Synchronicity

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Chi

I really liked this one! A lot of great classics, my favorites were Synchronicity 1 & 2

This album feels very... Unsettling. Between the lyrics and the instrumentals, many of the songs pass a somewhat creepy vibe, like something is wrong, and nothing highlights this better than the hit "Every Breath You Take", which is famous for the lyrical work in it. But other tracks like "Mother", "Miss Gradenko", and the curiously swing-themed "Murder By Numbers" also are good examples of it. As for standout tracks, I think the opening "Synchronicity I" is deserving of attention, as well as "King of Pain". This was an interesting listen, and a wonderfully cohesive album under an uncomfortable tone.

I can't get away from Sting, he's everywhere. My favorite song from this album is probably every breath you take but I think I also enjoyed o my god. Sting has such a wide vocal range. I like the guitar riffs.

Wow, this one brings back memories of high school! The big hits stand out, and hold up. I'd say it's great, but not masterpiece level.

New wave. Un megahit. Un 4.

-Slick bass riff in "O My God" -"Mother" comes in strong with a crazy, driving Indian-influenced riff -"Every Breath You Take" is the popular tunes off of this one lol. It's good enough -"Tea In The Sahara" has quite a complex drum beat but it is still kinda boring -Dang "Murder By Numbers" honestly sounds pretty happy but the lyrics are quite dark -Couple great tracks, rest are decent enough tracks. I think the album's best songs are "Mother," "O My God," and "Murder By Numbers"

I always think of The Police as pop 'radio hit' band or ska/reggae but I often forget about the middle east fusion with jazz I really enjoy the two last songs - Tea in the Sahara and Murder by numbers. And as I very much like Every breath you take, in the whole album it suddenly doesn't make sense....

I was very young during the 80s but a lot of the music from this time always sparks up nostalgia. Synchronicity is not one of those albums, but that is not a bad thing. When this album was released I was 3 going on 4 so I think that many of the tracks that may have been big at the time or received airplay would have had their popularity waned in the later years when I became a little older. The only track here that I recognized was Every Breathe You Take. Almost 40 years later for me I can appreciate this album more.

I had forgotten just how good this album is, police at their best imho

Enjoyable with the exception of Mother... don't like that one at all.

The band's final and best album, Synchronicity blueprints all the cynicism of the 80s in one artistic statement, focusing on the uniformity driven into us by the tendencies of societal conformity, and how though we may all look alike, we are alienated and dissociated from one another, in some dystopian world where God isn't dead--He's sadistic. And where you have to yell over your Rice Krispies if you expect anyone to pay attention to your bogus suicide attempts.

When this album was released, I dismissed it because I was "Policed-out" and lost interest in the band and wasn't interested too much in the songs or the music videos that accompanied the record. I saw the band during this tour and was impressed how well the songs translated live and they were still at the top of their game as a live band. Reflecting back and listening now, I realize Synchronicity is a solid record (I still prefer their first two albums the most) and it was an appropriate "swansong" for their final album. Sting went on to...yeah, you know what happens...

4.5

While I technically did not listen to this, I pretty much know this album back to front, having owned it on cassette and having played it to death when I was much younger. It's a funny little album - it sounds very different from what went before and it leans a little more world music. The lyrics too were pretty out there - I always remember that one song that finishes up with a shadow on the door of a cottage on a Scottish loch and it's about pollution ... or environmental damage... or maybe I just completely didn't get it. I love the title track, Tea in the Sahara and there's another song about some stalkery dude that's pretty good as well.

A production masterpiece that was also a nightmare to complete. This was effectively a swan song for the tumultuous three known as The Police. Egos at odds, but bright ideas brimming at the seems. Pressure truly can make a diamond (see: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours). Is this the Police's Rumours? It certainly feels that way.

Not my favorite, but still solid. A classic

New wave. Un megahit. Un 4.

meenage

Well this album certainly has some of The Police's best and best known songs. The hits are some of the classics from the era. The early part of the album has some strangely dissonant songs that are no where of the quality of the second half particularly the song Mother which sounds like it could be from a Birthday Party album. It sounds soooo out of place on this album that I had to vheck that Tidal hadn't started a random play. The hits are impressive the rest... not so much. 4 🌟

rimelig klasse

Really liked this album. Mother is weird and like Birthday Party. I actually thought the singles stood out as not fitting with the rest

Never really dug into The Police properly before even though I've liked the hits I've heard. This is way weirder than I expected, mostly in a good way. Production is tight and I like the spacy atmosphere. "Mother" is awesomely strange and theatrical. "Every Breath You Take" has always been an earworm. "Synchronicity II" bangs.

The proggiest Police album, with a lot of similarities to 80s-era Rush, plus it has a song about dinosaurs. Has some cool and weird deep cuts, like Walking in Your Footsteps, O My God, and Mother. The title tracks are bangers. Still not into Every Breath You Take though. Boring song.

Muy bueno

What a weird side a of a record. I feel like it doesn't really hit that classic Police sound until Synchronicity II. This isn't a bad thing. You can tell they're branching out their sound which is commendable, if not always...enjoyable. Haven't listened to this album since I was a kid spinning my dad's album on the basement stereo, so this album evokes that nostalgia in me, which is great and probably skews my rating of this album up, but oh well. 4 stars!

A couple duds (especially Mother) but overall it was pretty enjoyable! The title tracks are especially good.

Solid. Sting is from my neck of the woods so may be a little bias. “Every Breath You Take” is a classic and made all the more impressive that it was written in minutes!

Great album, some of the slower stuff is bleh

Good album by the Police, just the song ‘Mother’ was weird and unnecessary for me. Favourite songs: - Every breath you take - Murder by numbers

Listened to the remastered 2003; liked the familiar classics and title song

A really good album. There's a lot of big hits to be found here and frankly I feel they all deserved to be. Mother is a weird song, but I don't hate it. It just doesn't fit and should've been scrapped. I don't think it's quite 5 star level but it is definitely a good listen.

Sparse, urgent tracks propelled along by Copeland’s inspired drumming and Sting’s excellent bass, this doesn’t sound like a band on the verge of breaking up but a band in - well, synchronicity? There’s a compelling groove and mood throughout and, the awful ‘Mother’ aside, a satisfying cohesiveness to these slightly odd and discombobulated narratives. A genuine eighties classic still sounding good today.

Nice

4/5

Premiere moitié insane, deuxieme moitié plus pop friendly. Perd un peu en intensité mais IL Y A LA CHANSON DU STALKER

What an utterly strange album. When a band has more than one major mainstream hit I tend to assume that their work is pretty conventional across the board. Well, in this case, I stand corrected. This is actually a very bizarre album, particularly the track "Mother". I can't call it my favorite track but it was certainly the most memorable. Fave track? The obvious choice would be I'll Be Watching You but I actually think it's the opening track, Synchronicity I.

The Police sure knew where to end it with this classic record. Filling it to the brim with fun bops around every corner. Not all of it lands for me, but it's still a great listen. Favorites: "Synchronicity II", "King Of Pain", "Murder By Numbers"

All of the hits are in the second half of the album. It was a fun listen.

The album itself is almost a greatest hits package. I haven't listened to Synchronicity top to bottom in ages and as a whole it plays much better than each track individually.

No matter how many times I listen to ‘Mother’ it just sounds out of place in comparison to the rest of ‘Synchronicity’, which is a great, if somewhat ponderous album overall, and the sound of a band approaching breaking point whilst simultaneously becoming the biggest band in the world.

Surprisingly good

Good. Tantric.

Very cool🦟

Every Breath you take!

Includes their all-time greatest hit, but lots of other greats too. I especially liked "Walking in Your Footsteps" and "Synchronicity II"

They's good

Cuando los 80s no apestaban tanto

I enjoyed many of the other tracks more than the hit "every breath you take".

No real complaints. In synchronicity

Knew I loved this band but was not familiar with any of their non-radio hits. 4.5/5

Really awesome. Makes me want to hear more of the Police!

Is it weird that I can hear elements of Spyro in this album? Just goes to show how much of a musical genius Steward Copeland is!

I really like this. The big hits are clearly brilliant (king of pain being my fav), but the other album tracks are top drawer too. Not as much reggae as I expected. Synchronicity I was great. Mother is nuts

Killer singles. Album cuts just ok.

WTF is Mother? Good overall.

This is a pop album?? Complex, challenging and very different from the big single Every Breath You Take.

Awesome album but Mother drags the whole album down 1 star

There's probably a reason why the best The Police album is one of their Best Of - as they produce some stunning pop tunes, and some dirge as this album shows. 2nd half of this album 5/5, 1st half 3/5

8/10

Still manages to sound tremendously modern to my ears all these decades on. Despite a few missteps (that inexplicable fade-in on Oh My God) it's about as good as The Police get.

One of my favorite 80s albums for sure.

A really good album covering many styles and genres. It feels like it's sitting on the cusp between punk, prog, pop, rock and reggae. Throw in a bit of jazz influence too. Side two has the hits and the album fizzles out a bit at the end but overall a really solid entry.

I love the space-rock energy of this album. The singles aren't the strongest tracks in my opinion, but the instrumentals on here are pretty great.

Love this album Small pocket of songs in the first half are a bit boring but the rest of the album more than makes up for it

I love the Police, but always find this album incredibly strange. First half is pretty terrible, then all of a sudden Every Breath You Take enters and it gets good.

Fun—lots of funky and dark imagery here, which is not what I had associated with The Police. Murder by Numbers, King of Pain—definitely dark undertone that reinforce my notion that Every Breath You Take is about a stalker. Fun also to see Sting on “Only Murders in the Building” and wondering if there are any jokes related to this album

Every breath you take - единственная песня на слуху, которая отзывается.

Simply great. I will definitelly come back to this album in the future. Mother is the single track that didn't grab me immediatelly because of how different it is but I'll probably like it more with consecutive listening. Everything else on this album is just consistently good.

Got better with each song I played

The beginning and ending of this album is not good at all but the middle is unbelievable. Sometimes it's hard to tell if you like a song or you're just familiar with it, but the 4 songs I knew (Synchronicity II, Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger) are enough to make this a great album. I also liked Miss Gradenko which I don't think I've heard before.

A classic rock great album! I've loved these guys for years so this is not new to me, but even the less popular songs on this one are solid - if a little quirky. Is it "great" all the way through? I don't think so, but it's definitely very good all the way through with a handful of outstanding songs.

4 maybe purely on the strength of every breath you take. Strange to have an album where all the main singles are on the second half.

Most of this record still holds up, but there just a couple duds in my ears. Sting's voice is still one of the greatest ever.

I hadn't remembered that there were all those classic bass lines... great album of my youth.

Though it has some less melodic and more interesting pieces... and there is probably a whole star removed for Mother being here... the album is still great to revisit with multiple exceptional songs... in addition to the bigger hits, I really enjoy Murder by Numbers.

Really like this album. Uplifting, interesting

One of the great albums of the 80's. Timeless, it doesn't age. Great work by the 3 members. King of Pain, Synchronicity II and Murder by Numbers are outstanding; Wrapped Around Your Finger is in another league altogether.

I'd been burnt out by the Police due to hearing their singles way too many times. But damn this is a good album. Such precise drum, bass and guitar work and Sting's voice soars over everything and elevates it all. Great album.

4

Oh yes The Police

One of my all time favorite albums.

This album was pretty blasé until mother...

i already knew and liked all songs EXCEPT MOTHER wth. they were like lets take a little break then back to normal lolll. quirky kings. synchronicity ii and king of pain and wrapped around your finger are my faves here. love the lyrics. so! its kinda my parents music? like they were huge fans and played their albums a lot. so not something i could have my own connection with. but it does sound great lol..

The first side of this one is, yeah, it's okay. Then the second side hits you over and over again and puts you in a pretty good Police state.

I own this album, but I haven't listened to it in a long time. Some of the more popular tracks have accumulated a little more baggage for me, which keeps this from scoring a 5. I still like this album. I have heard every album from the Police (there are only 5), and Synchronicity is the band at their best. My favorite tracks are "Synchronicity II", "King of Pain", and "Walking in Your Footsteps". The album is oddly dark, but the Police find so many new and different sounds. I would listen to this album again, but if you were in the car with me I would probably skip "Mother" for your sake. I don't think that "Mother" is very far off in it's mood compared to the rest of the odd darkness of this album. ¿Does Andy need some help?

I have never listened to a Police album. I have to say, this is way weirder than I was expecting. Pretty damn good. Would listen again.

Gooder

Really good overall, gets an 8 from me. however Mother is Not Fun to listen to and Tea in the Sahara is just annoying

What a weird and silly album. "Mother" was incredibly disturbing (and they ended it w a gong?), but "Walking in Your Footsteps" was pretty groovy. 8 for me

Very nice album :) I liked the title song in 2 parts, it tied together the album as a unified piece and the change in tone towards more desperation as it progressed was great

7. I liked that one song that talked about dinosaurs and had some christian themes going on. Like, I didn't actually like the song but it was nice to think about dinosaurs

Every Breath You Take" Released: 13 May 1983 "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Released: 8 July 1983 "Synchronicity II" Released: 21 October 1983 "King of Pain" Released: 2 January 1984

One of my favourite bands. This album clearly shows growth in the songwriting of Sting and a more mature production from their other releases. Not the most quintessential Police album but powerful one nevertheless.

Every song on this album was good, some of them pretty great, with one notable exception: "Mother" is God awful.

this is a well put together album. worth it to listen to it all the way through. i thought the songs were upbeat, had compelling lyrics. the police have begun to grow on me

I wore out my vinyl of this back in the day.

Very nice

actually more punk than their famous songs. high 3 / low 4

Excellent. Some of the Police's best singles. 7-8/10

I liked this more than expected. Learned the names of some songs I actually didn't know I knew.

Completely caught off guard by this album which I thoroughly enjoyed. From psychedelic songs like Mother to the classic Every Breath You Take. This is why I appreciate this project. Giving me newfound appreciation for artists that I'm familiar with but never properly listened to.

Only police you can trust

I’ve always enjoyed Sting’s work and his stuff with The Police is great.

It's a great album, one of my favorites. Previously listened during my run-through of the Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums of All-Time!

My first 'Police' album. Like so many others, I've heard 'Every Breath You Take' countless times, but the rest of this album has plenty to offer. The music is such a unique blend of new wave and alt rock. Well worth a listen.

Classic. Have my Dad’s copy on vinyl and it gets love every now and again.

Interesting album, great opener with some other great 4 star songs, overall a good 4 star album

Mostly great

What a beautiful album! Not quite A or S tier for me yet.

This is some excellent pop music. Sting gets some flak for his "world music" touches, but here it comes across as rather innocent. And many of songs just sound good, which goes a long way in the genre. The singles are great songs, but there's something special about the opener that never quite gets realized.

Definitely more of a singles band, but this album is great. Swings about styles nicely!

'Wrapped around your Finger' was my favourite. The others were mosly meh. 3/5

Really underwhelming from such a well regarded band. The only real highlight was Every Breath You Take.

You'll think Sting is such an intellectual when you study the lyrics on this thing, but then you listen to the bonus joint, and he's resorted to spelling his ABCs

Repeat listen

I don't think I'd listen to this album again but I did enjoy it. I had a The Police phase when I was a kid and by that I mean I just liked their hits lol. Not bad and Every Breath You Take is iconic O My God, King of Pain, Murder By Numbers There's a Jojo character named after this!!!

Every breath you take is de enige reden dat dit 3 sterren krijgt. Paar enorme missers ertussen.

low 3 stars. when i first listened to it, the first few tracks stuck out to me the most, but then when i listened to them again they seemed more average then i thought. there was also the big hit on here "Every Breath You Take" but when i listened to it right now i didn't seem to care for it that much. favorite tracks: "Synchronicity I", "O My God", and "Synchronicity II"

Me pareció un buen album, no me voló la cabeza. Every breath you take se diferencia mucho de los otros temas, es muy bueno.

Ooh this one is legendary! Pretty good flow, fun and with some strong singles. I liked this!

very nice, very cute. Liked Reggatta de Blanc more :( omg what is Mother hahaha

Side 1 is 1/5 Side 2 is 4/5 Rounding up to 3/5

Torn between a three and a two on this. Everything before Synchronicity II I didn't like - and I hated Mother - but everything after I think is pretty good. They're talented so I'm leaning towards a 3. Every Breath You Take was my fav song of the album. King Of Pain (my fav first listen) and Synchronicity II were my other highlights

It was okay, very 80s. Had no idea Every Breathe You Take was on this album

Was a very interesting alt rock album. Felt a bit all over the place with the vibes though.

Strong start but not much else other than the one big song. Never really listened to The Police other than what plays at the grocery store and probably wouldn't revisit this. 6/10

I did really want to love this, but when I was finished with it I really had no desire to listen again. I don't think The Police really speak to me, but I definitely appreciate them. It is a cool album and concept with some really great hits, but as a whole just fine for me. Top Songs: Synchronicity I, Walking in Your Footsteps, Every Breath You Take, King of Pain

6/10 Best songs: Murder by Numbers Significantly better than the other album by The Police on this list (Regatta de Blanc), but like, that's not saying much. I find this album perfectly fine. There's really nothing wrong with it, but there's nothing particularly interesting about it either. It's extraordinarily 80s in that new wave way, but what else would you expect from an album on this list??

yknow, i actually like the police. This was a nice album, felt thoughtful

very funny of the police to show they could be good with "mother" then instantly go back to being boring

Found this and real mixed bag. Amazing single and some other good songs but song God awful ones too.

3/5, good sound but nothing special onestly

Meh. Some great songs, some very bad songs. Average to 3 stars.

Groovy though some songs can become annoying with the onslaught of sound. There are some very good standout songs like murder by numbers and every breath you take imo

Couple of bangers (I really like the title track), but more of the same really.

Not my favourite Police album

This was fun. Some hits on here which are great.

I am certain this album was made to later become a jukebox-esque musical. Also some of the tracks suck. Very very 1980s

Side one is so does so many interesting things and moves and shakes and not all the songs are for everyone but there is so many layers and so much depth. A band exploring. Toying with options. Hoping you’ll catch up. Side two is Sting.

I enjoyed the second half of this album far more than the first half. I can't help but here King of Pain as Weird Al's King of Suede which I find far more entertaining. Most of this album is forgettable and doesn't really add anything that reviewing Reggatta de Blanc didn't offer.

More interesting than I feared. Mother is hilarious. I can’t believe I’ve never heard King of Pain before. The creepiness of Every Breath you Take is so much better in the context of the album. Good time had.

Should listen to again, don't remember much.

Nærmer seg prog på tittelsporene. Dypper tærne i experiementell rock / post punk på Mother. (Passer ikke akkurat inn i The Police sitt mye mykere reportoir.) Funker nok likevel best (som album) i soft rock/sophisti pop territoriet den ender opp i på B-siden, selv om de mer energiske tittelsporene er høydepunktet.

I listened to the whole the police discography before this and I gotta say it’s one of the weaker albums everything before every breath you take was underwhelming and after that was good

Some people seem to have a real bee in their bonnet around this one. I thought it was alright yaknow, some great tunes in the midsection, but dragged towards the end. Maybe you needed to be there back in't day to understand why people hate the police, other than ACAB xx

A band that I know! Great band. Some great tunes. Good album.

A strong end saves this album

definitely 2 or 3 tracks I liked more than the rest but I wouldn't say the Police excite me very much. mother sounded 'interesting'

Don’t want to say that this is a one-song album. But it’s close.

Очень неоднозначно. С одной стороны есть и супер известная Every Breath You Take и другие интересные треки, но чет так тяжелоо.. 5.5/10 Every Breath You Take и Wrapped Around Your Finger

every breath you take är bra, resten är lite meh

I can see why people would like it but it's not for me

The hits are hits but the nots are not

This is more of a 3.5/5 out of ten but unfortunately this site only lets you judge art through a set of only five numbers. This aside, this record really has some incredible highs out of songs like the rush of title track, the guitars of King of Pain, and then obsessive, sneaky desperation of Every Breath You Take. That being said, Tea In The Sahara tries to pull some weird ahh deep shit parable for no reason. The production itself is pretty clean, prepped with all of fair amount of musical 80s toys without having to rely too heavily on them. Sting has to be the mvp of this album, nailing the vocals and the bass.

This album reallt was a mixed bag for me. There were some songs I loved like murdered by numbers and synchronicity 1, and some others I really hated like mother. And others I was kinda meh about. 3.5

J'adore Every breath you take, j'ai bien aimé King of pain mais le reste c'est super mid pour moi

Ouais pas mal

It has some really good songs.. It has some really bad songs. Teleported me to the past though.

A sick prog album in the front half and lame sting songs in the back. Suffers from a track listing problem. Sounds like a band about to break up

#77 Weirder than I expected, but still very 80s. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. The second side is way stronger than the first. Highlights: Syncronicity II, Every Breath You Take, Wrapped Around Your Finger.

Ik kan mijn tekst over Regatta de Blanc wel herhalen. Ook op dit album staat met King of Pain één echte uitschieter. Door dit soort nummers had ik hoge verwachtingen. Maar tja, de rest is vooral vergeetbaar. Nou ja, Mother natuurlijk niet. Maar dat levert een dik minpunt op.

Not really my type of music but a few good songs

Great album.

“Every Breath You Take” elevated this album to a 3. There’s some weird stuff on here and lots of the songs feel forced or just trying too hard. EBYT has an effortlessness to it. King of Pain is also solid.

no major complaints

Some all time greats but also a number of filler songs. Can’t rate it too low because of the huge hits, but not an album I would generally listen to end to end.

Honestly, it was fine. I think it's more a product of it's time and a little overrated. Good album, but maybe not great.

7/10 Fav Tracks: Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Murder By Numbers Fav Lyric: Theres a little black spot on the sun today Heard before? --------–- ✅ Saved a new Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? -------–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? ---––– ❌

I enjoyed it more than the other, a couple of bits of great songwriting and some welcome kooky moments, solid 3 for me

A classic. Has way more corny lines than I remembered but still great.

Meh

Pretty chill. A bit samey after some time but still good 7/10

3.5

A lot of classics on here but the rest was meh.

The Police have never excited me. They’ve also never offended me. This band is fine.

Has anyone suggested therapy for sting’s mommy issues? I learned where they got the name miss gradenko in spy kids today King of pain and wrapped around your finger is my favorite so far

Started off much better than expected with the driving opener "Synchronicity I". Part II of that and the radio classic "Every Breath You Take" was decent too. Unfortunately these were the only highlights as the rest of the tracks were either pretty forgettable or even hard to listen to (lowlight "Mother"... why?) All in all, didn't get me interested in The Police's other work. 2.5/5 - okay

Tracks 6-9 are good, Mother sticks out like a sore thumb, the rest are songs, but not the way I like it

It's good when Sting isnt being a creep, unfortunately It keeps happening

Mother

Nicht durchgängig überzeugend, aber ein paar der prägendsten Titel der 80er sind drauf!

Synchronicity I = ASS Synchronicity II = Iconic

Not The Police’s strongest showing. A couple solid songs, but also a couple that were quite strange.

67/100

Has it's highs and lows, not really my favourite genre. But I thought I don't like the police at all and this album really changed my mind.

I have never listened to a Police album in full and I have to say that this wasn’t really what I expected to hear. It’s way more produced and new wave-y than I thought it would be. Not that I expected, like, a garage rock record; I just didn’t anticipate this much polish and studio craft. I have to respect “Mother” as a truly bananas left-turn moment on an otherwise very normal 80s pop record. They are on some Captain Beefheart shit on that one, and it kind of goes? It was more interesting to me than the very careful craftsmanship of the first few songs. I did not know the Police had that in them. Then we’re back to well-mannered new wave, then the Big Hit, and on to the end. Not much here for me to write home about. I enjoyed some of the harmonies and most the bass work, I guess? I think my favorite track was “Miss Gradenko”? The “Synchronicity” songs were fun? I think part of my problem is Sting’s voice. He has an almost constant hooting-and-hollering tone in his singing that can be really jarring.

This was fine I guess.

I didn’t love this as much as Maddi did :(

I think if my biggest hit on my album was my single slow ballad song in an album when the rest of my album was clearly trying to discuss the current state of the world, I’d take a long walk off a short bridge. Synchronicity was an interesting listen. Of course, I like anyone on the planet, have heard “Every Breath You Take”. I wouldn’t have anticipated the album to have so many interesting songs on it. A personal favorite was “King of Pain”, while songs like “Walking in Your Footsteps” brought to mind fears of going extinct much like the dinosaurs (sans a comet, add a nuclear bomb). “Murder by Numbers” was another interesting one. Hardest listen was “Mother” but maybe my enjoyment of it was in the tongue-in-cheek way in which I thought about My Chemical Romance’s “Mama” and how “Mother” walked so it could run. Ultimately a solid album. I had an alright time with it. Sometimes it leaned into simplistic in its lyricisms and somewhat surface level, but it wasn’t a bad listen. 4/1001

Love but also kind of annoying at times.3.5/5

I thought it sounded nice, very Police. 3.4

Ok, I fell asleep while listening to it, SORRY! But I never was super keen on The Police to begin with so I was never expecting to fall in love with this album anyway. I'll Be Watching You is a classic (duh) but nothing else really stuck out too much. I like the nontraditional rhythmics, like the first two songs felt very inspired by African percussion IMO. Otherwise it's kinda like a normal soft rock album, besides Mother. Maybe my rating would be different if I really listened, but I really cannot be bothered.

I was quite curious about this album popping up. And containing the four banger "Synchronisity I", "Every Breath You Take", "King Of Pain" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" it could easily be a four stars album. But the other tracks are more or less filler and "Mother" almost ruins it for me! 3,5

Like the Talking Heads, but generally more turgid and less inventive. “Synchronicity I” is a fabulous kick in the face, and it made me really optimistic for the rest of the album, but “Walking In Your Footsteps” really kills the momentum. “O My G-d” is a really nice number, and kinda brings the vibe back, but then you have a double punch of just okay artsy experiments that, while I don’t dislike, certainly do not impress in any way shape or form. “Synchronicity II” brings it back, and is an incredible song. In fact it’s the best song on the A-side. And even better - opening up the B-side is “Every Step You Take,” which is THE song!! A melancholic, jilted, obsessive, incredible classic of a rock song, and the best song The Police have to offer by a long shot. “King of Pain” is up there too, with a great hook and really great verses (the repeated backing vocals of “that’s my soul up there” are really effective in the song’s execution in my opinion), with a great vocal performance from Sting. As the album winds down, there’s some forgettability in some of the songs, especially the incredibly unimpressive closer, but overall it’s fine. I enjoyed this album mostly, even if it had a couple of unabashedly bad moments. 7.1/10

I like it except that one weird song. Alright.

Had some weirder stuff on there than I was expecting. A rip off of a devo song, maybe not a rip off but they ape a few genres on this, it's like they wanted to try everyone's style. It's a weird listen but I bet it fit right in at the time. (mother). The rest of the album is much better. Strong finish.

Has a triple through from Every Breath you Take, but, has Mother, so... High 3s.

Enjoyed this less than Regatta, which I gave a three. Not bad enough for a two, so into the middle bucket you go. Get lost in the muck and the mire.

Niet hun beste

Definitely an album of two halves; Side One is quite experimental, but honestly I just did not get along with it at all. Most of it was pretty awful to listen to and although I appreciated the variety and the ingenuity... just... no. Not like that. Side Two is basically all of the big hit singles. The music on this side is arguably a bit bland, but it's also pretty good? Definitely enjoyed it more than Side One. The vocals are decent throughout (besides on "Mother" where it's all just a bit weird). Instrumentation is good, and fairly varied. Balancing out at a 3.

POLISの最後の最後のスタジオアルバム 当時は聴いてませんでした。 今聴くとソングライティングもアレンジも演奏もおしなべて高品質。 Synchronicity II のPVは今見るととても微笑ましいですが、最もロックな感じのこの曲もとても抑制が効いていて細かい所にも目が行き届いていると感じます。 Synchronicity II 以降のEvery Breath You Take、King of Pain 、Wrapped Around Your Finger、Tea in the Sahara、それから当時アルバムには収められなかったMurder by Numbersはどれも聴く価値のある曲だと思います。 Murder by Numbersは比較的わかりやすくテンションコードを響かせて大人っぽい雰囲気を出していますが、むしろその前のTea in the Saharaの方がアレンジ的にはヤバい位に削ぎ落とした音数とメロディとリズムの組み合わせで作り手としての底知れなさを感じます。 もちろんフックが強力で今となってはエバーグリーンミュージックと言ってよいEvery Breath You Takeは何度聴いても飽きることがない名曲。 でもこのアルバムが最高傑作かというと、どうでしょう？ 他のアルバムにも結構魅力的な曲が入ってるし、各自のソロアルバムも聴きどころは多いからね。

Not their best - envisage myself doing the rumba in a suit to most of these tracks

Meh. It was ok.

Weak 3. Wasn’t that special to me

I wish I could do half star ratings. Police is classic, great tunes, but a bit too ancient for me to rate any higher

Really strangely enjoyable. Take Mother far away though. I've always thought that The Police were quite an acquired taste and that hasn't changed

Don’t want to say that this is a one-song album. But it’s close.

Ok. Rarely would choose this.

Few good ones, but what were they thinking with mother

It's a police album alright. I liked how it was more diverse than I expected but still sounded like the Police, some punk, some jazz influences. Overall probably I won't come back to it again. Solid 3 stars.

This album was like winding up a toy car. Honestly, have heard from some that The Police had their breakthrough with Synchronicity, but I felt like the highlight started with Synchronicity II and ends with wrapped around your fingers and that's really all you need off this album. Though that highlight segment is quite good, favorite track is King Of Pain.

meh

A very chill album that I could definitely put on in the background. I would consider this a 3.5 because it's very close to a 4.

Every move you make is a classic, but nothing really stuck out to me (and I like The Police). Mother! was certainly comedic.

I'd expected a bit more from this one!

Their last effort before imploding, Synchronicity is about half of a really good album. Side one is by far the weaker of the two sides. The playing is really good, but the side is marred by Sting’s (and Andy Summers’, on the one song he composed and sang for this album) less-than-tuneful wailing on several tracks. It doesn’t really get going until the side closer, Synchronicity II, which is a great song. Side two is pretty strong, though seems short at only four non-extended songs. It opens with “Every Breath You Take”, a pretty great ballad as long as you don’t listen too closely to the creepy stalker-y words. This is followed by “King of Pain” and “Wrapped Around Your Finger “, both great songs. The album then closes with “Tea in the Sahara”, which I find to be a weaker song. In summary, almost greatness, but doesn’t quite get there. For me, not as good as Zenyatta Mondatta, which I hope is on this list. 3.5 stars, rounding down.

Day 311 Inoffensive MOR pop music, pleasant enough Highlights Walking in your footsteps Every breath you take

The Police aren't my favorite bands. Sting's delivery is a little grating for me, and the tepid mix of reggae leaves me uninterested. This album has a lot of their hits though, the radio singles are all fine. The album tracks vary from meh to ugh.

Not a huge Police fan, but still a nice album

Spotify

Wel mooi, zit goed in elkaar etc. Heel strak. Maar dit spreekt me niet erg aan

Nowhere near their best for me personally.

Bit of a mixed bag. Enjoyed Synchronicity, King of Pain and Murder By Numbers. Rest of the album is pretty average (with the exception of Every Breath) but Mother is an absolutely ridiculous song that really has no place on this album.

Some sentimental faves.

Easy listen

Has a couple of their famous tracks, and also some terrible tracks, real mixed album

"Hey mighty brontosaurus Don't you have a lesson for us"😔😔😔😔

it's fine

Well, it's a hit or miss album; Apart from the songs that I listed below as my "favorites", I can hardly recall any songs worth listening to. Easy, laid-back, jazzy songs aside from the bewildering mess that is "Mother". I enjoy me some Sting songs and albums from time to time but this was not it--nope, not my cup of tea at all. A completely forgettable album, no wonder they called it quits soon after. Favorites: Every Breath You Take, Walking In Your Footsteps, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Murder By Numbers

Appreciate it just not for me

After Reggatta De Blanc, I wasn't going into this with high hopes. I think that proved to be the right approach - most of this was right on the edge of underwhelming. I get that they are trying to explore some new spaces here and I appreciate them getting away from the reggae stuff, but it just doesn't really work for me. I will call out "Mother" (the track with the lowest spotify listens) is a very big swing, and I kinda love it for that reason. If they did more of that, I might actually look forward to these albums. By far my standout track on this one, and the only reason this didn't get 2 stars. PS- I retroactively downgraded Reggatta De Blanc because I reread my review and boy did I not like that record (I think I was trying to be deferential to it's influence on later music).

3,8/5

627/1001 2026.06.02 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

carried by 2 songs

It started off real strong, went into an oedipal fit of art rock, and slowed into cheesy 80s essence. I mean, Every Breath You Take is pretty much the staple, a sound so well executed and recognized that it embodies all of the cheese grease of the era. I can understand them being a huge band, but I'm feeling they might've been huge for slightly cringe reasons. Bunch of talented musicians making music for mass appeal. It's a shame, there's a few really good songs and ideas on here, but the bulk of the album is something I reduce to 80s production with a hint of reggae influence. 2.7/5

Okay. Couple of bangers.

Never been a massive fan of the Police, but one of those bands that you know the songs. Mother was very interesting and not what I was expecting. I like the concept but felt it was not delivered well. Overall the album was well structured with a good distribution of notable songs. The 2 big hits were obviously there, but I also enjoyed the 2 Synchronicity versions as well as king of Pain. The album had a strong mid-section. Synchronicity II was probably my standout. 3.5 stars

- beter dan ik onthouden had

опять карибские кражи + что-то очень странное в песне мазер. every breath you take конечно боп и классика, но также сталкерство и не увязывает это всё

not my type. king pf pain esta salvando la verdad

Decent new wave album but too patchy to rate higher. 'Every breath you take' is a classic but feels out of place.

Some songs are difficult to listen to all the way through. Others are fantastic.

Very nice

Partial, Dad, Distant.

Not bad. I sometimes think The Police try to make their music too complicated on the assumption it will sound better. I don't think it does.

They should blow up the dinosaur song on the radio instead of the lolita one I think I'm scared of Sting did he just say "there's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread"? Fav song: every breath you take!!!!!!! (king of pain is a close second)

Esse album é tipo comer um filé de frango no ponto com um molho ao lado, mas antes de se degustar com essa maravilha gastronômica, você tem que comers umas 5 garfadas de brocolis e cenoura. Tem seus bons e ruins, mas não é o melhor do senhorespuliça

Five albums in and the Police remained as snazzy and snappy. One hell of a discography even if it's not life-changing

I really enjoyed certain songs but a good portion of the album didn't stand out to me very much.

its ok i almost fell asleep tho

6/10

muito artístico a forma como o The Police trouxe elementos da época, do rock anos 80. mesmo eu sendo de uma geração mais nova, esses detalhes do álbum do Police são ricos demais para deixar passar. infelizmente, não curti muito das tracks, mas as clássicas são clássicas.

The back half of the album stood out. King of Pain is an underrated track that I have not heard of before.

un disco muy raro. Tiene dos o 3 hits que han sacado las ventas adelante, pero es un disco que no suena tanto a lo más comercial de Police

I had a bit of a Sting & The Police phase once upon a time but I was very much a best of kind of guy. Suffice to say, this is the first studio album I’ve listened to and there was only one (very famous) track here that I knew. I enjoyed the album but perhaps I hoped for more of the big hits.

Very angry album , at least the first few songs. I quite liked most of them except for the mother one I didn't like that hell nah some oedipus bs

Some songs are well known classics and some are better than others. Enjoy the variety and patented Police harmonies.

A bit of a mess of an album, some real wtf is going on here bits. And then one of the best songs (albeit stalkish) of all time. Stewart Copeland really is one of the best tubthumpers. 3.0/5.0 Best Song: Every Breath

Not their best, some pretty cheese songwriting hear, but still solids pop songs.

I enjoyed listen to the Police, this was a fun unique album

Pretty good :)

3/5

Every breath you take is such impostor on this record. I prefer Sting's singing that way over his screeching on other tracks.

Honestly if you heard "Every Breath You Take," it's pretty much all you need to know about this album. This and "Synchronicity" are the only songs worth listening to. The others didn't age well.

Mostly good, but what was with that "Mother" song? Weird stuff.

Synchronicity I Miss Gradenko Synchronicity II Wrapped Around Your Finger Murder by Numbers

Decent. Ei kuitenkaan ihan riitä itellä neljään.

Better than Coldplay

Not my type of music tbh. The forst half was not that good but i strated to pickup in the end a fone album nothing really special

2.5

Lol, you can just sense the seating animosity in this album. It really does lack the faithfulness and enthusiasm of earlier albums.

It was alright. Some nice songs, some wank. Good intro. 2.5 but I'll give it a 3

New Wave rock. 80s. Most successful album. Quite creative but also quite weird. Starting to think New Wave isn't my genre.

My first time listening through Synchronicity, the title track (part 1) instantly reminds me of King Gizz. Very repetitive and fun, but not my cup of tea. Track 2 is really funny (Mr. DINOSAUR LOL), but kind of boring when coming off of Synchronicity. The atom bomb line is potent and makes the title of the song ring much more truthful than the at the start. Track 3 O my God is standard Police fare. Track 4: Mother starts out really cool, and reminds me of Oingo Boingo and Mr. Bungle with it's herky jerky lyric singing as well as the content of the song. Track 5 feels like a departure from track 5 but is still in it's orbit, drifiting closer to O my God and Synchronicity 1. Synchronicity 2 tells a fantastic story but I find kind of flat and regular but I understand its appeal. Every Breath You Take. King of Pain is fun, but standard Police fare. Wrapped Around Your Finger rules. Tea in the Sahara is laid back. Murder by Numbers has got to be my favorite track on the album.

every breath you take

Not memorable

generally liked this. some good jams. except that crazy song Mother. Had to mute my speakers for that one.

I had a feeling an album by the police would eventually appear, and it is not a bad one. Even though it is somewhat a combination of rock and reggae, neither style overshadows one another, and i do kinda appreciate the unique percussion

everything from “synchronicity ii” onwards really carries the album as a whole. also sting, freud called; what the fuck???

6/10: this was my first time listening to an album by The Police and overall, mixed bag. The consensus on this album is that the first half is a bit crap and then the second half great, but I actually really loved the first half of the album with all the mad prog rock bits, but the second half was all a bit slow and samey to me. Best song: Syncronicity I Best moment(s): the bits on side A that reminded me of the all the bands clearly inspired by this stuff like Black Midi

I liked this more than I thought I would. The first half of the album isn't very strong. That may be from the contributions of Summers and Copeland. It may be from the new experimentation that Sting was playing with. Either way this doesn't pick up until Synchronicity II. Synchronicity II Every Breath You Take King Of Pain Wrapped Around Your Finger

So this one was divisive for me. I'd say half I enjoyed, some were meh and I quite disliked a couple. 2.5

I find Sting's reggae-esque voice quite irritating but didn't find this too terrible. Nothing particularly remarkable and an absolute clanger in "mother" which absolutely kills the album. I'm probably at a 2.5 but will round up to 3 as I suppose I would listen to this again at some point.

Te wisselvallig, wel paar bangers zoals murder by numbers

some jams some not

Some good tracks but not a great album for me. Got better as it progressed but the a few of the early tracks we just annoying.

Good fun, even though the songs take forever to end lol

not enuff reggae...

Salvo algunas canciones es un disco muy complejo de seguir

pop hits are hits, others I am not enjoying

Some albums are a 3 because they’re just mid all the way through. Others are 3 because they flip-flop between genius and idiotic. This is the latter. I never listened to a Police album before and came in with middling expectations. I was shocked when the opening track of this album positively blew my hair back. I then immediately crashed back down to earth when I had to listen to a PBS Kids song about respecting the dinosaurs. This essentially sums up my experience with the album as a whole. P.S. everyone on here saying “Mother” shouldn’t have been on the album is insane, that song is an obvious highlight.

Why are these albums so fuckin' weird? This is something inventive, energetic, kind of expansive, and also kind of boring. How'd they pull that off? Each song has something great and something that sucks, and it's stuck squarely in the early 80s. Half the time it sounds like Huey Lewis. The big hits are big. But in the context of the album, they sound like that stuck-in-the-80s thing that they otherwise wouldn't (they'd just be 80s songs). O My God has this great jazzy undertone but it wastes it. Annoying. In contrast, the one track that's fully its own beast is Mother. Which everyone else seems to hate. It's not enough to move the needle, but it's the most interesting sound going here.

This was pretty good, supposedly the best Police album but I think I like the debut more.

the second half hit

had a couple of these songs are still stuck in my head a week later. “Every Breath You Take” is the worst song on this album

Sure, I know The Police's biggest hits, but I've never been a fan. Synchronicity pretty much lived up to what I expected: skillful and stylish playing, one overplayed hit and a couple of other good ones (King of Pain and Synchronicity I and II), one really crappy one (Mother, obviously) and a few decent songs. I might listen to the highlights again, but that's about it. Strong three stars.

Ok c'était chiant

Very experimental, uses sounds and beats i've never really been used to hear :) First few songs are pretty cool, love the what the heck is Mother even about haha. It sounds crazy and like a glimpse inside the mind of a crazy madman. King of Pain had cool vibes but its so sad :( I obviously know Every Breath You take, an iconic yet haunting for me growing up. I did not know Synchronicity were 2 songs/parts. Cool :) As i get into the album, it sounds more and more 80s like, which is super awesome! Wrapped around your finger reminds me of Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac, in a way. The writing was cool, and the imagery and other literary devices/form of speech in the songs, and the music is pretty unique compared to today's cookie cutter pop songs.