Favorite Police Recording?

Murder by Numbers. Absolutely great.

 

zenyatta mondatta

 

I'd have to say The Police Live, Becuase you can here them f- up and that make me feel so much better about myself

 

If I hadda choose-
1)Zenyatta Mondatta...love "Bombs Away", "Canary In A Coal Mine", "Man In A Suitcase", "Shadows In The Rain".
And how 'bout that nasty guitar solo on "Driven To Tears"?
2)Synchronicity..."Tea In The Sahara", "Walking In Your Footsteps"; love Summers' rhythm guitar part during the "King Of Pain" chorus.
At one point in time, "Murder By Numbers" was a CD-ONLY/BONUS track...if you're old enough to remember, record companies sometimes added 'bonus cuts' in order to entice consumers to spend the extra $$$ & buy the CD version.

 

Synchronicity is my favorite
There is so many GREAT song on that album.

 

Message in a Bottle... if only for the bass part Sting plays right after he sings "Message in booottle..." Bum bum bum... bum bumbumbubum bum...

 

Ghost in the Machine.

I haven't heard it in ages, but I remember I realy liked it.

I also like Message in a Bottle.

 

Regatta de Blanc or Zenyatta Mondata. Great songs (particularly on the latter) and tasty basswork from Mr. Sumner.

The production on Synchronicity is way too '80s for my taste and has not aged well. It's a shame, because many of the songs are excellent--both "Synchronicity" tracks, "Every Breath You Take," and "Tea in the Sahara" are my faves.

 

Regatta de Blanc, mostly because of the heavy reggae vibe...Bed's Too Big Without You and Walking on the Moon especially

I'm also partial to a tape of them playing at Hatfield Polytechnic in the UK. Taped it off the radio, most of the set is from the first LP but a few tunes from Reggatta which had not yet come out.

I'm dating myself here, my copy of Regatta is actually the rare 10" double EP pressing. Hard to believe it's almost 25 years old!

 

"Message in a Box". Why choose? It's all good!

 

Sting's 'solo' stuff is fine, though, LATELY(IMO) he's settled more into an Adult Contemporary market.

Andy Summers? You need to check his 'solo' stuff out...definitely of the more 'taking chances' variety.
The first one I picked up was Worlds Apart...sorta a 'mellow World' disc(?). Victor Bailey, Eliane Elias, Tony Levin, etc. People like that are backing up Summers.
Summers' The Last Dance Of Mr. X...a guitar-bass-drums trio doin' Jazz Classics in a Rock-Jazz way.
Then followed Summers' tribute to Monk, Green Chimneys...more 'nice' stuff.
His latest is a Mingus tribute(I haven't heard it, yet).

Not too familiar with Copeland's 'solo' things(outside his soundtrack work)...

 

I like Sting solo album, like Jim, lately it's not as good as it used be. Dream of a blue turtle was great.
I saw Andy Summer at the montreal jazz festival a couple of years ago (with Darryl Jones on bass) it was pretty good. A little weird though.

And Stewart, outside his movie soundtrack, never heard anything.

 

When the world is running down, and Murder by numbers.
As for solo stuff, listen to the song "Don't Box Me In" from the Rumble Fish soundtrack with /stew Copeland and Stan Ridgeway

 

I'm partial to Walking in your footsteps, or Canary in a coal mine.

 

Ghost In The Machine is a great album. It's probably the Police's most underrated disc, which is unfortunate. They really branched out with synth usage on that one. Nothing too overpowering, just cool.

"Invisible Sun", believe it or not, is my favourite Police song. Sure, all their hits are great, but there's just something about that particular cut. Very haunting. The pumping bass synth line gets me every time. And, it's one of the very rare times when Andy Summers actually does a solo. Gotta love that "seagull screaming" kind of thing.