Synchronicity

Not really for me. The songs just do not sound interesting to me. Like "Every breath you take" is passable, but barely as a mostly standard pop'ish song, and only because they stick to not trying to be deep or invoke imagery. I'm not exactly a lyric connoisseur, but this shit is so corny. The walking in your footsteps song sounds like edutainment lmao. And the whole synchronicity concept that goes nowhere and feels like skindeep attempt to be like "I know philosophy, but I'm also edgy, but don't worry, the lyrics won't match the ambience or vibe of the rest of the song tihi <3"

I don’t think I like the Police? Just really bored by all these songs. Not my vibe. Walking in your Footsteps is at least half decent but even then I’ll never go back to it. definitely not going back to the album in total.

Did not love this one, I like some Police tracks but this album disappoints.

Police haben ein zwei Songs die mir gefallen, ansonsten leider nicht meins

I've never been a big fan of The Police to begin with, and man this did absolutely nothing to impress me. It's just repetitive, grating, and borderline unlistenable.

Fuck off Sting.

This was absolute shite. There was absolutely nothing synchronised about it whatsoever. Just get like nonsense wailing and people banging instruments Noticeably awful Would turn off it it came on the radio Expected more

Painful Art Rock.

Look, I don't generally like The Police. They've never appealed to me. I don't know what this album is, it's not at all what I expected, although I can't say I had any real expectations. "Mother" doesn't belong on this album. Radical nonsense. It's too way out for me. I hate "Every Breath You Take" because of a traumatic time during the release of P. Diddy's "I'll Be Missing You". I guess that's it. Sorry.

Meh

0.8/please get these mid ass white men out of this list omfg

Ass

Mother? More like oh brother this guy stinks!!!

I loved that sample from "I'll Be Missing You" (rot in hell, Diddy), traced it back to the nearly perfect "I'll Be Watching You," and purchased The Police Greatest Hits on CD, which was the kind of thing you did back when you couldn't otherwise sample (hehe) the music before buying. I listened to that one golden track a couple dozen times and the rest only a time or two because, well it's shit. So I came to this thinking hey, maybe I'll give it another chance. Here's what happened, dear readers: Tracks 1-3: Good lord this is horrific shit. "Hey Mr. Dinosaur You really couldn't ask for more You were God's favorite creature But you didn't have a future" Track 4, "Mother": OK, that was delightfully unhinged. Maybe there's hope. Track 5-6: Nope. Track 7, "Every Breath": Yep, still slaps. Track 8: So they want to be an arena rock band with big anthems, eh? Someone tell that to side one of this album. And yes, Sting, you are the king of pain, poor thing. Being a rich white beautiful entitled British rock star is a bum deal. Thoughts and prayers. Track 9: Midding as 8. Could be fun to sing if you were very drunk, and stupid, and had sun stroke. Track 10: Now we're back to the garbagey shit! Gotta finish like we started. Track 11: Bonus track, perhaps the shittiest of them all! My wife is mad at me b'c I played it in her hearing. Fuck The Police.

Repetitive and boring.

I guess I'm not a fan of the police!

Not great

Ugh. Sting. Annoyingly overrated.

Fucking dogshit

Straight up did not enjoy the first half. I like a lot of individual Police songs but this album is rough for me... I think they are making an attempt to sound exotic? Just not working. Mother is GRATING. I am viscerally repulsed by this. The only saving grace in this album is I'll Be Watching You.

Hell

how horrible on the ears. only got one good song and you know the one. even then, i'd rather only hear it confined to a 30 second commercial i won't be paying attention to.

Just not for me

When this album appeared on the list, I was so horror-struck that I gave up on the 1001 albums challenge for nearly four months. I couldn't face listening to Sting's whiney voice and the band's fake music. I listened to it today though, and I have to say, I was quite right. It's utter twaddle.

This album is what happens if you put kid on ritalin in a Guitar Center. Track 4 gave me PTSD.

Not a fan of the police

These guys are pedophiles

The pretentiousness of Sting oozes out of this record. And if I ever Every Breath You Take again it might be my last breath.

Horrific

Never knew how much I didn’t like the Police until now. Go figure. ‘Every Breath You Take’ is a banger.

🎶it’s dogshit pure and simple.🎶

Hate the police hate sting sorry Stewart Copeland

Nothing necessarily awful about this track list, but my interest was not maintained. I often felt bored, frustrated or angrily confused at the music. More towards the end I found disjointed and terribly dull.

Shite

Fuck me Sting’s voice is annoying isn’t it? Dreadful

Awfull

The Police are an overrated hits band fronted by a prominent example of why you shouldn’t let the bassist sing. I do not like the white bot reggae vibe on show in this album. The obligatory single hit from this album is probably their worst. Iron Maiden does songs about stalking women so much better. Overall the only nice thing I have to say about this album is at least it’s not Regatta de Blanc.

Say 'synchronicity' again. Say 'synchronicity' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say ‘synchronicity’ one more Goddamn time! Not gonna lie: I like Every Breath You Take. It’s like Sting decided he could actually sing for one song, or at least it’s a song that leans into his vocal abilities. Hopefully this is the last album on this list from The Police.

1. zynchronicity - 0 2. footztepz - 1 3. god - 1 4. mother - 0 5. gradenko- 0 6. zynchronic 2 - 0 7. breath - 2 8. pain - 1.5 9. finger - 1.5 10. zahara - 1.5 11. murder - 1

It's like a discount Disney soundtrack, so it's not even benefiting from the positives of sounding like that.

Nope. This annoyed me either because of that strange sound or those cringy lyrics or that weird quality of sting‘s voice. Mostly all three.

"Hey, mighty brontosaurus! Don't you have a lesson for us?" This was awful, sorry.

I just don't get the appeal of the Police. Maybe it's because I blame them for all the terrible directions that Rush tried to go in the mid 80's, maybe it's because I still think Sting is just an egotistical jerk. Anyway, Adult contemporary music is a hell of a drug. Just because it won some awards the year it came out, doesn't mean it should be on this list.

Maybe it's just me and my mood, but I couldn't quite sit through this one. Couldn't dig it any less. Overproduced, pretentious, self-important and void of any humor. To make a small point: A harp, a skull and a clock on the cover, those closed eyes... and all in earnest, c'mon. Plus all those teacher-making-art lyrics "Mephistopheles is not your name / But I know what you're up to just the same". Alot of the music is actually really interesting/strong in parts. But it's so distastefully dressed up that I just can't do it. Sorry.

Fuck. The Police.

2 police albums? DNF. I gave the last one 2 and I was too generous. I do not like sting.

ACAB

Um… the Police really suck. I just don’t get it. It’s jazz rock which is done way better by Steely Dan. Sting is a massive douche bag. He’s like the Bono of England. Boo this band.

I'm not a huge fan of The Police, but I can tell you this is not even THE record of theirs you should listen to before you die. In fact, it doesn't appear that their debut, which is arguably their best, isn't even on the list?! They should have stopped at one album with Sting disappearing into tantric obscurity and not becoming some sort of Bono type twat who makes a duet album with Shaggy. The only good thing he did after that first record was play Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen. Despite its title, this album is all over the place. Parts of it sound like some shit attempt at making a Television song, while others sound like post-prog Genesis, yet other parts are just radio-friendly schlock. I didn't expect to rate Boston higher than this, but it's really just that irritating. Also I couldn't help but laugh when I thought I heard "walking in your foodstamps"

I just don't like Sting's voice. The music can be fine. I think there are some quality tracks on this album, but they just ain't for me.

Truly horrible. This is non-binary music.

Odd album. Bits (such as Mother) are reminiscent of The Residents, and it starts off with a bit of a feel of Paul Simon's Gracelands. But, aside from the fact I can't stand Sting's nasal whine, the more standard cod-reggae stalker songs (Every Breath and Wrapped Around) preclude any interest in the rest.

The first couple of tracks sounded speeded up. I thought Spotify was fucked. Mother is a mess. How did that even make it on to a Police album? Every Breath is VERY creepy. A strange inclusion for 1,001 Albums To Listen To.

Fucking horrible

Dad rock 🥱

Don’t start an album with a terrible 12 minute track

This is not for me. i don't like Sting's voice. The reggae tinged tunes are not good. Mother is an abomination so bad it made me laugh put loud.

Not a fan of the police. This album has a frantic tempo that I just can't enjoy.

Lose :( Najbolja pjesma: 1. Every Breath You Take

I'm Mr Sting yes Mr Sting from the Massive House with the Massive drive. So this appears to be the most MOR of The Police stuff, I don't really like any of it. I liked some of their earlier singles, every little thing she does is magic etc., but not these songs or the big single here massively. Is there more than one single on this record because I only recognise the rapey one? Only really got interesting briefly when the demented Mother came on, thought I'd accidentally put Danzig on. I think by the end this is earning the one star dirge rating. I was very happy when it was over. Can't Stand Losing You came on immediately after which reaffirmed my opinion that they were at least good at one time. There are 2 Police albums in the list yet they included this garbage over the record with Roxanne on it??

The singles are fine. But largely I did not like this. The song Mother, is one of the worst I have heard in recent memory. I don't know how this was such a good seller.

Already listened, trash

Just no

Classic album. Probably great but I can't stand Sting.

I did not like this album, I am not sure why not.

Not my favorite. Feels like a poorly constructed Talking Heads album. The two big hits are buried in the middle, odd choice.

This is like the ramblings of a mad man. A former genius who’s gone totally mental but he did some good things some time ago, so everyone just accepts it - we are all idiots. Possibly the most frustrating album I’ve ever listened to. I can’t play a single musical instrument but I feel like I’d be capable of writing a better album than this. I love early police albums. This is totally abhorrent. I’m pretty sure Ed Sheeran has written better albums than this. I’m blown away by how much I can’t stand this 0.1

There are a lot of albums we've heard so far where I could see why it would be enjoyable to someone, but this is the first one that just fucking sucks and I cannot fathom enjoying it. ZERO stars I never want to hear any of these songs again.

I cannot stand the police

How the creator of 1001 albums picks his albums: Trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash, EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. 10/10 album, must listen to before you die.

Corny

I don't like The Police.

Awful. The Police have to be one of the most overrated bands ever. Sting's dreadful whiny faux-reggae voice screeches over every song. Terrible, terrible record.

white gen x male music literally nothing good about this

This album was not for me. It's creative, and each song brings something different, but none of it captured me. While each song was different, within the song they were flat and repetitive. No favorite song from this one.

Shite

Shite

Horrible except every breath you take

Nope

BL: Aware of The Police but never listened to them too much. I know my parents both love them, so I’ll see how it is. AL: yeah just didn’t like this one in the slightest. I liked “wrapped around your finger”, but other than that it was all very samey, the synths just don’t work for me. It’s all very contrite and mehhhhhhh the whole way through. I feel bad for hating on this but I just can’t get into it. FT: “wrapped around your finger” 1/5

The poster child for the salvation army dollar record bin. Any positives this album might have had, were instantly erased with that painful attempt at reggae. 1 bee sting out of 5 🐝

Awful

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.

Reaaaally not into this

Corny AF

No good

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.

Jjjjwkkskdkskss Hood

Did not like it.

I have nothing but hate for this band.

Mother is the worst song I have ever heard so congratulations on that the police. This album is incredibly repetitive. Draining. Gets better after every breath you take. But fuck you sting and the police

Instruments compete for space and occasionally falls into a cacophony. Every Breath You Take is just disturbing. Not enjoyable

I’d sooner be arrested

Creepy AF.

have on vinyl, honestly not a big fan

Utter bollocks

De do do do de da da da

Mostly utter tosh including some tunes that feel like they're on there as s joke.

I’d sooner be arrested

Fuck the Police

This really sucks. The Police represent a lot of stuff I hate in popular music, and this, their final album, feels like a culmination of all that - the pretentious songwriting, muso navel gazing, shiny songs that glide past each other with a minimum of friction and even less to get excited about.

Just no

I just thought that was terrible.