Police, The - Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings

Label: A&M Records
Catalog#: 31454 0150 2
Format: 4 x CD, Compilation
Country:US
Released:28 Sep 1993
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock, Classic Rock
Credits: Artwork By [Design And Art Direction] - Stylorouge
Artwork By [Front Cover Illustration Adaptation] - Syd Brak
Artwork By [Front Cover Illustration] - Michael McGinty
Artwork By [Visual Co-ordination For A & M] - Jez Pearce , Jo Bennett
Compiled By - Stewart Whitmore
Mastered By - David Collins*
Mastered By [Consultant] - Mark Mazzetti
Other [A & R Co-ordination] - Julie Selig
Other [Additional Material] - John Bauldie
Other [Co-ordination] - Barry Korkin , Phil Sutcliffe
Other [Discography And Additional Research] - Jo Jacobs
Other [Liner Notes] - Phil Sutcliffe
Other [Production Co-ordination] - Richard Boardman
Photography - Adrian Boot , Chris Craske , Danny Quatrochi , Duane Michals , James Wedge , Janette Beckman , Jill Furmanovsky , LFI , Lynn Goldsmith , Miles Copeland III , Paul Cox/LFI , Peter Baylis , Simon Fowler/LFI , Watal Asanuma
Producer - Hugh Padgham (tracks: 3.03 to 3.14, 4.01 to 4.13, 4.16, 4.17) , Laurie Latham (tracks: 4.18) , Nigel Gray (tracks: 1.16 to 2.06, 2.10 to 2.21, 3.16, 4.14) , Police, The (tracks: 1.03 to 4.18) , Stewart Copeland (tracks: 1.01, 1.02) , Tim Summerhayes (tracks: 3.02)
Written-By - A. Summers* (tracks: 1.03, 1.12, 1.18, 1.21, 2.10, 2.18, 3.3, 3.12, 3.15, 3.17, 3.18, 4.04, 4.11, 4.13, 4.16) , S. Copeland* (tracks: 1.01 to 1.03, 1.08, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19, 1.21, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, 2.16, 2.21, 3.01, 3.10, 3.14, 3.15, 3.17, 3.18, 4.05) , Sting (tracks: 1.03 to 1.21, 2.01, 2.03, 2.06 to 2.09, 2.11 to 2.15, 2.17, 2.19, 2.20, 3.02, 3.04 to 3.11, 3.13, 3.15 to 4.03, 4.06, 4.07 to 4.12, 4.14 to 4.18)
Notes:Mastered at A&M Mastering Studios, August 1993. Compiled at A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood CA. Packaging printed and manufactured by AGI, Inc., Chicago, IL U.S.A. Published 1993 by A&M Records Ltd.; book © 1993 A&M Records Ltd.

Tracks 1.14 and 1.15 produced in conjunction with WNEW-FM New York.

Tracks 1.01 and 1.02 ℗ 1977 Illegal Records
Tracks 1.03 to 1.13 ℗ 1978 A&M Records Ltd.
Tracks 1.14 to 2.07 and 2.09 ℗ 1979 A&M Records Ltd.
Tracks 2.08 and 2.10 to 3.01 ℗ 1980 A&M Records Ltd.
Tracks 3.02 to 3.16 ℗ 1981 A&M Records Ltd.
Tracks 3.17 and 3.18 ℗ 1982 A&M Records Ltd.
Tracks 4.01 to 4.13 ℗ 1983 A&M Records Ltd.
Tracks 4.14 and 4.15 ℗ 1982 A&M Records Ltd.
Track 4.17 ℗ 1984 A&M Records Ltd.
Track 4.18 ℗ 1986 A&M Records Ltd.

This Compilation ℗ & © 1993 A&M Records Ltd.
Printed in U.S.A.

UPC: 7 31454-0150-2 8
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Tracklisting:

1.01   Fallout (2:03)
1.02   Nothing Achieving (1:56)
1.03   Dead End Job (3:35)
1.04   Next To You (2:52)
1.05   So Lonely (4:51)
1.06   Roxanne (3:14)
1.07   Hole In My Life (4:54)
1.08   Peanuts (4:01)
1.09   Can't Stand Losing You (3:01)
1.10   Truth Hits Everybody (2:54)
1.11   Born In The 50's (3:44)
1.12   Be My Girl Sally (3:23)
1.13   Masako Tanga (5:43)
1.14   Landlord (Live) (2:36)
1.15   Next To You (Live) (3:11)
1.16   Landlord (3:09)
1.17   Message In A Bottle (4:50)
1.18   Regatta De Blanc (3:06)
1.19   It's Alright For You (3:13)
1.20   Bring On The Night (4:15)
1.21   Deathwish (4:11)
2.01   Walking On The Moon (5:02)
2.02   On Any Other Day (2:57)
2.03   The Bed's Too Big Without You (4:25)
2.04   Contact (2:38)
2.05   Does Everyone Stare (3:46)
2.06   No Time This Time (3:20)
2.07   Visions Of The Night (3:05)
2.08   The Bed's Too Big Without You (Mono) (3:29)
2.09   Truth Hits Everybody (Live) (2:26)
2.10   Friends (3:36)
2.11   Don't Stand So Close To Me (4:03)
2.12   Driven To Tears (3:20)
2.13   When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around (3:36)
2.14   Canary In A Coalmine (2:26)
2.15   Voices Inside My Head (3:52)
2.16   Bombs Away (3:06)
2.17   De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (4:09)
2.18   Behind My Camel (2:54)
2.19   Man In A Suitcase (2:19)
2.20   Shadows In The Rain (5:02)
2.21   The Other Way Of Stopping (3:23)
3.01   A Sermon (2:32)
3.02   Driven To Tears (Live) (3:29)
3.03   Shambelle (5:00)
3.04   Spirits In The Material World (2:59)
3.05   Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (4:20)
3.06   Invisible Sun (3:43)
3.07   Hungry For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi) (2:52)
3.08   Demolition Man (5:57)
3.09   Too Much Information (3:42)
3.10   Rehumanize Yourself (3:10)
3.11   One World (Not Three) (4:46)
3.12   Omegaman (2:47)
3.13   Secret Journey (3:33)
3.14   Darkness (3:14)
3.15   Flexible Strategies (3:43)
3.16   Low Life (3:45)
3.17   How Stupid Mr. Bates (2:41)
3.18   A Kind Of Loving (2:03)
4.01   Synchronicity I (3:22)
4.02   Walking In Your Footsteps (3:36)
4.03   O My God (4:02)
4.04   Mother (3:05)
4.05   Miss Gradenko (2:00)
4.06   Synchronicity II (5:03)
4.07   Every Breath You Take (4:14)
4.08   King On Pain (4:59)
4.09   Wrapped Around Your Finger (5:13)
4.10   Tea In The Sahara (4:13)
4.11   Murder By Numbers (4:36)
4.12   Man In A Suitcase (Live) (2:17)
4.13   Someone To Talk To (3:08)
4.14   Message In A Bottle (Live) (4:51)
4.15   I Burn For You (4:49)
4.16   Once Upon A Daydream (3:31)
4.17   Tea In The Sahara (Live) (5:06)
4.18   Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 (4:51)

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User Reviews:
ethan, Sep 25, 2007

The title says "Complete"; and, up to 1993, when this box set was released, yea, this is freakin' complete. All five of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees' studio albums are here, sprinkled with a few live cuts and B-sides for good measure. From wanna-be punks to "white reggae" specialists to God knows what they became, this trio was always capable of volatile moments on stage and off. This collection also shows just how much they had grown over the years. Nobody could play atmospheric-style guitar the way Andy Summers could. And Stewart Copeland's drum lit, at times, rivaled that of Rush' Neil Peart (by the way, where can I buy some octobans - is that right? - that Stew has?). What Sting has done goes without saying. Maybe it's better that they quit at the top. Frankly, how COULD they possibly do better than 'Synchronicity'? Anyone who saw their recent reunion tour (and shelled the mucho moolah to do so) knows how legendary their status is. Now, they finally have the respect that they deserve. Buy this (preferably form a friend who's in a music club that can get this at a discount) for all the Police you need - unless you wish to find live bootlegs and, of course, the remixes.

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