Reggatta De Blanc

The singles from The Police's second album are uniformly excellent, and the remaining LP tracks are too bad either. The band members' remarkable chops also bring an additional layer of depth to the songs.

Just liked it

The Police aren't my favourite (ACAB lol) but this isn't like /the worst/ of The Police. Some catchy tunes, some fun riffs, some bops that we all know and love. Maybe this could even convince me that they're pretty good - but it's truly difficult to get over the forced accent isn't it???

Ya know what there's some good stuff in here, Sting is such a ludicrous man now but a bit like early U2 if this was under a different name I think people would think it's a lot cooler than they do

3/5. I’m a big police fan, but I’ve always thought this was their weakest album. Walking on the moon and message in a bottle are great songs, but they can only hold up the track list so much. Some of the jam tracks are good, but I find some are a bit directionless. I love Stewart as a drummer, but his compositions contributions to this album are sub pat in my eyes.

classic

Meh.

I don't like The Police. Or Sting. But this is a good album. 3.9

Bit of a weak finish to knock it down a peg but this is a classic. Stewart Copeland is a GOAT

First track is a deseved classic. 2 is an instrumental I didn't get two. 3 has the charming early Police sound, but not a great song. 4 is very very good. Just captures the best balance of reggae and new wave. The guitars in the verses sound 20/25 years ahead of their time. The super tight choruses on 5 show their amazing ability to play together. Waking on the Moon always amazed me. It's a song that promised- and deliveres. You do feel like walking on the moon when you listen to it. 7 is a bit of a let down. 8 is a nice one. 9 is aswell. 10 is interesting. The piano and strange fast chord changes are different for the record. Maybe not my favorite but interesting. 11. Is a fast and rushed closing track. The energy is there, I have to say. A nice, over nice album. The tracklist is a bit mixed in my opinion But the highs are very very high. High 3

Estaba escribiendo tremendo Review de la policía y se me borró Simplemente esa batería merece todo el reconocimiento posible Voz, guitarra, bajo y batería combinados simplemente están demasiado bien Mis favoritas, Walking on The Moon, The Bed's too Big Without You, Message in a Bottle y creo que por ahí va la cosa, sumamente disfrutable Recomendable y reescuchable al 100% se va a pasar un excelente rato con ellos

My favourite album by the Police. Love the chorus saturated guitar by Andy Summer and the hectic drumming by Stewart Copeland. My favourite track is Bed’s Too Big without you!

For you wipper snappers, this was the Taylor Swift of my generation. I suspect it will hold up about as well. At first, there was a nostalgia appeal, but holy shit I can't believe how bad this music is. I get why it is here, but this listen was painful.

Reggatta de Blanc captures The Police at a particularly exciting moment: accomplished enough to sound distinctive, restless enough to keep experimenting, and not yet so polished that their music loses its edge. Its best songs are remarkable achievements. “Message in a Bottle” is practically perfect pop-rock; “Walking on the Moon” makes rhythmic space feel like an emotional landscape; and “The Bed's Too Big Without You” turns heartbreak into a hypnotic exercise in restraint. Meanwhile, the title track demonstrates just how much the band can accomplish through instrumental interplay alone. The weaker songs prevent the album from reaching the level of a truly flawless classic, but they don't diminish its importance or its considerable pleasures.

Know The Police, love em. Interestingly, you never really hear this album mentioned when discussing Police albums, and now I think I know why. It's got 2 of their best songs on it, Walking on the Moon and Message In A Bottle... and the rest of the album is mostly filler. Kinda disappointing. Glad the rest of their albums are much better than this.

Message in the bottle is an all timer

I love love love this album

SOLID 5 - great writers, musicians, and music! Too many haters on these reviews…. One the best bands of the 80s!

The Police are a great band but there's a hard limit to how long I can stand listening to Sting's weird vocal inflections and that limit is maybe 3 consecutive songs

One of my toxic traits is I LOVE the police. Like LOVE them. Don’t ask me why, I genuinely cannot explain it. And despite being a self hating fan, I can and fully will say that they are a singles band. Their singles slap and they have a lot of good isolated songs but man do their albums suck. And this one is also far from their best. Very far.

Actually don't love The Police

only one good song on this whole album

Although I new the “hits” from this album I ended up enjoying tithe track albums more.

Это потрясающе, стинг гений

Could have been an email

Very good!

Some nice hits, but a bit boring then than that. I think their pop period albums are better than their reggae period

3,5

It kind of sounds like it's trying to take from reggae music which makes me feel a little uncomfy? Message in a Bottle is good...

Cerramos la semana con éste tremendo bandón que fue The Police. Sus primeros discos son una joya y este está en el top. Disco súper arriba, con temas levemente post-punks y muy bailables, está lleno de temazos, más allá de los singles más conocidos. Gracias por éste cierre y nos vemos la semana que viene.

I love the creativity on this album

Stingaling

Some unfortunate lyrics and weaker music make this my least favorite The Police album so far.

Sting et al. are so easy to listen to. Background music or actively listening this fits many occasions. Classic hits. Enjoyable. I see why the Police were so well respected.

Sting's voice just stings my brains in a bad way, so I always disliked The Police and Sting's music. And I still do. I want to send an S.O.S. message in the bottle in hopes it just gets better, and it doesn't. But that's all subjective. Objectively the music is not bad at all, the songs are fun, and my loved one enjoyed the album, so let's not be stingy and give it the three stars it deserves.

Message in a bottle - 5 Reggatta de blanc - 3 It's alright for you - 3 Bring on the night - 3 Deathwish - 3 Walking on the moon - 4 On any other day - 3 The bed's too big without you - 3 Contact - 3 Does everyone stare - 3 No time this time - 3

Not for me! I suppose Message in a Bottle is alright.

Real shit!

Worse than I expected

great

It’s another album where the two singles, which were huge, were the obvious choices. The rest is… ok? Not bad, but certainly not the greatest. And as much as I like the compositions, Sting voice tends to get on my nerves.

The two big singles take me back to being a five year old when they come out, they were constantly on the radio it seemed. I was unfamiliar with the rest of the album however, but enjoyed it. Will probably give it another listen someday soon.

New wave, reggae rock, post-punk.

good, fun, didn’t realize they started making music in the 70s

Fine

might be a 5, need more time with the album

I mean, coming off that ridiculous Coldplay album, I don't hate this man. Is this there best? probably not. They start with message in a bottle, and I think arguably that's the best song on the record. It's the most well put together song on here. There's a lot of really nice grooves and a lot of really nice vocalizations on it. Some great instrumental passages. Something tells me t that the record would've started with the title track being an instrumental intro, but it's nice. I appreciate the variations in tempo and grooves on here. I think it's better than a 3, somewhere around 3.6, I'm going to round up.

New Wave/Pop Rock/Reggae Rock Favorite Songs: Message in a Bottle, Bring on the Night Least Favorite Song: On Any Other Day While there’s a few good select few songs on the album (and two honestly questionable songs), there’s honestly quite a few others that seemed more filler if anything. 6/10.

Niiiice

"You Know, I Actually Used to Be Kind of Cool Once"

Really liked this - torn between a 3 and a 4! Message In A Bottle is a longtime favorite, and I was surprised to find myself liking several other songs on the album. This would be a 7/10, so I guess I'll stick with 3.5/5. Am I overthinking this?? Sending out an SOS!

Meh. Boring

Stewart Copeland!!

Velmi dober

I could argue do we need white reggae? But here it is all the way from the 70s. The album is relentless, the drums, the bass and the guitar seamless and fitting of one another. However there is just something about the vocal that I do not understand. I have never understood the fascination with Sting and I still don’t after listening to this album twice over. Also no matter how tight the music is its variation as with black reggae too is that it blended into almost one track over and over. Look pleasant enough but nothing that is making me want to go back for a third listen so 5.5/10 Best track- ‘walking on the moon’ Worst track- ‘death wish’

The Police - Regatta de Blanc First thing off my chest. The title is a fuck you to lazy journalism and, more to the point, the accusations of 'white reggae' are wide of the mark as "white dub" would be more appropriate. And why the fuck shouldn't any band on earth adopt influences from other production techniques? So a banger of bangers to open. That swirling, repeating guitar arpegio pulls you into the perfect pop single from a time when genuinely inventive and innovative pop good to the charts. The instrumental title track demonstrates perfectly the dub influence the undeniable fact that Copeland is one of the all time great drummers. Bring on the Night is the first of several 'punk' tracks. See also Contact and No Time This Time. All of them alright but...they never really sound 100% convincing. Walking on the Moon is peak in its weirdness. Especially the rarely heard run out. Love that this is what the kids bought before the machine took over the algorithm. And there are some other tracks too. Of which I can live without The Bed's too big Without You and Does Everyone Stare. Best Track - Message in a Bottle just beats the title track for me. Worst Track - Does Everyone Stare 7.5/10

A band that to me, is lesser than the sum of its parts. Stewart Copeland is one of the most singular drummers around, and has made some of the best video game soundtracks of all time. Andy Summers is an underappreciated great, with a distinctive tone, who's also done some great work with Robert Fripp. Sting is, well Sting. I don't care for his solo stuff, but his rhythmic basslines really fill out the sound well here. But a lot of the time, the songs just aren't interesting here! Besides Walking on the Moon, the B-side is just completely filler, some outright bad. But the album can't be bad if it's got Message in a Bottle, the title track, and Walking on the Moon. The Police are certainly a band I care more for the singles of.

4.3

La obra que definió la identidad sónica del trío británico y un hito indiscutible de la transición del punk hacia la new wave que ha envejecido bien como una lección magistral de espacio, virtuosismo rítmico e ingenio melódico. En el plano de diseño formal, la producción de Nigel Gray junto a la banda alcanza una claridad acústica sobresaliente: al prescindir del relleno sonoro, la mezcla otorga un protagonismo diáfano al rebote sincopado de Stewart Copeland en el hi-hat, a los acordes suspendidos en delay y modulación de Andy Summers, y a las líneas de bajo pulsantes y espaciadas de Sting, haciendo que el silencio mismo funcione como un instrumento articulador. La interacción del ensamble irradia una fuerza y calidez que transmiten autenticidad absoluta, dotando a la banda de una autoridad superior al amalgamar las síncopas del reggae-dub con la urgencia del rock contemporáneo sin caer en la imitación vacía. Obras esenciales como la icónica propulsión de "Message in a Bottle", la ingravidez casi metafísica de "Walking on the Moon", la maestría instrumental del tema homónimo "Reggatta de Blanc" y la intimidad melancólica de "The Bed's Too Big Without You" dan forma a un documento conmovedor, crudo y real que opera como un sutil llamado a la conciencia sobre el aislamiento del individuo moderno, la desconexión urbana y la búsqueda compartida de sentido. Por su compás elástico y su cadencia bailable, el disco mantiene una constante sensación de paz y fluidez apta para múltiples usos, brillando como un combustible rítmico inmejorable para el ejercicio, la conducción despierta o para desatar el foco en el trabajo creativo.

Loved this album. New police fan

An 80s staple!

Message in a bottle is an alltimer, not feeling the rest of the album though.

The most fucking hit and miss thing I´ve ever heard

meh

7/10 The Police make some great songs, but my only real experience with their albums was reviewing Synchronicity, which I found patchy at best and largely uninspiring. Working back from that, their final record, to their second, let’s see if it brings me any more joy. Kicking off with a stone cold classic like Message In A Bottle is certainly setting the bar high. It’s great to hear it again, and on a close listen it’s a very atmospheric, varied and interesting track, as well as having some outstanding hooks. As I say, it’s a high bar to set, but they set about the task pretty well for the most part. The absolute standout element of this record is the rhythmical composition and performances. Stuart Copeland obviously provides the core for the grooves, and his drumming performances are exceptional throughout. He has a deftness of touch to his playing and an ability to play exactly the right level of complexity and pace for a particular track without ever going overboard. Yes, he throws in flourishes here and there, but they pretty much always serve the song, rather than just being flashy for the sake of it. Sting and Andy Summers also play their part too, and the blend of staccato hooks and punchy bass lines tie up brilliantly with Copelands drumming to create a range of exceptionally engaging grooves. At its best, this album hits remarkable highs. After the opener, things get a bit weak for a while, but from Deathwish onward, I think every track is very good, peaking with the remarkable The Bed's Too Big Without You. It’s a stunning piece of work and worth the price of entry for this album all on its own. Unfortunately I did feel that tracks two to four really let the album down, most notably Reggatta De Blanc, which doubles down on the slightly iffy cod Jamaican accent that Sting slips into here and there with some bizarre cliched Mexican nonsense. It’s incredibly odd and, frankly, a bit shit. Once they recover from that three track dalliance with disaster and mediocrity, they deliver some really good stuff. It’s certainly done the trick to get me more interested in digging in to some of their other stuff in hope of unearthing another The Bed's Too Big Without You. Message In A Bottle - I mean, it’s a classic, isn’t it? The rhythms and grooves are great, but it’s got a brilliant atmosphere to it too. The hook of the guitar and bass line combo through the verses is so, so good and then we get a hook of a very different flavour during the chorus. There’s so much snap and drive in all of the right places, but they leave excellent space in the songwriting too, so it’s very well balanced. Probably the only complaint could be old Gordon drifting a bit too far into the cod Jamaican accent here and there, but it’s not too distracting. What an opener. Reggatta De Blanc - The intro to this is great. Excellent drumming, nice atmospheric guitar work and a cool bass line. But what on earth is the “arriba” stuff about? Not satisfied with culturally appropriating reggae, they had to throw in some Speedy Gonzales level Mexican cliches? After that, we get some decent grooves with a bit of drive and some reasonably atmospheric production, but it all just goes nowhere. This sounds like an idea for a song that they never finished, which is weird enough, but to then name the whole album after it? Yeesh. It's Alright For You - This is an improvement on the last track, but it’s still a pretty basic piece of song writing that centres around some pretty cliched riffs and classic rock vocal styling that feels unoriginal and uninspired. They do create some decent grooves here and there and it’s not overwhelmingly bad, just quite beige. Bring On The Night - Now we’re starting to get back into the swing of things. The rhythms start to shine again, and the arpeggiated guitar lines over the shuffling beat are very cool. I think the rhythmic switch into the chorus is delicious and the starkness to the production in places makes for an interesting atmospheric vibe. It’s not up to their best standard, but it’s pretty good stuff. Deathwish - This is another step forward. The drumming is so deft and groovy, the bass and guitar lines are excellent and again, there’s a great atmosphere generated by the effects and production. They write some solid hooks, but it’s the vibe and grooves that are ultimately the most compelling part of this, and I’m here for it. Great work. Walking On The Moon - Another classic now. It has a similar vibe to sections of Message In A Bottle, but with a slightly more laid-back and chilled edge to it. Stuart Copeland flexes his drumming muscles here and there, but never does too much, which is impressive. The bass line is really hooky and takes the lead on the songs journey, but everything else around it is incredibly well balanced and there’s so much to enjoy from each of the parts that this very much deserves repeat listens just to focus on what each instrument is doing. Quality. On Any Other Day - Why does Stuart Copeland sing like he’s from an Orange County ska band from the 90s? Weird. Anyway, this is pretty decent. There’s some great rhythms and grooves (as usual), and while it’s stylistically a bit different, at least in part due to Copeland’s aforementioned vocal stylings. It definitely has a 90s pop/ska-punk band vibe, but as I like that stuff it works for me. It’s fun, rhythmically delightful, hooky and a bit silly. The Bed's Too Big Without You - This might be the albums crowning achievement. It has a simple but powerful bass line that throws in some brilliant flourishes, more of that stark and reverb-soaked atmospheric production, and a brilliant drumming performance from Copeland. The guitar work is incredibly solid too, so Andy Summers should get his flowers as well. I can’t quite get over how infectiously groovy this track is. There’s enough hook in the melodic work to give it power in that area too, but rhythmically, this is exceptional. Contact - This is great too. Pacy, harmonically interesting and just a little bit weird, it ticks a lot of boxes. The interwoven guitar lines are great fun and the switch in vibe and atmosphere between the different sections is handled really well. It’s not quite up to the highest of the bands standards, but it’s still pretty good. Does Everyone Stare - This one’s delightfully weird too. There’s more of the characteristically high quality rhythms and, while the piano is a bit too dynamically flat and persistently punchy, it kind of works thematically. There’s some good melodic work, and the vocal harmonies are solid. No Time This Time - Stuart Copeland goes for it here. The pace is impressive, but the amount of dexterity and groove that he imparts while playing at this speed is exceptional. I’m not in love with the layered vocals on this one, because they end up sounding a bit shrill, but the rest of the track is really very good. There are cool riffs, great drive and some solid hooks, as well as some fun soloing. It’s not the most compositionally complex track, or the most vibey production, but it’s great fun, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

Kicking off with the banger Message In A Bottle is a heck of a choice. It's an incredibly strong start. Sadly it front loads the album and the next several songs, while still good, don't match the energy (until Walking On The Moon). Also, one quirk of the band seems that they have at least one song that's weird as heck per album, a song that makes me go "Why is this here?" On Synchronicity there was Mother, and here there's On Any Other Day. But the album is still an incredibly enjoyable listen, as Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers bounce perfectly with Sting's voice. I like that they have entire songs where it's just Andy and Stewart shining.

Some solid reggae blend here. While there’s not a lot of their hits on this, it’s a pretty consistent and enjoyable album Likes: Message in a Bottle; Bring on the Night; Walking on the Moon; The Beds Too Big Without You; No Time This Time

I really like this album. At the time it was something totally new. I suppose it doesn't hurt that it came out in my formative years and I can remember litening to it with my girlfriend of the time. Message in a Bottle is of course the one everyone remembers. A good catchy song, but there is so much more here. I quite like "Walking on the Moon", "The beds too big without you". So somewhat biased here. This is a solid 4/5. The only reason it's not 5/5 is Outlandos d'Amour

Fav: The two big hits L: It's Alright For You 3 I used to listen to The Police a bit and it kind of wore off me. They've got some good songs, but overall just alright. Cover: 2.5 Name: 1 I guess if playing off beats makes something Reggae then this is Reggae? It's a descriptive title where the description doesn't seem accurate, also for some reason in French. Minecraft Parody: Zombie on a Chicken (Message in a Bottle)

The Gay Police be like: Massage in a Butthole 2.5/5

Repeat listen

Track 1 - 4 Track 2 - 3 Track 3 - 3.5 Track 4 - 3 Track 5 - 3 Track 6 - 3.5 Track 7 - 2.5 Track 8 - 3.5 Track 9 - 3 Track 10 - 2.5 Track 11 - 3

Oh, screw Sting and his miserable whiny voice. Why do we need to listen to these morons before we die? Is this supposed to be what kills me? Insufferable. Please, someone kick them off this list. 3/10

Goid

fine

The album was fine, started out strong with a song I knew, I definitely like some of the stuff they do, but not everything they do. Probably 3.25-3.5 range.

Walking On The Moon is one of my go to chill out songs. These guys are all ridiculously talented musicians

It was a really good album! Probably my favorite album by The Police! It incorporated some reggae with new wave to get this sound that's unique to them! It's amazing!

Better than expected, still carried by the first track

"Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon" are undeniably great songs, and Reggatta De Blanc is a solid album overall.

Love the drums and the reggae feel in the bass. Great band sound.

Cool

The two great singles are indeed great; the rest of the album is just kinda there. I'd accept a song like On Any Other Day if it was done by the Kinks, but here it's very annoying. Still, it's all basically good.

Message in a Bottle is great. There are a couple good tracks. Everything else ranges from ok to bad.

Other than the starting track, nothing really stood out to me for this album. It wasn't bad, however, it just didn't really hook me in.

Catchy Pop Rock/Reggae fare, with some solid introspection and humour. I quite enjoyed it!

I enjoyed Message in a Bottle and It’s Alright for You, but other than that no songs stood out to me. I liked No Time This Time but wasn’t a fan of the vocals. High 3/5

This album is great fun

Fun

The Police are fantastic, but they’re still a work in progress in 1979. A few flashes of brilliance here, but that is all.

6/10 – Decent

Despite boasting two of the band's best songs, The Police's second album is a bit weak overall. "Message in a Bottle" is certainly a stunner, with a great riff and multiple hooks. "Walking on the Moon" is the other highlight; for a band not known for great lyrics (see the casual homophobia of "On Any Other Day") it has subtly evocative lyrics about being hopelessly in love. It also demonstrates the big sound of this album, which is the reggae influence. Musically that reggae sound is pretty good, even if it doesn't have the depth of the real thing. But the vocal affectation Sting uses, and the ad-libs, feel inauthentic and insensitive. The two hits aren't the only good songs, as "Bring on the Night" and "The Bed's Too Big" are fine, but there's a lot of anonymous new wave here that doesn't stand out despite the drumming being quite good. A spotty album, but not a bad one.

Ну кстати неплохо. Хорошая бритиш музыка. Без странных египетских свистулек как в последнем альбоме police. И вокал Стинга тут не раздражает.

Слишком много регги вайбов

норм, но ребята могут лучше, что-то между 3 и 3.5

Costumam chamar de "white reggae" pela presença mais marcante do reggae aqui. Mas acho mais "fusion" do que outra coisa. Há tanto de reggae quanto de jazz e rock, numa mistura que por vezes se aproxima do pós-punk, na linha que brotaria a "surf music" australiana, por exemplo. Disco irregular, porém, intercalando ótimos momentos com chatices sem fim.

Message in a bottle! The rest are slow

Sting became such a self-important doofus that one doesn't care to admit how good this combination of his incredible knack for melody and Copeland's and Summers' technique and artistry really was. Like all GREAT acts, their sound was built from the same components and styles that others were playing with, but no one ever sounded like they did. And how many artists have produced songs that are immediately accessible but never grow old?

Not something I'll necessarily be back to often but there's some solid songs on this album

Tried hard to come to this with a fresh ear but unfortunately I only heard more reasons not to like The Police. There's a bad version of a reggae type of sound for many of the tracks. Stings vocals are not good. I thought his sound was distinctive but actually his delivery is often faux reggae which is very annoying. Some tracks are really poor including the last two with a dreadful guitar solo that eliminates any slightly positive memory of the distinctive production sound of The Police from the hits that feature on the album.