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Track listing

All songs written by Sting, except where noted.

1. "A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) – 5:57
2. "Desert Rose" – 4:45
3. "Big Lie, Small World" – 5:05
4. "After the Rain Has Fallen" – 5:03
5. "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong" – 5:24
6. "Tomorrow We’ll See" – 4:47
7. "Prelude to the End of the Game" – 0:20
8. "Fill Her Up" – 5:38
9. "Ghost Story" – 5:29
10. "Brand New Day" – 6:19

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Trivia

• The song "Brand New Day" was used for CBS' The Early Show from 1999-2006.
• A vinyl record static sound effect is added to the song "Perfect Love...Gone Wrong" to give the song an old Jazz album sound.

Music Videos

The music video for the title track is a parody of bleach commercials, and advertises "Brand new 'Day Ultra'" brand.

Personnel

• Sting - guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Dominic Miller - guitars
• Mark Egan - bass
• Manu Katché - drums
• Jason Rebello - piano, clavinet

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Additional personnel

• Stevie Wonder - harmonica
• James Taylor - vocals, guitar
• Cheb Mami - vocals
• Branford Marsalis - clarinet
• Mino Cinelu - percussion
• Dave Hartley - string arranger and conductor (tracks 3 and 6), Hammond organ
• B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar
• Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian pipes, fiddle
• Don Blackman - Hammond organ
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
• Chris Botti - trumpet
• Sté - vocals
• Kipper - drum programming, keyboards
• Gavyn Wright - string leader (tracks 3 and 6)
• Joe Mendez - background vocals
• Janice Pendarvis - background vocals
• Althea Rodgers - background vocals
• Marlon Saunders - background vocals
• Veneese Thomas - background vocals
• Darryl Tookes - background vocals
• Ken Williams - background vocals
• Tawatha Agee - background vocals
• Dennis Collins - background vocals
• Ettamri Mustapha - darbouka
• Farhat Bouallagui - string arrangement (track 2), conductor and leader
• Moulay Ahmed - string player
• Kouider Berkan - string player
• Salem Bnouni - string player
• Sameh Catalan - string player

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Production

• Producers - Sting and Kipper
• Engineers - Simon Osborne, Neil Dorfsman, Geoff Foster and Chris Blair
• Photography - Olaf Heine and Carter Smith
• Package design - Richard Frankel

Charts

Album

Awards

Grammy Awards