The Police – Outlandos D'Amour (200g, Japanese Edition)
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The Police:
- Sting – vocals, bass guitar, "butt piano" on "Roxanne [click here to see more vinyl featuring Sting]
- Andy Summers – guitar, backwards piano on "Masoko Tanga"
- Stewart Copeland – drums
Arranged by The Police
Written by Sting (all tracks), Stewart Copeland (A5), Andy Summers (B4)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified (Japan)
Label : Universal Music Japan - LP 100 Series
Original Label : A&M Records
Recorded January–September 1978 at Surrey Sound Studio, Leatherhead
Engineered by Chris Gray & Nigel Gray
Produced by The Police
Photography by Janette Beckman
Design by Les May
Art direction by Michael Ross
Originally released in November 1978
Reissued in October 2007
Tracks:
Side A:
- Next To You
- So Lonely
- Roxanne
- Hole In My Life
- Peanuts
Side B:
- Can't Stand Losing You
- Truth Hits Everybody
- Born In The 50's
- Be My Girl - Sally
- Masoko Tanga
Awards:
Rolling Stone Magazine 500 greatest albums of all time – Ranked No. 428
Rolling Stone Magazine 100 best debut albums of all time – Ranked No. 38
Reviews:
“While their subsequent chart-topping albums would contain far more ambitious songwriting and musicianship, the Police's 1978 debut, Outlandos d'Amour (translation: Outlaws of Love) is by far their most direct and straightforward release. Although Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland were all superb instrumentalists with jazz backgrounds, it was much easier to get a record contract in late-'70s England if you were a punk/new wave artist, so the band decided to mask their instrumental prowess with a set of strong, adrenaline-charged rock, albeit with a reggae tinge. Some of it may have been simplistic ("Be My Girl-Sally," "Born in the '50s"), but Sting was already an ace songwriter, as evidenced by all-time classics like the good-girl-gone-bad tale of "Roxanne," and a pair of brokenhearted reggae-rock ditties, "Can't Stand Losing You" and "So Lonely." But like all other Police albums, the lesser-known album cuts are often highlights themselves -- the frenzied rockers "Next to You," "Peanuts," and "Truth Hits Everybody," as well as more exotic fare like the groovy album closer "Masoko Tanga" and the lonesome "Hole in My Life." Outlandos d'Amour is unquestionably one of the finest debuts to come out of the '70s punk/new wave movement.” AllMusic Review by Greg Prato
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.2 / 5