Album Review: The Bridge by Sting

"How many times have I had this dream?" asks Sting in the opening words to his latest opus. "Fifteen!" might be the answer from diehard fans, for that is the number of studio albums the ex-Police frontman has now released. The Bridge finds him on familiar ground, but that in itself is good news for the converted. Listeners will recognise the carefully studied character he portrays, a restless traveller with a furrowed brow, struggling to rest his weary head.

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Water, water everywhere - written during lockdown amidst the global pandemic, Sting ruminates on a myriad of concepts and themes centred around water which includes the impact of lockdown, love, loss, separation, disruption and political turmoil through his classic evergreen storytelling style. Sting's 'bridge' represents an enduring and ever-evolving link between ideas, cultures, continents, and it also represents a passage into his past offering an opportunity for him to revisit the music and places that has shaped his illustrious career so far. He explains that "These songs are between one place and another, between one state of mind and another, between life and death, between relationships.

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