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Ghost In The Machine (Album) by The Police
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The Police Was A Rock Band Which Formed In 1977 In London England. The Band Consisted Of Sting Vocals Bass Andy Summers Guitar And Stewart Copeland Drums . The Band Released Five Albums -- "Outlandos D'Amour" 1978 "Reggatta De Blanc" 1979 "Zenyatta Mondatta" 1980 "Ghost In The Machine" 1982 And "Synchronicity" 1983 -- Before Entering A Hiatus In 1984 And Ultimately Disbanding In 1986 The Band Reunited In January 2007 For A Reunion Tour That Lasted Until August 2008. Biography The Police Formed In Early 1977 In London By Stewart Copeland Drums Gordon Sumner Better Known As Sting Bass And Lead Vocals And Henry Padovani Guitar . Andy Summers Later Joined The Group And After A Very Short Stint As A Quartet Padovani Left The Band. The Police Became One Of The Most Popular Bands In The Late 70s And Throughout The 80s. The Police Are Notable As One Of The First Mainstream White Pop Groups To Adopt Reggae As A Predominant Musical Form And To Score Major International Hits With Reggae-Styled Material. The First All-White Reggae Band With Permanent Members And Frequent Recording In Europe Was Peps Blodsband Lead By Peps Persson From South Sweden Who Changed From Blues To Reggae 1974/75 . Although Reggae Was Already Very Popular In The United Kingdom Due To The Large Number Of Caribbean Immigrants And A Number Of Western European Countries Reggae Was Little Known In The United States And Rejected By Most Black Artists In U.S And Prior To The Emergence Of The Police Only A Handful Of Reggae Songs Had Enjoyed Any Significant Chart Success. The Police UB40 The Clash And Bob Marley Jamaican Partly Living In England After Being Shot In Jamaica Are Considered With A Number Of New Wave Rock And Ska Bands As One Of The Leaders Of The Second British Invasion Of The U.S. The Police Were Strongly Influenced By Reggae Especially Reggae Drumming And Base Lines Jazz And In The Beginning Punk Rock – Something That Came To Be Shifted More And More Towards Pop During The 80s. Their Lyrics Also Changed From Challenging But Yet Somewhat Politically Restrained Punk- And New Wave Lyrics To After 1982 In Some Songs Emphasize Environmental Awareness And Human Oneness. The Biggest Hits However Had Romantic Or Sexual Themes. The Police Met Together With Other "white" British Bands Which Played Reggae As UB40 Criticism From Black English Rastafarian Reggae Bands Like Aswad In A BBC Documentary On TV And Steel Pulse For Being Accomplices In The Music Industry Of "Babylon" Stealing The Caribbean Slave Descendants' Musical Treasure. This Criticism Has Later Been Withdrawn. Aswad Has Even Made The Covers Of Police Songs Like "Roxanne". Tension Grew Between The Band Members Because Unlike Most Other Bands They Did Not Share Songwriting Credits. They Released Their Last Album Synchronicity In 1983 Selling Over 8 Million Copies. Synchronicity Is Critically Regarded As Their Best Album With Hits Such As Synchronicity II King Of Pain And Probably Their Best Known Song Every Breath You Take. In 1984 After Touring In Support Of Synchronicity The Police Went On Hiatus While Sting Pursued His Acting And Solo Music Careers. Two Years Later The Police Reformed And Played A Few Concerts For Amnesty International. Soon After The Band Went Into The Studio. Sting Wanted To Re-Record Their Old Songs But Andy And Stewart Wanted To Leave The Originals Alone And Only Two Songs Were Re-Recorded During These Studio Sessions. Although The Group Is Considered To Have Disbanded In 1984 1986 Was The Last Time The Police Engaged In Any Musical Activity. In 1992 The Band Released "Message In A Box" Their 4 CD Box Set And Performed At Sting's Wedding To Trudie Styler. A Live CD Was Released In June 1995. On March 10 2003 The Police Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Performed Message In A Bottle Roxanne And Every Breath You Take. The Police Reformed In 2007 And Opened The Grammy Award Ceremony Of That Year With A Performance Of Roxanne. Towards The End Of May The Band Began A World Tour. In 2008 The Tour Ended At Madison Square Garden New York On August 7 And The Police Disbanded For Good. Sting Was Quoted Towards The End Of The Tour That He Had Achieved Closure With The Band And Revealed That The Police Would Never Tour Or Record Again. Sting Has Said That The Material On The Album Ghost In The Machine Were Inspired By The Writings Of Arthur Koestler And That The Police's Final Studio Album Synchronicity Was Influenced By The Writings Of Carl Jung. Sting Also Peppers His Songs With Literary Allusions The Song "Don't Stand So Close To Me" Mentions Vladimir Nabokov's Novel Lolita "Tea In The Sahara" Alludes To The Novel The Sheltering Sky By Paul Bowles And "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Refers Both To The Sea Monsters Scylla And Charybdis From Greek Mythology And To Mephistopheles From The German Legend Of Faust . Discography * Outlandos D'Amour 1978 * Reggatta De Blanc 1979 * Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 * Ghost In The Machine 1981 * Synchronicity 1983
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The Police Was A Rock Band Which Formed In 1977 In London England. The Band Consisted Of Sting Vocals Bass Andy Summers Guitar And Stewart Copeland Drums . The Band Released Five Albums -- "Outlandos D'Amour" 1978 "Reggatta De Blanc" 1979 "Zenyatta Mondatta" 1980 "Ghost In The Machine" 1982 And "Synchronicity" 1983 -- Before Entering A Hiatus In 1984 And Ultimately Disbanding In 1986 The Band Reunited In January 2007 For A Reunion Tour That Lasted Until August 2008. Biography The Police Formed In Early 1977 In London By Stewart Copeland Drums Gordon Sumner Better Known As Sting Bass And Lead Vocals And Henry Padovani Guitar . Andy Summers Later Joined The Group And After A Very Short Stint As A Quartet Padovani Left The Band. The Police Became One Of The Most Popular Bands In The Late 70s And Throughout The 80s. The Police Are Notable As One Of The First Mainstream White Pop Groups To Adopt Reggae As A Predominant Musical Form And To Score Major International Hits With Reggae-Styled Material. The First All-White Reggae Band With Permanent Members And Frequent Recording In Europe Was Peps Blodsband Lead By Peps Persson From South Sweden Who Changed From Blues To Reggae 1974/75 . Although Reggae Was Already Very Popular In The United Kingdom Due To The Large Number Of Caribbean Immigrants And A Number Of Western European Countries Reggae Was Little Known In The United States And Rejected By Most Black Artists In U.S And Prior To The Emergence Of The Police Only A Handful Of Reggae Songs Had Enjoyed Any Significant Chart Success. The Police UB40 The Clash And Bob Marley Jamaican Partly Living In England After Being Shot In Jamaica Are Considered With A Number Of New Wave Rock And Ska Bands As One Of The Leaders Of The Second British Invasion Of The U.S. The Police Were Strongly Influenced By Reggae Especially Reggae Drumming And Base Lines Jazz And In The Beginning Punk Rock – Something That Came To Be Shifted More And More Towards Pop During The 80s. Their Lyrics Also Changed From Challenging But Yet Somewhat Politically Restrained Punk- And New Wave Lyrics To After 1982 In Some Songs Emphasize Environmental Awareness And Human Oneness. The Biggest Hits However Had Romantic Or Sexual Themes. The Police Met Together With Other "white" British Bands Which Played Reggae As UB40 Criticism From Black English Rastafarian Reggae Bands Like Aswad In A BBC Documentary On TV And Steel Pulse For Being Accomplices In The Music Industry Of "Babylon" Stealing The Caribbean Slave Descendants' Musical Treasure. This Criticism Has Later Been Withdrawn. Aswad Has Even Made The Covers Of Police Songs Like "Roxanne". Tension Grew Between The Band Members Because Unlike Most Other Bands They Did Not Share Songwriting Credits. They Released Their Last Album Synchronicity In 1983 Selling Over 8 Million Copies. Synchronicity Is Critically Regarded As Their Best Album With Hits Such As Synchronicity II King Of Pain And Probably Their Best Known Song Every Breath You Take. In 1984 After Touring In Support Of Synchronicity The Police Went On Hiatus While Sting Pursued His Acting And Solo Music Careers. Two Years Later The Police Reformed And Played A Few Concerts For Amnesty International. Soon After The Band Went Into The Studio. Sting Wanted To Re-Record Their Old Songs But Andy And Stewart Wanted To Leave The Originals Alone And Only Two Songs Were Re-Recorded During These Studio Sessions. Although The Group Is Considered To Have Disbanded In 1984 1986 Was The Last Time The Police Engaged In Any Musical Activity. In 1992 The Band Released "Message In A Box" Their 4 CD Box Set And Performed At Sting's Wedding To Trudie Styler. A Live CD Was Released In June 1995. On March 10 2003 The Police Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Performed Message In A Bottle Roxanne And Every Breath You Take. The Police Reformed In 2007 And Opened The Grammy Award Ceremony Of That Year With A Performance Of Roxanne. Towards The End Of May The Band Began A World Tour. In 2008 The Tour Ended At Madison Square Garden New York On August 7 And The Police Disbanded For Good. Sting Was Quoted Towards The End Of The Tour That He Had Achieved Closure With The Band And Revealed That The Police Would Never Tour Or Record Again. Sting Has Said That The Material On The Album Ghost In The Machine Were Inspired By The Writings Of Arthur Koestler And That The Police's Final Studio Album Synchronicity Was Influenced By The Writings Of Carl Jung. Sting Also Peppers His Songs With Literary Allusions The Song "Don't Stand So Close To Me" Mentions Vladimir Nabokov's Novel Lolita "Tea In The Sahara" Alludes To The Novel The Sheltering Sky By Paul Bowles And "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Refers Both To The Sea Monsters Scylla And Charybdis From Greek Mythology And To Mephistopheles From The German Legend Of Faust . Discography * Outlandos D'Amour 1978 * Reggatta De Blanc 1979 * Zenyatta Mondatta 1980 * Ghost In The Machine 1981 * Synchronicity 1983
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Ghost In The Machine Is The Fourth Album By The Police Released In 1981. Much Of The Material In This Album Was Inspired By Arthur Koestler's The Ghost In The Machine Which Also Donated The Title. The Cover Art For Ghost In The Machine Features An LED-Inspired Graphic That Depicts The Heads Of The Three Band Members Each With A Distinctive Hair Style From Left To Right Andy Summers Sting With Spiky Hair And Stewart Copeland With A Fringe The Band Was Unable To Decide On A Photograph To Use For The Cover. The Album's Cover Is Ranked At Number 45 On VH1's 50 Greatest Album Covers. The Album Was The First Police Record To Feature Heavy Use Of Keyboards And Saxophones. "Spirits In The Material World" Used A Synthesizer To Mask The Song's Reggae Influence And The Middle Twenty Minutes Of The Record "Hungry For You J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi " Through "One World Not Three " Has A Great Deal Of Saxophone Harmonies. The Opening To "Secret Journey" Is A Guitar Layered With Effects Pedals. As Andy Summers Recollects “ I Have To Say I Was Getting Disappointed With The Musical Direction Around The Time Of Ghost In The Machine. With The Horns And Synth Coming In The Fantastic Raw-Trio Feel—all The Really Creative And Dynamic Stuff—was Being Lost. We Were Ending Up Backing A Singer Doing His Pop Songs." ” The LP Opens With "Spirits In The Material World " A Dark Pop Song With Keyboards Dubbed Over Summers' Original Guitar Line. Following That Is "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Which Features Piano And A Strong Caribbean Vibe. "Invisible Sun" Refers To The Troubles In Northern Ireland. "Hungry For You J'Aurais Toujours Faim De Toi " Is Sung Mostly In French. "Demolition Man " The Band's Longest Song Almost Six Minutes In Length Features A Strong Bass Line And Saxophone And Was Written By Sting While Staying At Peter O'Toole's Irish Mansion. Grace Jones And Sting Have Both Recorded Solo Versions Of The Song. Manfred Mann's Earth Band Also Recorded A Version Of The Song — Rearranged And With Extensive Use Of Synthesizers — In 1982 For Their "Somewhere In Afrika" Album. "Too Much Information " "Rehumanize Yourself " And "One World Not Three " All Concern Various Political Themes. "Rehumanize Yourself" Also Features The Only Expletive On A Police Record The Word "cunts". The Final Three Songs Return To The Darker Sound Which Opens The Album "Ωmegaman" Features Lyrics Dealing With Personal Pressure "Secret Journey" Is A Moody Song About Inner Strength And Enlightenment And "Darkness " The Album's Stewart Copeland-Penned Closer Is A Dark And Hostile Ballad About The Pressures Of Life. "Ωmegaman" Was Initially Chosen To Be The First Single Before The Album But Sting Was Against The Idea. "Invisible Sun " Released As A Single Instead Was A Large Success In The UK Making It To #2 Even Though The Video Was Banned By The BBC For Including Footage Referring To The Conflict In Northern Ireland. Later "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Made It To #3 In The U.S. And #1 In Britain And "Spirits In The Material World" Made It To The U.S. Top 20. Arthur Koestler's Reaction To The Album Is Said To Have Been Muted. He Knew Little About The Burgeoning New Wave Scene And Said In An Interview With The Paris Review Compiled Later On In Writers At Work Vol. Seven “ Look At This. Did You Ever See A Magazine Called The New Musical Express? It Turns Out There Is A Pop Group Called The Police — I Don't Know Why They Are Called That Presumably To Distinguish Them From The Punks — And They've Made An Album Of My Essay The Ghost In The Machine. I Didn't Know Anything About It Until My Clipping Agency Sent Me A Review Of The Record. ” In His Younger Days Sting Was An Avid Reader Of Koestler. Another Of The Police's Albums Synchronicity Was Also Inspired By Koestler's The Roots Of Coincidence Which Mentions Carl Jung's Theory Of Synchronicity. In 2000 Q Magazine Placed Ghost In The Machine At Number 76 In Its List Of The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003 The Album Was Ranked Number 322 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.