That was the turning point for The Police - that and Andy joining, which enabled us to do more sophisticated material," he told Melody Maker.Recorded in chunks over a six month period, Outlandos was released in November 1978 and featured at least three classic Police songs (four if you count the thrash of 'Next To You') in the shape of 'Roxanne', 'Can't Stand Losing You' and 'So Lonely' each of which were released and re-released as singles. They inspire step one; they make you grab a tennis racquet and stand in front of a mirror. "I'd drive back to London in my old Citroen in a kind of euphoria, with these tunes thundering in my head, yelling improvised lyrics at the top of my voice to the empty road and the stars twinkling sceptically above the rooftops.
And yet their hybrid of influences has been fused into a streamlined, scrappy style, held together by the kind of knotty, economical hooks that make a song stick out on the radio. Elevated by the success of its lead single, Roxanne, Outlandos d'Amour peaked at No.
Perhaps not. "Tell me, what do you think of The Police?" Vilified in the music press for being punk bandwagon jumpers, their chart ubiquity left other musicians bewildered.
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less youthful naivety, more the spark of excitement shared by perennial also-rans who've stumbled on a winning formula: here, punk seasoned with reggae and pure pop.
Greg Prato of The English rock band The Police has released five studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, twelve video albums, four soundtrack albums, and 26 singles. This is evident on the opening track ""Roxanne", the album's lead single, was written by Sting after visiting a The remaining two tracks on the first side of the album are "Hole in My Life", another reggae-influenced song by Sting, and "Peanuts", a composition written by Stewart Copeland and Sting about "Can't Stand Losing You" begins side two of the original LP. Once you get past Marley, you can listen to the rest of reggae and understand it more clearly. But on the merely musical levels that such product is appreciated, they have just as much with which to lightly enthral.Or just as little, depending where you're sat. "'The next day, Miles secured a deal to release the track as a single and this in turn led to a full record contract. I love it, though I'd accept that it may be an acquired taste. I have the feeling that they tightened up to an excessive optimum of discipline and then didn't quite let go enough to present themselves to the full.
- Rush had pilfered some of The Police's style.
A gimmicky anthem manufactured out of whole cloth, 'Born In The 50's' reaches for Who-style generational myth making (down to its ringing, Pete Townshend-like guitar line), but Sting can't make us see that there's anything special about his generation, because he knows there really isn't. In fact, he'd kept away from it to say the least. In a 1993 interview with The following track, "Truth Hits Everybody", is a punk-influenced song.
Posing as a punk, Sting, as both singer and songwriter, can't resist turning everything into an art-rock game.
The lyrics have been suggested to center on the theme of suicide. Without the trappings of The Clash and The Jam, without the comedy of The Revillos and The Rats or the forced idiosyncracies of the XTC animal, they seem bare. Roxanne has a real Bob Marley feel.
In both cases the reggae is an essential element fully integrated into the performers styles - inventive and personal, and not merely a mode-ish appendage to their repertoire.The lead singer's name is Sting, and for a little while I had the nagging feeling that he was reminding me of Jon Anderson, but suddenly I realised that he was more like Speedy Keen and I felt much better. The Police are really a fun, inventive, playful, sometimes nice, sometimes, nasty, socially conscious punk-reggae combo. "Outlandos at the Regatta". Musically, 'Outlandos'd'Amour' has a convincing unity and drive.It's on the emotional level that it all seems somewhat hollow.
Image (age and attitude etc) ultimately detracts from The Police's commercial potential. The Police trio then consolidated and began working towards 'Outlandos d'Amour', with only a slight detour for Klark Kent's double six roll of the dice, passing Go and no doubt collecting rather more than £300.All of which I realise is not an album review, but is relevant to the end-product, one of the more fascinating fusions to be added to the new music stockpile recently.
Or could I do it better. But even if Sting doesn't become a star through his substantial role in 'Quadrophenia' these guys have got ideas and a future.Produced by the Police, There's a lot to listen to in this 10 cut debut from one of the new wave's more listenable trios, including the reggae-tinged lead cut, 'Roxanne', which deals with prostitution in a poignant way. If the flexible, jazz-influenced flourishes of drummer Stewart Copeland, a reggae beat and guitarist Andy Summers' finely honed attentiveness to nuance lend the Police, a stylish art-rock elegance, their music still sounds unpolished and sometimes means enough to let them pass for part-time members of the New Wave - even though it's brand of New Wave sufficiently watered down to allow these guys to become today's AOR darlings. But A&M was keen enough to give us a second chance at a single, C'an't Stand Losing You', which was actually a hit; it made the Top 40. Sting sings in his spine-tingling falsetto about fans and gossip mags who "want to hear about the drugs you're taking... [and] the love you're making."
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