Ghost in the Machine (The Police album)

Occupation

  • Sting - bass, keyboards, saxophone, lead and background vocals
  • Andy Summers - guitar, keyboards, synth guitar
  • Stewart Copeland - drums, other percussion, keyboards

Ghost in the Machine is the fourth studio album by The Police. It was published in October 1981 by A & M Records. It reached triple platinum in the United States. The magazine Rolling Stone placed it at number 322 its list of the 500 best albums of all time.

Formation and style

Ghost in the Machine, the first album of the band with an English title, based on the book by Arthur Koestler. It was recorded during the year 1981 in Montserrat and Quebec. For the first time keyboards and wind instruments were used more. For example, includes Spirits in the Material World on a rhythmic string synth part. Russell played the piano with Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic. The Guitar Player magazine towards commented Andy Summers 1994 unhappy with the musical direction of the album, which had been at the expense of creativity and dynamism.

"I have to say I was getting disappointed with the musical direction around the time of Ghost in the Machine. With the horns and synth coming in, the fantastic raw -trio feel - all the really creative and dynamic stuff - what being lost. We were ending up backing a singer doing his pop songs. "

Even Summers said that he had keyboards and brass " hated ".

Reception

On the website Allmusic.com Greg Prato wrote, although the album was not a pop masterpiece, but an important milestone between the more direct early work and the ambitious musical direction on Synchronicity. He forgave three and a half stars out of five.

Title list

Three other pieces were included as B-sides:

All pieces were written by Sting, except where stated otherwise.

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