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Synchronicity (Album) by The Police
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The Police Was A Rock Band Which Formed In 1977 In London England. The Band Consisted Of Sting Vocals Bass Andy Summers Guitar And Stewart Copeland Drums . The Band Released Five Albums -- "Outlandos D'Amour" 1978 "Reggatta De Blanc" 1979 "Zenyatta Mondatta" 1980 "Ghost In The Machine" 1982 And "Synchronicity" 1983 -- Before Entering A Hiatus In 1984 And Ultimately Disbanding In 1986 The Band Reunited In January 2007 For A Reunion Tour That Lasted Until August 2008. Biography The Police Formed In Early 1977 In London By Stewart Copeland Drums Gordon Sumner Better Known As Sting Bass And Lead Vocals And Henry Padovani Guitar . Andy Summers Later Joined The Group And After A Very Short Stint As A Quartet Padovani Left The Band. The Police Became One Of The Most Popular Bands In The Late 70s And Throughout The 80s. The Police Are Notable As One Of The First Mainstream White Pop Groups To Adopt Reggae As A Predominant Musical Form And To Score Major International Hits With Reggae-Styled Material. The First All-White Reggae Band With Permanent Members And Frequent Recording In Europe Was Peps Blodsband Lead By Peps Persson From South Sweden Who Changed From Blues To Reggae 1974/75 . Although Reggae Was Already Very Popular In The United Kingdom Due To The Large Number Of Caribbean Immigrants And A Number Of Western European Countries Reggae Was Little Known In The United States And Rejected By Most Black Artists In U.S And Prior To The Emergence Of The Police Only A Handful Of Reggae Songs Had Enjoyed Any Significant Chart Success. The Police UB40 The Clash And Bob Marley Jamaican Partly Living In England After Being Shot In Jamaica Are Considered With A Number Of New Wave Rock And Ska Bands As One Of The Leaders Of The Second British Invasion Of The U.S. The Police Were Strongly Influenced By Reggae Especially Reggae Drumming And Base Lines Jazz And In The Beginning Punk Rock – Something That Came To Be Shifted More And More Towards Pop During The 80s. Their Lyrics Also Changed From Challenging But Yet Somewhat Politically Restrained Punk- And New Wave Lyrics To After 1982 In Some Songs Emphasize Environmental Awareness And Human Oneness. The Biggest Hits However Had Romantic Or Sexual Themes. The Police Met Together With Other "white" British Bands Which Played Reggae As UB40 Criticism From Black English Rastafarian Reggae Bands Like Aswad In A BBC Documentary On TV And Steel Pulse For Being Accomplices In The Music Industry Of "Babylon" Stealing The Caribbean Slave Descendants' Musical Treasure. This Criticism Has Later Been Withdrawn. Aswad Has Even Made The Covers Of Police Songs Like "Roxanne". Tension Grew Between The Band Members Because Unlike Most Other Bands They Did Not Share Songwriting Credits. They Released Their Last Album Synchronicity In 1983 Selling Over 8 Million Copies. Synchronicity Is Critically Regarded As Their Best Album With Hits Such As Synchronicity II King Of Pain And Probably Their Best Known Song Every Breath You Take. In 1984 After Touring In Support Of Synchronicity The Police Went On Hiatus While Sting Pursued His Acting And Solo Music Careers. Two Years Later The Police Reformed And Played A Few Concerts For Amnesty International. Soon After The Band Went Into The Studio. Sting Wanted To Re-Record Their Old Songs But Andy And Stewart Wanted To Leave The Originals Alone And Only Two Songs Were Re-Recorded During These Studio Sessions. Although The Group Is Considered To Have Disbanded In 1984 1986 Was The Last Time The Police Engaged In Any Musical Activity. In 1992 The Band Released "Message In A Box" Their 4 CD Box Set And Performed At Sting's Wedding To Trudie Styler. A Live CD Was Released In June 1995. On March 10 2003 The Police Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Performed Message In A Bottle Roxanne And Every Breath You Take. The Police Reformed In 2007 And Opened The Grammy Award Ceremony Of That Year With A Performance Of Roxanne. Towards The End Of May The Band Began A World Tour. In 2008 The Tour Ended At Madison Square Garden New York On August 7 And The Police Disbanded For Good. Sting Was Quoted Towards The End Of The Tour That He Had Achieved Closure With The Band And Revealed That The Police Would Never Tour Or Record Again. Sting Has Said That The Material On The Album Ghost In The Machine Were Inspired By The Writings Of Arthur Koestler And That The Police's Final Studio Album Synchronicity Was Influenced By The Writings Of Carl Jung. Sting Also Peppers His Songs With Literary Allusions The Song "Don't Stand So Close To Me" Mentions Vladimir Nabokov's Novel Lolita "Tea In The Sahara" Alludes To The Novel The Sheltering Sky By Paul Bowles And "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Refers Both To The Sea Monsters Scylla And Charybdis From Greek Mythology And To Mephistopheles From The German Legend Of Faust . Discography * Outlandos D'Amour 1978 * Reggatta De Blanc 1979 * Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 * Ghost In The Machine 1981 * Synchronicity 1983
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The Police Was A Rock Band Which Formed In 1977 In London England. The Band Consisted Of Sting Vocals Bass Andy Summers Guitar And Stewart Copeland Drums . The Band Released Five Albums -- "Outlandos D'Amour" 1978 "Reggatta De Blanc" 1979 "Zenyatta Mondatta" 1980 "Ghost In The Machine" 1982 And "Synchronicity" 1983 -- Before Entering A Hiatus In 1984 And Ultimately Disbanding In 1986 The Band Reunited In January 2007 For A Reunion Tour That Lasted Until August 2008. Biography The Police Formed In Early 1977 In London By Stewart Copeland Drums Gordon Sumner Better Known As Sting Bass And Lead Vocals And Henry Padovani Guitar . Andy Summers Later Joined The Group And After A Very Short Stint As A Quartet Padovani Left The Band. The Police Became One Of The Most Popular Bands In The Late 70s And Throughout The 80s. The Police Are Notable As One Of The First Mainstream White Pop Groups To Adopt Reggae As A Predominant Musical Form And To Score Major International Hits With Reggae-Styled Material. The First All-White Reggae Band With Permanent Members And Frequent Recording In Europe Was Peps Blodsband Lead By Peps Persson From South Sweden Who Changed From Blues To Reggae 1974/75 . Although Reggae Was Already Very Popular In The United Kingdom Due To The Large Number Of Caribbean Immigrants And A Number Of Western European Countries Reggae Was Little Known In The United States And Rejected By Most Black Artists In U.S And Prior To The Emergence Of The Police Only A Handful Of Reggae Songs Had Enjoyed Any Significant Chart Success. The Police UB40 The Clash And Bob Marley Jamaican Partly Living In England After Being Shot In Jamaica Are Considered With A Number Of New Wave Rock And Ska Bands As One Of The Leaders Of The Second British Invasion Of The U.S. The Police Were Strongly Influenced By Reggae Especially Reggae Drumming And Base Lines Jazz And In The Beginning Punk Rock – Something That Came To Be Shifted More And More Towards Pop During The 80s. Their Lyrics Also Changed From Challenging But Yet Somewhat Politically Restrained Punk- And New Wave Lyrics To After 1982 In Some Songs Emphasize Environmental Awareness And Human Oneness. The Biggest Hits However Had Romantic Or Sexual Themes. The Police Met Together With Other "white" British Bands Which Played Reggae As UB40 Criticism From Black English Rastafarian Reggae Bands Like Aswad In A BBC Documentary On TV And Steel Pulse For Being Accomplices In The Music Industry Of "Babylon" Stealing The Caribbean Slave Descendants' Musical Treasure. This Criticism Has Later Been Withdrawn. Aswad Has Even Made The Covers Of Police Songs Like "Roxanne". Tension Grew Between The Band Members Because Unlike Most Other Bands They Did Not Share Songwriting Credits. They Released Their Last Album Synchronicity In 1983 Selling Over 8 Million Copies. Synchronicity Is Critically Regarded As Their Best Album With Hits Such As Synchronicity II King Of Pain And Probably Their Best Known Song Every Breath You Take. In 1984 After Touring In Support Of Synchronicity The Police Went On Hiatus While Sting Pursued His Acting And Solo Music Careers. Two Years Later The Police Reformed And Played A Few Concerts For Amnesty International. Soon After The Band Went Into The Studio. Sting Wanted To Re-Record Their Old Songs But Andy And Stewart Wanted To Leave The Originals Alone And Only Two Songs Were Re-Recorded During These Studio Sessions. Although The Group Is Considered To Have Disbanded In 1984 1986 Was The Last Time The Police Engaged In Any Musical Activity. In 1992 The Band Released "Message In A Box" Their 4 CD Box Set And Performed At Sting's Wedding To Trudie Styler. A Live CD Was Released In June 1995. On March 10 2003 The Police Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Performed Message In A Bottle Roxanne And Every Breath You Take. The Police Reformed In 2007 And Opened The Grammy Award Ceremony Of That Year With A Performance Of Roxanne. Towards The End Of May The Band Began A World Tour. In 2008 The Tour Ended At Madison Square Garden New York On August 7 And The Police Disbanded For Good. Sting Was Quoted Towards The End Of The Tour That He Had Achieved Closure With The Band And Revealed That The Police Would Never Tour Or Record Again. Sting Has Said That The Material On The Album Ghost In The Machine Were Inspired By The Writings Of Arthur Koestler And That The Police's Final Studio Album Synchronicity Was Influenced By The Writings Of Carl Jung. Sting Also Peppers His Songs With Literary Allusions The Song "Don't Stand So Close To Me" Mentions Vladimir Nabokov's Novel Lolita "Tea In The Sahara" Alludes To The Novel The Sheltering Sky By Paul Bowles And "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Refers Both To The Sea Monsters Scylla And Charybdis From Greek Mythology And To Mephistopheles From The German Legend Of Faust . Discography * Outlandos D'Amour 1978 * Reggatta De Blanc 1979 * Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 * Ghost In The Machine 1981 * Synchronicity 1983
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Synchronicity Is The Fifth And Final Studio Album By The Police Released In 1983. Their Most Popular Release Together Synchronicity Includes The Number One Single "Every Breath You Take." The Album's Title Was Inspired By Arthur Koestler's The Roots Of Coincidence Which Mentions Carl Jung's Theory Of Synchronicity. Sting Was An Avid Reader Of Koestler And Also Named Ghost In The Machine After One Of His Works. Synchronicity Topped Both The Billboard Pop Albums And Billboard 200 Charts Ending The Reign Of Michael Jackson's Thriller For A While In The US . It Won A Grammy Award For Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. In 2001 The TV Network VH1 Named Synchronicity The 50th Greatest Album Of All Time. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 455 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. The Album Marked A Significant Reduction In The Reggae Influences That Were A Part Of The Band's First Four Records Instead Featuring Production-Heavy Textures And Liberal Use Of Synthesizers That At Times Drove Entire Songs "Synchronicity I" "Wrapped Around Your Finger" . The Influence Of World Music Can Also Be Heard In Songs Such As "Tea In The Sahara" And "Walking In Your Footsteps". Sting's Material Dominates The Album With The Two Short Tracks By Andy Summers "Mother" And Stewart Copeland "Miss Gradenko" Being Seen By The Band Themselves As Concessions. As With Their Prior Album The Basic Tracks For Synchronicity Were Recorded At AIR Studios Montserrat. For Sound Engineering Reasons The Three Band Members Recorded Their Parts In Separate Rooms Copeland With His Drums In The Dining Room Sting In The Control Room And Summers In The Actual Studio. This Physical Separation Underscored The Increasing Tension And Strain In The Relationship Between The Bandmates. According To Co-Producer Hugh Padgham Subsequent Overdubs Were Actually Done With Only One Member In The Studio At A Time Due To Such Strain. "Synchronicity I" Starts The Album Off With A Sequencer Line That Repeats Throughout The Song. "Walking In Your Footsteps" Features Lyrics Concerning The Relation Between Extinct Dinosaurs And Nuclear Weapon Equipped Humans And Is Followed By The Jazziest Song On The Album "O My God". The Song Is Actually A Reworked Version Of The Early Police Song "Three O'Clock Shot" Which Was Never Recorded On An Album But Was Widely Bootlegged From Live Performances. "Mother" Features Strange Indian-Like Sounds And Screamed Vocals By Andy Summers And "Miss Gradenko" Is A Two-Minute Song About A Woman In The Middle Of The Soviet Bureaucracy. "Synchronicity II" Features Extensive Use Of Audio Feedback And Is The Heaviest Song On The Record. "Every Breath You Take" Which Begins Side Two Of The Record Is Possibly The Police's Best-Known Song With Sting's Vocals On Top Of A Steady Rhythm Featuring Picked Guitar Strong Bass And Controlled Drumming. Originally The Song Was What Andy Summers Called A "Hammond Organ Thing That Sounded Like Billy Preston." The Guitarist Came Up With A More Interesting Guitar Riff Which Became Distinctive Part Of The Piece. The Song Released Before The Album Went To #1 On Both The U.S. And UK Charts Aided By A Black And White Video Directed By Godley & Creme. "King Of Pain" Features A Lyrical Imagery And Numerous Effects And Instruments While "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Uses Subdued Keyboards. The Record's Closer "Tea In The Sahara" Is A Quiet Eerie Song About Three Women Who Are Deceived By A Prince And Left In The Desert Where They Meet Their Death. The Title Of This Song Comes From A Section Of Paul Bowles' Novel The Sheltering Sky Which Mentions The Story. "Murder By Numbers" Originally The B-Side Of "Every Breath You Take" Was Added To The CD And Cassette Versions Of The Album And Has Lyrics Detailing The Development Of A Serial Killer. "Synchronicity I" And "Synchronicity II" Allude To The Second Coming A Poem By William Butler Yeats. "King Of Pain" And "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Also Made It Into The Top Ten And "Synchronicity II" Reached The Top Twenty. Synchronicity Made It To Number One For Several Weeks In 1983. The Album's Original Cover Artwork Was Available In 36 Variations With Different Arrangements Of The Colour Stripes And Showing Different Photographs Of The Band Members Which They Took Themselves.