- The Police (album)
Infobox Album
Name = The Police
Type = compilation
Artist =The Police
Released = June 5,2007
Recorded = February 1977-February 1983
Genre = New Wave, Punk, Rock
Length = 118:48
Label = A&M
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fvfixz85ldse link]
Last album = "The Very Best of Sting & The Police " (2002)
This album = "The Police" (2007)
Next album = "" (2008)"The Police" is a self-titled greatest hits compilation 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 favorites. International editions contain two bonus tracks, "The Bed's Too Big Without You" fromReggatta de Blanc , and "Rehumanize Yourself" from Ghost in the Machine.The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S.
Billboard 200 , selling about 58,000 copies in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003598112 "T-Pain Soars To No. 1 Ahead Of Rihanna, McCartney"] , Billboard.com, June 13, 2007.] As of July 11, 2007, the album has sold 180,558 copies in the US. However, the RIAA says that albums over 100 minutes count as 2 CDs; therefore the US total would double to 361,116. [ [http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=46325 Billboard Top 200] ]Track listing
All songs written by Sting except when noted.
Disc 1
#"
Fall Out " (Copeland) – 2:03
#"Can't Stand Losing You " – 2:58
#"Next to You " – 2:50
#"Roxanne" – 3:12
#"Truth Hits Everybody" – 2:55
#"Hole in My Life" – 4:49
#"So Lonely " – 4:49
#"Message in a Bottle" – 4:49
#"Reggatta de Blanc" (Copeland, Sting, Summers) – 3:14
#"Bring on the Night" – 4:16
#"Walking on the Moon " – 4:59
#"The Bed's Too Big Without You" – 4:25 *
#"Don't Stand So Close to Me " – 4:03
#"Driven to Tears" – 3:21
#"Canary in a Coalmine" – 2:27Disc 2
#"
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da " – 4:10
#"Voices Inside My Head" – 3:53
#"Invisible Sun " – 3:44
#"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic " – 4:20
#"Spirits in the Material World " – 2:58
#"Demolition Man" – 5:55
#"Rehumanize Yourself" (Copeland, Sting) - 3:10 *
#"Every Breath You Take " – 4:14
#"Synchronicity I" – 3:22
#"Wrapped Around Your Finger " – 5:13
#"Walking in Your Footsteps" – 3:36
#"Synchronicity II " – 5:05
#"King of Pain " – 4:59
#"Murder By Numbers" (Sting, Summers) – 4:33
#"Tea in the Sahara" – 4:19*Not included on the US edition.
Personnel
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Stewart Copeland - drums, percussion,Guitar (on "Fall Out"), vocals
*Sting (musician) -bass guitar , lead vocals
*Andy Summers -guitar , vocals (except on "Fall Out")
*Henry Padovani - lead guitar on "Fall Out"References
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