Synchronicity

ehh not my favourite boy band

2- Stars (4/15)

Earns a star for the fun 80s production alone. Just wish the actual songs were better.

Meh. Couple of decent songs to make up for the stalker song. Mother was a real surprise, with a crazy burlesque jazz vibe

Nah

Bit crap. Not for me. Sting sings like a posh teacher twat in power stance playing speed reggae. Decent drums obviously but don’t like the sound. Lame

Not a huge fan of this band in general so. Meh.

Da bin ich raus. Ist mir zu gewollt intellektuell, experimentell. Und on Top der Klassik-Kuschelrock-Nerver Every Breath You Take. Brrrr.

I bet if I took a deep dive into the lyrics I might appreciate it more, but through just one listen I'm not a fan. It seems like everyone has an opinion on Sting's voice, but I'm impartial. Every Breath You Take is obviously legendary, and I liked Synchronicity I and II and King of Pain, but overall, I just don't like the new wave/funk 80s genre. 2/5

Langatmig, wenn auch mit Klassikern

Did Disney consider the Police for The Lion King soundtrack? Mother! +5 for surprise factor. Very Labyrinth. Album art note: shirtless Sting and skeleton. Multiple sightings of each. Every Breath You Take, a reflection: I now prefer stalker songs to be unequivocally menacing, i.e., #1 Zero.

Great tracks in the middle, but the rest of the album was super disjointed, specifically 'Mother', which seemed totally out of left field.

Listening to Mother was like reading Philip Roth. Ew dude

不好听，听不惯

The singles are great, the rest of the album is pretentious and forgettable.

Sure, nice

It was ok. Not my favorite.

Exceptionally okay

What a joke, one good song. Song about dinosaurs lmao

I was a little surprised to not enjoy this one really at all. I’m sure it was super interesting and innovative when it came out, and I quite like Sting’s voice in other music I’ve heard, but found most of this album really grating - also highjacking this review to say Diddy ruined the only good track on this album with his lame sampling (Also fuck Sean Combs - what a piece of shit)

I find this album a bit pretentious and hard to enjoy. The tracks like "Every Breath You Take" and "King of Pain" may be iconic, but the overall vibe of the album feels heavy on introspective themes and layered production, which may not resonate with everyone.

I thought this would be bland, but fair play - Mother is unhinged. Otherwise, some decent tunes and I can hear they are playing around with different genres/ideas, but somehow it just doesn’t grab my attention.

I just can't get into the Police.

Hadn’t heard any of this before obviously apart from Every breath you take which is a great track. Some other alright ones but didn’t set my world on fire

Man, I just don’t get the police at all. No idea how this was ever as popular as it was.

Gosto da música mas não da voz

Wow - it's not often an album leaves me lost for words! But here I am, struggling to articulate precisely why this left me so uninspired and annoyed.

Some good tunes.

a bit experimental yet so boring and only carried by "every breath you take" and regatta de blanc is better

Sting gets a little too art-schooley for me sometimes, but Synchronicity II deserves it's airplay, while I'll Be Watching You has well worn out it's welcome, as the most played song on the radio, and the weirdest choice for a wedding song. Also, wtf is Mother?

Mother is a terrible song. The Police love to repeat themselves This album: it’s fine The little clap at the end of Murder By Numbers, that’s about right.

Getting weird with new wave. It’s not a pleasant listen. Synchronicity II is good but the bridge is a bit droney. I thought I would be bored by Every Breath You Take because of how many times I’ve heard it, but I’m really liking it. Not sure if it’s because it’s that great or if it’s like an oasis amongst the rest of the tracks.

I can understand the appeal, but not for me. Standout song was probably King of Pain

There's like 3 good songs on this album.

Some fun vibes, but also some songs that should've never made the cut.

Probably the best new wave album I'll ever hear, though that's not saying much.

For some reason I have never enjoyed stings singing style, his affectation. However, this album had some surprising elements like “mother” which was cool. Ultimately, not my things but I appreciate the bass, and the undeniable hits that came out of it.

This was not great.

When I was a kid, I absolutely hated olives. They were so gross they’d make me gag. But everyone else seemed to love them and I wanted to share in their joy, so I’d try olives once a year or so to see if my palate had changed and I could hop on that train. It felt like a futile and a little masochistic for years, but I kept trying and finally had a delicious green olive when I was 25, and now I can’t get enough. I’ve always felt similarly about the Police - they don’t quite make me gag, but I keep trying to like them just like I did with olives, because how could so many people be wrong? I’ve never turned the corner in my musical palate and at this point don’t hold out much hope, but I respect the joy they bring to others.

Sting was an artist that I kind of grew up with. My mom would sometimes put on his CDs when cleaning the house on Saturday mornings. When I hear him I’m immediately transported to the mundane and have strong urges to vacuum the floor. I don’t know how to feel about Sting, honestly, and I know this is a Police album. Sometimes his songs are so incredibly annoying. I’m looking at you “Walking in Your Footsteps.” And what the eff was that “Mother” song? And whenever I think about what he does with his mouth when he sings 🤔….But then I have a soft spot in my heart for songs like “King of Pain” and “Wrapped Around Your Finger.” I can’t help myself. It’s like Sting tries to be an intellectual and it just comes off as pretentious, or maybe I’m too simple to grasp his genius 🤷‍♀️ Anyway, this album didn’t resolve any of my complicated feelings about Sting. It just muddied the waters even more.

Kinda boring and all over the place 3/10

I do not like Sting; no not one bit, I think his music is really shit. I will not listen to it in the car, I will not listen near or far. His voice is whiny; his lyrics dull, It makes me want to slam my skull. No Synchronicity; no magic here, Just painful singing that hurts my ear. It had it's moments; I will admit, But I still can’t say I’m a fan of it.

Synchronicity 1 - pretty sweet instrumentals. Vocals weren't as bad from Sting, better than on most other tracks of his Walking in Your Footsteps - Horribly grading vocals. Instrumentals were unique, interesting but not really my thing O My God - This song should be called, 'O My God, All The Reveb Dials Are Stuck On The Max, O Well It Can't Be Helped, Play On'. Just a nutty song overall. Mother - Christ this was more diabolical trash from Sting, maybe me feel really in uneasy, was that the point? At least the bass guitar work was decent. Miss Gradenko - once again, fucked up white boy reggae nonsense from Sting what I hated. Maybe the catchiest guitar hooks so far and solid instrumentals. I'm going insane. Synchronicity 2 - I really liked this one, more of a straight up and down rock song. Really nice tune. Fabulous and catchy instrumentals. Bipolar ass album. Every Breath You Take - The album very noticeably changes gears at this point, this track is way more polished and produced. Seems like they knew at this time this would be the hit. This might be one of the most lopsided albums for plays in Spotify that I've ever seen. Probably a side effect of the popular 80s playlist including it consistently. Definitely the best vocals and lyrics on the album. Production value of the instrumentals are top notch. King of Pain - this track really sucked. Bass and guitar work were good in parts but no where near good enough to save this. The fade out and restart towards the end was utter trash, why put that in the song, somehow made this song worse. Wrapped around your finger - the first minute and a bit of this song is torture, gets better for a moment when the instrumentals pick up before it's goes back to being rubbish again. I'm glad white boy reggae, at least in this form was short lived. The biggest slog on the album is this track I reckon. Tea in the Sahara - boring snoozer, album filler. This goes nowhere, how did it make it onto the album. Murder By Numbers - guitar and basswork is catchy, lyrics are fucking goofy, no thanks. Cut the clapping at the end, Christ. A few of decent tracks in this album, but its littered with forgettable stinkers. Sting's vocals and lyrics don't deserve these instrumentals.

Lead-based paint was federally banned for residential use in 1978 in the United States. While some states banned it earlier than that, the health effects would linger for years to come. In the 1983 Rolling Stone readers' poll, Synchronicity was voted "Album of the Year". There are two songs on this album that are not written by Sting, and they are far and away the worst songs on this album. In fact, the best way to enjoy this album is to completely skip everything until Synchronicity II. I have never had Spotify recommend me Synchronicity I, probably because its algorithm recognises that not a single person on God's grey earth would ever listen to this album from back to back more than once. Reading on wikipedia, the insane amount of cope around Mother is unreal. Stephen Holden from Rolling Stone noted that "corrosively funny 'Mother' inverts John Lennon's romantic maternal attachment into a grim dadaist joke." Yeah, get fucked mate it's just a shitty song that was shoved onto here so this would have enough material for an LP instead of an EP. Calling something Dadaist is the wanker's equivalent of pissing yourself on a night out and then saying you did it on purpose to protest poor bathroom quality/laws that criminalise public urination. Seriously, this song is so fucking ass and the justification is that Andy Summers had an overbearing mum. The duality of Br*tish people on full force here, Roger Waters' mummy issues gave us The Wall and Andy Summers' ones gave me a cluster headache. This album well and truly deserves a 1. How the fuck was this band considered the biggest in the world? I am convinced that Sting has dirt on music journos, this goes far beyond favouritism and nepotism. There must be something sinister going on here. This album got rave reviews and consistently appears in lists for best album of the year but Feline by The Stranglers gets nothing more than lukewarm reviews because Jet Black didn't have photos of the editor of Rolling Stone sucking off boys at Bohemian Grove. Also True by Spandau Ballet came out this same year and if you think that this is a better album than the one that has GOLD on it I will be more than willing to die to defend my opinion. I'm giving this shit a 2 for the three good songs on here. We may never again see such an album again but there is always hope. As of 2018, there are an estimated 37 million homes and apartments with lead paint in the United States. Highlights: Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger

Vakn yhdessä biisisi lyrocs...Uskomattoman unpopulra muut biisit!!! paskaa unpopulear paskaa unpoopulae kukaan ei pidä

ja du. Vilket album. Väldigt 80-taligt då man känner hur jävla mycket kokain som ingick i den kreativa processen. Den om hans mommy issues och den om dinosaurier va nog favoriter.

Walking in Your Footsteps is almost a joke or children's song, so slight and insubstantial it's hard to imagine why they bothered recording it. Otherwise plenty of soft synths and very crisp drumming. Super sharp, clear sound, but apart from that appreciation of the technical side, I don't actually like any of the songs on this album.

Painful, I just can't believe people like this, I do not get it or why in fact Sting is as famous as he is, great PR maybe? 2*

I guess I just find The Police quite bland-sounding, to the point where I had a hard time getting through this album. Not for me. Rating: 2

I could skip everything on this other than the singles. I don't like the "world music" inspired stuff.

Fucking police one of the fucking worst bands ever. Fuck gave it a listen again. Don't know why I knew I hated this record but you know fuck

Not for me. I understand why it’s included in the list. A lot of talent here, but I’ll never play this for fun.

2. One big track, the rest fillers

This will probably be against prevailing opinion but this is my least favorite Police album. Except for the tracks "King of Pain" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" this should not have been a best selling album. Plus the one song that should creep everyone, "Every Breath You Take", which is hilariously as a romantic song for weddings. The rest are a miss mash of different styles that gives Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) a pretentious and arrogant vibe.

Gave it 2 before and here it lies.

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Synchronicity? More like mediocrity!

Worse than I had expected. Sting’s voice, which I usually enjoy, was shrill and irritating. The songs felt like they were half done.

Matig

Der Großteil überzeugt mich nicht. Da bin ich wohl zu Mainstream.

Some classics on here for sure, but not a great album

My first exposure to a Police album. It's ok but I'll be sticking with the hits.

Wish I liked it more than I did. The dissonance doesn’t sound good to me. Lyrics didn’t capture me. A couple catchy riffs.

It was ok nothing amazing. Liked the sounds but not the lyrics, they were often uninteligable. I rate it a 2 out of 5 stars.

Walk in your foot steps?? It was like a track from cbbies!

Oh yeah, The Police, I like them. I have that greatest hits collection, it's great. Wait, what's that? It's a load of weird noise. But why? They made such great singles... OK, phew, here we go. Every Breath You Take. But no, that's it. Really the only memorable moment on this album. Earns it a second star on its own but I can't find any reason to go higher than two. Miss Gradenko has a cracking bassline, to be fair.

Really did not enjoy the first half of this one, then it picked up ok for the end. Still not a ton for me personally.

Every Breath You Take //

some punkier surprises in an album that features pop hit every breath you take, like a worse take on the violent femmes's style. i'm not sure if this album was included just because of every breath you take or?

Some songs were good. But the album overall was not for me. The song Mothers was definitely a bit too out there for my taste!

primeira parte do album: lixo radioativo queria bloquear musicas segunda parte: pop anos 80 radio antena 1 alegria um abraço quentinho 2,5 pq as ruins sao MUITO ruins.

Very interesting vibe here. “Mother” is wtf. I liked “Synchronicity II” and “Every Breath You Take”. The album got better after “Synchronicity II”, but still not that great overall.

I absolutely hate Sting as a vocalist. I absolutely hate lyrics that Sting is involved with. "Reggatta de Blanc" had enough interesting choices to somehow overcome this and be a good album, but this is just actively annoying from start to finish - except "Every Breath You Take", but that track has so many other problems that including it is not a plus for the album. On the other hand it's +1 for "Murder by numbers"

My main problem with the police is the repetitive song structure, it gets boring very quickly. It's not a terrible album though, middling 2.

Better than I expected, but not my cup of tea

2,5

++: Walking in Your Footsteps, O My God, Murder By Numbers +: Synchronicity I, Mother, Miss Gradenko, Synchronicity II, Tea in the Sahara +-: Every breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger 7,6/10

Meh.

Sting is a genious musician, BUT I'mnot a fan of his music.

Experimental, edgy, groundbreaking, pioneering, boring and sounds like shit.

I've never been a huge Police fan. I like their hits but the rest are kinda meh.

This album has been really conflicting to listen to, I'm a huge fan of the first police album, and this sounds nothing like that, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The title track is really strong, and builds up momentum for in maybe a controversial opinion that goes absolutely nowhere as I think side 1 is just kind of bad? Side 2 picks up again fairly quickly. I feel like a 2 is too harsh but a 3 is to high for how much I enjoyed it. I'd give it a 2.5 if I could.

If it wasn’t for ‘Every Breath You Take, this would’ve been a 1, and that song is creepy but at least it’s good. If I ever have to hear ‘Mother’ again I might scream.

I listened to this whole album and can’t figure out what it’s good at. Mediocre culture theft?

Not for me.

V jazzy, preferred their first earlier stuff.

Gives me a whiff of that dreaded term 'adult contemporary' 😬 though it's still actually pretty rad in places 😌

meh 2/5

I couldn't get into this one. There's some good songs in there, but it never captured my attention outside of the hits

Good album but I've had a hard time listening to The Police ever since high school.

more annoying than enjoyable

Some wierd ass shit on this album (Mother anyone?). Overall fine as background music but not life changing

I think this album was better later rather then earlier which I find is quite rare for an album. I think this is a decent album but they have dropped much better.

This was not it

I'm glad The Police stopped recording music after this album. Fuck the police. ACAB. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5

Expected better.

Parit hyvät rallit, ei siinä.

Never have listened to this album fully. Only heard a few of the tracks before giving this a full listen through. Not a bad album but not a lot of great tracks to me. Synchronicity II is the only song on the album I really liked. Every Breath You Take still sounds real stalkery. The chorus of Murder By Numbers is just silly. "Murder by numbers ,one, two three. It's as easy to learn as your A,B,C,D,E".

Zusammengefasst gefällt mir genau ein Lied, Every Breath You Take. Der Rest ist halt Police.

Ok, ik vind Sting dus echt solo fantastisch Maar Mother is echt een verschrikkelijk nummer en ik ben ook zeker minder van The Police dan Sting zijn solo werk... En dat is ook een beetje de conclusie van het album, het is allemaal een beetje saaïig. Ik verveel me eigenlijk en het kabbelt ook maar een beetje door, ik keek best een beetje uit naar dit album, omdat ik het solo werk juist best wel kan waarderen, maar ik denk dat dit toch een vrij saaie kennismaking is met The Police voor mij althans. En het nummer Mother haalt het helemaal onderuit, wat een verschrikking is dat nummer zeg! FAVO: Every breath you take dan denk ik toch? , King of Pain

Apart from Every Breath you Take, not that great.

I don't care for Sting

This probably isn’t a 2-star album. I fully acknowledge that I may not judging fairly. However, I just didn’t enjoy this at all today, so a 2 it is.

Going through this list is making me realize just how much of classic bands leave me stone cold. Only track I really enjoyed was mother.

Not my cup of tea.

Had to turn off after Mother.

Favourite song - every breath you take

Feels like a “you had to be there in the 80s when this came out” album. The sound didn’t feel unique to me, felt like something that would be playing in the background of a country club gala that gets the old white folks going. “Walking in your Footsteps” was a highlight, but ultimately the album as a whole didn’t feel like anything special to me.

didn't care for this at all. so samey, sting's voice started to great, no real good hooks outside of 'every breathe you take'. disappointed

Don't care for it. Every breath you take is good.

I thought I was going to like this more than I did. I have seen them in concert and really enjoyed it —- really didn’t enjoy this album at all.

I hate the 80s

This reminded me of other albums we've listened to with 1 or 2 songs that are way more popular than anything else on the album, like the Everybody Hurts on the REM album or the Cars or Franz Ferdinand etc. Similarly, Every Breath You Take sounds very different from everything else on the album, which could be because I'm a lot more familiar with it or because its just different. But anyway the album itself was a bit of a letdown for me, only a couple enjoyable tracks.

Mid

This album doesn't flow, thanks to the embarrassing Mother track. They're trying to be the Talking Heads with all these world music influences, but simply lack the fun (and talent?). I'll stick to the Greatest Hits.

Decent album but The Police just feels so overrated that you go into it with higher expectations.

Generic rock

Mother is one of the worst songs I have ever heard.

I just listened to an NWA album from this list last week and they said to fuck the Police. I'm not sure what they had against Sting and the boys (except maybe that Sting is a cooler rap name than Easy). I wouldn't go so far as to say "fuck them" - but this isn't a great album. I like Sting, the Police never really did much for me.

Mother is the worst song I have heard in a long time. I miss the reggae influences. I can tell why they broke up after this album, disjointed and ironically the band members are out of sync with each other.

Just skip the first 6 songs and start at Every Breath You Take. The last handful of songs are decent to excellent, but you gotta sit through some terrible (That mother song is TRASH) to subpar wastes of time before you get there.

First time hearing the entire album. The first of the album was rough. It got better towards the end but I really did not like it as much as I though I would.

Synchronicity is a somewhat underwhelming album that fails to live up to the hype. While it boasts a few decent tracks, such as Every Breath You Take, the rest of the album feels lacklustre. There's a sense of pretentiousness throughout, as if the band is trying too hard to be profound. The lyrics often come across as forced, lacking the genuine emotion found in their earlier work. The instrumentation, while technically proficient, lacks the energy and creativity that made The Police stand out in their earlier albums. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 1 STAND OUT TRACK - Every Breath You Take

The high is high (Every Breath You Take) and the lows are very low (Mother, Miss Gradenko, Tea In The Sahara). One huge hit does not carry this album. 2/5

Setting: in 20 minute chunks driving between shoots Mood: Busy That didn't do much for me. There were a lot of moments/parts that I thought were interesting, but there weren't any songs that grabbed me. Overall it just fell pretty flat, and you could hear Sting's ego bleeding through every now and then. Mother was my standout track because it went for something more interesting. I liked it at first, and circled back to it again and did not like it a second time. Album Cover: C+ (It was a B- when I looked at it small, but it lost a grade when I looked more closely at all the individual photos. Sting shirtless with all the bones is just plain silly, and why's that man very intentionally not looking at that clock?)

There is a couple of very good songs here, but the rest is very grating. It appears they got more experimental and I barely managed 1 total run though.

Too much drums for me. Every breath you take was the highlight. Mother was an awful song

Not for me.

I found this pretty bland and lukewarm.

Of it’s time. A little preachy with gated reverb.

My least favorite police record. Production is a bit over the top compared to earlier work, and the songs are a bit pompous. Actually enjoyed mother a lot more than I recalled.

Second half is alight

Repetitive that only works for the singles.

Discordant sounds. Grungy, punky. Every Breath You Take & Wrapped Around Your Finger are good ones. Mostly disliked the first part of the album, liked the rest.

Dear God, skip the first 6 tracks of this album. I don't know what they were thinking, or why someone would say this album is a must listen to when half of it is complete miserable noise. They repeated lyrics more than 96% of music out there. That being said.. the last half is a great album. So, while I enjoyed the latter half, I wouldn't say this is a must listen to album. It almost seemed like Sting wrote half an album and went "damn.. we need more tracks! Let's just lay these ones down!" I only liked 7 and 8 the others not so much

Not really my sting but I'm in a good mood today so I'm gonna give it 2.5/5 and round it to 2

This album just didn't grab me. Not that it was bad, I just couldn't really get excited about it. Of course everybody has heard Every Breath You Take but even that song has never felt very significant for me. It's surprising because there are a handful of songs by The Police that I like but I guess none of them are on this project.

В целом альбом хз, слушается тяжеловато и не очень интересно. Очев есть очень крутой хит + Wrapped Around Your Finger прикольная но в целом хз

It's not as bad as Reggatta de Blanc but it's quite uneven: Synchronicity I and II are pretty good, the known singles are also OK, Mother (so disliked by many) is actually more interesting from a musical point of view than many other songs on this album that are bland. A small half is OK, the rest is barely average.

A few good songs surrounded by weirdness

A bit dull really. Every Step You Take was brilliant, but nothing else stood out except Mother, which would have been better in the hands of Nick Cave.

Aside from the like 2 hits album is meh.

I never got into The Police really, so I never got around to buying anything that they produced. After listening to this that was probably a good thing. Not really up my street now, and it certainly wouldn't have been back then. It's not entirely offensive, but I won't be listening again.

some great songs, some truly terrible ones

Struggled through this but lost the will during Mother. Still not a fan of the Police it seems.

Not my cup of tea

I can't.

Other than the song "Every Breath You Take" and a couple others, this wasn't a very good album on the whole.

The good songs were creepy

Mouais bof, heureusement qu'il y a un méga hit sur cet album. "Mother" : wtf ?

Maybe worse than the first? But more experimental in some ways that I respect even if they missed the mark for me.

decent album i'd say. nothing i'd listen to twice, but nothing "awful" either. except for mother. what a weird fucking song, man. had to skip that one.

Saved by two decent tracks, one of which has a much better cover version. This is what happens when three blonde men are allowed to do something together

Musically it was fairly average. As a 50-something it did evoke memories of my childhood, well, the more popular tracks did anyway. I never really got into The Police as a youth, and nothing I heard made me feel like I missed out. Oh yeah, and Sting can fuck right off, the pretentious git!

Similar sound to Sade, the band

too psychedelic

There are some good moments but they have no interest in being on one album with the rest of it. Not stylistically, not esthetically, not in any way.

The Police, to me, put out really soft, insipid, uninspired, nothing music. It's not dreadful, but it's just so, so weak. 1.5 rounded up.

Quite irritating and maybe enjoyed 2 songs total. Thought I liked the police more than this

Hmm honestly wasn't sure, some bits I liked and others didn't, preferred the second half of the album or side 2 on vinyl....and what about 'mother' ... awful

This is a high two for me. I don't love Sting's voice, or lyrics, and won't be going back to listen to this anytime soon. That said, it's got some interesting songs musically, and it's well produced.

ACAB includes this lot

When Sting and the lads got together, at what point do you think they decided that The Police was a cool name for band? It says a lot. The album is very The Police. You can take from that pretty much all you need to know.

I'd been ready for this to be dull, but it was actually much worse than that. It's so aggressive at the start, to the point that I had to check this was actually the right band. Mother is risible, horrible stuff, and the fact that the best song on it is a dirge about stalking that you'd run to turn over if it came on the radio says it all. Go away Sting!

Some great drumming...otherwise not good

the first two more electronica-y songs i actually enjoyed, but then it quickly mellowed out to the police that i know and detest

2.5 rounded down. Why am I being yelled at? What was with the dinosaur song leading into a song about kind of dating his mother? No really, what was with choosing a partner that reminds you of your mother? Hello?

While I didn't care for the wide majority of the tracks on here, I did enjoy a few of the lesser-played songs off this album. So I'm glad I slogged through the rest of this project, if only to discover the few that I'll listen to again

I liked this album more than I thought I would, but it's not exactly good. If the songs were half the length it would have been an improvement.

Second Police record I've got since starting this. Honestly? Just boring. There was some weird songs and some not-super Police sounding music on this one which I liked more than the other record - but I just don't get it. One of the biggest rock bands ever and often cited for their musicianship, but I just don't really hear it. Happy to take two records in so far because I now have a better informed opinion when I can tell people they are boring. I guess you can arrest me because I ain't a fan of The Police.

Felt like it was just Every Step You Take and a load of filler

every step you take is best song on here What is all that shit about dinosaurs early on haha 2/3*** purely off enjoyment, they might have been amazing revolutionaries etc

Just ok

Again I couldn't but not as bad

End of the album was way better than the beginning but the beginning was so bad I can’t say I liked the album at all

its the police and sounds like all the other police albums

Ugh just not my type of music

The fact that “Every Breath You Take” was my favorite shows how annoying this album had to be.

Quite liked the first track, and really enjoyed Mother. That was a belter. Miss Gradenko too. Couple of other tracks that hve some decent bits but then a lot that is utterly pointless. So bland and very dated. Big chunks sounded like the soundtrack to crap 80s feelgood films. If they stuck to their edgier side I’d enjoy them a lot more.

Not a huge fan of wor Sting, his mad Geordie/reggae way of singing is very funny but I don't think it's very good. Synchronicity was decent, bit proggy but interesting timing. The next one about dinosaurs was hilarious and then I can't remember much after that except Mother which sounded like a completely different band, wouldn't think it would be on the same album as every step you take. Every step you take is a well written song but overplayed these days. Would not listen again.

Not listened to much of The Police before and I'm not clarmouring to listen to anymore. Has a very 80s New Wave sound that I generally hate. "Mother" kinda of put me off the rest of the album but it did get slightly better after. Highlights: Synchronicity II Every Breath You Take

This didn't do much for me really. Just not very interesting at all, aside from "mother", which was very strange. Every breath you take is obviously a pretty iconic track, but I've heard it so many times. Been played 1.7 billion times on Spotify! Synchronicity ii was ok Won't be back

Overrated, some good songs but Mother annoyed me to the point of downgrading this a lot

This is the beginning of the end of Sting for me. For a band that started off so strong, I think this album is largely pretty silly. There may be some listenable stuff here, but mostly it’s just more prog and yacht rock. So weird when you think about about Sting’s trajectory over time. The first few albums by The Police were almost punk. And then by the time you get to Ten Summoner’s Tales the man has gone full cheese. And still somehow he exudes cool. Not sure how that happened. I also think Every Breath doesn’t belong on this album. It somehow captures the easy listening spirit of the rest of it while reminding you that this is a band that could still write an awesome pop song. Unlike the rest of what’s on here.

Ugh, eka puolisko oli varsin tuskallinen kokemus. Toka puolisko on parempi. Keskimäärin 1,5/5. Nyt pyöristyy ylös.

Aika turha kotelo yhdelle hittibiisille. 2/5

Eh, very Police-y

Mother is dugshite This album having Every Breath You Take seems to be what makes it considered a classic.

Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic The Cure - Just Like Heaven Billy Idol - White Wedding

Like the reggae-like stuff.

Only one good song

Eh, not my favorite. Not soothing or my kind of upbeat. Just blah.

Really odd album, quite boring for large parts, a few glimmers of quality but they don't last long, would very happily never listen to this again.

Mother was weird. Every breath you take a classic of course. 1983.

Cannot say I enjoyed that. ... Maybe some parts I'd say the album was ok. Not awful, but not particularly good either. Some of the songs were somewhat enjoyable. I can't say I'd listen to it again, though. 3/10 Fav track - Wrapped Around Your Finger Least fav - Mother

did not like

I bought this when it came out. Loved it then…not as big of a Police fan now. I think overplaying on radio knocked this one down a bit for me

Alright, not much more than that

An album of 2 half, first half mad, second half mellow. Too many religious references for me.

This is my second Police record I've gotten on this generator. This one, unlike the other one, is extremely experimental! Mostly gone are the heavy reggae sound, and instead, it's been replaced with new wave garbage. I don't know what the hell happened on Mother, but it is almost unlistenable. Just Sting moaning. Truly painful. Truth be said, I'm not a huge fan of The Police, and moreso of Sting. He is the same kind of douchebag frontman as Bono from U2. I just find that reggae sung by white people loses something. It's like it isn't genuine or something. Also, whatever the fuck is happening on most of this record is also not up my alley. Overall, not a great album today. It was a struggle to get through. It is definately stacked in the middle of the record. Once Every Breath You Take comes on, the record gets leaps and bounds better, until Wrapped Around Your Finger, then it returns to its regularly scheduled trash for the last few songs on the record. Favourite songs: Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger Least favourite songs: Mother, Walking in Your Footsteps, O My God, Tea in the Sahara 2/5

Amazing drummer in a shit band. The Police suck and idc. Mother is one of the worst things I’ve ever heard. Every Breath You Take is shit and idc or k why it’s popular.

boring, mother is MAMAcheeks. every breath you take

Look they can certainly create a vibe, it's just not one I ever really want to be on. Milquetoast mostly - needed to lean more into their Floyd shit like Mother. Fave track: Synchronicity II

I'm not a huge fan but I recognize this record for what it is. The two hits are alright I guess. This feels like cultural appropriation. And I can't shake it.

I liked two songs, the rest was meh, I'm moving on now.

Meh

Really disliked the forst half of the album (first 6 songs) and felt they were being provocative for the sake of it but the other songs were more what I expected. Not sure I would bother to listen to this again

More interesting than I expected.

Initially this album was interesting but now it is an absolute bore. Same sound through out of "WWWoooooOOoooOooOoooooOoooOoooo".

This was a weird album. I had pretty high expectations for some reason, but it started out pretty weak, and then suddenly you stumble into 'Mother' which... is a song that probably never should have been made. Every Breath You Take is a very good song, but apart from that the rest wasn't anything to cheer for.

This was a bit forgettable. I struggled to find interest almost immediately and nothing really changed for the whole album. It just passed by. Excceeeeept for "Mother" which gets brownie points for being super weird. How it got included on the album I will never know but I'm glad it did although not for its musicality.

Sting is really annoying. Faux Jamaican voice 4/10

annoying as fuck

Look I'm halfway through but I'm just listening to the rest out of courtesy and I can't just give up on day one can I

The first song sounds like it would be background music of someone driving through the desert in a 90s movie 2nd song goofy agh jungle Africa beat 4th song idk bro is ur mother on dat phone??? The world may never know Num 7:I’ll be watching u. Omg no way I didn’t know this song was here.

A downward spiral

Apparently this record was made while the band was falling apart. They could not stand to be around each other. They had to record their live parts in different rooms. The recording of Every Step You Take got so heated that they had to scrap the recording and comprise the track completely from overdubs. My favorite track on this was Wrapped Around My Finger. I love when The Police go in the dub direction. Funny enough this record was one where they tried to abandon the dub sound for more world influences with some dashes of synth-pop that was popular at the time. Not very cohesive, and side 1 was full of filler. I’ll give it a 2 because of the standout tracks on side 2.

Weet nu eindelijk van welk album every breath you take komt. Chill dat er veel afwisseling in zit, maar daardoor ook paar vage nummers imo (tea in the Sahara bijv) Favoriete nr.: Wrapped around your finger

Oke

Prima

The Police are not for me. Cartoon band.

You know its bad when the only song that saves this album is every breath you take.

1983....Cocaines a hell of a drug...gotta be the reason...flutes, lyrics, rhythms, piano synths, driving, yelling....its honestly insane not sure I like it and I love insane.....not good wouldnt listen to it again

Listening to this was like listening to nails on a chalkboard.

just okay

Well this is pretty dull

I have to admit, I didn't much enjoy this. Evethy breath is a great (but problematic) song but the rest of this album is just piled high with meh.

Öncelikle kapak tasarımını beğendim (1 puan). Ancak albümü çok beğendiğimi söyleyemeyeceğim. İlk şarkılar garipti, ortalarda Beatles çakması gibi hissettiren şarkılar vardı, en sonda da yine bir tuhaflaştı. Şarkıların içinden bir tek " Every Breath You Take " güzeldi, onun dışındakiler çöp. Albümle ilgili ilginç ya da beğenilesi ya da genre-breaking (bu kelimeyi şu an uydurdum) bir şey bulamadım dinlerken. Oldukça mid bir albüm, tekrar dinlemem, tavsiye de etmem:) Overall : 3.5/10

Breath and King of Pain are great, the rest... meh...

Første del er ganske bra, andre del er shitty shit

Didn’t care for most of this. Every Breath You Take is great and there are a couple other good tracks.

Hollow, bland, repetitive lyrics. I like the groundwork of the song mother but that was way too repetitive for me to like it.

The sequencing on this album is bizarre. There are some decent tunes on here, but rather than front load them, they’re all buried in the second half after a load of filler that ranges from insipid to actively terrible. It does pick up but a lot of goodwill has been squandered by then. As a coherent album this is a failure.

I've always disliked Sting's music. It just seems so...lame. Like, fake bohemianism combined with cheesy lyrics and a commercialized sound, but I've never sat down and listened to a Police album. I figured..they've got some classic singles, and there are definitely some Police songs that I love ("Demolition Man" for example) so one of their highest rated albums must be good, right? To say I was bored is an understatement. The lyrics are still cheesy, the guitar is kind of whatever, and while the bass is good, it just feels like Stewart Copeland's amazing drumming was wasted with The Police. I know that's just me, and many feel The Police is one of the all time great bands of the 80s (heck BBC called them the "biggest band in the world" which is insane considering the Talking Heads were recording at the exact same time.) Maybe The Police were huge, and I guess that's a good enough reason to put their albums on the list, but if that's the case, I'd call this one of the most overrated albums I've listened to yet.

На четвертой песне. Какое же пока что претенциозное, прогроковое говнище Кинг оф пейн это небольшой проблеск. А так прям не спасти. Кто ж их добровольно слушал

What the fuck is Mother? The opening of this album is fun up to that song. Every Breath You Take is a creepy fucking song. Tea In The Sahara is cool.

They really should have stopped by the release of this album. Actually, the should have stopped after the release of Roxanne.

Couldn't get through it. First half was abysmal, the one about the dinosaurs was the worst no contest. Listened to masterpiece Every Breath You Take like six times in a row and then tapped out.

I was actually super disappointed in this album as I had expected more from it. I really only liked two songs and the rest was highly boring and unremarkable

I’ve never understood the appeal of The Police. Sting’s voice is not for me personally. King of Pain was great and I think Every Breath You Take has aged poorly. The rest of the reggae rock sound just doesn’t do it for me.

Chandler Sting

Yet another one hit wonder 80s album to add to the a-ha and soft cell pile. We know which song is good and then the rest of it was lame af

Un dosillo, a mí los ochenta es que se me atraviesan un poco oye.

The singer obviously has mommy issues. Best Songs: Every Breath You Take Worst Songs: Mother

Not for me

It's hard to believe that "Every breath you take" is on this album given how bad the rest is.

Boring at best. Walking In Your Footsteps was corny as hell.

Not really a Police fan and this didn't do much to change my view

Good singles, but I had to skip a few tracks because they were so wanky

Pretty tedious

I loved the first two Police albums. But by the time this (their fifth & last) album was released, I’d moved on. Except for the stalker’s theme song (Every Breath etc.) & King Of Pain ( I actually would be more likely to play Weird Al’s piss-take - King Of Suede), I was unfamiliar with the rest of this record. I found the Andy Summers- penned Mother pretty interesting, but the rest was a tad boring. Still, the 2 afore-mentioned singles are strong. Two stars from me.

Schmick but a little soul-less. The singles are classics, the filler is Ok (with the 'more experimental' side 1, which is, really just filler). Too much coke, too much ego, recorded in separate rooms for "social reasons", everyone was at the height of their powers and the band was musically tight, but not integrated. The increased use of synthesizers means the rhythms are little less fluid than their earlier work, and the tensions have sapped a lot of the fun out of it. This is the Police album I am least likely to play.

3 bons titres sur 11 c'est pas fou

Scattershot thoughts on synchronicity: Wide range of styles represented here, liked the avante garde sax solos in o my God. I like the blues rock influence in general but Mother really piqued my interest - almost sounds like a delta blues parody song. Hillarious and alarming lyrics and delivery over an extra dissonant blues progression. You rarely hear left field stuff like this now because the record labels don't allow it. Wrapped Around Your Finger is my favorite song and has the strongest refrain on the album. Love the wild chords in the rhythm guitar in murder by numbers. Excellent groove on this song in general. Overall, i can appreciate the artistry and skill in this album but I don't "get" this album. Each song has elements that are great, especially when it comes to the compositions, harmonies, and vocal performances but for some reason it didnt connect with me. Normally I love experimental new wave but this album fails to gel its many genres into a cohesive sound so I'm left with whiplash by the end. Maybe I will "get" it with repeated listens but subjectively it's a low 2.5 to my ears. Ps. The bass and drums are very fun to listen to in this album.

i think i heard so many bad recommendations from this site that other bad albums are starting to not sound bad

It's alright, but it doesn't have the charm of their previous albums. Maybe I'm just biased because I used to listen to outlandos d'amour as a kid

Best Song: Mother. Now this was interesting and weird. A song written from such a perverse, bizarre perspective is uncommon. The music, lyrics, and vocal performance all worked together well to create this tortured, crazy result. Worst Song: Wrapped Around Your Finger. The unnecessarily longest song of the album. What about this orchestration needed more time? Overall: I'm just going to say it: I don't like Sting's voice. Even when he's singing powerfully it has this intense nasal whine. Sure, it kind of works in songs like Synchronicity II, but I found myself growing so tired of it by the end of the album.

sting. surely he's on some sort of register. he kicks footballs at motorbikes and blames it on Suggs.

A lone man in a hotel going down a slide with nobody to wave him off and nobody to greet him at the bottom.

ACAB or something.

Surprisingly disappointing

talking heads era

I didn't like this.

I find The Police enjoyable if somewhat unremarkable. I enjoyed this album but I don't think I would ever really deliberately seek it out either. I can appreciate that it takes some risks though for such a mainstream group.

It's more Sting than Police, but album has five good songs

Pretty good, atmospheric, easy to listen to. Not necessarily my cup of tea though.

Its like they realised half way through the album that they werent a comedy act.

I just hate everything about 80’s recording. I mean the album has its merits but it’s just not for me, I could try and give it a 3 but that mother song is cringe af

Instrumentally, this album is really cool, I very much fuck with their new wave angle, it’s extremely interesting and satisfying. There’s a keen ear to dynamics across the record, each track has something truly different to offer. I really dig the pacing and bursts of energy and color throughout. However, I fucking hate Sting’s vocals – he totally ruins this for me. 2

Nee, deze band heeft me nooit echt kunnen boeien

Geprobeerd, maar helaas. De hitjes kan ik wel hebben. De rest kan ik weinig mee.

I'd kinda like to give this a higher rating, because I do quite like Synchronicity II, and King of Pain was better than I thought. (I always skipped it at the beginning because it was boring.) Every Breath You Take landed better than I thought it would. A couple other songs weren't bad, like Wrapped Around Your Finger and Murder by Numbers, maybe? But I wasn't into a lot of it, and Mother was so discordant and repetitive and upsetting that I had to turn it off, the first time I've done that, actually.

Weird. I actually like a fair number of Police songs, but this album did not do it for me. I think I liked two songs: Every Breath You Take and Wrapped Around Your Finger. The rest were all very underwhelming

Did not dig.

Synchronicity II wasn’t too bad but overall just a bit of a meh album

A fair few cool songs on here but unfortunately I can't stand Sting's stupid voice

Not as bad as I was expecting as I hate Sting. I always like the drumming on Police songs

That was weirdly eclectic. I like variety, but this goes a bit far for my tastes, to the extent that it seems to lack flow and is difficult to understand what it is. Every breath you take is on here. 2/5.

okay but cheesy and missing reggae

God what an unpleasant album.

This was all over the place. Classic songs in between terrible ones. How did I make it through life with no one ever pointing out the song Mother before? I can't believe it was real.

Some of this is really hateful yes, but some really good tracks on here also. Also legit cannot believe there is a track on this about dinosaurs and I can’t decide if I should reward for this or penalise. Realistically I won’t revisit

Bad 80's Coldplay. Added 1 star for Every Breath You Take.

Some of the tracks alludes the idea that therapy wouldn’t be a bad thing for these guys.

It's ok. I'm only a fan of a few their songs.

forgot it was playing because it's background music. has that one creepy song

15th October 2021 Listened on my phone in the morning on my last day at home home. Came third in poker at Paulie's in the evening. There's a worldliness to this sound which I didn't expect. I've known the police through songs like every breath you take but if anything that's the outlier here.

Couldn't get into the groove. My fault not theirs.

Not really my style, and a little bit one note musically. There are some songs I could see myself listening to in the background, but nothing I would add to my list of favorite songs. The second half of the album is better than the first. Highlights: Murder by Numbers, Every Breath You Take

wanted to like this but apart from the stand out popular tracks this was not a fun listen

Whew. To admit bias, I've never been a huge fan of Sting. However, I tried to go into this record without letting that affect my judgement. It's difficult when the first few tracks are pretty experimental, "Mother" especially (what the actual hell *was* that song, anyway?). The record hits a stride midway at "Synchronicity II", and kind of fluctuates from there. I haven't listened to "Every Breath You Take" independently in years, and it was surprisingly nice to hear in the context of the record. Still, the stride is short lived, and most of the tracks feel like... somewhere between "experimental" and "whatever, that's close enough to a song". Favorite tracks: "Synchronicity II", "King of Pain"

Första halvan var så dålig så det var nära en etta men sen blev det bättre. Så kanske en stark tvåa till och med.

Was OK, a couple of stand out tracks amongst some really weird one. Definitely can see why i never got into this band though.

Singles are good, didn't really like the rest of the album and I like The Police

A bit of cacophony; Every Breath You Take is actually a great song tho (minus the creepy undertones)

2.5 to be exact. I didn't love but I didn't hate it either.

2/3's of the album is nonsense, redeems itself slightly near the end but too little too late

Not great apart from a couple of songs

Not much cop

2 good tracks of Every breathe you take and king of pain. The rest aren't up to much.