Set Yourself Free4 Out Of 5 Stars
Sting is one of those restless creatures of creativity. How does one keep yourself relevant in your own mind when your youthful blurts made you rich? Sting has reinvented himself at least three times; first as the spiky haired lead singer of The Police, then as the jazz-inflected solo artist, and here as the man for all seasons, playing both his old and new material in a setting almost too casual for its own good. Surprisingly enough, it works.
Recorded in Italy on September 11, 2001 on the "Brand New Day" tour and during a period of re-emergence, Sting sounds loose and relaxed. Several of the songs are given a medley treatment, but the playing never falters into camp or awkwardness during the transitions. It's also exquisitely mixed and recorded. Now granted, this is certainly for us middle-agers who have since lost our own frenetic metabolism and can settle for pleasantry in what used to be our rebellions. "All This Time" does just that.
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