Poll The Police

There's a lot of joy in that entry. Doesn't he dock points on one of the albums for its butt-ugly yellow cover or something like that? He's clearly experiencing joy ripping on them

Yes on this, but he doesn't rip them, necessarily – it's obvious he likes a lot of their songs without much cottoning to their approach or albums. He also manages to cite Stevie Nicks and Morrissey.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Can't remember if I came back and actually voted for Ghost. Either way, kind of surprised here...thought Zenyatta would place higher!

boy, the second side of GITM is great fun, and Dominique OTM about the miking of Copeland's drums on "One World."

Zenyatta their funkiest though.

Surprised by these results, I thought Outlandos was the fave - it's the one I've listened to 500 times as a teen at least... But I guess I should try and do that with the others. They always just sounded too... grownup I guess, compared to Outlandos.

This band probably candidates for weirdest run of album titles.

I liked "Canary in a coalmine" but then again I like "Get out of Denver" so..

Surprised by these results, I thought Outlandos was the fave

There definitely seems to be a group who thinks Outlandos is the only 'acceptable' Police record, or whatever, so yeah the fact it only got two votes is surprising. To be honest I think all five are of similar quality, though the middle three are the most well-balanced. Regatta has so many tasty drum fills and awesome guitar licks that I'd probably vote there, though I'm probably one of the few who likes the second half with all the Copeland songs on it. In fact that CD of Copeland's solo tracks as Klark Kent ranks right up among these, if you ask me. Though I admit I'm kind of a fanatic - I've played that boxset straight through several times and I love it. I think they had very few weak tracks in their entire catalogue.

See, I always had it that ZM was the consensus favorite! So weird. I guess, as fastnbulbous points out at the top of the thread, there really isn't a clear "fan favorite," which is interesting to me.

ZM is the one I always reach for but I would probably buy the Police box set if I saw it cheap.

Never heard Synchronicity all the way through despite being born in 1978 and "Every Breath You Take" being everyfuckingwhere throughout most of my childhood.

I’ll be honest with you I usually don’t check what thread I’m posting in

there is only one thread, i'm on the same page. literally

Message in a Kettle

what police album would you recommend to someone who largely dislikes their hit singles but suspects that there may be album cuts that they would be into

Ghost in the Machine

...which won this poll

I like Reggatta de Blanc for that, that one really demonstrates how crisp and tight they sound as a band. I know parts are born from jam sessions and Copeland has a heavier hand in the songwriting which is probably a good thing at this point. Zenyatta is also a bit like that but more sterile and there's less material. Can't argue with Ghost either though the direction that goes in after the 3 hit singles is not really the Police's main sound, I mean Sting plays a bunch of sax on it for whatever reason, though the songs themselves are very good

These were the top voted deep tracks from the recent ILM Police poll, if you want to pick and choose:

5 When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around
7 Bring on the Night
8 Driven To Tears
13 Synchronicity I
16 The Bed’s Too Big Without You
17 Ωmegaman
19 Secret Journey
21 It’s Alright for You
22 Next to You
23 Darkness
24 Canary in a Coal Mine
26 Voices in My Head
27 Truth Hits Everybody
28 No Time This Time
29 Demolition Man
30 Man in a Suitcase

Oh, "The Bed’s Too Big Without You " was apparently a single.

I have distinct memory of being five or six, sitting in my parents' car while they were playing News of the World and being a little anxious because I swore they were singing, "we will, we will, we will rob you". Proving that my terrible sense of humor was present from an early age, I told my parents, "maybe they should call the band The Police to come get these guys" and thinking it quite witty.