The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (studio album)
by Sting
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The Dream Of The Blue Turtles is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Sting on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sting is ...Nothing Like The Sun which is ranked number 1225 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,415.
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The Dream Of The Blue Turtles track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 11/16/2025 16:24 | JamesMowbray | 5,240 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:18 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 08:37 | Olli | 6,148 | 68/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2025 22:18 | mash | 1,387 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2025 09:51 |  CaptainPain | 3,259 | 61/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1986 Grammys. The winner was No Jacket Required by Phil Collins
doombringer 02/23/2025 10:18 | #307744
A timeless Jazz-Pop Album (add some Reggae and even Classical) . 40 years ago ''Russians'' overwhelmed me (and still does) . The stand-out track on a very good record.
Jboy56 08/11/2024 07:36 | #304707
I bouht this in 1985 and considered it a very memorable album uite many good tracks. Many of them can still be heard in classic rock radio stations
Primer disco de Sting en solitario y segundo de una trilogía fundamental, que comienza con Synchronicity (aún con Police) y finaliza con Nothing Like The Sun.
Brad1770 01/22/2020 09:55 | #247069
Ol Gordy managed a good one here even with the inclusion of lame Police cover and the self indulgent title track.
Check out the making of this album in the documentary “Bring On the Night “ easily available on YouTube , wonderful interviews with the band , the man himself and even wifey
Sandrof1969 02/17/2018 17:40 | #208585
Posto che io sopporto poco certe sonorità anni ottanta e pure certe cose dello Sting solista, queste tartarughe blu o tristi non sono poi male. Con "Russians", poi, ci sono cresciuto…
I've always loved this album. It's full of great songs and has a fantastic atmosphere running through it. Some of Sting's greatest post Police songs here. If you love somebody, moon over bourbon street, fortress around your heart, Russians, and, love is the seventh wave, are all great. The rest isn't bad either, including a new of version of Police song, shadows in the rain. Excellent album.
Sting's debut definetly sounds like the 80's. Drenched in every conceivable 80's sound but used in the best way's possible throughout.
This debut is musically complicated and wrought with emotion throughout, Sting tackles injustices like no other.
There isn't a dud song here but I personally love Russians, Moon Over Bourbon Street, Shadows in the Rain
Second best Sting behind Ten Summoners Tales
Leonard 10/27/2015 15:50 | #152141
in 1985 we translated all songs ....
Beautiful songwriting. Classy playing. Sophisticated production - Not as bad, thankfully, as so many overproduced '80's albums. This guy doesn't get much love anymore(probably because he comes across as being a pretentious, tree hugging, tantric sex gloating, ego maniacal beardy bore). But for this album he deserves a little place in every music lover's heart. He probably won't get it, even though this album is better than almost all of the Black Flag, Husker Du, Minutemen, Replacements, and Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel back catalogues put together!
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