I bought the CD yesterday and played it through several times last night. I like it. For all the sting haters, just imagine a geordie bloke singing Elizabethan songs in a plain voice, accompanied by a world class lutenist, because that's what it is. It isn't a 'rock God' production. He makes a fine job of the four part harmonies on 'Fine Knacks.'
I prefer it to the florid Operatic versions I have owned in the past.If you try and sing along with it, you should find that Mr sting has put a hell of an effort in his breathing control and phrasing.