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 will also star
Tracks:
LP1
Island Of Souls (2025)
And Yet
August Winds
Practical Arrangement
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)
Language Of Birds
Dead Man’s Boots
The Night The Pugilist Learned How To Dance
What Have We Got? (featuring Jimmy Nail)
The Last Ship
LP2
It’s Not The Same Moon
So To Speak (featuring Becky Unthank)
What Say You, Meg?
I Love Her But She Loves Someone Else
Hadaway
Show Some Respect
The Last Ship (Reprise)
Ballad Of The Great Eastern
Sky Hooks And Tartan Paint (featuring Brian Johnson)
Peggy’s Song (featuring Rachel Unthank)
Jock The Singing Welder
O’Brien’s Hymn
