Sting releases 'The Last Ship (Expanded Edition)', an updated, 24-track version of his acclaimed album featuring five new recordings, including 'Island of Souls (2025)', 'Shipyard (featuring Joe Caffrey, Brian Johnson, and Jo Lawry)', 'Ship of State (featuring Renée Fleming)', 'If You Ever See Me Talking to a Sailor (featuring Frances McNamee)' and 'O'Brien's Hymn'. The album will be released on December 5, 2025, ahead of a series of highly anticipated international performances of Sting's celebrated musical 'The Last Ship', in which he also stars.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Island of Souls (2025)

Sting

2.And Yet

Sting

3.August Winds

Sting

4.Practical Arrangement

Sting

5.Shipyard (Feat. Joe Caffrey, Brian Johnson and Jo Lawry)

Sting

6.Ship of State (Feat. Renée Fleming)

Sting

7.If You Ever See Me Talking to a Sailor (Feat. Frances McNamee)

Sting

8.Language of Birds

Sting

9.Dead Man's Boots

Sting

10.The Night the Pugilist Learned How to Dance

Sting

11.What Have We Got? (Feat. Jimmy Nail)

Sting

12.The Last Ship

Sting

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.It's Not the Same Moon

Sting

2.So to Speak (Feat. Becky Unthank)

Sting

3.What Say You, Meg?

Sting

4.I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else

Sting

5.Hadaway

Sting

6.Show Some Respect

Sting

7.The Last Ship (Reprise)

Sting

8.Ballad of the Great Eastern

Sting

9.Sky Hooks and Tartan Paint (Feat. Brian Johnson)

Sting

10.Peggy's Song (Feat. Rachel Unthank)

Sting

11.Jock the Singing Welder

Sting

12.O'Brien's Hym

Sting

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