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The English rock band the Police has released five studio albums, three live albums, seven compilation albums, fourteen video albums, four soundtrack albums and twenty-six singles. The Police sold over 75 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. [1] [2] [3]
Non-album single 1977 [9] "Flexible Strategies" † Sting Andy Summers Stewart Copeland Non-album single B-side of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" 1981 [10] "Friends" † Andy Summers Non-album single B-side of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" 1980 [11] "Hole in My Life" Sting Outlandos d'Amour: 1978 [1] "How Stupid Mr. Bates" Andy Summers Sting
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. [1] Within a few months of their first gig, the line-up settled as Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar, primary songwriter), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion), and this remained unchanged for the rest of the band's history. The Police became globally popular ...
Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the first compilation album by the Police, released in 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged in New Zealand, Australia and Spain as Their Greatest Hits with a different cover. A video collection entitled Every Breath You Take: The Videos was released alongside the album.
Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings is a four-CD box set by the Police, containing all five of their studio albums in chronological order, as well as non-album singles, non-album B-sides, and tracks from various compilation albums and the Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack . The box set also comes with a 68-page booklet.
Pitchfork ranked the record at No. 55 on its 2002 list of the decade's 100 best albums. [40] In 2006, Q placed Synchronicity at No. 25 on its list of the 40 best 1980s albums. [41] In 2016, Paste ranked Synchronicity sixth on its list of the 50 best new wave albums, [42] and 17th on its list of the 50 best post-punk albums. [43]
Ghost in the Machine is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Police.The album was released on 2 October 1981 by A&M Records.The songs were recorded between January and September 1981 during sessions that took place at AIR Studios in Montserrat and Le Studio in Quebec, assisted by record producer Hugh Padgham.
In contrast with its predecessor, it features all 14 original UK top 20 chart singles and five UK number-ones released by the band from 1978 to 1984, including the two missing singles from the previous 1986 compilation, "Synchronicity II" and the original version of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" which had been replaced with the 1986 re-recording.