The Very Best of Sting & The Police
| The Very Best of... Sting & The Police | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Sting and the Police | ||||
| Released | 3 November 1997 (original) 18 February 2002 (update) | |||
| Genre | New wave, rock | |||
| Length | 63:03 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Hugh Padgham, Sean "Puffy" Combs | |||
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| 2002 updated edition | ||||
The Very Best of.... Sting & The Police (2002) | ||||
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The Very Best of... Sting & The Police is a compilation album issued by A&M Records on 3 November 1997, containing a mix of Police songs and Sting's solo works. It originally featured one new track, a remix of the 1978 song "Roxanne" by rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs. The album was reissued in 1998 by PolyGram International with "Russians" removed and three added tracks: "Seven Days", "Fragile", and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". The original European version issued by A&M Records of this compilation instead included these tracks without removing "Russians".
In 2002, an updated edition was released by Universal with several track changes: the songs "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot", "Russians", and "Roxanne '97 (Puff Daddy Remix)" are omitted, with the songs "Brand New Day", "Desert Rose", and "So Lonely" in their place. "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose" were recorded after the original 1997 Very Best Of, being from the 1999 album Brand New Day.