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To coincide with their 30th anniversary reunion tour in 2007 the Police released the anthology The Police, the first two-CD retrospective ever assembled on the group. They may not have had a double compilation to their credit, but they had single discs and box sets, which may raise the question of whether they need a set like this -- and the answer is yes, but this set falls just a bit short of being the definitive Police double disc. At only 28 tracks, this feels a little too slim. It may be twice as long as 1995's Every Breath You Take: The Classics (and, in a way, that was only 12 tracks, since that contained the 1986 remake of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and a classic rock mix of "Message in a Bottle," which were little more than padding), but there are a handful of Police staples that are missing, including "Born in the '50s," "The Bed's Too Big Without You," "Shadows in the Rain," and "Rehumanize Yourself," and the heavy emphasis on Synchronicity (all but three songs from the LP are present; yes, Andy Summers' bizarro "Mother" is one of the tunes missing in action) threatens to overwhelm the second disc. That said, Synchronicity does deserve such a heavy exposure, given that it's the band's biggest album, and it's hard to argue with the rest of the selections here since it covers all the familiar hits and most, but not all, of the second-tier classics including "Truth Hits Everybody," "Bring on the Night," "Canary in a Coalmine," "Driven to Tears," and their first single, "Fallout." It may not seem like much, but if those aforementioned four tunes were here, The Police would have all the core songs from the trio and this would be truly definitive, but as it stands this collection stands as simply an excellent overview.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sting, ComposerLyricist - The Police, Producer, MainArtist - Nigel Gray, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Gray, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Sting, ComposerLyricist - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, ComposerLyricist - Nigel Gray, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andy Summers, ComposerLyricist
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Sting, ComposerLyricist - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Gray, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Sting, ComposerLyricist - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nigel Gray, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
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Sting, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Sumner, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Summers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 A&M Records Limited
Sting, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Sumner, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Summers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 A&M Records Limited
Sting, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Sumner, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Summers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 A&M Records Limited
Sting, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Sumner, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Summers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 A&M Records Limited
Sting, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Sumner, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Summers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 A&M Records Limited
Sting, Author - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Sumner, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Summers, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2003 A&M Records Limited
Sting, ComposerLyricist - Hugh Padgham, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Sumner, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Police, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stewart Copeland, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Summers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
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Album review
To coincide with their 30th anniversary reunion tour in 2007 the Police released the anthology The Police, the first two-CD retrospective ever assembled on the group. They may not have had a double compilation to their credit, but they had single discs and box sets, which may raise the question of whether they need a set like this -- and the answer is yes, but this set falls just a bit short of being the definitive Police double disc. At only 28 tracks, this feels a little too slim. It may be twice as long as 1995's Every Breath You Take: The Classics (and, in a way, that was only 12 tracks, since that contained the 1986 remake of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and a classic rock mix of "Message in a Bottle," which were little more than padding), but there are a handful of Police staples that are missing, including "Born in the '50s," "The Bed's Too Big Without You," "Shadows in the Rain," and "Rehumanize Yourself," and the heavy emphasis on Synchronicity (all but three songs from the LP are present; yes, Andy Summers' bizarro "Mother" is one of the tunes missing in action) threatens to overwhelm the second disc. That said, Synchronicity does deserve such a heavy exposure, given that it's the band's biggest album, and it's hard to argue with the rest of the selections here since it covers all the familiar hits and most, but not all, of the second-tier classics including "Truth Hits Everybody," "Bring on the Night," "Canary in a Coalmine," "Driven to Tears," and their first single, "Fallout." It may not seem like much, but if those aforementioned four tunes were here, The Police would have all the core songs from the trio and this would be truly definitive, but as it stands this collection stands as simply an excellent overview.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 01:58:03
- Main artists: The Police
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Associated Labels
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2007 A&M Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 2007 A&M Records Limited
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