Ten Summoner's Tales (studio album)
by Sting

Ten Summoner's Tales by Sting
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 2,198th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 201 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (35th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (386th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,198th)

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Sting bestography

Ten Summoner's Tales is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Sting on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sting is ...Nothing Like The Sun which is ranked number 1227 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,416.

Sting album bestography « Higher ranked (1,675th)
The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
This album (2,198th)
Ten Summoner's Tales
Lower ranked (3,238th) »
The Soul Cages

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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75/100 (from 201 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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From 04/18/2025 07:40
Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1994. The winner was the soundtrack to The Bodyguard.
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From 10/17/2019 07:01
Amazing album. The best of Sting
#243841 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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80/100
From 12/29/2018 10:51
My personal favourite is Seven Days, there is no filler on this one and some great tracks.
#228307 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 02/07/2018 04:12
Brilliant collection of songs by Sting. Some of his finest work.
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95/100
From 06/09/2016 15:59
Sting's best solo work!

Faith In You, Fields of Gold, Shape of My Heart, Probably Me, She's Too Good For Me are all great songs.

St. Augustine is the only weak track here. Has a great medieval feel and is yet still commercially accessible.

It also is consistent with the perception of Sting, as if he belonged in that time or in that castle instead of now.

His first 2 albums are close to this level but not quite
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From 08/17/2015 21:49
The best solo-Sting album ever.
Some of the best musicians like Vinnie Colaiuta in the same band.
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From 11/21/2013 22:20
This is a mix of good songs ("Fields of Gold" and "Shape of my Heart" are the best) and silly jazz-rock fusion.
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70/100
From 02/26/2013 22:27
Smoooth for suuure...
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From 09/06/2012 08:50
I like this album. Fields Of Gold and Shape Of My Heart are my favourite :)
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From 01/04/2012 21:35
This is quite an affecting nu-Medieval pseudo-concept pop album, heady and touching, and represents the culmination of the best of Sting the solo artist.
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