This album had huge commercial success not only here in the States but in the UK and other places abroad as well. This album was rated as the #17 best album of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine It also entered the Billboard 200 at #1 in the US and the UK, knocking off Michael Jackson's "Thriller" off which had been perched at #1 for about 9 weeks at the time.
It also featured 4 Top Ten hits, "Every Breath You Take", W"rapped Around Your Finger", "Synchronicity II" and "King Of Pain". And let's not forget they won a Grammy for Song Of The Year with "Every Breath You Take".
So without further delay, Released on June 1st, 1983 on A&M and produced by Hugh Padgham, The Police "Synchronicity" album - Remember to keep one foot in the gutter and one fist in the gold.
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Synchronicity I" 3:23
2. "Walking in Your Footsteps" 3:36
3. "O My God" 4:02
4. "Mother" (Andy Summers)3:05
5. "Miss Gradenko" (Stewart Copeland)2:00
6. "Synchronicity II" 5:00
Side two
No. Title Length
7. "Every Breath You Take" 4:13
8. "King of Pain"4:59
9. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" 5:13
10. "Tea in the Sahara" 4:11
� Sting - bass guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals, oboe, drum machine on "Synchronicity I", saxophone on "O My God"
� Andy Summers - electric guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals on "Mother"
� Stewart Copeland - drums, xylophone, miscellaneous percussion
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