''Sacred Love'' is the seventh studio album by

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. The album was released on 29 September 2003. The album featured smoother, R&B-style beats and experiments collaborating with hip-hop artist

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and sitar player Anoushka Shankar. Some songs like "Inside" and "Dead Man's Rope" were well received; and Sting had experimented with new sounds, in particular the more

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-influenced "This War". Sting adapted the first quatrain of William Blake's '' Auguries of Innocence'' for the first four sung lines of "Send Your Love". Sting's collaboration with Blige, "

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", won the

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in 2004. The first single "Send Your Love" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, but it lost to " Cry Me a River" by

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. In August 2015,

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and

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Track listing

All tracks written by Sting. All tracks produced by

and Kipper; co-production on "Send Your Love" by Victor Calderone, and "Never Coming Home" by BT.

Bonus tracks

There have been multiple editions of this album. Some of them, such as the Japanese edition, feature various extra songs and remixes. Although the track list on the officia
Sting website
includes a remix of "Send Your Love" and a live version of "Shape of My Heart", these are not always available. Depending on the edition, the following bonus tracks may be included: *"Send Your Love ( Dave Audé Remix)" – 3:16 *"Shape of My Heart" (Live) – 2:18 *"Like a Beautiful Smile" – 4:46 *"Moon over Bourbon Street (Cornelius Mix)"

Remix tracks

*"Send Your Love (radio edit)" – 3:38 *"Send Your Love (Calderone & Quayle radio mix)" also called "( Victor Calderone &

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's Radio Mix)" – 4:05 *"Send Your Love (Calderone & Quayle radio dub mix)" also called "(Victor Calderone & Mac Quayle's Dub Mix)" – 7:34 *"Send Your Love (Calderone + Quayle future mix)" also called "(Victor Calderone & Mac Quayle's Future Mix)" – 9:50 *"Send Your Love (Dave Aude remix - vocal edit)" – 3:17 *"Send Your Love (Dave Aude's Extended Vocal Mix)" – 6:34 *"Send Your Love (Minge Binge electric mix)" – 7:34 *"Send Your Love (Dave Aude' Massive Dub)" – 8:12 *"Send Your Love (Minge Binge Sex & Music Dub)" – 6:32 *"Send Your Love (Josh Wink Deeper Vocal Interpretation)" – 9:01 *"Send Your Love (Josh Wink Minimal Interpretation)" – 8:44 *"Whenever I Say Your Name (radio edit)" – 3:41 *"Whenever I Say Your Name (radio edit 1)" – 4:02 *"Whenever I Say Your Name (will.i.am remix featuring Black Eyed Peas)" – 4:02 *"Whenever I Say Your Name (Salaam's Groove Mix)" *"Whenever I Say Your Name (Billy Mann mix)" *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Radio Version)" – 3:40 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (remix featuring will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas)" – 4:05 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (B. Recluse Remix featuring Twista)" – 3:03 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (B. Recluse mix instrumental)" *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Dave Aude's Extended Vocal Mix)" – 7:26 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Dave Aude's Vocal Edit)" – 4:05 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Richard "Humpty" Vission Big Floor Funk Mix)" – 6:28 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Dave Aude's Funk Dub Mix)" – 7:29 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Dave Aude's Haunting Dub Mix)" – 8:40 *"Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) (Richard "Humpty" Vission Acidic Groove Mix)" – 6:13 *"Moon over Bourbon Street (Cornelius mix instrumental)"

Personnel

* Sting – vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass (1-10, 12),

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* Dominic Miller – guitars * Vicente Amigo – flamenco guitar (2) * Anoushka Shankar – sitar (9) * Danny Dunlap – bass (11) * Christian McBride – double bass * Jacqueline Thomas – cello * Kipper – keyboards, programming, backing vocals * David Hartley – piano and choir arrangements * Jason Rebello – acoustic piano,

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* Jeff Young –

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* Manu Katché – drums * Vinnie Colaiuta – drums * Rhani Krija – percussion * Valerie Denys – castanets *

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– tabla *

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– trombone * Chris Botti – trumpet *

– lead vocals (3) * Katreese Barnes – backing vocals * Ada Dyer – backing vocals * Lance Ellington – backing vocals * Donna Gardier – backing vocals * Joy Rose – featured and backing vocals * Bahija Rhapl – ethnic vocals * Choeur de Radio France – choir * Philip White – associate chorus master

Technical credits

* Simon Osborne – recording, mixing * Steve Miller – mix engineer (11) * Peter "Hopps" Lorimer – assistant engineer * Donal Hodgson – Pro Tools engineer and programming * Claudius Mittendorfer – technical assistant * Charlie Paakkari – technical assistant * Rodolphe Plisson – technical assistant * Dave Audé – remixing and additional production (11) * Chris Blair – stereo mastering * Peter Mew – 5.1 mastering * Danny Quatrochi – personal technician * Recorded at Studio Mega (Paris, France); The Hit Factory (New York City, New York);

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(Hollywood, California). * Mastered at

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(London, UK).

Production credits

* Martin Kierszenbaum – A&R * Andrea Ruffalo – A&R coordinator * Tam Fairgrieve – production manager * Richard Frankel – package design *

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– photography * Kathryn Schenker – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

* {{Authority control Sting (musician) albums 2003 albums A&M Records albums Albums produced by Kipper (musician) Albums recorded at Capitol Studios