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Track Listings
1 | Synchronicity I |
2 | Walking in Your Footsteps |
3 | O My God |
4 | Mother |
5 | Miss Gradenko |
6 | Synchronicity II |
7 | Every Breath You Take |
8 | King of Pain |
9 | Wrapped Around Your Finger |
10 | Tea in the Sahara |
Editorial Reviews
The fifth and final studio album by the Police, Synchronicity was released in June 1983, and was the band's most successful release. Despite its pop-oriented and experimental than either Ghost in the Machine or Zenyatta Mondatta, Synchronicity made the Police global superstars, generating no less than five classic hit singles. - Every Breath You Take (featuring a seductive, rolling beat masking its malice) King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Synchronicity II.
Product details
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 12.32 x 12.36 x 0.31 inches; 8.32 ounces
- Manufacturer : A&M
- Item model number : 602508046117
- Original Release Date : 2019
- Date First Available : September 1, 2019
- Label : A&M
- ASIN : B07WYZ86HJ
- Country of Origin : United Kingdom
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,793 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #2,373 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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As other reviewers have noted, there is a severe first half/second half disparity. The first half is uneven--it starts with the quite impressive Synchronicity I, which introduces the subject matter of the album. While none of the first half is terrible (although Mother is certainly not for everyone), there aren't any songs that truly sparkle. Walking in your Footsteps is a gentle meditation on evolution, O My God is an earnest spiritual inquiry, much like some of Sting's later solo songs. Miss Gradenko examines a totalitarian society and the death it brings, metaphorically, of course.
Things change in a big way, though, starting with Synchronicity II. This song admonishes the 9-to-5 workers who go about their lives without thinking about why things are the way they are, and is pursued by the Loch Ness Monster. It might sound silly, but it is very much an ironic song. Every Breath You Take is The Police's biggest song, and if you've listened to a radio in the last 25 years, you've heard it. Some Police fans might chafe at the attention that this song got, compared to other equally worthy songs, but it's not every band that creates music that everyone knows 25 years later. King of Pain is one of my favorites, which has a sort of iceberg-style format where we are supposed to infer what the speaker has suffered to make him the "King of Pain", in his words. The disconnect between the sorrowful lyrics and upbeat rock musical arrangement are worth noting, but this song has the spark that few songs have, and it must be heard to be believed. When first hearing Wrapped Around Your Finger, you'll notice the carnival-sounding melody. It's no coincidence. The oppressive relationship between the speaker and his controlling girlfriend gets turned around by the end in a song which looks at interpersonal relationships as though they were a game. Tea in the Sahara is the most hauntingly beautiful song of the album, with a very sparse arrangement which creates the impression of a massive, empty desert, and the lyrics talk about disappointment when a prince misses an annual tea appointment in the Sahara. Murder by Numbers, the final track, is a little too didactic in my opinion, but still a good jazz riff with a political conscience.
Overall, it's an exceptional album with a few pure gems and is probably their most consistent offering, in spite of a few merely above-average tracks. Highly recommended.
Unfortunately their swan song, this album is still fresh forty years on. From pop drive fusion of reggae, jazz, and pop, to full blown No Wave “Mother” (which I could not stand as a child, but now adore) this album has it all. I really cannot think of a finer album that mixes world best with a pop sensibility while staying thematic and focused.
The remastering is also so rich and lush it breathes new life into this classic.
With the title in mind, the song and album theme borrows from and elaborates on Jung's psychology work. Sometimes two parallel events do collide at an opportune time. How else does one explain "Every breath You Take" as a popular romance ballad?
"Synchronicity I" leads off, an up-tempo number with excellent intensity, powerful drums and guitar washes. "We share this nightmare."
"Walking in Your Footsteps" is full of atmospheric guitars and primal drumming to explore themes like dinosaurs and early hominids...and modern ones. Spare yet full of sound.
"O My God" has a groove that harkens back to "Zenyatta Mondatta" and is notable for an instance of Sting recycling lyrics from "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic."
"Mother" is a bizarre, irritating song featuring Andy Summers on vocals, with a Norman Bates type theme. One could imagine this being played over and over during a fraternity hell week to drive pledges bonkers.
"Miss Gradenko" is Stewart Copeland's contribution, with his usual wry lyrics. "They were in a policy meeting, planning new ways of cheating..."
With "Synchronicity II" the disk really takes off. The instrumental dynamics are superb and there are dual stories of a nightmare suburban/corporate existence and something happening 'many miles away...' Great vocals by Sting.
"Every Breath you Take" is the track that sent this one skyrocketing, along with the famous black and white video. Spare guitar and keyboard lines along with pulsing bass and drums, with lush dynamic choruses make this a classic. The funny thing is that this is basically a song about a stalker, but people play this at their weddings. More great vocals by Sting.
"King of Pain" features some of Sting's best lyrical imagery yet, excellent instrumental dynamics and a memorable chorus.
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" is another gem, full of atmospheric guitars and keyboards, and Copeland's best drumming on the disk.
"Tea in the Sahara" is an underrated gem, featuring more cool guitar work and references to "beneath the sheltering sky" and exotic desert landscapes.
"Murder By Numbers" is a darkly comic song about committing the perfect murder, even taking out your entire family, and turning it into art.
Buy this one as your introduction to the band and work backward, or move forward through the solo work of Sting, Copeland and Summers.