The Police

Nominally, the Police were punk rock, but that's only in the loosest sense of the term. The trio's nervous, reggae-injected pop/rock was punky, but it wasn't necessarily punk. All three members were considerably more technically proficient than the average punk or new wave band. Andy Summers had a precise guitar attack that created dense, interlocking waves of sounds and effects. Stewart Copeland could play polyrhythms effortlessly. And Sting, with his high, keening voice, was capable of constructing infectiously catchy pop songs. While they weren't punk, the Police certainly demonstrated that the punk spirit could have a future in pop music. As their career progressed, the Police grew considerably more adventurous, experimenting with jazz and various world musics. All the while, the band's tight delivery and mastery of the pop single kept their audience increasing, and by 1983, they were the most popular rock & roll band in the world. ...
(courtesy of Stephen Thomas Erlewine - AMG)







1977 : Fall out / Nothing Achieving ( first single with Henry Padovani on guitar )
1978 : Outlandos d'Amour
1979 : Reggatta de blanc
1980 : Zenyatta Mondatta
1981 : Ghost in the machine
1983 : Synchronicity
1986 : Every Breath You Take - The Singles 
1990 : Their Greatest Hits 
1992 : Greatest Hits
1993 : Message in a box: The Complete Recordings 
1995  : Live!
1995 : Every Breath You Take - The Classics
1996 : Greatest Hits - The Police
1997 : The Very Best Of Sting & The Police
2000 : Every Breath You Take - The Classics (DTS Digital Surround Edition) 
2002 : The Very Best Of Sting & The Police 
2004 : Every Breath You Take (Deluxe Sound + Vision) (2CD + 1DVD) - The Police 
2007 : The Police - 2 CD compilation









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