The Police (album)

The Police
Compilation album by The Police
Released	June 5, 2007
Recorded	February 1977 – February 1983
Genre	New wave, punk rock, rock
Length	118:48
Label	A&M
Producer	The Police, Nigel Gray, Hugh Padgham
The Police chronology
The Very Best of Sting & The Police (2002) The Police (2007) Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires (2008)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

The Police is a self-titled compilation album released by The Police on June 5, 2007, to accompany their reunion tour. It contains 28 tracks over two discs, a mixture of hits and fan favourites. International editions contain two bonus tracks, "The Bed's Too Big Without You" from Reggatta de Blanc and "Rehumanize Yourself" from Ghost in the Machine.

The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 58,000 copies in its first week.^[3] As of July 11, 2007, the album had sold 180,558 copies in the US.

Track listing

All songs written by Sting except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Fall Out" (Copeland) – 2:03
2. "Can't Stand Losing You" – 2:58
3. "Next to You" – 2:50
4. "Roxanne" – 3:12
5. "Truth Hits Everybody" – 2:55
6. "Hole in My Life" – 4:49
7. "So Lonely" – 4:49
8. "Message in a Bottle" – 4:49
9. "Reggatta de Blanc" (Copeland, Sting, Summers) – 3:14
10. "Bring on the Night" – 4:16
11. "Walking on the Moon" – 4:59
12. "The Bed's Too Big Without You" – 4:25 ***
13. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – 4:03
14. "Driven to Tears" – 3:21
15. "Canary in a Coalmine" – 2:27

Disc two

1. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" – 4:10
2. "Voices Inside My Head" – 3:53
3. "Invisible Sun" – 3:44
4. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:20
5. "Spirits in the Material World" – 2:58
6. "Demolition Man" – 5:55
7. "Rehumanize Yourself" (Copeland, Sting) - 3:10 ***
8. "Every Breath You Take" – 4:14
9. "Synchronicity I" – 3:22
10. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" – 5:13
11. "Walking in Your Footsteps" – 3:36
12. "Synchronicity II" – 5:05
13. "King of Pain" – 4:59
14. "Murder by Numbers" (Sting, Summers) – 4:33
15. "Tea in the Sahara" – 4:19

***Bonus tracks on UK edition.

Personnel

• Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, synthesizer, rhythm guitar on "Fall Out", backing vocals
• Sting – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals, oboe, saxophone, synthesizer, harmonica on "So Lonely", drum machine on "Synchronicity I"
• Andy Summers – guitar, synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
• Henry Padovani – guitar solo on "Fall Out"
• John Sinclair – piano on "Hole in My Life"
• Jean Roussel – piano on "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"

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