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All This Time (Sting album)

...All This Time
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Live album by Sting
Released November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)
Recorded 11 September 2001
Venue Villa Il Palagio, Italy
Genre Rock, pop rock, jazz
Length 61:41
Label A&M
Producer Sting, Kipper
Sting chronology
Brand New Day
(1999)
...All This Time
(2001)
Sacred Love
(2003)
Singles from All This Time
  1. "Fragile"
    Released: 1 November 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Jam! (favorable)
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars

...All This Time is a live album and concert film by Sting, recorded and filmed on 11 September 2001. It was recorded at Sting's Villa Il Palagio in Italy in front of a select audience drawn from his fan club and features live versions of Sting's songs from his Police and solo song catalogue. The album and video get their name from the song of the same name from his album The Soul Cages.

As Sting wanted to put together a concert in his home, he enlisted a group of musicians to practice and perform this concert with him. The events leading up to the night of the performance were filmed, and within these events on the day of the performance, the September 11 attacks perpetrated against The United States of America occurred, and the assembled group of musicians was made aware of this. The group performed the concert as originally intended, although Sting indicates on the DVD documentary the tone of the evening was quite different from how it was originally intended. Additionally, the "Desert Rose" performance featuring vocalist Cheb Mami was canceled due to the same circumstances.

As a result of the tragic events, the concert was dedicated to those who lost their lives that day. Inside the CD booklet, upon the first page, is stated, "This album was recorded on September 11, 2001, and is respectfully dedicated to all those who lost their lives on that day." Thereafter, the lyrics for the included song "Fragile" are also transcribed; of the full song list comprising the CD, only the lyrics for this one song are within the booklet.

All songs written by Sting, except where noted.

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