Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): An Excellent Sting Collection . After leaving The Police in 1984, Sting launched a hugely successful solo career, garnering top selling albums and a string of top forty hits. In 1994, A & M released "Fields Of Gold: The Best Of Sting 1984-1994", a 14 song collection containing almost all of Sting's hits up to that time as well as some new recordings.    Well, 10 years has passed since its release, and Sting has made some new recordings. So the question is, how does "Fields Of Gold" hold up? Here are the positives and the negatives.    Positives:  -If you're a casual fan only interested in having Sting's radio hits, than this collection is for you, as it includes "If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)", "Fortress Around Your Heart", "Be Still My Beating Heart", "Russians", "We'll Be Together", "All This Time", "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" and "Fields Of Gold". So basically, all the hits you could possibly want are here.  -The sound is great.  -It is a very afforable and easy to find compilation.  -It includes some songs recorded for the album that are only available here. They're all good songs, especially the hit single "When We Dance".    Negatives:  -This collection is missing a top twenty hit: "Love Is The Seventh Wave" reached number 17 in 1986. That's my main caveat.  -"Mad About You" was never a single (at least in the U.S.) but received a lot of airplay, enough to warrant inclusion on this cd.  -Some of these songs are remixes. However, they work, though I prefer the original version of "We'll Be Together".  -No liner notes.  -As I said, this collection is leaving out later hits like "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", "Brand New Day" and the top twenty hit "Desert Rose". So if you want to get those songs, you'll have to get the albums they're on.    Overall, "Fields Of Gold" holds up very well. It is completely unneccessary for hardcore Sting fans (unless they're completists), but if you're a casual fan, than you must own this collection
Output (English): POS