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Studio album by Sting
Released 9 March 1993[1]
Recorded June–December 1992
Studio Lake House, Wiltshire, England
Genre
Pop rocksoft rockjazz rock
Length 52:31
Label
A&MPolyGram (Hong Kong)
Producer Sting, Hugh Padgham
Sting chronology
The Soul Cages
(1991) Ten Summoner`s Tales
(1993) Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994
(1994)

Ten Summoner`s Tales is the fourth solo studio album by English rock musician Sting. The title is a combined pun of his family name, Sumner, and a character in Geoffrey Chaucer`s The Canterbury Tales, the summoner. Released in 1993, it explores themes of love and morality in a noticeably upbeat mood compared to his previous release, the introspective The Soul Cages released in 1991 after the loss of both his parents in the 1980s.

This album contains two US hits; `If I Ever Lose My Faith in You` reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 while `Fields of Gold` got to No. 23.[21]

Ten Summoner`s Tales was shortlisted for the 1993 Mercury Prize. In 1994, it was nominated for six Grammy awards including Album of the Year (losing to Whitney Houston‘s The Bodyguard), winning Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (`If I Ever Lose My Faith in You`) and Best Long Form Music Video, while `If I Ever Lose My Faith in You` was also nominated for Record and Song of the Year.

A laser disc and VHS of the album were released, containing live performances of all songs on the album at Lake House.

A promotional disc was made where Sting discusses some of the songs on the album. There was also an unofficial live album produced during the Ten Summoner`s Tales era, entitled Meadowlands of Gold, which contained 13 tracks performed at the Meadowlands Arena on February 26, 1994, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The songs consisted of tracks from the album, and a few songs by The Police plus a cover of the Beatles` `A Day in the Life`.

In February 2023, it was announced that Ten Summoner`s Tales would be re-released and digitally expanded, with multiple songs not previously heard or available to download.[22]

Background
The album was recorded at Lake House, Wiltshire, mixed at The Town House, London and mastered at Masterdisk, New York.[23] The cover of the album was photographed at Wardour Old Castle in Wiltshire, featuring Hrímnir, an Icelandic horse Sting owned for a period.

A long form `performance` video of the entire album was filmed at Sting`s Lake House property. The audio used is partly from the album, but partly recorded as played by the band during the filming. This film was released in conjunction with the album. The video went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Video in 1994, and was directed by Doug Nichol and produced by Julie Fong.

On 11 August 1994, a compact disc of Ten Summoner`s Tales became the first item ever securely purchased over the Internet, for $12.48 plus shipping.[24] There was also an interview disc released for the album, in which Sting talks about all tracks on the album.

The second track on the album, `Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)`, was named as a homage to the films Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. According to the interview disc, the idea came to Sting when he wanted to write a song in the 7/4 time signature. The song `Seven Days` is also noted for the sophisticated playing of drummer Vinnie Colaiuta in the 5/4 time signature.

The international-exclusive track `Everybody Laughed But You` was excluded from Canadian and American pressings of the album. However, US singles from the album included the song, as well as a version of the song with different lyrics titled `January Stars`.

The singles for Ten Summoner`s Tales also give credit to Fernandes Guitars, as Dominic Miller played a Fernandes P-Project Acoustic Electric Nylon guitar throughout the album.

Track listing
All tracks are written by Sting, except `It`s Probably Me` written with Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen, and `Shape of My Heart` written with Dominic Miller.

No. Title Length
1. `Prologue (If I Ever Lose My Faith in You)` 4:30
2. `Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)` 5:12
3. `Fields of Gold` 3:42
4. `Heavy Cloud No Rain` 3:39
5. `She`s Too Good for Me` 2:30
6. `Seven Days` 4:40
7. `Saint Augustine in Hell` 5:05
8. `It`s Probably Me` 4:57
9. `Everybody Laughed but You` 3:53
10. `Shape of My Heart` 4:38
11. `Something the Boy Said` 5:13
12. `Epilogue (Nothing `Bout Me)` 3:39
Total length: 52:31
Personnel
Sting – vocals, bass guitar, double bass, harmonica, saxophone, arrangements
David Sancious – keyboards
Dominic Miller – guitars
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Larry Adler – chromatic harmonica
Brendan Power – chromatic harmonica
Richard Edwards – trombone
Mark Nightingale – trombone
John Barclay – trumpet
Guy Barker – trumpet
Dave Heath – flute
Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle
Sian Bell – cello
James Boyd – viola
Simon Fischer – violin
Kathryn Greeley – violin
David Foxxe – narration (devil`s voice on `Saint Augustine in Hell`)[25]
Production
Sting – producer
Hugh Padgham – producer, engineer, mixing
Andrew Bradfield – assistant engineer
Pete Lewis – assistant engineer
Simon Osborne – assistant engineer
Roger Lian – digital editing
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, USA) – mastering location
Danny Quatrochi – personal technical assistant
Richard Frankel – art direction, design
Norman Moore – art direction, design
Kevin Westenberg – photography