'Sacred Love', Sting's tenth studio album and his first in over 4 years, will be released on A&M Records on 22 Sep.
The new ten-tracker was written throughout 2003 and recorded in Paris. Produced by Kipper and Sting, the album features various members of Sting's musical family: Kipper, guitarist Dominic Miller, keyboardist Jason Rebello, trumpeter Chris Botti and drummers Manu Katche and Vinnie Colaiuta. Sacred Love also features special guest appearances from Mary J. Blige ('Whenever I Say Your Name') and Anoushka Shankar ('The Book Of My Life') and will be preceded by the album's first single, 'Send Your Love', on 15 Sep.
The full track listing for Sacred Love is: 'Inside', 'Send Your Love', 'Whenever I Say Your Name', 'Dead Man's Rope', 'Never Coming Home', 'Stolen Car', 'Lets Forget About The Future', 'This War', 'The Book Of My Life' and 'Sacred Love'
A DVD entitled 'Inside: The Songs of Sacred Love' will be released on 6 Oct and features Sting performing music from 'Sacred Love' for the first time. The performance was recorded live at the Mayan Theatre in LA earlier this summer.