STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE POLICE - SYNCHRONICITY

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Good morning record junkies and welcome to the Thursday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 68th Birthday of Virginia born drummer Stewart Copeland, known for his work in The Police, and the supergroup Oysterhead (with Les Claypool of Primus and Trey Anastasio of Phish, highly recommended). Happy Birthday Stewart ! With him in mind we spotlight the  fifth and final studio album by the Police, Synchronicity.  Synchronicity was released June 17, 1983 on the A&M label and produced by The Police and Hugh Padgham. The LP reached #1 in Australia, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, the UK, and America. Four singles were released from the 8X Platinum disc ; "Every Breath You Take" (#26 Club Play Singles, #5 Adult Contemporary, #1 Mainstream Rock and Hot 100) , "King of Pain" (#33 Adult Contemporary, #3 Hot 100, #1 Mainstream Rock) , "Synchronicity II" (#17 UK, #16 Hot 100, #9 Mainstream Rock), and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (#13 Adult Contemporary, #9 Mainstream Rock, #8 Hot 100, #7 UK). 

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

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

The Police

Sting – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, upright bass, keyboards, drum machine & sequencer on "Synchronicity I", saxophone on "O My God", oboe on "Mother" and "Tea in the Sahara"

Andy Summers – electric guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals on "Mother"

Stewart Copeland – drums, marimba, percussion, backing vocals

With :

Tessa Niles – backing vocals

Hugh Padgham – production, engineering
Dave Collins, Bob Ludwig – mastering
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – art direction, design
Norman Moore – art direction, design
Duane Michals – photography