The Bridge.
| Sting
The Bridge.
The Bridge is the fifteenth studio album (and first rock album in five years since 57th & 9th in 2016) by British singer-songwriter Sting, released on 19 November 2021 through A&M Records. -Wikipedia
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Clash Magazine
‘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.
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MSN
Uninteresting pop rock, jarring country twangs and tedious rhetoric that schlubs along at glacial pace: this is easy listening at its worst.
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AllMusic
Instead of highlighting the distance between now and then, these allusions clarify Sting's persistent interests and act as an illustration of his central conceptual conceit: at these moments, it feels as if The Bridge itself is a bridge between the singer/songwriter's past and present.
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The Ithacan
Overall, Sting presents a nice, easy–listening album, but fails to provide anything groundbreaking in his music this time around. The now cliché trend revolving around reflecting and writing music about introspections is overly present in “The Bridge.” Though Sting provides another high-quality album production wise, most of the songs on the album all carry the same musical patterns and lack uniqueness.
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Stereoboard
Sting may portray his protagonist’s tribulations in sharp detail, but the insight-free answers and solutions that follow sell short their complexity. Burdening the record with an inescapable aura of self satisfaction, it hamstrings the intent of a mostly enjoyable and well conceived effort, leaving you feeling stranded on the titular walkway when a satisfactory end is within touching distance.
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The Young Folks
Sting makes an anticlimatic return as he sits on the verge of creative bankruptcy.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
Conceived and recorded during lockdown, The Bridge doesn't so much present a sense of urgency in the times as it does a feeling of not overthinking matters. Even when he gets tangled up in lyrics (see "Captain Bateman"), the melodies easily flow, especially during the LP's first half. All of it adds up to Sting's least fussy and most satisfying album in years.
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musicOMH
The Bridge, then, finds Sting resuming his solo pilgrimage after his dalliance with Shaggy. He remains the troubadour with itchy feet, arriving to stay the night but already with one eye on the next day’s departure. Sometimes the music is too comfortable for such strife, but there is more than enough here to satisfy. The voice still sounds great, too.
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Spectrum Culture
It feels like an album Sting made to reassure himself that he’s still got it. Yet he also seems to have kept the listening public in mind by making something pretty enjoyable.
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Bourbon and Vinyl
A Great Album From An Artist I’d Given Up On.
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Pop Magazine
The album “The Bridge” is the sum of Sting, his musical ventures, his emotional experiences, his thoughts, his fears, and his hopes. It’s a deeply personal creation with a universal reach. Somewhere between music, meditation, private journal, and philosophical questioning, “The Bridge” is an experience for the ear, the brain, and the soul. So let the music flow through you like healing waters and cross the bridge.
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Penny Black Music
He is certainly highly accomplished and plays some fine jazz, sings folk plus even includes an electronic ballad. Yet he is still at his best performing his own brand of breezy pop.
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