The Police: Studio Albums
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Topic: The Police: Studio Albums
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Subject: The Police: Studio Albums
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 13:30
| This band receives a lot of mentions on this site for not being prog or even prog-related - which of these five albums is your favorite? |
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 14:06
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I certainly don't consider Police to be Prog-related, but my fave of theirs is Reggatta de Blanc (1979), even I'd like it to be more varied. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 14:09
I confess to having a Police record: Synchronicity - the only Police album I've ever listened to, and when it comes to New Wave bands, I prefer Debbie Harry & Blondie, who's a far more arresting sight than the Police. 
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 14:22
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Ghost in the Machine. "Spirits in the Material World" is one of the coolest songs ever. "Secret Journey" is another gem. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 14:51
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:02
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I am currently nearing the end of a Police marathon. I am a big fan, might have something to do with their similarities to Rush in the 80's. I could easily vote for all 5 albums; my vote went to Zenyatta Mondatta.
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:05
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Synchronicity (with the gorgeous Wrapped around your fingers) Regatta ( perfect sophomore) Ghost Outlando (sick of Roxanne and Don't stand ... too many listenings) Zenyata ( no Dododo dadada for me , this song is still unbeareable today ,Behind my camel an Andy's instrumental is my preferred track of ZM) |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:19
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I recently listened to the entire Message in a Box which is basically all five albums and unreleased singles and B-sides. I love everything really but Synchronicity is one that hits me the in the right spot just a pubic hair more than the others. -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:26
Similarities to 1980s Rush? I've been listening to both bands for 40+ years and with the exception of "Vital Signs", I never would have made the connection. Would you care to elaborate?
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rushfan4 wrote:Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:27
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Very hard too choose. Every album is superb. Today I'll choose Regatta. And if you haven't heard it, "Murder by Numbers" with special guest Mr. Sting on Frank Zappa's "Broadway the Hard Way", is killer. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:40
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:42
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In another one of JD's Amazing Life Stories... When I was at Western University I took some art classes as electives to satisfy my photographers itch while doing Calculus with Analytic Geometry classes for my computer science program. One of my profs had a special guest in class one day and it was Duane Michals the photographer who did the Synconicity cover. I brought in my LP sleeve and had him sign it. Never did get the other lads signatures though. that would have been special.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:51
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One of the better bands of the period. Regatta de Blanc is my favourite. ------------- 
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 15:57
I see your point, but I'm still having a hard time thinking of 1980s Rush as a "New Wave/AOR inflected band", especially when one listens to heavily-layered albums like Power Windows and Hold Your Fire. From the entire decade, I can think of maybe three Rush songs that can be described as "Police-influenced": "Vital Signs" (obviously), "Digital Man", and "Red Lenses". The big change in Rush's sound began when they and producer Terry Brown went their separate ways, and while every album since made attempts to "keep up with the times", I can't quite wrap my head around the idea of them becoming a "New Wave/AOR inflected band".
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 16:08
Yes, "Digital Man" with its reggae underpinnings and select other tunes. That was discussed a fair bit in the Eighties. Alex's tone on certain songs/albums, like Hold Your Fire, also warranted the comparison. I didn't find it a bad thing at all. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 16:25
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I'm more fond of Sting solo, The Dream of the Blue Turtles. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 16:26
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The Police are hit and miss for me. Regatta de Blanc is certainly my favourite. I was quite disappointed by "Zenyatta" to the effect that I didn't give a real chance to the later two albums. I love quite some of Sting's later work though. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 19 2023 at 18:32
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I'm a huge fan of The Police, one of the biggest bands of the 80's easily. Rush, especially Neil, was influenced by The Police, specifically the reggae beat. You can hear it in several Rush songs. Neil and Stewart became very close friends, with Stewart being one of the few chosen to attend Neil's memorial service. I really think I should pick Zenyatta, but I have to go with Ghost In the Machine. The creativity of that album is off the chart, each song is brilliant. They are one band that could still be relevant if they got back together.... -------------   
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 20 2023 at 01:09
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Outlandos by quite a margin.  To me Regatta & Zenyatta are poor carbon copies of Outlandos - I should one day relisten to both, though. I kind of like GIAM, but Synchronicity is horrible to my ears, and tend to think it's horrendously badly recorded, mixed and produced - especially for a band that was on top of the world back then.
They're not PR musically, but there are solid arguments because of the people that gravitated around the band Andy Summers was in Soft Machine, and played with Kevin Ayers (and later with Fripp - while still in Police) Sting was a jazz muso Stewart had played for Curved air Mike Howlett (Gong) wasc an essential piece of the band's creation of Strontium 90. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/strontium-90 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 20 2023 at 07:01
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They were my favorite band for a couple of years back in the early 80s, and their discography is uniformly solid. These days my favorite is the debut. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 20 2023 at 07:02
| I haven't listened to them in a really long time, I will vote if/when I go back to listening a bit. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: May 20 2023 at 10:54
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^ Same for me, but from memory I would go for Synchronicity... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |