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2018 studio album by Sting and Shaggy
44/876 Released 20 April 2018 (2018-04-20 ) Studio
Genre Reggae Length 42 :52 Label Producer
Live at the Olympia Paris (2017)
44/876 (2018)
My Songs (2019)
SMIX - Mr. Lover Collection (2014)
44/876 (2018)
Wah Gwaan?! (2019)
"Don't Make Me Wait" Released: 26 January 2018
"Gotta Get Back My Baby" Released: 28 September 2018
"Just One Lifetime" Released: 1 March 2019
44/876 is a collaborative album by English musician Sting and Jamaican musician Shaggy . It was released on 20 April 2018 by A&M Records , Interscope Records and Cherrytree Records .
The album's title refers to the country calling code for the United Kingdom (+44 ) and the North American area code for Jamaica (876 ), Sting's and Shaggy's respective home countries.
On 7 December 2018 the Deluxe Softpack 8-bonus-track CD edition of the album was released including the unreleased track "Skank Up (Oh Lawd)", two new versions of "Gotta Get Back My Baby" and five unreleased acoustic live tracks recorded in July 2018 in Paris .
The album won an award for Best Reggae Album at the 61st Grammy Awards in February 2019.
In the United Kingdom, 44/876 debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 7,658 units. It is Sting's first top 10-album since Sacred Love (2003), and Shaggy's first since Hot Shot (2000).[ 5]
"Don't Make Me Wait" was also included in Sting's Duets album in 2021.
Track listing
Standard edition Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "44/876" (featuring Morgan Heritage and Aidonia ) 2:59 2. "Morning Is Coming" Sting Burrell Rankine Pizzonia Sting International 3:11 3. "Waiting for the Break of Day" Sting Burrell Pizzonia Shippy Sting International 3:18 4. "Gotta Get Back My Baby" Sting Burrell Andre Fennell Sheldon M. Harris Kierszenbaum 2:56 5. "Don't Make Me Wait" Sting Burrell Ashante Reid Pizzonia Kameron Quintin Jones Kennard Garrett Sting International 3:35 6. "Just One Lifetime" Sting Burrell Rankine Pizzonia Shane Hoosong Sting International Hoosong 3:30 7. "22nd Street" Sting Burrell Rankine Pizzonia Andy Bassford 4:00 8. "Dreaming in the U.S.A." 3:08 9. "Crooked Tree" Sting Kierszenbaum Burrell Pizzonia Shippy Hoosong Sting International 3:37 10. "To Love and Be Loved" Sting Burrell Rankine Pizzonia Daudi Henderson Sting International Machine Gun Funk 3:29 11. "Sad Trombone" Sting Burrell Pizzonia Shippy Sting International 5:43 12. "Night Shift" Sting International Kierszenbaum 3:26 Total length: 42:52
Digital Deluxe and Target Exclusive editions (bonus tracks) Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 13. "If You Can't Find Love" Sting Burrell Pizzonia Rankine Bassford Karl Wright Joshua Thomas Shippy Miller Kierszenbaum Sting International Kierszenbaum 3:34 14. "Love Changes Everything " Sting International 3:52 15. "16 Fathoms" Sting Burrell Rankine Kierszenbaum Kierszenbaum 3:19 16. "Don't Make Me Wait" (Dave Audé Rhythmic Radio Remix) Sting Burrell Reid Pizzonia Jones Garrett Sting International Dave Audé Jason Robinson 3:47 Total length: 57:27
Super Deluxe Edition (bonus disc) — Live at Shaggy & Friends, Kingston, Jamaica Title 1. "Englishman in New York " (Sting) 2. "Fields of Gold " (Sting) 3. "Message in a Bottle " (Sting featuring Agent Sasco) 4. "Don't Make Me Wait" (Sting and Shaggy) 5. "Roxanne " (Sting and Shaggy) 6. "Cherrytree Radio Interview with Sting and Shaggy"
CD Deluxe Softpack Edition (bonus tracks) Title 13. "Gotta Get Back My Baby" (new version) 14. "Skank Up (Oh Lawd)" (unreleased track) 15. "Gotta Get Back My Baby" (DJ Dave Audé remix) 16. "If You Can't Find Love" (acoustic live, Paris, July 2018) 17. "Message In A Bottle" (acoustic live, Paris, July 2018) 18. "Every Breath You Take" (acoustic live, Paris, July 2018) 19. "Don't Make Me Wait" (acoustic live, Paris, July 2018) 20. "Fields Of Gold" (acoustic live, Paris, July 2018)
Personnel
Shaggy – vocals
Sting – bass, producer, backing vocals
Aidonia – lead vocals (1)
Morgan Heritage – backing vocals (1)
David T.V. Barnes – horn
Andy Bassford – guitar
Maggie Buckley – flute, saxophone
Kameron Corvet – guitar, producer
Shaun Darson – drum fills
Robert Dubwise – guitar
Dwayne Shippy – additional production, bass, guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, percussion, producer, sounds, string arrangements, backing vocals
Kennard Garrett – producer
Clark Gayton – mastering, trombone
Joel Gonzalez – horn
Gene Grimaldi – mastering
Shane Hoosong – additional production, drums, keyboards, percussion, producer, sounds
Zach Jones – drums, backing vocals
Geoffrey Keezer – piano
Heather Kierszenbaum – sounds
Martin Kierszenbaum – additional production, back cover photo, bass, clavichord, drums, editing, executive producer, Fender Rhodes, guitar, keyboards, organ, percussion, piano, producer, sounds, synthesizer
Tony Lake – engineer
Zachary Lucas – horn
Machine Gun Funk – drums, keyboards, producer
Branford Marsalis – saxophone
Steven "Lenky" Marsden – keyboards
Kamari Martin – backing vocals
Dominic Miller – guitar
Melissa Musique – backing vocals
Gene Noble – backing vocals
Salvador Ochoa – cover photo
Robert Orton – engineer, mixing, percussion, synthesizer
Danny Quatrochi – guitar technician
Dave Richards – bass
Glenn Rogers – guitar
Robbie Shakespeare – bass
Shaun "Sting International" Pizzonia – bas dessus, bass, drums, editing, engineer, guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, mixing, percussion, producer, sounds, backing vocals
Robert Stringer – horn
Eliot Sumner – vocals
Teflon – drums, keyboards, producer
Grant Valentine – assistant engineer
Nicole VanGiesen – photography
Liam Ward – art direction, design
Karl Wright – drums
Joan Campbell – actor
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