THE POLICE “Synchronicity” LP A&M SEALED CRC record club ’83 orig WOW

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Artist:  THE POLICE

Title:   “Synchronicity”

Label:   A & M ~ SP-3735.  Stereo pressing.  Bottom of reverse panel indicates “CRC” (Columbia Record Club).  

Year:  1983. 

NOTE:  This album came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  We are in the process of selling many investment grade colored vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare memorabilia from this collection.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

Album is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap.  Shrink wrap is clean and fully intact.  Front of shrink wrap has 3 breathe holes.  A stunningly beautiful LP, you will not find a nicer one anywhere.

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Synchronicity I
• Walking In Your Footsteps
• O My God
• Mother
• Miss Gradenko
• SynchronicityII

Side Two:

• Every Breath You Take
• King of Pain
• Wrapped Around Your Finger
• Tea in the Sahara

Review:

“Simultaneously more pop-oriented and experimental than either Ghost in the Machine or Zenyatta Mondatta, Synchronicity made the Police superstars, generating no less than five hit singles.  With the exception of "Synchronicity II," which sounds disarmingly like a crappy Billy Idol song, every one of those singles is a classic.  "Every Breath You Take" has a seductive, rolling beat masking its maliciousness, "King of Pain" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" are devilishly infectious new wave singles, and "Tea in the Sahara" is hypnotic in its measured, melancholy choruses.  But, like so many other Police albums, these songs are surrounded by utterly inconsequential filler.  This time, the group relies heavily on jazzy textures for Sting's songs, which only work on the jumping, marimba-driven "Synchronicity I."  Then, as if to prove that the Police were still a band, there's one song apiece from Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, both of which are awful, as if they're trying to sabotage the album.  Since they arrive on the first side, which is devoid of singles, they do, making the album sound like two EPs: one filled with first-rate pop, and one an exercise in self-indulgence.  While the hits are among Sting's best, they also illustrate that he was ready to leave the Police behind for a solo career, which is exactly what he did.” 

(courtesy of Stephen Thomas Erlewine , allmusic.com)

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