The Police: Synchronicity
Bringing out a classic rock album, because I heart it so much.
I remember being 5 years old listening to this album on Reel-To-Reel. Yes. That's how long I've adored this album.
Synchronicity may very well be a masterpiece, true musical genius. Maybe I'm biased, fine, but just listen to it.
The biggest problem with the CD, that I can see, is that you don't get the same feeling "sides" as you would with the vinyl.
On the vinyl, Side 1 opens and closes with Synchronicity (1 and 2, respectively) to give it a certain sense of connection. Side 2 does something a bit more creepy, opening with "Every Breath You Take," the classic stalker tune and closes with "Murder By Numbers," a song that convinces you that you too could be a killer.
Musically and lyrically, both sides perform well with one painful exception: "Mother. " It's a painful tune that is disturbing in its lyrics and misplaced in its tone and tune. This may be due to the fact that it's the only song on the album not penned by Mr. Gordon (Sting) Sumner.
If you were to ask me what tracks to listen to, I'd say "All but Mother." But, to help just a bit, "Walking in Your Footsteps," "King of Pain," and "Tea in the Sahara" are true shining gems of the album.
In the End: If you've ever remotely been a fan of Sting or the Police and have never listened to this, you're missing out. Samme can be said if you've NEVER heard of them. Please, give music a chance, listen to Synchronicity, and enjoy life.
I remember being 5 years old listening to this album on Reel-To-Reel. Yes. That's how long I've adored this album.
Synchronicity may very well be a masterpiece, true musical genius. Maybe I'm biased, fine, but just listen to it.
The biggest problem with the CD, that I can see, is that you don't get the same feeling "sides" as you would with the vinyl.
On the vinyl, Side 1 opens and closes with Synchronicity (1 and 2, respectively) to give it a certain sense of connection. Side 2 does something a bit more creepy, opening with "Every Breath You Take," the classic stalker tune and closes with "Murder By Numbers," a song that convinces you that you too could be a killer.
Musically and lyrically, both sides perform well with one painful exception: "Mother. " It's a painful tune that is disturbing in its lyrics and misplaced in its tone and tune. This may be due to the fact that it's the only song on the album not penned by Mr. Gordon (Sting) Sumner.
If you were to ask me what tracks to listen to, I'd say "All but Mother." But, to help just a bit, "Walking in Your Footsteps," "King of Pain," and "Tea in the Sahara" are true shining gems of the album.
In the End: If you've ever remotely been a fan of Sting or the Police and have never listened to this, you're missing out. Samme can be said if you've NEVER heard of them. Please, give music a chance, listen to Synchronicity, and enjoy life.
posted by askani97 at 2:56 PM
1 Comments:
Adam,
First thing I wanted to point out to you was that the LP release of Synchronicity didn't have "Murder By Numbers". This was the first LP that I bought that was missing a track compared to the CD version, and this convinced me that I needed to get a CD player.
That is how long I heart this album.
In my mind, Synchronicity was an almost ideal end of the Police. Regatta de Blanc, Zenyetta Mondatta, and Outlandos d'Amour set the style of the band. Then Ghost in the Machine came, and added many layers onto the previous sparse sound of the band. After that, we got Synchronicity, which was a return to the sparse sound, but the elements that the removed from Ghost weren't necessarily the same ones that were recently added. What you had was a band transformed, a metamorphosis.
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