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The Police - Greatest Hits (2nd Hand Compact Disc) | Audio CD
SKU CD000236
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Description
The definitive compilation of The Police features 16 tracks, a hugely impressive 14 UK top-20 hits and five UK number one singles.
The statistics alone tell you something about how dominant The Police were during their brief, incandescent run. But the numbers don't capture what made them special: the restless fusion of rock, punk, and reggae that gave songs like Roxanne, Walking on the Moon, and Message in a Bottle their distinctive, slightly unsettling energy.
Stewart Copeland's polyrhythmic drumming and Andy Summers' angular guitar were never merely a backdrop - they pushed and shaped Sting's songwriting in ways that kept it from tipping into the earnest excess it might otherwise have courted. The sequence here moves with real momentum, from the raw urgency of the early singles through the polished, atmospheric grandeur of Every Breath You Take, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Tea in the Sahara.
One of the great British bands of the era, distilled into a single disc.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Compact Disc
- Condition : Very Good (Disc - As New / Jewel Case - Very Good)
- Category : Music - CD's / Rock
- Label : A&M
- Released : 1992
- Catalogue Number : 5400302
- Barcode (GTIN-13 / EAN) : 0731454003025
- SKU : CD000236
- PPC : LL100gm
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
Tracklist
1 - Roxanne
2 - Can't stand losing you
3 - So lonely
4 - Message in a bottle
5 - Walking on the moon
6 - Bed's too big without you
7 - Don't stand so close to me
8 - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
9 - Every little thing she does is magic
10 - Invisible Sun
11 - Spirits in the material world
12 - Synchronicity II
13 - Every breath you take
14 - King of pain
15 - Wrapped around your finger
16 - Tea In The Sahara
External Reviews
"Classic songs . . . Copeland and Summers were far more than a passive vehicle for Sting's songs. As powerful personalities and assertive musicians in their own right, they gingered up Sting's basic ideas while putting the brakes on his tendency to earnest excess." - David Sinclair.
"A unique sound, a fusion of rock, punk and reggae" - AllMusic.
