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I am going to see the Police and Elvis Costello tonight, combined the artists on stage tonight have written the following works:

Sting:

Albums

• The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985) UK #3, USA #2
• Nothing Like The Sun (1987) UK #1, USA #9
• The Soul Cages (1991) UK #1, USA #2
• Ten Summoners Tales (1993) UK #2, USA #2
• Mercury Falling (1996) UK #4, USA #5
• Brand New Day (1999) UK #5, USA #9
• Sacred Love (2003) UK #3, USA #3
• Songs From the Labyrinth (2006) UK #24, USA #25 

Sting Live Albums: 

• Bring on the night (1986) UK # 16
• Accoustic live in New Castle (1991) UK Release 
• ....All This Time (2001) UK #3 US #32
• The Journey and the Labyrinth (2007) UK #1 US #1

The Police:

• Outlandous D'Amour November, 1978 UK #6 US #23 Platinum
• Reggatta de Blanc October, 1979 UK #1 US #25 Platinum
• Zenyatta Mondatta October 1980 UK #1 US #5 Double Platinum
• Ghost In The Machine October 1981 UK #1 US #2 Triple Platinum
• Synchronicity June 1983 UK #1 US #1 8X Platinum

The Police Live Albums:

• The Police LIVE! US Sales: Platinum

The Police Compilation Albums:

• Every Breath You Take: The Singles October, 1986 UK #1, US #7
• Greatest Hits September 1992 UK #10
• Message In a Box: The Complete Recordings September 28th 1993 Platinum in US
• Every Breath You Take: The Classics September 1995 5x Platinum in US
• The Very Best of Sting and The Police November 1997
• The Police 2007

Elvis Costello:

• My Aim Is True 1977
• Live at El Mocambo 1978
• This Years Model 1978
• Armed Forces 1979
• Taking Liberties 1980
• Get Happy! 1980
• Trust 1981
• Almost Blue 1981
• Imperial Bedroom 1982
• Punch The Clock 1983
• Goodbye Cruel World 1984
• The Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions 1985
• King of America 1986
• Blood and Chocolate 1986
• Out of Our Idiot 1987
• Girls Girls Girls 1989
• Spike 1989
• Mighty Like a Rose 1991
• The Juliet Letters 1993
• Brutal Youth 1994
• The Very Best of Elvis Costello And The Attractions 1977-1986
• Kojak Variety 1995
• All This Useless Beauty 1996
• Costello and Nieve 1996
• Extreme Honey: The Very Best of the Warner Brothers Years 1997
• Painted From Memory 1998
• For The Stars 2001
• The Very Best of Elvis Costello 2001
• When I Was Cruel 2002
• Cruel Smile 2002
• North 2003
• Il Songo 2004
• Delivery Man 2004
• Costello: My Flame Burns Blue 2006
• The River in Reverse 2006
• The Best of The First 10 Years 2007
• Rock and Roll Music 2007
• Momofuku 2008 (Vinyl or download only)

Folks, This doesn't even include the countless compilations and soundtracks these guys are on. The list easily cracks 100+ with compilations and soundtracks.

I can add a live double CD to the Sting collection as well. I purchased when I was down in South Carolina in 1999. It is entitled STING! Happy Birthday and was recorded live for Sting's 40th Birthday and featured to date for that time the closest to a Police Reunion with Andy Summers as a guest and many classic Sting Live cuts including Purple Haze and Little Wing both Hendrix covers that Sting always did well.

Costello, can you count the list, again that did not count albums that he either guested on, soundtracks and other compilations. He probably could crack 100 releases all by himself. The most amazing thing about him is not just the quality of his work but he has probably taken a grand total of 5 or 6 years off in his 30+ years of recording. For every year he took off he had years where he released two and sometimes three recordings. His latest has been released on Vinyl only, its a double album! It can also be downloaded called Momofuku (pronounce that one!)

I hope they both play two hour sets tonight, even that is not long enough to properly put the artists material on display tonight.