Synchronicity (album)

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Synchronicity
The Police's studio album

Publication
(s)

June 1, 1983

admission

December 1982 - February 1983

Label (s) A&M Records

Genre (s)

New wave , pop rock , reggae rock

Title (number)

11

running time

44:32

occupation
  • Sting - bass, keyboards, lead and backing vocals, oboe , drum machine with Synchronicity I , saxophone with O My God
  • Andy Summers - electric guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on Mother and Someone To Talk To , backing vocals on Someone to Talk To

production

The Police, Hugh Padgham

Studio (s)

AIR Studios, Montserrat , Le Studio, Québec , Canada

chronology
Ghost in the Machine
(1981)
Synchronicity Every Breath You Take: The Singles
(1986)

Synchronicity is The Police's fifth and final studio album , released in June 1983 on A&M Records . The album was included in the anthology of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .

Origin and style

The album is inspired by Arthur Koestler 's book The Roots of Coincidence , which in turn takes up Carl Gustav Jung's theory of synchronicity . Sting had read Koestler in his youth. The album was recorded in the winter of 1982 in London , Montserrat and Québec . Drummer Copeland played in a room that was connected to the studio in Quebec via " CCTV ". There were also discussions about his style, Copeland's drum tracks were almost thrown away. The ballad Every Breath You Take became a hit.

reception

On the website Allmusic.com , Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the hits on the album were among the best that Sting would have written, but also made it clear that he was ready for a solo career. It awarded four and a half stars out of five.

Track list

  1. Synchronicity I - 3:23
  2. Walking in Your Footsteps - 3:36
  3. O My God - 4:02
  4. Mother ( Andy Summers ) - 3:05
  5. Miss Gradenko ( Stewart Copeland ) - 2:00
  6. Synchronicity II - 5:02
  7. Every Breath You Take - 4:13
  8. King of Pain - 4:59
  9. Wrapped Around Your Finger - 5:13
  10. Tea in the Sahara - 4:19
  11. Murder by Numbers (Text: Sting, Music: Andy Summers) - 4:36 (not on the original LP)

Three pieces were recorded as B-sides.

  1. Someone to Talk To (Summers)
  2. Once Upon a Daydream (Sting, Summers)
  3. Tea in the Sahara (Live)

All pieces were written by Sting unless otherwise noted.

Individual evidence

  1. www.enotes.com: Arthur Koestler
  2. a b c Robert Dimery (Ed.): 1001 albums. Music To Hear Before Life Is Over 4. updated. New edition, Zurich 2009, p. 514
  3. www.allmusic.com: Synchronicity review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine