The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (Japanese Edition)
The Police [click here to see more vinyl featuring The Police]:
- Sting – vocals, bass guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Sting]
- Andy Summers – guitar, keyboards, vocals, guitar synthesiser
- Stewart Copeland – drums, vocals, rhythm guitar and bass
Written by A. Summers (B2), S. Copeland (B1, B5), Sting (A1 to B1, B3-4)
1 LP, standard sleeve, including gatefold 4-page insert (with tour dates "Autumn 1980")
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified (Japan)
Label : A&M Records
Original Label : A&M Records
Recorded at Wisseloord Studios
Engineered by Nigel Gray
Produced by Nigel Gray, The Police
Lacquer cut at Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Design by Simon Ryan
Originally released in October 1980
Tracks:
Side A:
- Don't Stand So Close To Me
- Driven To Tears
- When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
- Canary In A Coalmine
- Voices Inside My Head
- Bombs Away
Side B:
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Behind My Camel
- Man In A Suitcase
- Shadows In The Rain
- The Other Way Of Stopping
Reviews :
« The stage was set for the Police to become one of the biggest acts of the '80s, and the band delivered with the 1980 classic Zenyatta Mondatta. The album proved to be the trio's second straight number one album in the U.K., while peaking at number three in the U.S. Arguably the best Police album, Zenyatta contains perhaps the quintessential new wave anthem, the haunting "Don't Stand So Close to Me," the story of an older teacher lusting after one of his students. While other tracks follow in the same spooky path (their second Grammy-winning instrumental "Behind My Camel" and "Shadows in the Rain"), most of the material is upbeat, such as the carefree U.S./U.K. Top Ten "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," "Canary in a Coalmine," and "Man in a Suitcase." Sting includes his first set of politically charged lyrics in "Driven to Tears," "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around," and "Bombs Away," which all observe the declining state of the world. While Sting would later criticize the album as not all it could have been (the band was rushed to complete the album in order to begin another tour), Zenyatta Mondatta remains one of the finest rock albums of all time. » AllMusic Review by Greg Prato
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 5 / 5