Reggatta De Blanc

2/10 🗑️ Walking on the Moon 🌖

this was infinitely better than the other police album and still incredibly annoying for most of its run time.

sorry i cannot stand the police I'm 5 songs in and not finishing this

This is the only song I’ve heard on this album. Such a classic. I may have heard it a touch too many times but it’s got such a catchy hook. Reggatta de Blanc itself sounds like a retarded man having sex for the first time. What are these vocals. Good ass instrumental though. Bring on the night just kind of a meh song. Don’t really like stings voice that much. Also not a really huge fan of the sound of the guitar generally. It’s well played i just think I don’t really like the effect. After this point I sorta got bored of the album. It’s not really bad music it’s just boring as fuck. The police always sort of were a band I never really understood why people liked so much. Like they have their real standout bangers like message in a bottle, Roxanne etc that were the big hits but this album is sort of a “eh” aside that. I listened to this again to try and see if I just wasn’t in the right mentality but I just couldn’t get into it and think I actually disliked it more on a second listen. It’s just boring. I don’t think the average person could name a single song on this album besides message in a bottle. No time at all sorta revives the tail end with a nice up tempo sorta classic rock track but the vocals have this weird effect on them that I fucking hate and it also has the classic trope of not knowing how to finish a song so just fading out. I looked back and the song is called no time this time so shows how memorable it is that I got the name wrong 3 seconds after I listened to it. ACAB Includes sting. Have a less gay haircut.

I have heard two songs off this album before I sat down and listened to it. Message in a Bottle and Walking on the Moon. Instrumentally I can't say anything bad about this album, Walking on the Moon is kind of boring if you take away the lyrics. But ironically enough that's the only instance where that rule would apply. Probably every song on this album would be better without vocals and lyrics. How did this make the Police a big band? Did they really just coast off the success of songs like Roxanne and shit? I'm giving this a 2 because each individual member of this band is a great musician but together Regatta de Blanc is fucking boring. On second thought this album should be a 1. It just fucking sucks, one and a half good singles from an album does not salvage it. IN FACT this album does a disservice to the actual musical skills as a band. Andy Summers is a great guitarist, each member of this band INDIVIDUALLY is talented. This album is like getting a bunch of classically trained painters to try and fingerpaint a recreation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the same is true for getting three quirked up white boys to sit around and play reggae. So how the fuck do you end up with a song like "The Bed's Too Big Without You"??? I wrote the majority of this review right after I finished a session at the gym where dogshit like "Deathwish" was my soundtrack to pumping out one of the saddest sets of overhead presses anyone has ever done in their life. Why on earth did the USMC decide to used Panama by Van Halen as part of psychological warfare when this album exists? 'White Reggae' does to the human brain what VX gas does to lungs. Go listen to Sons of Beaches by Australian Crawl instead.

Hyvä että pikkase yläkanttii viimeisimpiä albumeja, nimittäin sen verran paskaa

meh

70’s

I appreciate the Police for their eclectic approach to music. But I didn't really enjoy them. Fine music but not for me.

I can't listen to Sting for 11 songs. I tried. I made it halfway through the 9th song before I gave up. "On Any Other Day" might possibly be one of the worst songs I've ever heard, so that's... something.

Nasal fake reggae. Who listens to this shit?

Just my luck, the one day I miss is Metallica and instead I get this dress. God I hate this band.

I'm pretty sure the only reason this album is on the list is to listen to message in a bottle. The other songs have few redeeming qualities. A lot of the album is white-washed reggae, which seems obvious now, based on the title. Best Songs: Message in a Bottle Worst Songs: Regatta De Blanc, Walking on the Moon, On Any Other Day,

Yuck

Repetitive style, beat. Not very creative.

too 80s for me

Didn't like The Police 40 years ago ... and now I recall why. While Incan't speak for the technical point of view, from an interest perspective, this album is crap. Still don't like The Police.

Nix für mich

Not into the Police at all.

So crap

Stings fejkdialekt irriterar.

Definitely an interesting choice for this list. I wish I liked this album more, as 2-tone and the English Ska movement has some of my favorite sounds in music and I was excited to hear more from The Police. My excitement quickly faded as I heard the most repetitive, bland, derivative music I've ever heard. I could easily find every sound, tone, and melodic progression in other Ska/Reggae music from the 1st and 2nd wave movements that sound much better than they do here. Not a terrible album, but I think it's a bit of a waste when there is much better 2 tone out there like Madness or The Specials. Definitely not something I'd recommend to anyone trying to get into 2-Tone/Ska/Reggae. Also "White Reggae"?! Come the fuck on lmao, just focus on getting the reggae part down first before trying to make it about your Skin color man.

this album listening experience sucked - felt like torture lowkey

Never cared for The Police. Still don't. Pass.

Other than the popular hits (walking on the moon and message in a bottle), I can't say that I enjoyed this album. It felt much of the same the whole way through and I found Sting's voice annoying after a while and someone whining in the background. I really tried to enjoy it but didn't at all. The further down the track list I went the worse it sounded.

I find Sting's fake Jamaican accent very uncomfortable which distracts me from the music I think!

Listened to the first 2 songs. I hate The Police.

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

Not interesting

Going in, my expectation was of rather uninteresting, radio-friendly pop rock, with a chance of quality in the deeper cuts. Turns out, this was a lot more reggae than I'd thought - but combined with uninteresting pop-rock. I guess that's absolutely fine for people who're into both. But to me that sounds like an absolutely horrible taste in music. Unfortunately, I find reggae absolutely aggravating. Mixing it with bad rock music makes the reggae less insufferable, but it's still far, far removed from any positive qualities. 1.5 stars. Rounded down because I wasn't able to finish the majority of tracks.

the cunting prototype for chris martin. stings got to be a nonce right? fucking acts like one.

A rampant appropriation of reggae. A rock-based, generic, new wave album. A minor album from a one hit wonder.