The Soul Cages is the third full-length studio album released by Sting and the first to feature longtime guitarist Dominic Miller. Released in 1991, it became his second No. 1 album in the United Kingdom. It spawned four singles: "All This Time", "Mad About You", "Why Should I Cry for You" and "The Soul Cages"
It spawned four singles: "All This Time", "Mad About You", "The Soul Cages", and "Why Should I Cry for You?". Both "All This Time" and "Why Should I Cry for You?" were included on Sting’s 1994 compilation album Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994. The title track won the first Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1992.
Since 2009, the song "Saint Agnes and the Burning Train" has been used as the character theme song for Running Man's Lee Kwang-soo.
On 15 January 2021, Sting released an expanded version of The Soul Cages to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Along with the original 9 tracks, this new edition includes 13 bonus tracks that consist of remixes, extended mixes, and a pair of songs sung in Spanish and Italian incarnations.
"Island of Souls" – 6:41
"All This Time" – 4:54
"Mad About You" – 3:53
"Jeremiah Blues (Part 1)" – 4:54
"Why Should I Cry for You" – 4:46
"Saint Agnes and the Burning Train" – 2:43
"The Wild Wild Sea" – 6:41
"The Soul Cages" – 5:51
"When the Angels Fall" – 7:48