"... with every measure, every verse, Sting cries out for the respect of a composer, not a pop star, and it gets to be a little overwhelming when taken as a whole. As a handful of individual cuts - "Fortress," "Consider Me Gone," "If You Love Somebody," "Children's Crusade" - he proves that he's subtler and craftier than his peers, but only when he reins in his desire to show the class how much he's learned"