Synchronicity (The Police album)

Occupation

• Sting - bass, keyboards, lead and background vocals, oboe, drum machine at Synchronicity I, saxophone at O My God
• Andy Summers - guitar, keyboards, lead vocals, and at Mother Someone To Talk To, background vocals on Someone to Talk To
• Stewart Copeland - drums, xylophone, percussion more

Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by The Police, released in June 1983 at A & M Records. The album was recorded in the reference book of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You.

Formation and style

The album is inspired by the book The Roots of Coincidence by Arthur Koestler, which in turn receives 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 Quebec. Copeland drummer played in a room that was connected by a " CCTV" with the studio in Quebec. There were also discussions about his style, Copeland's drum tracks were almost thrown away. The ballad Every Breath You Take was a hit.

Reception

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

Title list

Three pieces were included as B- sides.

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