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The Police (album)

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Released
  
June 5, 2007

Label
  
A&M

Length
  
118:48

Recorded
  
February 1977 – February 1983

Genre
  
New wave, punk rock, rock

Producer
  
The Police, Nigel Gray, Hugh Padgham

The Police is a self-titled compilation album released by The Police on June 5, 2007, to accompany their reunion tour. It contains 28 tracks over two discs, a mixture of hits and fan favourites. International editions contain two bonus tracks, "The Bed's Too Big Without You" from Reggatta de Blanc and "Rehumanize Yourself" from Ghost in the Machine.

Contents

The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 58,000 copies in its first week. As of July 11, 2007, the album had sold 180,558 copies in the US.

Track listing

All songs written by Sting except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "Fall Out" (Copeland) – 2:03
  2. "Can't Stand Losing You" – 2:58
  3. "Next to You" – 2:50
  4. "Roxanne" – 3:12
  5. "Truth Hits Everybody" – 2:55
  6. "Hole in My Life" – 4:49
  7. "So Lonely" – 4:49
  8. "Message in a Bottle" – 4:49
  9. "Reggatta de Blanc" (Copeland, Sting, Summers) – 3:14
  10. "Bring on the Night" – 4:16
  11. "Walking on the Moon" – 4:59
  12. "The Bed's Too Big Without You" – 4:25 ***
  13. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:03
  14. "Driven to Tears" – 3:21
  15. "Canary in a Coalmine" – 2:27

Disc two

  1. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:10
  2. "Voices Inside My Head" – 3:53
  3. "Invisible Sun" – 3:44
  4. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:20
  5. "Spirits in the Material World" – 2:58
  6. "Demolition Man" – 5:55
  7. "Rehumanize Yourself" (Copeland, Sting) - 3:10 ***
  8. "Every Breath You Take" – 4:14
  9. "Synchronicity I" – 3:22
  10. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" – 5:13
  11. "Walking in Your Footsteps" – 3:36
  12. "Synchronicity II" – 5:05
  13. "King of Pain" – 4:59
  14. "Murder by Numbers" (Sting, Summers) – 4:33
  15. "Tea in the Sahara" – 4:19

***Bonus tracks on UK edition.

Personnel

  • Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, synthesizer, rhythm guitar on "Fall Out", backing vocals
  • Sting – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals, oboe, saxophone, synthesizer, harmonica on "So Lonely", drum machine on "Synchronicity I"
  • Andy Summers – guitar, synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
  • Henry Padovani – guitar solo on "Fall Out"
  • John Sinclair – piano on "Hole in My Life"
  • Jean Roussel – piano on "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"

    • References

    The Police (album) Wikipedia
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