Demolition Man

Sting

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (September 21, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002G29
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,012,269 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Demolition Man

2. King of Pain [Live]

3. Shape of My Heart [Live]

4. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) [Live]

5. It's Probably Me [Live]

6. Day in the Life [Live]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth a million times its weight in Gold!, September 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Demolition Man (Audio CD)

Even though this EP has 6 tracks... the "live" recordings are a must for any Sting fan. The cover of the Beatles "A Day in the Life" is priceless. The live tracks were mostly recorded during the Ten Summoner's Tales Tour... And if you've ever seen Sting in concert, you know that there is ALOT of music in each song...meaning, you're not getting 6 four minute songs... It's a nice enjoyable lengthy EP. The updated studio version of the Police song "Demolition Man" is also a must have.

4.0 out of 5 stars For the fans mainly., April 27, 2005

By	Pål Amundsen (Tønsberg, Vestfold Norway) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Demolition Man (Audio CD)

"Demolition Man" is the only studio-track on this EP (from the Stallone/Snypes-movie of the same name), the other five from a consert in 1993 (or 94?) in Italy. At Villa Manin to be presise. King of pain, Love is stronger..., Shape of my heart, It's probably me and John Lennons' (and Beatles') A day in the life. The performance is great, but I wish they would have added If I ever lose my faith -I have it on vcr from the same show, and it sounds so "mighty" -that's the word. However, the recording offers a live-album-feel -and is one my most played from my collection.

3.0 out of 5 stars Sting delivers bite on "Demolition" maxi single, July 8, 2003

By	"cssuperstar2003" (Wilmington, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demolition Man (Audio CD)

By C.S.

Since his widely publicized departure from the almost legendary trio The Police, Sting has expanded his musical horizons on more than one occasion in his solo career. Some of his moves have beeen widely criticized for being soft ventures into new territory from hard -core Police fans, while others have decided to grow with the former school teacher.
"Demolition Man", a track that originally unveiled itself on The Police's "Ghost In The Machine" LP, is re-worked for the Sly Stallone Wesley Snipes film of the same name and offers some interesting live tracks as well.
The "Soul Power Mix" is Sting's first true blue venture into hip- hop and it is a dazzling piece of work with it's lively machine driven drum beat and matching vocal riff. This is one of the rare instances that a re- worked track struts an identity of it's own and certainly rates as one of Sting's funkier musical moments.
He adds a punchier and warmer sounding tonation to his bass playing than the "Ghost In The Machine" version on the single release from the film,which also contains orcestrial synth stabs that are ill -placed and dilute some of the live backbone away fro m it's strong foundation. Nevertheless,this was the re-work that was pressed for radio airplay, but anyone that picked up this maxi- single wuld concur that the bonus of the package are the live cuts.The first of these is the potent "It's Probably Me".
This was the third version of the song that was thrown out to the masses with the first being the bass- oriented blues tinged version with Eric Clapton from the Jason Patric / Jennifer Jason Leigh film "Rush",the second the more free flowing minus the drums take on Sting's "Ten Summoners Tales" LP, and the third re-incarnation offering some great rhythm guitar solos and an unlikely yet effective off beat tempo at the chorus that qualifies it to be a well done hybrid of the first two creations.
Unfortunately,I recieved the single package with the Beatles track "A Day In The Life" but minus the live version of "King Of Pain" from the last Police LP "Synchronicity". Anyone looking for some insight as to the quality of that particular piece of work on a liuve scale will have to re- visit my review upon recieving another copy of this single and/ or take in the commentary by the wide panel of individuals that recieved the single package with every song that was mentioned in the track listings on this site.
Overall, even with the omission of "King Of Pain' on this version of the single, the "Demolition Man" single,based on the brilliance of the the "Soul Power Mix" and the live take on "It's Probably Me",is a strong and entertaining enough one- two combination to find itself landing on solid three star ground with four star possibilities upon further review.

C.S.
7-8-03