The Police

Artist:  The Police
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Rock, New Wave, Reggae Rock, Post Punk, Pop Rock, Punk, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop

Original line-up:

Sting:  Lead Vocals, Bass
Andy Summers:  Guitar
Stewart Copeland:  Drums

The Police were an English Rock Band from London, formed in 1977 by Sting (Lead Vocals, Bass), Andy Summers (Guitar), and Stewart Copeland (Drums, Percussion).  They became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  Their music mixed with New Wave Reggae and Jazz.  They won a number of music awards, including six Grammy Awards, Two Brit Awards-Winning Best British Group once, a MTV Video Music Award, and in 2003 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Their five studio albums appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time".   The Police were included among both Rolling Stone's and VH1's lists of the "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time".

Title:   Every Move You Make:  The Studio Recordings  (Box Set Limited Edition 6 CD)  (2018)
Genre:  Rock, New Wave, Reggae Rock, Post Punk, Pop Rock, Punk, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop
Label:   A&M Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Disc 1:

Title:   Outlandos d'Amour  (1978)

Tracks:

 1.  Next To You  (2:55)
 2.  So Lonely  (4:50)
 3.  Roxanne  (3:12)
 4.  Hole In My Life  (4:55)
 5.  Peanuts  (4:02)
 6.  Can't Stand Losing You  (2:59)
 7.  Truth Hits Everybody  (2:55)
 8.  Born In The '50s  (3:45)
 9.  Be My Girl-Sally  (3:24)
10. Masoko Tanga  (5:42)

Personnel:

Sting:  Lead Vocals, Bass, Backing Vocals, Harmonica on Track 2, Butt Piano on Track 3
Andy Summers:  Guitar, Backing Vocals, Spoken Word on Track 9, Piano on Track 9
Stewart Copeland:  Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Disc 2:

Title:  Reggatta de Blanc  (1979)

Tracks:

 1.  Message In A Bottle  (4:51)
 2.  Reggatta de Blanc  (3:06)
 3.  It's Alright For You  (3:13)
 4.  Bring On The Night  (4:15)
 5.  Deathwish  (4:13)
 6.  Walking On The Moon  (5:02)
 7.  On Any Other Day  (2:57)
 8.  The Bed's Too Big Without You  (4:26)
 9.  Contact  (2:38)
10. Does Everyone Stare   (3:52)
11. No Time This Time  (3:17)

Personnel:

Sting:  Lead Vocals, Bass, Backing Vocals, Double Bass, Bass Synthesizer on Track 9
Andy Summers:  Guitar, Synthesizer on Tracks:  1, 6, 9, Piano on Track 10
Stewart Copeland:  Drums, Backing Vocals, Guitar on Track 1, Lead Vocals on Tracks:  7, 10

Disc 3:

Title:   Zenyatta Mondatta  (1980)

Tracks:

 1.  Don't Stand So Close To Me  (4:04)
 2.  Driven To Tears  (3:20)
 3.  When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around  (3:38)
 4.  Canary In A Coalmine  (2:26)
 5.  Voice Inside My Head  (3:53)
 6.  Bombs Away  (3:06)
 7.  De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da  (4:09)
 8.  Behind My Camel  (2:54)
 9.  Man In A Suitcase  (2:19)
10. Shadows In The Rain  (5:04)
11. The Other Way Of Stopping  (3:22)

Personnel:

Sting:  Lead Vocals, Bass, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer
Andy Summers:  Guitar, Backing Vocals, Piano on Track 4, Synthesizer on Track 8, Bass on Track 8
Stewart Copeland:  Drums, Backing Vocals


Disc 4:

Title:   Ghost In The Machine  (1981)

Tracks:

 1.  Spirits In The Material World  (2:59)
 2.  Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic  (4:22)
 3.  Invisible Sun  (3:44)
 4.  Hungry For You  (2:52)
 5.  Demolition Man  (5:57)
 6.  Too Much Information  (3:43)
 7.  Rehumanize Yourself  (3:10)
 8.  One World (Not Three)  (4:47)
 9.  Omegaman  (2:48)
10. Secret Journey  (2:48)
11. Darkness  (3:14)

Personnel:

Sting:  Lead Vocals, Bass, Backing Vocals, Double Bass,, Keyboards, Saxophone
Andy Summers:  Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards
Stewart Copeland:  Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Guest Musician:

Jean Alain Roussel:  Keyboards

Disc 5:

Title:   Synchronicity  (1983)

Tracks:

 1.  Synchronicity  (3:23)
 2.  Walking In Your Footsteps  (3:36)
 3.  O My God  (4:02)
 4.  Mother  (3:05)
 5.  Miss Gradenko  (2:00)
 6.  Synchronicity II  (5:00)
 7.  Every Breath You Take  (4:13)
 8.  King Of Pain  (4:59)
 9.  Warpped Around Your Finger  (5:13)
10. Tea In The Sahara  (4:11)

Personnel:

Sting:  Lead Vocals, Bass, Upright Bass, Keyboards, Drum Machine, Sequencer on Track 1, Saxophone on Track 3. Oboe on Tracks:  4, 10
Andy Summers:  Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Lead Vocals on Track 4
Stewart Copeland:  Drums, Percussion, Marimba, Backing Vocals


Additional Musician

Tessa Niles:  Backing Vocals

Disc 6:

Title:  Flexible Strategies  (1978-1983)

Tracks:

 1.  Dead End Job  (1978)
 2.  Landlord  (1979)
 3.  Visions Of The Night  (1979)
 4.  Friends  (1980)
 5.  A Sermon  (1980)
 6.  Shambelle  (1981)
 7.  Flexible Strategies  (1981)
 8.  Low Life  (1981)
 9.  Murder By Numbers (1983)
10. Truth Hits Everybody (Remix)  (1983)
11. Someone To Talk To (1983)
12. Once Upon A Daydream  (1983)

Personnel:

Sting:  Lead Vocals, Bass
Andy Summers:  Guitar
Stewart Copeland:  Drums

Every Move You Make:  The Studio Recordings is the Limited Edition Compilation Album Box Set by The Police, released on November 16, 2018 by A&M Records/Polydor/UMC.  For Music Lovers and Music Collectors.