Description
Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by the British rock band the Police, released on 17 June 1983 by A&M Records. The band’s most successful release, the album includes the hit singles “Every Breath You Take“, “King of Pain“, “Wrapped Around Your Finger“, and “Synchronicity II“. The album’s title and much of the material for the songs were inspired by Arthur Koestler‘s book The Roots of Coincidence(1972).
The album marked a significant reduction in the reggae influences that were a part of the band’s first four studio albums, instead featuring production-heavy textures and liberal use of synthesizers that, at times, drove entire songs (“Synchronicity I”, “Wrapped Around Your Finger“). The influence of world music can also be heard in songs such as “Tea in the Sahara” and “Walking in Your Footsteps”.
Video: The Police – Every Breath You Take (1983)
Tracklist:
| 1 | Synchronicity I | 3:23 | |
| 2 | Walking In Your Footsteps | 3:35 | |
| 3 | O My God | 4:00 | |
| 4 | Mother | 3:03 | |
| 5 | Miss Gradenko | 2:00 | |
| 6 | Synchronicity II | 5:04 | |
| 7 | Every Breath You Take | 4:13 | |
| 8 | King Of Pain | 4:59 | |
| 9 | Wrapped Around Your Finger | 5:12 | |
| 10 | Tea In The Sahara | 4:11 | |
| 11 | Murder By Numbers |
Credits:
The Police
- Sting – lead (all tracks except 4) and backing vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, oboe, drum machine, saxophone
- Andy Summers – guitar, keyboards, lead vocals on “Mother”
- Stewart Copeland – drums, marimba
Production
- Hugh Padgham – production, engineering
- Renate Blauel – assistant engineer (AIR Montserrat, uncredited)[16]
- Robbie Whelan – assistant engineer (Le Studio, uncredited)[54]
- The Police – production
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Jeff Ayeroff – art direction, design
- Norman Moore – art direction, design
- Duane Michals – photography
