Brimstone & Treacle (soundtrack)

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Brimstone & Treacle
Brimstone LP.jpg
Soundtrack by Sting / The Police
Released: 1982-09-03
Recorded: 1981 / 1982
Length: 36:50
Label(s): A&M
Producer(s): PRODUCER NAME(S)
Studio(s): AIR Studios, Abbey Road Studios

Introduction

I Burn For You was recorded by The Police in the summer of 1981 on Montserrat.

How Stupid Mr. Bates and A Kind Of Loving were recorded by The Police on 1982-01-28.

Sting recorded the vocals for Spread A Little Happiness and Only You on 1982-03-01.

The main recording for Spread A Little Happiness had been done in late February at Abbey Road Studios - with Andy Summers on guitar and Sting on vocals, playing with an orchestra. In an interview from 1986-01-27 he mentions working there for a few nights from around 11PM until 5AM.

Jeff Seitz had played drums to a Sting demo while he was filming at Shepperton Studios - probably in December 1981.

Further recording may have taken place at Abbey Road Studios in February / March 1982. Michael Nyman orchestrated music, Eric Tomlinson recorded / mixed.

Personnel

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Track listing

Singles released

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Variants, special editions and re-releases

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Charts

Album

Year Chart Country Position
1982 CHART COUNTRY POSITION REACHED

Singles

Year Song Chart Country Position
1982 Spread A Little Happiness / Only You CHART COUNTRY POSITION REACHED

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Year Winner Award Category
YYYY WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Nominations

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Year Nominee Award Category
YYYY NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Certifications

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Country Certifier Classification Certification
COUNTRY CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Quotations and trivia

UK ads:

1982 09 04 Sounds Brimstone ad.jpeg 1982 09 11 Sounds HMV Brimstone ad.jpg 1982 09 18 Record Mirror Brimstone ad.jpg 1982 09 UK Brimstone ad.jpg

See also

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External links and reviews

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References

source: the release date comes from a test pressing sheet "A&M New Album Release Information", Craig Betts (recording dates), various internet pages about Nyman / Tomlinson