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The Police
"Synchronicity"
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1983
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Synchronicity
Walking In Your Footsteps
O My God
Mother
Miss Gradenko
Synchronicity II
Every Breath You Take
King Of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Tea In The Sahara
Murder By Numbers
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Although the Police's fifth release, 1983's
Synchronicity, would be their most commercially
successful and lead to a sold-out tour of
enormodomes (including New York's Shea Stadium), it
would turn out to be the trio's final album and
tour.
Like all Police recordings, Synchronicity contains
some obvious "filler" (such as the silly dinosaur
tale of "Walking in Your Footsteps" and the almost
unlistenable "Mother"), but for the most part, it's
exceptional.
One of 1983's biggest singles, the haunting "Every
Breath You Take" is an obvious highlight, as well as
other hits -- the cacophonous rocker "Synchronicity
II," plus the far more temperate "Wrapped Around
Your Finger" and "King of Pain." Also included are
the oft-overlooked tracks "O My God," "Synchronicity
I" (used as a concert opener on the ensuing tour),
"Tea in the Sahara," "Murder by Numbers," and the
Stewart Copeland original "Miss Gradenko." Few other
albums from 1983 merged tasteful pop,
sophistication, and expert song writing as well as
Synchronicity did, resulting in yet another all-time
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