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Reggatta de Blanc (Remastered)

The Police

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Album Review

By 1979's Reggatta de Blanc (translation: White Reggae), nonstop touring had sharpened the Police's original blend of reggae-rock to perfection, resulting in breakthrough success. Containing a pair of massive hit singles — the inspirational anthem "Message in a Bottle" and the spacious "Walking on the Moon" — the album also signaled a change in the band's sound. Whereas their debut got its point across with raw, energetic performances, Reggatta de Blanc was much more polished production-wise and fully developed from a songwriting standpoint. While vigorous rockers did crop up from time to time ("It's Alright for You," "Deathwish," "No Time This Time," and the Grammy-winning instrumental title track), the material was overall much more sedate than the debut — "Bring on the Night," "The Bed's Too Big Without You," and "Does Everyone Stare." Also included was Stewart Copeland's one and only lead vocal appearance on a Police album, the witty "On Any Other Day," as well as one of the band's most eerie tracks, "Contact." With Reggatta de Blanc, many picked Sting and company to be the superstar band of the '80s, and the Police would prove them correct on the band's next release.

Customer Reviews

Amazing

For all the people who think The Police aren't talented......this album will prove you wrong...

Give more than the singles a chance.

If you only listen to "Every Breath", "Every Little Thing", Roxanne", etc. you are missing out on a lot of great music. Try a song like "Deathwish" or "Bring On The Night" from this album for something just as good as the standard radio clasics. Buy the album and just let it play from end to end. If you like The Police enough to be checking out individual songs from their albums then you will not go wrong diving into their great 2nd disc. Actually you won't go wrong getting all of their stuff (you don't make the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame for nothing).

Regatta de Blanc

This is, in my opinion, the best Police album. It's one of a small handful of albums that I can listen to from start to finish without ever wanting to skip past a song. The only one that I even think about skipping is Message In a Bottle, but that's just because I've heard it so many times.

Biography

Formed: 1977 in London, England

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

Nominally, the Police were punk rock, but that's only in the loosest sense of the term. The trio's nervous, reggae-injected pop/rock was punky, but it wasn't necessarily punk. All three members were considerably more technically proficient than the average punk or new wave band. Andy Summers had a precise guitar attack that created dense, interlocking waves of sounds and effects. Stewart Copeland could play polyrhythms effortlessly. And Sting, with his high, keening voice, was capable of constructing...
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