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• ' Released: 13 May 1983 • ' Released: 8 July 1983 • ' Released: 21 October 1983 • ' Released: 2 January 1984 Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by English rock band, released in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1983. The band's most successful release, the album includes the hit singles ', ', ', and '.

The album's title and much of the material for the songs were inspired by 's. At the the album was nominated for a total of five awards including and won three. At the time of its release and following its tour The Police were hailed as the 'Biggest Band in the World'. The album reached number one on both the and the U.S., and sold over 8 million copies in the U.S. Synchronicity was widely acclaimed by critics. Praise centred on its cohesive merging of disparate genres and sonic experimentation.

Described 'each cut on Synchronicity [as] not simply a song but a miniature, discrete soundtrack.' It has since been included on their lists of the '100 Best Albums of the Eighties' and the '. In 2009, Synchronicity was inducted into the. In the 1983 readers poll, Synchronicity was voted 'Album of the Year'. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Recording [ ] The album's title was inspired by 's. Was an avid reader of Koestler, and also named after one of his works.

The album marked a significant reduction in the influences that were a part of the band's first four records, instead featuring production-heavy textures and liberal use of synthesizers that, at times, drove entire songs ('Synchronicity I', 'Wrapped Around Your Finger'). The influence of can also be heard in songs such as 'Tea in the Sahara' and 'Walking in Your Footsteps'. As with their prior album, the basic tracks for Synchronicity were recorded at, beginning in December 1982. The three band members recorded their parts in separate rooms: with his drums in the dining room, Sting in the control room and in the actual studio.

According to co-producer this was done for two reasons: to obtain the best sound for each instrument and 'for social reasons.' Padgham also stated that subsequent overdubs were done with only one member in the studio at a time.

The overdubs were done at in Quebec during January–February 1983. During the recording of ', Sting and Copeland came to blows with each other, and Padgham nearly quit the project. The album was published in the UK and U.S.

On both LP and CD in 1983, and on in 2003. In 1989, it was published by as a remastered. This section possibly contains. Please by the claims made and adding.

Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (November 2017) () ' starts the album off with a sequencer line that repeats throughout the song. Its lyrics include a term from ',' 'Spiritus Mundi' (literally 'spirit of the world'), which used to refer to the, another of Jung's theories.

'Walking in Your Footsteps' features lyrics concerning the relation between and humans, and is followed by the jazzy 'O My God'. (The song recycles some lyrics from two earlier Police songs: 'Three o' Clock Shit', which was never recorded on an album but was widely bootlegged from live performances, and the 1981 single '). 'Mother' features screamed vocals by Summers and a frantic guitar line reminiscent of (with whom Summers had previously recorded), and 'Miss Gradenko' is a song about a romance in the middle of a communist. ' features extensive use of.

'Every Breath You Take,' which begins side two of the record, is possibly The Police's best-known song, with Sting's vocals on top of a steady rhythm featuring picked guitar, strong bass, and controlled drumming. Originally, the song was what Summers called a ' thing that sounded like.' The guitarist came up with a more interesting guitar riff which became a distinctive part of the piece. The song, released before the album, went to number 1 on both the US and UK charts, aided by a black and white video directed. ' features a lyrical imagery and numerous effects and instruments, while ' uses subdued keyboards.

'Tea in the Sahara,' is a quiet, eerie song about three women who meet their death in the desert; the song is based on a story from ' novel. 'Murder by Numbers', originally the of 'Every Breath You Take,' was added to the CD and versions of the album, and has lyrics comparing political power to the development of a. Artwork [ ] The album's original cover artwork was available in 36 variations, with different arrangements of the colour stripes and showing different photographs of the band members, taken. In the most common version Sting is reading a copy of Jung's Synchronicity on the front cover along with a superimposed of the actual text of the synchronicity hypothesis. A photo on the back cover also shows a close-up, but mirrored and upside-down, image of Jung's book. The original vinyl release was pressed on audiophile vinyl which appears black like most records, but is actually purple or brown when held up to the light.

Reception [ ] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating 9/10 B+ Richard Cook of called Synchronicity 'a record of real passion that is impossible to truly decipher', and felt that 'although [the album] magnifies the difference between Sting and Summers and Copeland it also evolves the group into a unique state: a mega-band playing off glittering experimentation against the sounding board of a giant audience. It's the sound of a group coming apart and coming together, a widescreen drama with a fascination at a molecular level. Some of the music fuses intuitive pop genius with willfully dense orchestration so powerfully it stuns. It is occasionally sensational.' In Adam Sweeting was less enthusiastic, saying, 'I would guess that devotees of this extremely sussed trio will find plenty to amuse them, and indeed Sting has sown all sorts of cryptic little clues and messages throughout his songs. However impressive bits of Synchronicity sound, I could never fall in love with a group which plans its moves so carefully and which would never do anything just for the hell of it'.

Accolades [ ] Synchronicity topped the album charts in both the UK and the U.S. For 17 nonconsecutive weeks (interrupting the dominance of 's in the U.S.). It won a for. In 2013, the album Synchronicity reached No. 13 in 's 'Top 100 Favourite Albums', a poll voted by over 100,000 people.

In 2001, the TV network named it the 50th greatest album of all time. In 2000, the rated Synchronicity at No. In 2005, Channel 4's 100 Greatest Albums ranked the album at No.

In 2010 composed a list of the Top 100 Albums Ever which listed the album at No. In 2003, the album ranked No. 455 on magazine's list of, while in 2012, Synchronicity was ranked No. 448; it was one of four of the band's entries on the list. In 1989, the album was ranked No. 17 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the '100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s'. In 2002, on 's list of the 'Top 100 Albums of the 1980s' it ranked at No.

In 2006, placed the album at No. 25 in its list of '40 Best Albums of the '80s'.

In 2009, Synchronicity was inducted into the. The compiled a list of The Definitive 200 Albums of All Time in 2007, listing Synchronicity at No. The album was included in the book. Track listing [ ] All tracks written by, except where noted. Title Writer(s) Length 1.

'Walking in Your Footsteps' 3:36 3. 'O My God' 4:02 4.

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