The Police: “Fall Out” (1977)
The first lineup of The Police posing as punks and doing a Damned good job of it.
Category: Police
The Police: “Roxanne” (1978)
With a visually arresting video, this song announced there was a new sheriff in town and his name was Sting.
[Review] The Police: Outlandos d’Amour (1978)
Sounding like a cross between Cheap Trick and The Clash, The Police burst on the scene with this brilliant, energized debut.
[Review] The Police: Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
A #1 record with two #1 singles. Not a bad showing for their worst album.
The Police: “Walking on the Moon” (1979)
The band’s stripped-down version of white reggae scores a second #1 hit from their second album.
The Police: “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” (1980)
Is Sting a better songwriter than Stewart and Summers? As this single proves, it’s not even close.
[Review] The Police: Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
Sting’s intellectual and musical presence is stronger on their third (and arguably best) album.
[Review] Klark Kent: Music Madness From The Kinetic Kid (1980)
Stewart Copeland’s alter ego asks the musical question: What if The Police had a sense of humor?
[Review] Andy Summers/Robert Fripp: I Advance Masked (1982)
There is a law, apparently, that every rock guitarist has to make at least one noodly album of guitar sounds.