The Police: “Fall Out” (1977)
The first lineup of The Police posing as punks and doing a Damned good job of it.
The first lineup of The Police posing as punks and doing a Damned good job of it.
With a visually arresting video, this song announced there was a new sheriff in town and his name was Sting.
Sounding like a cross between Cheap Trick and The Clash, The Police burst on the scene with this brilliant, energized debut.
A #1 record with two #1 singles. Not a bad showing for their worst album.
The band’s stripped-down version of white reggae scores a second #1 hit from their second album.
Is Sting a better songwriter than Stewart and Summers? As this single proves, it’s not even close.
Sting’s intellectual and musical presence is stronger on their third (and arguably best) album.
Stewart Copeland’s alter ego asks the musical question: What if The Police had a sense of humor?
The Police add synthesizers and horns on their darkest and most polished album to date.
There is a law, apparently, that every rock guitarist has to make at least one noodly album of guitar sounds.
The Police are up for one final shootout before opting for early retirement.
Ready for another Summers and Fripp album? Neither were they.
Sting reprises his role as Hamlet with Branford Marsalis and Kenny Kirkland as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.