The quintessential Police album, my childhood was surrounded by these songs and I did not like them one bit. My next door neighbor's older brother admitted that he was a huge Police fan (early 90s) and my friend & I mocked him for this constantly. Joke's on me, as usual.

The quintessential Police album, my childhood was surrounded by these songs and I did not like them one bit. My next door neighbor's older brother admitted that he was a huge Police fan (early 90s) and my friend & I mocked him for this constantly. Joke's on me, as usual.

A personal favorite after it was released, this album came out at the height of the grunge craze and served as a bridge for this particular grunge fan to discover sludge/black/grindcore genres of metal. The tracks that received radio play are great songs on their own, but collectively they represent a polished aesthetic which doesn't fully reflect the mood of this album as a whole. I listened to this album from beginning to end for months after adding it to my CD collection and it holds up fantastically.