Zenyattà Mondatta

Zenyattà Mondatta
The Police's studio album
Publication (s)	3rd October 1980
admission	July 7th - August 7th, 1980
Label (s)	A&M Records
Genre (s)	New wave , pop rock , reggae rock
Title (number)	11
running time	38:16
occupation	Sting - vocals, backing vocals, bass , synthesizer Stewart Copeland - drums, synthesizer Andy Summers - guitar , synth guitar, bass on Behind My Camel
production	The Police, Nigel Gray
Studio (s)	Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum , Netherlands
chronology Reggatta de Blanc (1979) Zenyattà Mondatta Ghost in the Machine (1981)

Zenyattà Mondatta is The Police's third studio album . It was released by A&M Records in October 1980 . The album reached number one on the UK and number five in the US .

Emergence

The album was written while the band was on their second tour. During the four weeks of recording the band played a few gigs, for example at the Milton Keynes Festival and in Ireland . The band was under time pressure:

“We had taken over. We finished the album at 4am on the day we started the next world tour. We went to bed for a couple of hours and then traveled to Belgium for the first gig. "

- Stewart Copeland

For tax reasons, The Police were unable to record in the UK as intended. So they decided on the Netherlands . After the recordings, an extensive world tour began. The instrumental piece Behind My Camel was awarded a Grammy .

reception

Greg Prato wrote on the Allmusic.com website that the album was rightly called the best Police album. He also spoke of "one of the best rock albums of all time", although Sting himself later saw opportunities for improvement due to the time pressure during the recordings. He awarded five out of five stars.

Track list

The tracks were composed by Sting, unless otherwise noted.

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. Voices Inside My Head - 3:53
6. Bombs Away ( Copeland ) - 3:09
7. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - 4:09
8. Behind My Camel ( Summers ) - 2:54
9. Man in a Suitcase - 2:19
10. Shadows in the Rain - 5:02
11. The Other Way of Stopping ( Copeland ) - 3:22

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Police in the UK Charts ( Memento from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), The Official Charts.
2. ↑ www.allmusic.com: Charts & Awards
3. ↑ ^{a b} www.allmusic.com: Zenyattá Mondatta review by Greg Prato
4. ^ ^{A b} Phil Sutcliffe, Hugh Fielder: L'Historia Bandido , London, New York: Proteus Books, 1981, ISBN 0-906071-66-6 , p. 77.