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Synchronicity [Digipak]
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0606949359928
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Interscope Records
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
MPN: 493599
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Interscope Records
Release Date: March 04, 2003
Studio: Interscope Records
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Editorial Review:
Synchronicity is the last full-length studio recording from the Police, the final evolution of their sound, and the album that yielded their greatest success. It is a brilliant pop record, but it's something more, as well. The singles, particularly "Every Breath You Take," "King of Pain," and "Wrapped Around Your Finger," while pure gems by themselves, are an integral part of the album's musical and lyrical texture. As the title indicates, the album's intellectual content is inspired by C.G. Jung's psychosocial connecting principle and it manifests lyrically in some of the most evocative imagery Sting has ever created. Musically, the band defines a sonic space with arrangements that are often spare to the point of transparency. The songs are constructed from delicate arpeggios and eerie washes of guitar, sinuous keyboard lines, solid, repetitive bass figures, and the signature Stewart Copeland drum sound, all topped by Sting's voice moving through a wide range of pitch and sentiment. Synchronicity is a collection that creates and sustains a mood in the sensitive listener, a feeling that remains after the last note has died away. A benchmark album from a tremendously influential band, it will stand the test of time as a genuine classic. --Al Massa
With the release of 1983's Synchronicity, their fifth and final studio album, the Police were briefly the biggest rock band in the world. As such, it's a suitably overblown representation of their stature. Gone are previous albums' love ditties set to danceable Caribbean pop and new wave; in their place are the pretentious conceptualism of the title, the grand strokes of chart-friendly drama, and rock-star brooding found in the record's three top-ten hits, "Wrapped Around Your Finger," "King of Pain," and the undeniable classic, "Every Breath You Take." The newfound seriousness spurred multiplatinum sales, convincing Sting it was time to go solo. --Roni Sarig
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Brilliance
Dark, painful, angry music here. And lyrics that match the mood, attached to the most brilliant melodies Sting ever strung together on one LP.
Their previous albums only set the table for Synchronicity. Sting, stung with king-sized pain from marital woes, calls on every creative fiber beneath his frown. The result: the Police were never better, cresting their talents in a musical finale that made me grateful, in a way, that they split afterward. I doubt they could have improved on this. ... Read More
Rating:  - Howay the Lad
In the late 70's, early 80's, there was this monstrous black hole, completely devoid of talent, from which, every two years or so, 3 hit singles and a No1 album would be spewed unapologetically out.
The Police, (splendidly ironic name, given the crimes they regularly got away with) are guilty as charged, and their last somnambulistic studio album, all gaseous protest, and Caribbean sun-tanned `caring' = an absolute drag.
To be fair(!) there's actually a couple of good songs on `Synchronicity'. ... Read More
Rating: - A Milestone Of The 1980's
This album is not only an important artistic step ahead for The Police but also for the time period in general.In the early 80's many pop stars of the time such as Peter Gabrial were beginning to experiment with adding elements of world music,such as African and latin styles into their own sound.The Police had begun doing the same thing with reggae but here Sting,who wrote or co-wrote ten out of the eleven songs presented here,has begun to reach for new artistic heights.The title track is presented ... Read More
Rating: - WOW..
..(Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings)..(F haters..)tHis album's worth studyiNg..African sounding stuff (Sang "King of Pain" to My lawyers..)in "Walking In Your FootSteps"..Yo..I Mature leaps and bounds..
Rating: - The Police - Put Out Their Best Album And Then Call It Quits
To my ears this is the pinnacle of The Police's recorded output. I really think every song here is great and the title track "Synchronicity II" remains my all time favorite Police composition, and some of the best lyrics Sting has ever written. Everything comes together on this disc as The Police don't stick to a formula but continue to evolve their sound into what would unfortunately become their final album. More huge, huge hits came from this one including one of their biggest "Every Breath You Take", a song ... Read More
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