Poll The Police

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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.