The Sting Variations
{{Infobox album
| name = The Sting Variations
| type = studio
| artist = The Tierney Sutton Band
| cover = The Sting Variations.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|9|9}}
| recorded = May 2016
| venue =
| studio = LAFX Recording Services, The Doghouse Studio
| genre = Jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=67|s=0}}
| label = BFM
| producer = Trey Henry
| chronology = Tierney Sutton
| prev_title = Paris Sessions
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The Sting Variations is an album by The Tierney Sutton Band.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sting-variations-feat-tierney/1143661644 |title=The Sting Variations (feat. Tierney Sutton, Christian Jacob, Kevin Axt, Trey Henry & Ray Brinker) by The Tierney Sutton Band on Apple Music |website=iTunes |date=2016-09-09 |access-date=2016-12-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzweek.com/releases/2016/09/tierney-sutton-band-the-sting-variations-bfm-jazz/ |title=JazzWeek CD Releases | Tierney Sutton Band: The Sting Variations (BFM Jazz) |website=Jazzweek.com |access-date=2016-12-06}}{{cite web|author=Melinda Newman |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7503539/tierney-sutton-band-clint-eastwood-sully-sting-variations |title=Tierney Sutton Band on Writing With Clint Eastwood for 'Sully' |publisher=Billboard |date=2016-09-09 |access-date=2016-12-06}} It earned the group a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |title=2017 Grammy Awards: Complete list of nominees |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2016-12-06}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Sting except where noted
| title1 = Driven to Tears
| length1 = 5:47
| title2 = If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
| length2 = 5:53
| title3 = Seven Days
| length3 = 6:17
| title4 = Shadows in the Rain
| length4 = 4:37
| title5 = Walking in Your Footsteps
| length5 = 3:50
| title6 = Fragile/Gentle Rain
| length6 = 4:37
| note6 = Sting/Luiz Bonfá/Matt Dubey
| title7 = Message in a Bottle
| length7 = 4:27
| title8 = Fields of Gold
| length8 = 4:45
| title9 = Fortress Around Your Heart
| length9 = 4:04
| title10 = Language of Birds
| length10 = 5:09
| note10 = Sting/Rob Mathes
| title11 = Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic
| length11 = 3:02
| title12 = Every Breath You Take
| length12 = 4:46
| title13 = Synchronicity I
| length13 = 4:11
| title14 = Consider Me Gone
| length14 = 5:35
}}
Personnel
- Tierney Sutton – vocals
- Christian Jacob – piano
- Ray Brinker – drums, percussion
- Kevin Axt – double bass
- Trey Henry – double bass, bass guitar, arranger, producer
- Zackary Darling – engineer, mixing
- Michael Aarvold– mastering, mixing{{cite web|title= The Sting Variations Credits | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sting-variations-mw0002969830/credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=3 March 2017}}
References
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