Personnel: Sting (vocals, guitar, bass); Dominic Miller (guitar); B.J. Cole (pedal steel); Jaques Morelenbaum (cello); Chris Botti (trumpet); Clark Gayton (trombone); Jason Rebello (piano); Kipper (keyboards, programming); Christian McBride (acoustic bass); Manu Katche (drums); Marcos Suzano (percussion); Haoua Abdenacer (djarbuka); Jeff Young, Katreese Barnes, Janice Pendarvis (background vocals).
Recorded live at Il Palagio Studios, Italy on September 11, 2001.
"All This Time" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
On the day that the second live album of Sting's illustrious solo career (and third if you count the Police's 1995 LIVE set) was to be recorded in Tuscany, Italy, the widely respected singer/songwriter/bassist was beset with one of the world's worst horrors of all-time. The show was to be recorded and broadcast live on the web on September 11, 2001, the day of the World Trade Center tragedy. Instead of canceling it altogether, Sting went on with the recording (although the web broadcast was scrapped except for a single song), resulting in the release of the 15-song ALL THIS TIME, just two short months later. Featured are a trio of Police-era classics inventively re-arranged ("Roxanne," "Don't Stand So Close To Me," and "Every Breath You Take"), plus renditions of such solo selections as the expansive "(If You Love Somebody) Set Them Free," "Brand New Day," "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You," and the poignant folk-like ballad "Fields of Gold."
What the critics say…
Rolling Stone (12/13/01, p.150) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "…This is music filled with mood and memory, refined yet raw with emotion."
Q (12/01, p.144) - 3 stars out of 5 - "…The performances here bend towards restraint….serving as a reminder of the quality of songs such as 'Fields Of Gold' and 'Fragile'…"
