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Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police
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Tracklist
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Don't Stand So Close To Me (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 4:02 | 1,398 | ||
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Driven To Tears (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 3:21 | 495 | ||
| 3 |
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When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around (2003… | 3:36 | 349 | ||
| 4 |
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Canary In A Coalmine (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 2:28 | 365 | ||
| 5 |
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Voices Inside My Head (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 3:50 | 362 | ||
| 6 |
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Bombs Away (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 3:07 | 343 | ||
| 7 |
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De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 4:08 | 1,085 | ||
| 8 |
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Behind My Camel (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 2:54 | 289 | ||
| 9 |
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Man In A Suitcase (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 2:18 | 337 | ||
| 10 |
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Shadows In The Rain (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 5:02 | 237 | ||
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The Other Way Of Stopping (2003 Stereo Remastered Version) | 3:22 | 287 |
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About this album
Zenyattà Mondatta is the third album by The Police, released in 1980.
Written during the band’s second tour and recorded in just four weeks (minus several days for a short tour of the Netherlands). The band members have often expressed disappointment over it, going so far as to re-record two songs during a brief, unsuccessful reunion. Drummer Stewart Copeland, who contributed the songs “Bombs Away” and “The Other Way of Stopping”, said about the time pressures:
“ We had bitten off more than we could chew. We finished the album at 4 a.m. on the day we were starting our next world tour… It was cutting it very fine. ”
Nevertheless, Zenyattà Mondatta went to #5 in the U.S. and #1 in the UK and Australia, spurred by the success of the Sting-penned singles “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” and “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”. It would later receive glowing reviews from re-assessments in Rolling Stone and Q Magazine, among others, in spite of the fact that this is the least well-received of the five albums by The Police - so much so, it was the only of their five albums not to obtain a spot on the Rolling Stone’s list 500 greatest albums of all time.
As alluded to by Copeland, the Police embarked on a tour of the world the day of the album’s completion, beginning in Belgium and reaching places such as India and Egypt.
The album itself is the last of the Police’s early era, influenced by reggae and punk and featuring few musical elements on top of the core guitar, bass, and drums.
Written during the band’s second tour and recorded in just four weeks (minus several days for a short tour of the Netherlands). The band members have often expressed disappointment over it, going so far as to re-record two songs during a brief, unsuccessful reunion. Drummer Stewart Copeland, who contributed the songs “Bombs Away” and “The Other Way of Stopping”, said about the time pressures:
“ We had bitten off more than we could chew. We finished the album at 4 a.m. on the day we were starting our next world tour… It was cutting it very fine. ”
Nevertheless, Zenyattà Mondatta went to #5 in the U.S. and #1 in the UK and Australia, spurred by the success of the Sting-penned singles “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” and “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”. It would later receive glowing reviews from re-assessments in Rolling Stone and Q Magazine, among others, in spite of the fact that this is the least well-received of the five albums by The Police - so much so, it was the only of their five albums not to obtain a spot on the Rolling Stone’s list 500 greatest albums of all time.
As alluded to by Copeland, the Police embarked on a tour of the world the day of the album’s completion, beginning in Belgium and reaching places such as India and Egypt.
The album itself is the last of the Police’s early era, influenced by reggae and punk and featuring few musical elements on top of the core guitar, bass, and drums.
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Shouts
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prominence_la wrote:
Brilliant. Might agree with szelf13. But not until I lay my hands on Regatta de Blanc.
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szelf13 wrote:
Ghost In The Machine and Zenyatta Mondatta the best ALBUMS of THE POLICE
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PaulFrankRizzo wrote:
Best Album. Then Synchronicity.
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Hetfield55 wrote:
fantastic album, exceptional bass, guitar and drum playing! a true classic
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justintuijl wrote:
The best police album by a mile!
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CC8469 wrote:
what can I say? CLASSIC!
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EpicGeeza36 wrote:
funky
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tallpaul1 wrote:
Class A
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RYMfroodoo wrote:
Open-minded Police listeners might check out Steve Khan's Casa Loco, Public Access and Modern Times; these albums are influenced by the Police's music of the time.
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cslhclan wrote:
used to love playin this on vinyl, crisp as ya like...may have ti dig it out, a timeless classic
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uselessgoo wrote:
best police album hands down.
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heygoodlookin wrote:
(Y)
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Otacons_Nachos wrote:
Most spaced out and experimental album by them.
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jjuckel wrote:
Classic classic album, great basslines.
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miriamsara wrote:
very good
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