Synchronicity

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-07-01 rating:
poor shipping
I receive this CD in the mail. It had obvious water damage to one end of the package, which was completely open. The CD was exposed and I am amazed it was not stolen enroute. I was very disappointed and afraid that the CD would be damaged. Fortunately , it seemed to be alright and has worked well so far.

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review by: Fairhoodlum date: 2009-01-30 rating:
Progression
This is an interesting and preogressive Police album. You get some idea that Sting is turning into the "artist" he was to become but never-the-less worth having!

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review by: date: 2008-04-11 rating:
'Howay the Lad'
The Police, (splendidly ironic name, given the crimes they regularly got away with) are guilty as charged and their last somnambulistic studio album; all gaseous protest and Caribbean sun-tanned 'caring' = an absolute drag. br / br /To be fair(!) there's actually a couple of good songs on 'Synchronicity': 'Every Breath' is fairly strong and 'Synchronicity II' is a minor revelation. br /Where Gordon dug this up is a mystery; steaming rock guitar riffing and passionate vocals? Steady on there boys. The irony can't have been lost on him though, the powerful left-wing lyrics must've seemed particularly appropriate as he sat in the recording studio in the Bahamas or wherever(This at a time when all these so-called darling groups went to Montserrat or the Riviera to record albums. Why is beyond me, each and every one came back a disaster. Check out the Durannies, or even the Happy Mondays for irrefutable proof). br /It has an exiting prog-style 'II' in the title, perhaps that's where Gordon's loyalties really lie; Cocktail Prog(!) and sticks out like a sore thumb from the calculated, moribund rest of 'Synchronicity' br / br /After the exertions of 'II', it's pretty obvious Gordon and the rest of the band, (Andy Summers; been going longer than Pink Floyd and The Who PUT TOGETHER, and Stewart Copeland; a lanky twit drummer, with a style borrowed from that one off the Muppets.) were worn out, so they put down a pile of filler and headed off to the beach for a lie down. br /Summers (and the first time any-one wrote about him, they were using 12-point copperplate and quills!) is particularly dull. Get up, play some feeble guitar, lie on the beach, have a little drink and a snooze. Collect cash. Nice work if you can get it. Being dreary isn't a crime in rock, otherwise we'd have anarchy, so he can't shoulder much of the blame for 'Synchronicity'. br /The finger of accusation must point at Gordon, who is determined to stamp his creative authority on proceedings and not give a hoot his creativity isn't worth a jot. br / br /He waffles on about mothers and murderers in abject isolation, thinking he's being really insightful and interesting but in reality, he's boring every-one rigid. br /There's two words I always try to use in my reviews. One is 'looney' which doesn't really apply here and the other is 'worthy' - a horrid, nasty word implying the worst nadir of any art-form and one that could've been specially coined for Gordon. br / br /The 80's was full of 'worthies'. Lacklustre half-talents (and if for some reason you want to check 'em out, have a butchers at the 'Do They Know it's Christmas' video. Most of them are on there), any surprise or originality long since ebbed away, but still wanting to be seen to be DOING THEIR BIT. br /Gordon was king in this company. 'Hey, I'm a working class millionaire but never mind me. Look at this rain forest guy with a plate in his lip that I've dragged halfway across the world and put on TV in a dire and misguided attempt to show how caring I really am in my millions (And I've got a solo album out that nobody's buying!). br / br /The worst kind of pop star, one who's filament wasn't blinding to begin with but ending up being as weak and uncomfortable as that poor rain forest guy, thousands of miles from home, plonked like a freak-show in completely alien surroundings but still having a nobility and charisma Gordon can only drool after. br /I hear all this desperation and thinly disguised self-aggrandizement running like veins through all of Gordon's 'work' and here it's at an annoyingly high level. br /To say Synchronicity' is limp is like saying Hitler was a slightly misled. Gordon may think he's walking on rock's wild side, but he's not really fooling any-one. We can all see whatever limited talent he had in the first place has now run completely dry and all the faux roots, jazzy licks and lounge crooning in the world won't change that. br / br /I don't normally feel sympathy for people like Gordon. Working class people who've made many millions from other working class people who will 'like' a certain music because it's drummed into them but allow me a twinge. 'Synchronicity' may be insipid and lukewarm but it's 'Astral Weeks' compared to his solo work. br /It should've been called 'Sycophantically'. br /Geddit?

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review by: andy date: 2008-02-28 rating:
Last offering??
When i first bought this album aged 13 on vinyl from woolworths in 1983, i was blown away by the difference of the song structure from the previous LP, Ghost in the Machine. br /It opnes with one of the standout tracks Synchronicity 1, which is completely brilliant, catchy, compelling and driving. br /The next track, Walking In Your Footsteps again shows an unusual stripped down sound which grabs the attention. br /Then we are back on almost Zenyatta territory with O My God, which again is a great song, with that distinctive Andy Summers guitar twang.Messy ending though. br /And next is the one that is love or hate; Mother. br /This song is a Summers song in the mould of 'Friends' which was the b side to Don't Stand So Close To Me, and there you have it really; this one should have been a B-side to a single and allowed great songs that WERE b sides to singles off this album to actually make it onto Sychronicity itself, such as Someone To talk to, and the very dark and compelling Once Upon A Daydream, but there you go, these masterpieces we were denied, unless you buy the vinyl singles, or Message In A Box. br /Miss Gradenko i love, because it has the quirky Stewart Copeland identity which there was not enough of on Police albums, and it harkd back to the Regatta album. br /Sychronicity 11 i always disliked. I thought it was a bit pointless and just doesn't quite work as a song. Good lyrics though. br /Every Breath You take, what can i (yawn) say? Everyone knows it, its a great song but been played to death, not their best though i don't think. br /The songs that make up the rest of the album show The Police at their finest. br /King Of Pain, Wrapped around Your Finger and Tea In the Sahara show a breathtaking musicanship, songwriting ability and diversity of song style which makes for an interesting listen. Tea in the Sahara is just amazingly brooding and atmospheric, made all the more so by Andy Summers echoplex guitarwork. br /Then Murder by Numbers, a B side which was an extra track on the original cassete release, and again suffers froma messy ending, but is very bluesy, great guiar work and a nice drum riff. br /What you get is a very diverse album that even today does not sound dated, and that is always the mark of a great album. br /Buy!


review by: DanAshSupermod date: 2007-12-05 rating:
Ahh my precious Synchronicity
Although all their albums are perfetly structured and worth a listen nothing ever sounded quite like Synchronicity. From start to finish the album grabs your attention with key songs like the title track, Walking in Your Footsteps and O My God! Side Two however is where the gems are and is worth the buying price alone. King of Pain, Every Breath you Take and my personal favourite Police track ever Wrapped Around Your Finger are beautiful songs with well written melodies and as always fantastic drumming and production. A perfect note for the police to finish on, and album with all but one filler (The for some unlistenable Mother). Apart from this minor glitch a great final album, if you were only going to get one Police album, get this one, even just for side 2!

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