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Az albumra Sting életének két eseménye volt hatással: az első anyja halála (1986 végén), amely miatt az album több dalának sötét lett a hangzása; a második Sting részvétele az A Conspiracy of Hope Tour-on (A Conspiracy of Hope egy rövid turné volt hat jótékonysági koncerttel az Amnesty International érdekében, amelyet az Egyesült Államokban tartottak 1986 júniusában. A szándék nem az volt, hogy adományokat gyűjtsenek, hanem inkább az, hogy növeljék a tudatosságot az emberi jogok tekintetében és az Amnesty munkáját segítsék a szervezet 25. évfordulóján, illetve, hogy bevonják az új generációt is, vegyenek részt a meggyőződésük miatt bebörtönzött foglyok kiszabadításában. A koncerteken fellépett a U2, Sting, Bryan Adams, valamint Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez és a The Neville Brothers. Az utolsó három koncert erejéig a The Police még összeállt, az utolsó koncerten pedig jelképesen átadták hangszereiket a U2 tagjainak.)

"They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" is a protest song composed by English musician Sting and published first on the 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun. The song is a metaphor referring to mourning Chilean women (arpilleristas) who dance the Cueca, the national dance of Chile, alone with photographs of their disappeared loved ones in their hands. Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed thousands of people between 1973 and 1990. This song was written in an English version (with some spoken Spanish words) and a Spanish version titled "Ellas Danzan Solas" which was released on the EP Nada como el sol.

"Be Still My Beating Heart" and "The Lazarus Heart" approach the subjects of life, love and death and also featured Police guitarist Andy Summers. Elsewhere on the album, "Englishman in New York", which is an honour to the gay writer and performer, Quentin Crisp, continues the jazz-influenced music more commonly found on Sting's previous album, as does "Sister Moon". The album's first single and biggest hit, "We'll Be Together" (reportedly, not one of Sting's favorites), sported a prominent dance beat and funk overtones; it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in late 1987 and even crossed over to the R&B charts. Overall the album's sales now stand at over 2 million, making it one of Sting's best-sellers.

A They Dance Alone című dalt az inspirálta, hogy Sting tanúja volt annak, amikor

The album also inspired a Spanish/Portuguese counterpart, the 1988 mini-album Nada Como el Sol. It featured four of the songs from the album sung in either Spanish or Portuguese and in the case of "Fragile", both languages.

Three years after its initial release on both the album and in single form, "Englishman in New York" was remixed in mid-1990 by Dutch producer Ben Liebrand, apparently to increase Sting's commercial viability after a two-year absence in the charts. Providing a stronger dance beat, as well as an extended introduction, the song was a hit in clubs and reached number 15 on the UK pop charts. The maxi-single also included a dance remix of "We'll Be Together" as a B-side.

"...Nothing Like the Sun" was one of the first fully digital audio recordings (DDD) to achieve multi-platinum status. It is also Sting's biggest selling album yet with worldwide sales of 11 million copies as of 1997.

Minősítések

Ország	Minősítés	Eladás
Kanada	platinalemez	100,000+
Franciaország	2 x platinalemez	689,200+
Németország	platinalemez	500,000+
Japán		221,000+
Hollandia	2x platinalemez	200,000+
Svájc	2x platinalemez	100,000+
Egyesült Királyság	platinalemez	300,000+
Amerika	2 x platinalemez	2,000,000+