Synchronicity

8/10

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

One of my favorites with a few B-side gems like Tea in the Sahara.

7/10 style musique variée, plus new wave-post punk. every breath you take synchronicity ii king of rain

Side 2 is another of LPs that's imprinted on my brain from when I was a kid. For some reason we really liked Every Breath you Take and then let the record play which is a good thing as it's maybe their best album. Can't give it a 5 because of Andy's just God awful song 'Mother' which I can't help but to skip every time.

Nice, but no standout Tracks except for the single I already knew. 2nd side is the better one, but the first synchronicity track is also good. BT - Every Breath You Take - King of Pain - Murder By Numbers

More interesting than I expected.

Nice

There is a distinctly different set of influences on this album from world music compared to the rest of the Police's catalogue. Everyone knows Every Breath You Take. A classic album that provided a fitting end for the band. It was really cool to see their reunion tour as a kid.

Mother is such a fucking weird track. Miss Gradenko is cool and refreshing pallet cleanser. Every Breath you Take is a classic. The entire back half of this album is indulgent, and only EByT really earns the the right to be longer than 4 min. I'm feeling a solid three to a light 4.

Great album, no skips.

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

Good one this. King of Pain and Wrapped Around Your Finger for the win.

Fantastic from start to finish

Classics, sting's voice is so good

Awful

Such unexpectted diversity in sound, incredible songwriting.

This was mostly great. There were some songs that were questionable.

3.4 - Some big hits on here, including “Every Breath…”, but overall this record makes me feel like I’m waiting to see the dentist.

writing this as I am listening, just heard a song about dinos and now an unhinged guy scream about his mother. loving it. now he is stalking his ex, but we know that all dont we. at this point he is talking about murder. God I love this man. Also I love the police/or sting in that aspect because of two things: 1. my italian teacher used to live next to him in italy ans she always told the funniest stories of "her neighbor sting" 2. my ex loathes sting and always made fun of me for liking him, then put "englishman in new york" as my alarm. bc f him.

A rare album in that it's backloaded. Most of the best songs are on Side 2. The classics are here like Every Breath You Take, King of Pain and Synchronicity 2 but there are questionable tracks like Mother that bring the album down a bit. Still, a great listen. I just wish Zenyatta Mondatta was in the book because that's the best Police album.

No surprise that this is The Police's last album, as they basically perfect the art of pop songwriting here. The gems on this album speak for themselves, as they've ingrained themselves into our cultural consciousness. Some of the deeper cuts are a little more forgettable, though not poorly written or unenjoyable in any way. This is a very solid 80's pop album, and I'd give it 4.5 if I could.

Excellent! Love the sounds of the guitars, bass, and drums throughout; most of the songs are good compositions.

I have a distinct memory of sitting in my mom’s minivan listening to the Police in the early 2000s. When listening to King if Pain, I would intentionally substitute “King of Pain” with “King of Spain 🇪🇸” and it drove my brother absolutely bonkers. I still think about that anytime I hear this song. Love it

Surprised how good this was! Mostly because it lifts liberally from the Talking Heads, The Residents and other great bands. Every Breath is probably one of the less interesting tracks!

Very interesting album. Loved the lyrics and writing style and about 75% of the songs. The 2 title tracks and every breath are really far and above the best songs. Some of the others aren't as engaging and I know people dislike Mother but I really like it. Production is good and it definitely sounds like an 80's album. Very close to a 4 Score: 70 Art: 50

1 2 3 A B C Da white reggae mon - The album starts off wild and ends silly. You have the incredibly popular stalker tune Every Breath You Take to the weird ass Mother. I love the 80s sound and I don't mind Sting. Stewart 'Spyro' Copeland is way cooler though.

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.

Good

AJ: Synch 2 🚀 Never given them a real shake. I like what I know. Sting vox, man. Wow. Great great rhythm section. They’re cool.

The core of this album is amazing, all the other songs are not very good

Sting is really annoying. Faux Jamaican voice 4/10

I found myself going "yeah, it makes sense that Stewart Copeland composed the music to Spyro the Dragon" at multiple points. God, I'm a fucking millennial nerd.

Quite inconsistent, just about nicks a 3

The big hits everybody knows are great and some of the best early 80s pop-rock there is. The other songs, there's a reason they never hit the charts.

Fun and interesting

Very unexpected sound. Not what i associated with the police before. Enjoyable

Wasn’t too bad. Got some nice early punk vibes in some of the songs. A little bit too “jazzy” for me in some parts, but I liked it. Except that one song where he was yelling about his mom calling.

So bassy! I love it!

This is the first time I've listened to The Police beyond hearing a song of theirs from time to time. I was familiar with the album but only really recognised the hits. This was rough. The hits were good, but I wouldn't seek them out. It's very radio friendly music and just lacks soul for me.

Was also jarred by Mother.

could barely force myself to finish listening to this. really not my thing. hate his voice, hate the drums. shite.

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

I was 10 years old. This was my first favorite album and soon to be first favorite band, thanks to an older cousin. This album was very influential to my listening development I still listen to this album regularly. I preferred Regatta or Zeñata back in the day, but after this revisit I realize that this album will forever be legendary. Synchronicity is by far the most realized Police album. A bunch of my friends made lists of our top 10 most personally influential albums and several of my friends included Synchronicity on that list. I did not, but it would definitely be top 20 in my book.

Murder by Numbers is probably the best song after Every Breath You Take

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.

First time listening heard every breath you take Favorites o my god miss grandenko synchronicity II every breath you take king of pain wrapped around your finger murder by numbers Least Favorites walking in your footsteps mother

Listened before. Pretty great album but not my favorite genre

My least favorite album by the Police. I k ow it had the most commercial success but I can’t understand why this is on this list over any of the 4 albums that came before it. It’s too polished maybe? It doesn’t invoke the same feelings as the previous albums did for me. And Every Breath You Take is perhaps my least favorite song in the universe and I can’t be the only one who found it creepy as fuck to be used over and over again as a wedding song. Big NO THANK YOU here.

okay nice album

Some songs I really dig on here. Some I didn't like at all. Worth the listen for sure.

A downward spiral

A great album as a whole, and has some good vibes, just a good listen

I was a fan of the Police in the early 80s, and I saw them at Shea Stadium in the summer of 1983 when they toured to promote this album. (Side Note: REM -- then relatively unknown -- and Joan Jett opened...great show!) I owned this album and listened to it often, and it was also the time when MTV had grown very popular and still played music videos most of the time. The singles got a ton of radio airplay. This band and this album were everywhere. I didn't listen to the Police or this album for a long time, but over the past several years when I've heard some of the songs from this album, they stood up well. When I saw this album show up as today's listen, I was curious to see how I'd react to it. It's still a great listen for me. The songs still sound interesting to my ear, and their musicianship is so strong. I never fault a band, an album, or a song for being what some people label as "overplayed." People liked it at the time and it's what they wanted to hear. Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland deserve a TON of credit for how incredible they are as musicians and composers. So superbly talented and dedicated to the craft. Great album.

Police have always been kind of a meh band for me and this is their most meh album.

One of the albums of the '80s, isn't it? There is not just one but two ("Every Breath" and "King of Pain") strong candidates for pop song of the '80s. And even accounting for this being the essential soundtrack of one's most formative years (and for having seen the desk at and the notebook in which Sting wrote "Every Breath" [at Goldeneye in Jamaica], there's still a pile to like and a sense of high-standard urgency from the first notes, with Sting maxing out the sequencers. Every song, save one (and no points for guessing, it's too obvious). The hits are all near perfect pop confection; has there evern been a stronger, three-song sequence than the two above and "Wrapped Around Your Finger." Both title cuts work extremely well. "Miss Gradenko" is sneaky funky, in a skiffling sort of way. "Oh My God" and "Walking in My Footseps" are fine and offer direct links to the back catalog. And then there's the very fine (and Paul Bowlesque) "Tea in the Sahara" (which points forward to Sting's very underrated first set of solo records) and the very cool bonus cut ("Murder by Numbers") which was very much the thing to have in 1982 and one had to buy the cassette to have it (as one recalled trigerred by the slight if unusual delay on the streaming sequence). This was precision-engineered and state-of-the-art at the time and there's a tense polish in the playing that belies what sounds like legit tension in the studio. Worth it, one's time. Only the atrocious, obnoxious "Mother," a song with no discernible qualities, stops it from being a 5. (Congrats, Andy, if sabotaging Sting was one's intent, which this song very much makes it sounds like).

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

This album is kinda boss. I really enjoy Steward Copeland's drumming. Both synchronicity's are surprising gems that got no radio airplay. King of Pain pretty good. Two other classics on there with every breathe you take and wrapped around my finger. All in all, this is probably a strong four although there are some sewer-level tracks on here.

Not a great album. Just fine. "Mother" was unpleasant. Not a Police fan really, but still fell short of expectations.

a couple of okay songs with the one obvious banger. A bit strange in spots.

It's fine, I guess the Police just don't really do it for me. Obviously an important cultural album, but I won't be revisiting anytime soon.

Great band. Great album. This gets the fifth star simply because my brother played this cassette non-stop during the summer of '83. I hear these songs and it brings back memories so vivid that even the mundane remembrances can invoke nostalgia.

From the very first notes, this album changed how I think about The Police. I’ve always loved the singles (and the singles are here: the deceptively beautiful “Every Breath You Take,” the heartbreak jam “King of Pain” and the dub-influenced “Wrapped Around Your Finger”) but the album has some surprising left turns too. “Mother” is a bizarre one — it’s fascinating but not something I need to listen to more than once. I love the opening energy of “Synchronicity I” though — starts things off with a bang! The calmer songs are played beautifully too. “Tea in the Sahara” is spacey and gorgeous. And “Murder By Numbers” has a great off-kilter jazz rhythm. Fantastic drumming throughout the album but I really noticed it on this one. It’s a toss-up for me as to whether “King of Pain” or “Murder By Numbers” is my favorite. I guess I’m going to have to go through every Police album now because I had no idea the album cuts were just as good as the singles. 4.5

For some reason I grew up not liking Sting. I think it was his song "Fields of Gold" that made me not enjoy his singing voice, but as I got older I really started to like The Police and for my tastes they have aged like a fine wine. This album is a great example of why they are revered as a great band- there's a really impressive level of musicianship along with really strong songwriting that mesh so well together. I don't think that they fit into one specific genre and I wonder about how this affected them as a band and their marketability. They are definitely a rock band but they aren't hard rockers and they aren't really soft rockers and they aren't really prog rockers. Not that it's super important for a band to worry about but I find it interesting. There's lots of good songs on this album but my favorite might be "Wrapped Around Your Finger". Sting has such a great way of taking a simple phrase or sentence and making it into a really catchy hook, and this one will follow me around all day long. For me it's a 4/5.

Wow I had kind of written off The Police, but this album was fantastic. I didn't even mind "Every Breath You Take" in the context of this album. Mother was an insane song and I loved it

Containing one of the most misunderstood songs of all time, the final record by the Police reduces their reggae influences in favor of flirting with world music. The obvious tension between the band members is a little too obvious at times, but this is still a pretty good way to end things.

I think this might be our first Police album? Regardless, this was an interesting one. Every Breath You Take is a classic, but there were a few other ones on here like King of Pain that I couldn't get out of my head. Some songs I also skipped so I think I can only give this puppy a 3 star.

Okay, I'll say it: I think the Police are overrated. Yes, the band. I think Sting is overrated too. He's got this outsized legend, like he's the white Beyonce or something. I don't get it. Yeah, the Police have hits, but why is there a generation of people obsessed with Sting? I'll never get it. Anyway, this is a great album with a number of the tracks I do enjoy from them. Overrated definitely doesn't mean they're bad; they've got classic joints, including the Stalker National Anthem. Enough good stuff on here to carry the album, but I'm surprised how quickly their music can fade to the background for me. I don't think we need another from them, this should cover it. Favorite tracks: Every Breath You Take, Synchronicity II, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger. Album art: Pretty cool with the color striping, but the pictures aren't all that interesting, minus Sting's sensual shoot with a skeleton. 4/5

the police! sting, andy summers, stewart copeland are at the height of their powers on this album. solid musicianship and songwriting, this is just a fun album to listen to. highlights: “synchronicity II”, “king of pain”, “wrapped around your finger”.

Synchronicity It's the police Walking in your footsteps Sounds like he's saying "Woking in your food stamps." That pretty much ruined it for me Oh my God The Police have a sound. It's unique, but I'm not necessarily a fan. This sounds like that. Mother What the heck is this? Someone needs to check on Sting. Miss Gredenko That was better than the last song... Synchronicity II I don't like 2 part songs as a rule. This is at least a return to reasonable Police music Every Breath You Take Ahhh. Classic creeper song. King of Pain Mother should have had this track name. This one wasn't bad. Wrapped around your finger I also recognize this one. This album took some warming up. This one is okay. Tea in the Sahara This song was a nap Murder by numbers This album was murdered by the number of bad songs. +1

I’ve never liked The Police. I don’t hate them and I like a few songs but there’s just something about them that I’ve always put them on meh side. Assumed I wouldn’t like this album but it was better than I thought it would be. The few songs I wasn’t familiar with were ok but nothing special. Synchronicity II (no idea that song was named that) and Wrapped Around Your Finger are solid songs, I guess. Every Breath You Take is a beating but probably because I’ve heard it so many damn times. Creepy lyrics aside, it’s kind of weird hearing a song that’s been all over life since before I can remember just starting up after mostly unheard songs. Can’t say this album made me a fan of The Police, but they didn’t lose any ground with me, either.

Reaaaally not into this

3 stars

fav tracks - Synchronicity I - Every breath you take - Murder by numbers

of course i've heard some of these songs a million times Im not a big Sting fan I do love Andy Summers guitar stuff. And Stewart is a fine percussionist. "Walking In Your Footsteps" is new to me. I like it. i was just young enough to miss the Police as an album listener. I stole their greatest hits from someone's mailbox when i was a kid. I actually listened to it a lot. I was a self taught guitar and bass player, this was a big help. "Mother" is a bit nutty, eh? "Synchronicity II" is one of their best songs. Great melodies. Cool guitar line. The chorus rules. Just the right amount of weirdness. Pretty massive hit streak has begun. Nest up "Every Breath You Take" I cant help but love this song, despite it's ubiquity and Puff Daddy and Sting and Cat's Eye. It's one of the best pop songs ever. "King of Pain" . I remember it from the radio in Hanna City. Little kid. 1983ish. same with "Wrapped Around Your Finger". What a rad descending guitar line. Well, that took me by surprise. I actually liked most of it.

3.5

yeahhhhh i feel like i should have liked it more but like idk man it wasn’t that good

I didn't take much from Synchronicity, The Police have never interested me much and as good as Every Breath You Take is, it stands out so much from everything else on here both in quality but also in style and it feels weird. That track alone earns a 3 though.

A mixed bag. The first couple of tracks are okay, then takes a real downward turn with Oh My God and especially Mother and Miss Gradenko. After that, though, it gets really good - Synchronicity II and Every Breath You Take are superb, King Of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Tea In The Sahara are good, then should have ended the album there. Murder By Numbers (the last track) is a bit too janky for me. 3/5.

Side 2 is all 5 star quality, with weaker tracks on the first side. I can see why some object to "Mother", but it makes me laugh. An album I've enjoyed listening to since it was released 40(!) years ago.

I haven't listened to this or to The Police in general with real earnest for a really long time. I know that this is their best and biggest album, and I get why, but it's certainly not my favorite. Excellent musicianship throughout and really enjoyable to listen to and revisit.

Another suburban family morning…

Adoro the police! Esse álbum tem algumas músicas que gosto de verdade e outras que acho muuuito chatas meu Deus!

i love the police 5/5 for sure i love sting stewart and andy fave band

En medelmåttig platta.

I grew up with a good grip of these songs by way of the greatest hits CD being played during my childhood. I'll happily take any excuse to hear Stewart Copeland play the drums!

The Police are not for me. Cartoon band.

Not one of their best effort regardless of the fact that it contained "Breath" and "Wrapped". Zenyatta Mondatta from 5 years earlier is a better effort by the group.

Essentially Stings first and best solo album buy my least favorite Police album. Yes this album contains some monster hits and an all time classic video but the there some really bad songs as well and it the lost that sound that made the Police great. 3.5 stars but I'll round up since I love King of Pain so much.

It’s not a bad record, but it is a bad Police record. I’m a huge fan of their first 3 records, and even like most of Ghost, but this album goes in a direction that ends up being a Sting sound, not the Police. That’s said, there are a couple of good songs.

There are some songs i really like on this but it doesn't hold together well as an album. Not sure who thought putting Mother and Every Breath on the same album was a good idea.

I like some of the songs a lot. But I don't love the album as a whole. It's fine, some of the songs I'll add to a playlist but I don't see listening to the whole thing again anytime soon.

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

Some truly great 80s pop here. The album doesn’t hold all the way through, and it’s interesting that the hits are later in the album and most on side two of the vinyl. The hits are songs I could listen to anytime, any day. The rest, I’m completely indifferent. Hard not to give this at least a 4, but I’m rating the album as a whole. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

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

Impressive how tight the guitar and drums are and how loose the bass is and it still works.

every breath you take blijft een schijf der schijven

Enjoyable for now, but probably won't return

What an album. So many hits and such great song writing. It's unfortunate this band couldn't remain together because I'm not a big fan of Sting's solo stuff but the group was great.

Hatte nie was mit police am Hut, ist wesentlich interessanter als ich dachte!

This is a curious album, in that the first half is slick but also formulaic and dull. and then it takes off with Synchronicity II, Every breath you take, Wrapped around my finger, before falling away again. The album certainly highlights what good musicians the Police were, but it also feels at times like they were going through the motions and it generally lacks the dynamism of their early LPs.

Another classic that I had never listened to in it's entirety. Add to the list of albums that are great from start to finish.

Classic touchstone of Dad rock (maybe Mom rock actually? I think the Police albums we had on the shelf were hers in any case). I thought I knew what I was in for with this based on knowing only "Every Move You Make" and "King of Pain", so I was impressed with how different most of it was from those, like the A-side was often discordant and evil in a way that was really interesting

A fantastic record and incredible band. They each have such a distinct voice on their instrument and in their writing. As a band the sum is greater than the parts and the sound is so unique to them. Also they have great attention to detail to make sure every song is very much it’s own sonic world. And rhythmically each song has a distinct groove that’s different from anything else. Stewart Copeland may be my number 1 favorite rock drummer. I love the feel, the voice, the tones, and especially the energy. He is has the power to make good songs great with his drums. And even make ok songs great with the drums. The musicianship is extremely high and the music has a wide variety of influences but it never gets in the way of the songwriting. It is cool to hear ambitious rock music played by people with some jazz fusion influences come out in a different way than Steely Dan. Synchronicity 1 is so manic 80’s rock Oh my god - sweet groove. cool out there sax solo stuff. Great bass tone. Mother- Andy summers is such a weirdo a 7/4 blues about an oedipus complex. I can see why sting wanted to go solo haha Mrs Gradenko - love Andy’s guitar solo Synchronicity 2 is a great pop song Every breath you take- such a classic King of pain-great song. cool harmony snuck in at end of verses. I love the drum entrance Wrapped around my finger- Cool vibe on this verse another great chorus. Cool bass motion on the third verse Tea on the Sahara- some more cool textures and tones in this one. Murder by numbers- awesome drum intro. kind of a flubby live type ending they probably planned on fading out.

Really well made album. Every breath you take is honestly such a good song. Mother is one of the most unhinged songs I’ve ever heard. So weird

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

just okay

This album really brought me back, I remember my parents owning this as a cassette and playing it on my TalkBoy. It's an unfortunate album because Synchronicity 1 & 2, Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, and Wrapped Around Your Finger are all amazing tracks but they're surrounded by complete garbage. I'm rating this high based on those tracks but I can totally see how someone else could justify a 1 star review.

It was an overall quite good listen, this album has some nice and interesting songs, but some others aren't that good in songwriting. Overall enjoyable.

Classic Police Some great songs and some massive hits on this album great mix of synth and instruments giving the album this wall of sound feel Amazing harmonies

I think I need to listen to this again, but I also think it’s pretty overrated and underwhelming. Didn’t hate it, but also didn’t love anything on it.

I really enjoyed this not my usual kinda thing but still 5/5

Well this is pretty dull

Corny AF

No good

A great soft rock album with beautiful vocals and a dreamy 80s musicianship. It is filled with groovy beats and catchy hooks. The song "Every Breath You Take" is brilliant and is quite clear why it is the most popular song on this album. It features a moving vocal performance with backing vocals that send shivers down my spine every time I hear the song. The title track is also one of my favourites on this record. It also has one of the most energetic songs with driving drums and synths all backing the powerful vocals. Overall a really solid 80s rock album!

3/3- Driving to school

I usually hate the police, but this album as a whole had a really good flow. Killer atmosphere.

It's wild. Like two separate albums slammed together. Batshit crazy songs to start then the hits. It's good though.

Always loved The Police! Great album.

That mom song is psycho, the rest of the album is so-so

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.

The extreme awfulness of Mother is so atrocious that even the 7 good songs pale under the putrid weight of its detritus. Even the song about the blow up doll in an earlier Police LP seems good in comparison. Only a few old style Police. The ballads and jazzy songs are brilliant, but it's hardly the fun and spikiness of Regatta or Zenyana. A good send off, but surely album filler like Mother is unnecessary? A mostly excellent lp, but the new wave spike is replaced with slick Sting craft including that song about a creepy stalker, you know the one! 3 stats because I can't get over Mother.

Mistik bi albüm, vibe'ını beğendim. Baya bi güzel şarkı var. Çok calm çok profesyonel. Every Breath You Take bu albümdeymiş daha daha güzel. Bayılıyorum buna gerçekten ;_;

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...

So 80s! Love the up-tempo and the great mix of music to lyrics. A few cuts that are well known die to continually being played...

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.

Kannski ætti maður að gera þetta við fleiri af þessum plötum, hlusta bara nógu oft. Fjórða rennslið á þessari sannfærði mig að setja 4 á hana en ekki 3. - Venst vel, ekki besta hittara-samansafnið finnst mér en margt mjög gott.

Some massive hits but not every song on the album was a five star.

I like the Caribbean twist to the otherwise New Wave sound. But wtf was "Mother"??

The second half won me over

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

What a revelation and – for me – a different side of Police. I had mostly listened their Singles on cassette. This album is unexpectedly mystic and Jungian and intellectually wide ranging. The moods and sounds … I enjoyed big ideas like Spiritus Mundi – a universal energy or inspiration for ideas – like a collective unconscious or and or muse. I love the rhyming genius in the tracks. the way the lyrics stack meaning mixed with from: The lilting on “Wrapped around your fingers” its almost astral “Tea in the Sahara” feels new - yet saved playful and prophetic. I love the lyrics cryptic and poetic. Rounding up, rather than murdering by numbers

A perfect album. Well maybe except for one song and it's obvious which one.

Rock

Great. Classic 80s filtered through a reggae-esque sound. Always compelling, always original. However it sometimes can feel disjointed and like a bunch of different ideas, rather than a cohesive listen. A great record.

- not the biggest police fan but enjoying so far - Mother is Beatles-esque? Which is to say, not my fav - I do like King of Pain and Wrapped Around Your Finger - do I like the police? I really came in thinking i didn’t 🤔

I mean, come on. Wore the tape out in junior high when it came out. Did I pre-order? I know this back to front and it never gets old. Just an amazing pop rock album of the time with incredible execution by master musicians. Plus, the hits, though I can't imagine a Millenial or Zoomer going for "Mother" (although it is an acquired taste). You had to be there, I guess. Hah hah.

I’d say it’s a decent record. Only a few songs that really didn’t do anything for me at all dragging it down. Some creative ideas on the songs that do hit though. 6/10

I love Stewart Copeland on Synchronicity I and Murder by Numbers. One of the best drummers IMO

There is a reason why you only know one song from this album...

First time listening. I recognized many more tracks than expected...I guess I've heard "King of Pain" and "Synchronicity II" several times in my youth, not knowing that Sting's group was behind those tracks. The last half of the album backloads this record, "Synchronicity II" to "Tea in the Sahara" are all varying levels of enjoyment of good to excellent. Not to say that Side A doesn't have any merit, I enjoyed "Walking in Your Footsteps" and especially "Mother" for its musical discordance and absurdity of going against what I thought Sting's musicianship was capable of. If black midi made it, not a single zoomer would be complaining. Someone should ask or suggest 'em to cover that track, they did cover "Roxanne" after all!

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.

Ok

It’s fine. Tantric

LP

This is a fun album that takes some strange turns especially in Mother! But I'm a fan and faves here would be King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Murder By Numbers.

Fine. Didn't massively grab me, but nor did it enrage me, even if "Every Breath You Take" has been played the frick out. Fave track - "Mother" for entertaining weirdness. "Murder By Numbers" I quite liked, too...

Nice.

Synchronicity I is a good start to the album. Walking in Your Footsteps is nice. It has a fun jungle vibe and on second listen I paid more attention to the lyrics. Who doesn't like a song about dinosaurs? O My God has a nice jazzy feel, but it's not as strong as some of the other songs on the album. Mother...what the hell did I just listen to? What drugs were they on when they wrote this? It just seems out of place and doesn't fit with the rest of the album. This is the type of "song" that would be on CDs as a hidden track and you would delight in discovering it and laugh at how silly it is. It in no way deserves to be an official track. Miss Gradenko has kind of a catchy chorus, but is easily forgettable. Synchronicity II is a great song and easily one of the best tracks on the album. Every Breathe You Take is obviously the big hit of the album. While it is a great song, I honestly think other tracks on the album are far better. There's something hypnotic to the opening of King of Pain. It immediately draws you in. It is a fantastic song. Wrapped Around Your Finger has such a beautiful and haunting melody. Tea in the Sahara is a nice song, but kind of forgettable. Apparently Murder By Numbers wasn't initially included and was added during the re-release. It seems criminal that this was originally omitted but Mother made the original cut. All in all this album has some really strong tracks, some just ok tracks, and one "what the hell am I listening to" track. It's not perfect, but it is a good album.

Synchronicity II is a keeper. Good album except “Mother.”

This was terrible. I was amazed "Every breathe you take" is in this album and the one star I'm giving it belongs entirely to that song.

Love the police. King of pain, every breath.

Very interesting blend of influences on this album. Post punk, new wave, punk, reggae, world music. Worthwhile listen

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

at first felt like I was in dazed n confused and then like I was on a safari feel like there's a few diff vibes going on but good I like :)

A near-perfect concept album that ultimately fueled The Police's demise (implosion). The most interesting behind-the-scenes factoid from this album is that the "creature noise" during "Synchronicity II" is a significantly processed recording of one of the studio hand's snoring run through a synthesizer! Every original pressing of the physical copy vinyl record also has a slightly different cover. The tri-color images were printed on a long spool of repeating images, where were applied with glue to generic white cardstock dust jackets. Therefore, not every album cover is aligned the same way. It's a big enough umbrella, but it's me that always ends up getting wet...

Three or four. Dinosaur song made me laugh out loud. Not sure if that was serious.

I played this until my cassette tape broke, my favourite Police album. To me they're all awesome tracks - fast forwarding was too much bother in an Escort Mk2. Yeah yeah Every breath is a 'stalkers' song etc, it can be perceived in more than one way, which is why people had it played at their wedding. My favourite song on the album is Synchronicity II, I still remember the video being a cool helicopter shot over a scottish loch with crap dr who effects - cool at the time, but nothing you couldn't knock up with a drone, basic video editing and half an hour nowadays. Anyway, I love every song on this album - and Mother ties in first place nuttiest Police song with Sally (won't you be my girl) both great :D 10/10 for me

Very 80's sounding, average, not bad, not good. While often misunderstood, "Every Breath You Take" is the best song on this album. The Police are a band I have heard of but am largely unfamiliar with their discography. I'm interested in checking them out more.

Loved this, bit freud-y in one song though

Really surprised by how much I enjoyed this album.

Instantly recognizable as the police with their iconic sound. Some hits, some misses.

Knew The Police coming into this, but I was really unaware of most of their music. Though I liked the band, I never felt the pull to go and listen to an album in full, and man, can they put together an album. 'Synchronicity I' starts the album off on a really strong, high-energy note. The entire album goes from rocking, to mellow, back to rocking with a kind of ease that seems hard to achieve, but The Police managed to do it. It's cool, it's smooth, it's fun. What more is there to say? Besides, or course, that 'Mother' is pretty freaking weird.

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.

A classic album full of classic sounds. I had forgotten the zany pleasure of "Mother"

Decent

favorite tracks - synchronicity I, miss gradenko, synchronicity II, king of pain, wrapped around your finger least favorite tracks - mother, tea in the sahara

This album honestly has no skips except for one track

It was alright. "Mother" was definitely a moment. Excepted a bit more from the Police to be honest

I've never listened to much from The Police besides their big hits. Fun new wave-y stuff! Definitely a ton of variety on this album, some kinda weird experimental leaning tracks right next to classic pop tunes. I definitely dig it, I'll need to listen to this (and their other albums!) some more.

Absolutely amazing album from legendary band.

All around good, I think a couple songs were a miss though

Excellent snapshot of the peak 80's. Sting is Sting at his melodic best, with the Police providing the driving force, maybe it was all that Tantric sex freeing his mind from the base desires. Not on my regular rotation but nice for a listen

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

Not as good as their first two albums

Very nice album. May visit again some time.

Mostly too raucous for me.

Almost horrifically boring but not quite. Great background music so I'll give it three. I also quite enjoyed Tea in the Sahara and Murder by Numbers, in addition to the classic Every Breath You Take.

Great

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.

A clusterfuck of some true bangers and the worst songs you've ever heard in your life. Synchronicity I & II are great fun, probably the best two songs on the album. There's also "Every Breath You Take", which is also fantastic but I can't take it seriously anymore. "Mother" definitely exists. It somehow manages to be the stupidest song on an album with a song dedicated to dinosaurs. "Hey, mighty brontosaurus, don't you have a lesson for us?" is an actual lyric on this album that they wanted you to take seriously. Sounds like some Blue's Clues shit. Sting was 32 years old when he wrote that.

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 enjoy The Police every now and then. By then end of the album, I was a bit sick of the vocals though. Not enough to hate it but I can only handle so much Sting. Still a good listen though.

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.

Uuuh, Mother was pretty jarring. The rest was the Police. I like the Police.

Very average first half but killer second.

Yeah this sounds like The Police

Hey this Sting sure knows his stuff Not my favorite Police tracks but I like what they do so I’ll give it a pass

Old, but gold

The drumming is immediately great. There's Jazz, Reggae, and some seriously spanky New Wave (O My God could be an ABC/New Order/Depeche Mode track), and even some proggy stuff - Synchronicity II in particular could almost be a Yes track. And Sting is very, very good on this. Tone is nuanced, groove is funky, lines are inventive. The songs feel very distinctly their own to me, like they've really nailed the subtleties of the sound they're trying to create in each case. And I think this elevates most of the songs to great status, where they could otherwise be average. There's really very little to the essence of "Walking in your footsteps", but I thought the whole song was kinda brilliant because of what was going on peripherally. Ultimately at the centre of everything is the drumming, which is as inventive as it is proficient

I have few thoughts about this album. First of all, how out of place "Every Breath You Take" sounds on this album. The whole record is so lively and upbeat, with characteristic Sting's vocal and funky/rock guitars, and bringing fresh approach to popular music. And then we have their most popular (also terribly overplayed in the radio) song, which sounds like it was on this album by an accident. Second of all, is Sting a great singer? Of course! But, like it's a case for few more singers, listening to a whole album with his voice in a row is a certain type of torture. He changes the way he sings for "Every breath you Take", but all the rest is exactly the same, doesn't matter how much the melody changes. Pretty hard stuff. Overall, it's a nice album, I like both parts of synchronicity, but I won't be going back to this record often.

Enn önnur platan sem ég kann hvert einasta hljóð á utanað. Mér finnst hún enn stórkostleg, eftir öll þessi ár. Sísta lagið er það sem öll þekkja. Ef 11 ára ég var með eitthvað á hreinu, þá var það hvaða tónlist mér þætti geggjuð!

Hitazos y rollazos

This album is a mix of really good songs and utterly mediocre ones. Thus, it will balance out to a 3.

Tyckte inte alls om låten om dinosaurierna (ps någon framför mig på flygplanet kollar på Jurassic Park)

Swag

The first side is a bit wank (read: experimental) but the record really picks up from “Synchronicity Ⅱ“ onwards. Really a toss up between this being a 3 or 4 but personal enjoyment pushes it over the edge

Chandler Sting

Different than what I expected the album to sound like, not all the songs are similar to every breath you take and they all have a unique character

Having heard Every Breath You Take, probably a million times (don't know why people love it tbh) I expected the rest of the album to sound very similar. I was pleasantly surprised, but also mildly confused that this wasn't the case. In spite of all this, The Police did a decent job of melding a number of different styles, tempos and genres throughout. Best: Synchronicity II Worst: Every Breath You Take

Not bad for mainstream 80s music and but I've personally never been a fan of the Police. I'll give it 4 stars because most songs are either hits or decent (except for "Mother" - that was awful!)

I have listened to this album before. It’s probably not something I’d listen to regularly, but every now and then it’s great.

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

I want to like this more, but I've heard the songs so many times they've become background noise.

This was surprisingly hit or miss for me. The hits were awesome - some of the best tunes that The Police would produce. But some of the others? Mother? Walking in your footsteps? WTF? While I’m generally a fan of Dino Pop, this didn’t hold a candle to Laurie Berkner Bands “We are the dinosaurs”. 5/5 for hits, 2/5 for filler. Rounding up to 4:5.

They have the weirdest song named Mother. So bad, turns a 5-star wonder of an album to a 4-star wonder of an album!

70/112

The second half seemed to have songs that I recognized more, those being really good compared to a pretty meh first half of the album

Not bad, but definitely could have gone without that mother track

Solid

I do lot recall the last time I listened to this album. What a swan song (album) for such a great and influential band. It is a great listen and every song gets your attention. Also takes me back!

When my wife and I were first married, we were taking a winter road trip across the state (over the Rockies) in a '97 Geo Tracker. We stopped at a large chain retail store and bought a bunch of self-stick insulation tape for the doors to help keep the wind out, and two CDs to listen to. This was one of them, and even though that was one of the most harrowing road trips we ever took, I find perpetual comfort in the fact that every time I listen to this album, I can still feel my wife desperately clinging to my arm as we came down Vail pass with lunatics and psychopaths zipping past us. At the same time, the snow whirled around us so thickly, visibility was only about 10 feet. Good times.

Good shit

Great songs!

A few good songs

I love the early Police

Solid and entertaining album

For me, these guys have a double album’s worth of incredible music if you put it all together. I’m not sure any of their original records is an all time great, but even if so, this is not it. One 5* song here, two 4*, one 3*, and some self-indulgent duds.

Super shiny deluxe pop. Take away the four monstrous singles (conveniently all back to back at the start of side 2) and we have a slight affair with in-jokes (Mother, Miss Gradenko), vocals by the drummer etc. etc. But those singles eh? BIG.

The Police was a great band for singles, but as far as LPs went, all of their albums were quite uneven, with filler that didn't age well at all. This one here is no exception, even though it has a few iconic tracks. Now the question is, if because of those singles you had to save *one* album by The Police, which one would you save? Not an easy one to crack out, believe me. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: less than 780, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter (including this one, *maybe*) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter (including this one)

There are a couple unlistenable songs but the rest are five stars

I'm slowly appreciating this band more and more. I used to just think of them as the band who did "Every Breath You Take" and "Roxanne" - both songs I was initially ambivalent to, but the more I listen the more I think they have something real to say. When I first heard "Every Breath You Take" on the radio when I was a kid, I thought it was boring. Later, I thought it was creepy. Now that I realize that it's a critical song about something rather dark and serious, yet it's dressed up like a gentle love song - I think it's brilliant. It's not the only good song on the album though, in fact far from it.

They quit at the height of their powers and left a nearly perfect discography behind them. I say NEARLY perfect, as each Police album has at least one cringey song. It's a weird part of their musical signature that I've come to accept, allowing them that indulgence to get their ya yas out, and not letting it interfere with my enjoyment of the rest of the album. On this album it is of course "Mother." Beyond that, "Synchronicity" is a worthy Swan Song for them, featuring some of their finest work. I can't say it's my personal favorite, but it's probably their most musically varied and refined album. I love their sound and think it is largely due to the space they give each other as a trio. You can hear each instrument so distinctly in a way that you don't get from most other bands. Never simply washes over me. Each player has such a unique playing style of their own, and they are all adding really interesting touches throughout, but not in a showboating or proggy way. It's all in service to the songs. I believe another strength of theirs is that, in so many ways, they are such different people; ages, backgrounds, influences, temperaments, etc. They were able to bring all that together so fluidly, especially here in their later work.

Lots of 80s bangers. I'd say in terms of personal enjoyment it's overall a 3 since the 80s-ness is just so locked into this production, I think its selling the material short. Mother was hilarious, it's like Sting wanted to pretend to be The Talking Heads for a bit. Overall if I put my reviewer hat on, it's at least a 4 so I'll round up to that.

great album. instrumentation was spot on as well as mixing.

Nice

A very interesting album by The Police that's incredibly hit or miss. Both Synchronicity tracks are fantastic, as is King of Pain and of course Every Breath You Take. There's a lot of pretty naff stuff here as well though, from the disturbing Mother to the cringey lounge jazz of Murder by Numbers

Jjjjwkkskdkskss Hood

Mother killed this album

Bra til plankevors

Monday was a nothing day, kinda just rolled around, slept in nice, but much to do.

4.5/5

pretty cool

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

Ah ! C’est le plus tranquille de leurs albums, mais c’est vraiment bien fait. On s’éloigne du rock/punk/reggae et on va vers plus pop, mais avec de la sophistication. Tous les albums de The Police sont bon à leur manière.

Album de la maturité? Intéressant d'entendre l'évolution du groupe. On sent un peu plus d'exploration vers des éléments de musique du monde. Les percussions dans Walking In Your Footsteps m'ont fait penser par moment à certains bouts de Tool. Malgré la présence d'Every Breath You Take (creepy d'ailleurs comme chanson) je ne crois pas que ce soit leur plus grand succès. On aurait pu passer à côté de cet album. C'est correct, mais je préfère l'époque punk rock des débuts.

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

For some reason I've never met anyone who is a die hard fan of this band. Loads of people who like them and their singles but never a die hard for their albums. Maybe it's the smug aura of Sting that's puts people off, but when you've got songs as strong as this you're reminded why they were one of the biggest bands in the world. Best Tracks: Synchronicity II; Every Breath You Take; King of Pain

The first couple of songs were so bad I almost didn’t finish the album. I’m glad I did, lots of songs that I’m familiar with and enjoy.

I feel like a lot of it sounded samey but it had some standout tracks. Favorite: Synchronicity II

Interesting stylistically. Mixed in quality.

EBYT

Enjoyed this.

Was aight!

I dont know, it was fine. I wont listen to it again, but I enjoyed the hour 2.7/5 so I'll go 3/5

Not for me

I've heard Don't stand so Close and Every Breath - and generally thought The Police were a light pop-ska-rock band - interesting but not exactly challenging. Little did I realise they are actually a pretty dynamic band - with a whole range of styles and topics. I really liked this album, i even like/disliked the weirdest song - Mother. I.e., i didn't really love the song, but i loved the ambition and change in style.

vad ska man säga det är the police

One minute in and I can tell I’m not going to make it through this record due to my dislike of Sting, so I’m just going to roast it: They should have just called this record “Cultural Appropriation: The Album” “Hey Mr. Dinosaur, you really couldn’t ask for more”. A grown-ass, 32-year old man wrote those lyrics. Hey everybody! it’s Saturday night…what do you say we get tepidly funky with The Police? “Andy, this is your mother calling…I know you’re busy making misogynistic snake charmer music with your friend Sting, the “tantric sex practitioner”, but it would be nice if you answered the phone every once in a while. Your father’s gout is acting up again and he’s in hospital. Ok? Call me back, please” Ohhhh, Ohhhh, Ohhhh…why won’t Synchronicity II stop?!? If the Police had any sense of humor, the video for “Every Breath You Take” would have been Sting sitting in a tree with binoculars staring into an unsuspecting woman’s bedroom while singing the song. The Peeping Tom national anthem. At least Sting is self aware enough to call himself the King of Pain. The suffering he’s unleashed upon the earth with his music is immeasurable. What kind of Tea we talking about having in the Sahara?…Hemlock?….Sure, sign me up. What’s the statute of limitation on crimes in the UK? I’d like to report a homicide. I just witnessed The Police murdering Jazz. BOOM. ROASTED.

Great Album

The Policen kuuntelu on jäänyt aiemmin lähinnä radiotasolle, mutta sen ansiosta pari kappaletta tälläkin levyllä oli ennestään hyvin tuttuja. Yllätyin kuitenkin positiivisesti itselleni uusista kappaleista, jotka menevät omalla mittarillani helposti ohi ainakin Every Breath You Taken, jota on saanut aiemmin kuulla kyllästymiseen asti. Arvosanaksi mietin heti nelosta tai vitosta, mutta taidan kallistua jälkimmäiseen, koska levystä on vaikea keksiä mitään huonoa sanottavaa. Suosikkikappaleet: Synchronicity I, O My God, Synchronicity II, Murder By Numbers

It’s pretty good, if you can get past Sting’s voice.

Victim of poor quality control and letting the untalented song writing members of the group contribute. There is a LOT of filler - both the Copeland and Summers tracks are B side material at best, and there worrying hints of the faux jazz wankage that Sting strayed into as a solo artist. Points also deducted for suspect and vaguely repellent lyrics - Every Breath You Take is every stalker's theme tune. Bit of a shame really, because when Sting is on form he can definitely knock a tune out. When this is good, it's very good. "Hey Mr. Dinosaur/You really couldn't ask for more/You were God's favourite creature/But you didn't have a future." How prescient.

Un peu bizarre comme album, les chansons sont assez décousues! Je me demande s'il aurait pogné si ça avait été leur 1er album et non le dernier. Ya un contraste entre Mother et Every Breath you take disons! Mon père a l'album en cassette, ça m'a rappelé des souvenirs!

One of my favorite albums of all time. I came to appreciate it long after it’s popularity. I love it more every time I listen to it.

With this album they decided to move themselves along. The singles are strong the other a mixture, many solid a couple naff.

Eh, it's The Police. Never mind having them on but never rocks my world either. Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger are all good, though.

Good, quite Talking Heads-ish. Some enjoyable tracks but not really my scene

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

not my fav by them

Every Breath You Take = 4

Not enough great songs for me to give it a higher score

Did not like it.

As a teenager the Police passed me by. I like a lot of the singles by the screaming girls put me off with their adoration of 3 handsome blonde guys. This it their break up (and 5th) album. Its interesting. Sting can be a twat but he knows a tune (though lyrics can be banal) Love the drummer. I find it a bit lightweight. I have no idea what "Mother's is in the middle. 3

Importante conhecer o contexto dos três hits. E confirma que as versões são mais interessantes que o original.

A few classics. A bit raw, not as smooth as some of their other albums.

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

God damn it’s a good album. I’d like to give it 9/10 but this system uses 5 stars. Every song seems perfectly placed and recorded. Mother is strange but interesting. II is catchy as hell as is the rest of this piece of art

Synchronicity 1: Like the keyboards / a lot going on / bit repetitive 7/10 Walking in your foot steps: Like the bongos / good vocals / background guitar is cool 8/10 O my God: Bass line is funky / less repetitive / simplicity of the drums is nice touch / brass solo was cool 8.5/10 Mother: Was it his mother on the phone? 6/10 Mrs Gradenko: I like the chorus and the rhythm with the singer 7/10 Synchronicity 2: Strong intro / guitar work is cool / very full feeling song / not repetitive / drum crash symbols are awesome My favorite song so far 9/10 Every Breath you take: This says everything you need to know, it's one of their most famous songs for a reason 9/10 King of pain: Very catchy song overall with nice drumming and vocals / intricate guitar work 8/10 Wrapped around your finger: Has a raggae vibe, instrumental is nice and atmospheric 8.5/10 Tea in the Sahara: Repetitive / spacey vibe 7/10 Murder by numbers: Strong intro / interesting concept / catchy Not a strong ending for the album 7.5/10 Overall album: 7.8/10

My first Police album, and their fifth and final. I am familiar a couple of the singles (Every Breath, King Of Pain), I was pleasantly surprised with several others that I haven't heard before. I must commend them for carrying the energy throughout the entire album, while also changing styles on more than one occasion. Great vocals, groovy rhythm section. I'm not surprised this is their most successful LP, but I am curious as to why it was their last.

This was the first full album I’ve listened to by The Police. It was very avant-garde and I loved how they borrowed sounds from a wide variety of cultures and genres. The album seemed to mellow out over its runtime and seems more consistent in the second half. I really enjoyed Stewart Copeland’s drumming. On the surface it seems very simple but there’s so many little things he throws in that is really cool. Murder by Numbers was my favorite song of his. I’m really curious as to what inspired Sting’s lyrics…from 3 story tall brontosauruses to the saftey of Miss Gradenko. All in all, it was a good album. Not necessarily something I’d go out of my way to listen to again but I can see the appeal.

Amazong album and melodies

Tremendous album. Hated that this was the last one

They are way more eclectic than I gave them credit for, but there was plenty to sleep by.

Some tracks are good, but overall it's nothing special to me

Undeniable classic. The Police had many finest hours, fortunately, and this was absolutely one of them. I remember it being somewhat critically underrated at the time, despite several huge hit singles. As always, there are occasional lines of breathtakingly trite lyrics or even completely sophomoric moments - all Sting's fault; but he can be mostly absolved given his creative genius elsewhere on Police records. I always thought they were at their best in their most sonically exotic and mysterious passages, and that's evident on this record in spades. Excruciatingly close to being a masterpiece.

Excellent Some weaknesses but some classics.

naaah

Don't much care for a lot of the songs on the album, but Synchronocity I and II are bangers, through and through, and make the album deserve it's place.

bija ok, rakstiju stipendijas pieteikumu, nevareju baigi nodoties, bet nav ari isti man lidz galam.

Second half of the album, absolute creamer phwoarrrrr

ok

Litski

super.fucking.catchy. you go sting!

has the stalker song and is pretty consistent throughout 3.5

Sometimes you need the right weather to fully appreciate an album. So with the sweltering heat today, I really dug the tropical feel of some of the tracks. There's a few interesting instrumental sounds, it's well produced, has plenty of catchy melodies (with Stings usual excellent vocals) and the lyrics are perfectly fine for a pop/rock album. Side one is good apart from the odd sounding 'Mother', which felt out of place and sounds more like a B-side. Side two is a bit too soporific though and the songs tend to drag. So overall, good but not great.

I have nothing but hate for this band.

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

Pleasantly surprised by this. Not entirely the middle of the road fare I've come to expect from this list. What was "mother" all about? Quite fun.

Definitely an album of two halves for me. First half, the Synchronicity bookends were good, but Mother seemed to derail it for me, WTF?! Second half, much more familiar - when I was starting out playing bass, I'd learn a bunch of Sting's riffs, they were always simplistic but effective.

Pretty good!