{"product_id":"sting-ten-summoners-tales","title":"Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the grief-soaked The Soul Cages, Sting lightened his step on Ten Summoner's Tales, a 1993 collection of story songs, love songs and sly jokes that became one of his best-loved records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title puns on his real surname, Sumner, and on the summoner from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, which tells you plenty about the mood. Sting has said he wanted songs that would amuse his band and family, and he recorded them at Lake House, his Wiltshire home, with co-producer Hugh Padgham and a crack band featuring guitarist Dominic Miller, keyboardist David Sancious and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat band is the secret weapon. \"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You\" is a gleaming, philosophical pop single, while \"Seven Days\" turns a romantic standoff into a playful exercise in odd time signatures. \"Fields of Gold\" is the one everybody knows, a gentle ballad of barley and lifelong love that has been covered many times since. \"Shape of My Heart,\" built around Miller's intricate guitar figure, is a card player's meditation that later found a second life in hip-hop samples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitty, warm and immaculately played, it's the sound of a songwriter enjoying himself at the height of his craft. On vinyl, it remains one of the finest examples of grown-up nineties pop, rich with detail and made for unhurried listening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67763325305122,"sku":"731454007511","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Sting-Ten_Summoners_Tales.jpg?v=1794323580","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/sting-ten-summoners-tales","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}