"After two albums of muted, mature jazz-inflected pop, the last being an explicit album about death, Sting created his first unapologetically pop album since the Police with Ten Summoner's Tales ... True, there isn't a preponderance of flat-out classics - only the surging opener "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You," the understated swing of "It's Probably Me," and the peaceful ballad "Fields of Gold" rank as classics - but, as an album, Ten Summoner's Tales is more consistently satisfying than anything else in his catalog"