Vivinetto, Gina (20 April 2003). "Living in the '80s; or when did we get this old?". Tampa Bay Times . Retrieved 30 November 2021. This section needs more information. Include a brief summary of the tour, what it was in promotion of, etc. Tour personnel Firstly, Summers, Sting and Copeland had to get out of town. The comfort of recording once again at Surrey Sound, their home base for Outlandos d’Amour and Reggatta de Blanc, was denied because they could not work at a studio in England for tax reasons. Instead they became tax exiles at Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands.

There’s a strong political message in the lyrics that has held up through the years, and it’s a fun song to play. The rest are instrumentals, or mostly instrumental, as is the case with "Voices in My Head" and "Shadows in the Rain". The first has standout Copeland drumming while the second is driven by another great Sting bassline. "Behind My Camel" and the closing "The Other Way of Stopping" are completely instrumental however. "Behind My Camel" has a hypnotic feel to it, the sound of the Arabic influenced guitar just drills into your brain. "The Other Way of Stopping" has another great Copeland performance, and the ending with the interesting guitar effects finishes the album on a high note.I thought the trio’s first album, Outlandos d’Amour, was an instant classic, but they seemed to be running out of steam on Reggatta de Blanc. The group’s third album, however, might be the best thing they’ve ever done. It’s one of the few albums I consistently listen to from beginning to end, savoring every song along the way. Beyond the big hits, Canary in a Coalmine, Man in a Suitcase, Bombs Away and When the World Is Running Down… remain personal favorites of mine. Much greater success was around the corner. The follow-up to Zenyatta Mondatta, 1981’s Ghost In The Machine, went triple platinum in 2001. Their final studio set, 1983’s Synchronicity, broke all their previous records with a 17-week run at No.1 in America. It reached quadruple platinum status in 1984 and went eight-times platinum in 2001.

Dutchcharts.nl – The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020. a b Hepworth, David (2–15 October 1980). "The Police: Zenyatta Mondatta". Smash Hits. Vol.2, no.20. p.29.Typical band stuff, I guess. I liked it. I was always much more interested in weirder stuff. And the commercial hit songs always seemed to come out of Sting anyway. But we didn’t have enough songs to fill the album, and I had this Behind My Camel thing.

The band’s first album, 1978’s Outlandos d’Amour, basically had a recording budget of near zero, which forced the band to grab cheap time at Surrey Sound whenever it was convenient for the studio. A&M Records first remastered the album for release in compact disc format in the US in 1990. [17] Frank DeLuna and Marv Bornstein mastered the original 1980 vinyl LP, but it is unclear if they also remastered the CD. [17] Top 100 Albums of 1981". RPM. Vol.35, no.22. 26 December 1981. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013 . Retrieved 8 May 2011. Zenyatta Mondatta debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and stayed atop the chart for four weeks. [12] The album also charted at number one in Australia. [13] In the United States, it spent almost three years on the Billboard 200 chart and peaked at number five. [14] The album produced two singles, " Don't Stand So Close to Me" and " De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". On the UK Singles Chart, the former became the band's third number one, while the latter reached number five. [12] The two singles also became the band's first top ten hits on the US Billboard Hot 100, with both peaking at number ten on the chart. [15] [16] Macias, Chris; Barton, David (30 July 2000). "On the Sting beat: The Police and beyond". The Sacramento Bee.

The following performance dates are either disputed or of unknown date due to insufficient evidence. Top 100 Albums". RPM. Vol.34, no.6. 20 December 1980. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 2 May 2010. International Certifications" (PDF). Cashbox. Vol.42, no.50. 2 May 1981. p.39 . Retrieved 13 November 2020– via World Radio History. A Distinct North American Market Cuts Its Own Gooves" (PDF). Billboard. 24 January 1981. p.C-5 . Retrieved 10 May 2021– via World Radio History. The vinyl replica mini-LP CDs have the usual high quality presentation complete with OBI strips (replicating original design), inner sleeve recreation, and booklet with Japanese notes and normally English lyrics. A second OBI-type strip actually wraps around the entire rear of the outer box and enthuses (in Japanese) about the benefits of SHM/SACD/DSD. Outer box contains lavish mini-LP CD