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 ...

The Police's 15-million-selling final album ... Originally released in 1983, Synchronicity featured the band's smash Number One hit Every Breath You Take (the most played song in radio history ...

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.

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.

Few rock acts have gone out so on top as the Police did after releasing their final and most successful album 40 years ago. Synchronicity was the third-biggest album of 1983, selling 10 million ...

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 ...

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 ...

This month sees the release of an expanded version of The Police’s fifth and final album, Synchronicity. Running across six ... on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the end of the band and the ...

[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 ...

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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 ...

The band the Police came to a premature end 40 years ago, following the tumultuous recording sessions that briefly made them the most important band in the world. This oral history, including ...