This oral history of “Synchronicity” comes as UMe/Polydor ... Ayeroff: In England, they were like a pop band. For us, the Police was an important band, not a pop band. I wanted to basically ...

Now, a new super-deluxe, six-disc box set, Synchronicity (40th ... which later became the excellent Police B Side “Someone to Talk To,” justify why the band abandoned them at the time.

Credit: UMR / Polydor Probably the world’s biggest band at the time, The Police were able to be both creatively risky and commercially bulletproof in 1983. The album proved that three men can ...

which helped them complete Synchronicity at last. 32. Sting Wanted the Band to Sound Original Again Going into the sessions for their fifth album, Sting felt like the Police were at a crossroads.

The Police recorded Synchronicity at Beatles producer George ... and some of the greatest things that happen in music with a band are accidental, or apparently accidental,” he said.

Fans of everything from Van Halen to The Human League could relate to the band ... popularity, Synchronicity, while still an incredible record by any metric, is eclipsed by The Police’s ...

[RELATED: The Police Guitarist Says “Every Breath You Take” Was “Going To Go in the Trash,” Reveals the Real Reason the Band Fell Apart] The deluxe reissue of Synchronicity will be ...

the Police released Synchronicity, the blockbuster album that capped their career. Although they had released their debut album Outlandos d’Amour less than five years earlier, the band was ready ...

It won the band three Grammys ... Around Your Finger" and "King of Pain" made the Top 10. The Police's MTV-sponsored Synchronicity tour was one of the year's biggest, and then a few years later ...

It won the band three Grammys ... Around Your Finger” and “King of Pain” made the Top 10. The Police’s MTV-sponsored Synchronicity tour was one of the year’s biggest, and then a few ...