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Mar 09, 2018biffblack rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Terrible. Morbid, gloomy, fatalistic, depressing songs, and worst of all they are not interesting, either. Small wonder Sting's career hit rock bottom. This kind of material seemed au courant in the early to mid '80s, but by Soul Cages' 1991 release date, the public -- quite understandably -- was tired of this. Listening to it in 2018? High-gloss gloom doesn't age well. There's a fabulous bagpipe solo by Kathryn Tickell at the start of Island of Souls, and after that it's downhill all the way.