The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. Within a few months of their first gig,the line-up settled as Sting,Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland,and remained unchanged for the rest of the band's history. The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s. Emerging in the British new wave scene,they played a style of rock influenced by punk,reggae,and jazz.
Outlandos d'Amour is the debut studio album by British rock band the Police,released on 3 November 1978 by A&M Records. Elevated by the success of its lead single,"Roxanne",Outlandos d'Amour peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 23 on the Billboard 200. The album spawned two additional hit singles:"Can't Stand Losing You" and "So Lonely".
Reggatta de Blanc is the second studio album by British rock band the Police,released on 5 October 1979 by A&M Records. It was the band's first release to top the UK Albums Chart and features their first two UK number-one singles:"Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon". In early 1980,the album was reissued in the United States on two 10-inch discs,one album side per disc,and as a collector's edition with a poster of the band.
Every Breath You Take:The Singles is the first compilation album by the Police,released in 1986. In 1990,the album was repackaged in New Zealand,Australia and Spain as Their Greatest Hits with a different cover.
Live! is a live album by The Police,released in 1995 on compact disc and cassette tape. It is the first live album of the band and one of only two covering the period when it was active,the other being Around The World (2022). A live album from the reunion tour,Certifiable:Live in Buenos Aires,was released in 2008.
"Roxanne" is a song by British rock band the Police. The song was written by lead singer and bassist Sting and was released as a single on 7 April 1978,in advance of their debut album Outlandos d'Amour,released on 3 November. It was written from the point of view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute. When re-released on 12 April 1979,the song peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the British rock band the Police,released in September 1980 as the lead single from their third studio album Zenyatta Mondatta. It concerns a teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student,which in turn is discovered.
"Englishman in New York" is a song by English singer-songwriter Sting,from his second studio album ...Nothing Like the Sun,released in October 1987. Branford Marsalis played soprano saxophone on the track,while the drums were played by Manu Katchéand the percussion by Mino Cinélu.
"Message in a Bottle" is a song by British rock band the Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album,Reggatta de Blanc (1979). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting,the song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island,who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later,he has not received any sort of response,and despairs,thinking he is destined to be alone. The next day,he sees "a hundred billion bottles" on the shore,finding out that there are more people like him out there. Over the course of the song,Sting mentions sending an S.O.S. 31 times.
The Very Best of... Sting &The Police is a compilation album issued by A&M Records on 3 November 1997,containing a mix of Police songs and Sting's solo works. It originally featured one new track,a remix of the 1978 song "Roxanne" by rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs. The album was reissued in 1998 by PolyGram International with "Russians" removed and three added tracks:"Seven Days","Fragile",and "De Do Do Do,De Da Da Da".
"Next to You" is a song written by Sting and recorded by The Police as the opening track on their debut album Outlandos d'Amour in 1978.
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" is a song by the British rock band the Police from their fourth studio album,Ghost in the Machine (1981). The song,notable for featuring a pianist,dates back to a demo recorded in the house of Mike Howlett in the autumn of 1976. It was a hit single that reached the top of the charts in the United Kingdom in November 1981 and hit No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart that same year.
Message in a Box:The Complete Recordings is a four-CD box set by the Police,containing all five of their studio albums in chronological order,as well as non-album singles,non-album B-sides,and tracks from various compilation albums and the Brimstone &Treacle soundtrack (1982). The box set also comes with a 68-page booklet.
"The Bed's Too Big Without You" is a song by British rock band the Police,released as the final single from their second studio album Reggatta de Blanc (1979). It was written by lead vocalist and bassist Sting. An alternate version was released as a single in the UK in 1980 in the set Six Pack in conjunction with the re-release of the Police's earlier singles "Roxanne","Can't Stand Losing You","So Lonely","Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon".
"So Lonely" is a song by British rock band the Police,released as the third and final single on 17 November 1978 from their debut studio album Outlandos d'Amour (1978),and again on 4 February 1980 as a re-release. The song uses a reggae style,and featured Sting on lead vocals.
"King of Pain" is a song by British rock band the Police,released as the second single from their fifth and final studio album Synchronicity (1983). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting as a post-separation song from his wife,"King of Pain" conjures up symbols of pain and relates them to a man's soul. A&M Records released "King of Pain" as the album's fourth single in the UK,while in many other countries it was released as the second single.
Six Pack is a collection of seven-inch singles released by British rock band the Police in 1980.
The English rock band the Police has released five studio albums,three live albums,seven compilation albums,fourteen video albums,four soundtrack albums and twenty-six singles. The Police sold over 75 million records worldwide,making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
"When the World Is Running Down,You Make the Best of What's Still Around" is a song written by Sting that was first released by English rock band the Police on their 1980 album Zenyatta Mondatta. Along with another song from Zenyatta Mondatta,"Voices Inside My Head",the song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in 1981. In 2000,a remix version credited to Different Gear versus the Police reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart,No. 7 on the Billboard Dance chart,and No. 94 in the Netherlands. On radio stations,the song is often played directly after "Driven to Tears".
"Bring on the Night" is a song by British rock band the Police. Written by the band's bassist and vocalist Sting,the song appeared as the fourth track on the band's second studio album,Reggatta de Blanc (1979).
