The Soul Cages
by Sting
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Sting bestography
The Soul Cages is ranked 4th best out of 23 albums by Sting on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sting is ...Nothing Like The Sun which is ranked number 1214 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,432.
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The Soul Cages track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Soul Cages rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 57 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 36 Music Albums of 1991 | 14/36 | 3 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 38/69 | 2 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 54 Music Albums of 1991 | 43/54 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1991 | 28/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 40 Music Albums of 1991 | 38/40 | 0 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 73 Music Albums of 1991 | 21/73 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 86/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1991 | 37/54 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 114 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 456 | |||
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The Soul Cages ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | duelek | 2,184 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 06:19 | Juneof44 | 2,632 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 18:02 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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The Soul Cages forum mentions
dihansse 10/27/2025 20:23 in My discoveries per year
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Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2011 17:19 | #30011 | TOP COMMENT
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A highly intimate album in which Sting lets go a little the virtuoso playing to tell a story and give it the space it deserves. To be listened to attentively. This one is not a party album. it is to be taken in more as you would take in a great movie or book.
Sting's least accessible album is also his saddest in tone. It's extremely intimate and introverted.
An ode to his passing father and a way to grieve, Soul Cages is Sting at his least commercial. This isn't meant to be popular or have singles.
I want to love it. I have tried a few times I just can't get into it yet. I recognize the skill and it probably deserves a higher rating than I'm giving but I haven't taken to it yet.
Maybe you will
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/01/2015 15:37 | #133605 | TOP COMMENT
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Written in the aftermath of his own fathers death. This is an album that tells the story about a boy (Billy) and the death of his father, a shipbuilder who is fatally injured at work and Billy's desire to bury his father at sea. It is a sad album but very thought provoking.
jeremy9 09/06/2019 21:10 | #242294 | TOP COMMENT
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Very sad album with beautiful melodies
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