s - 0

rating: 2.6