Name: Ghost In The Machine
Brand: The Police

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4573248

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Colour

Black

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Picture Disc

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Limited Edition

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602445732487

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Total Cap

Black LP

0804615

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180 Gram Vinyl

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2019-11-08

602508046155

9999

Artist

The Police

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

<p>The Police were a British rock band from London, England. They were active between 1977 and 1984, with a brief reunion in 1986 and again in 2007 to 2008. The band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2003 as performers.</p>
<p>They played their first ever gig in March 1977 at The Stowaway, Newport, Wales. The classic Police trio debuted on August 18, 1977 at an undisclosed location. Their final public performance was on June 11, 1986 in Atlanta, GA, USA, at the climax of Amnesty International's all-star American tour where they played five songs.</p>

For their fourth album, 1981's Ghost in the Machine, the Police had streamlined their sound to focus more on their pop side and less on their trademark reggae-rock. Their jazz influence had become more prominent, as evidenced by the appearance of saxophones on several tracks. The production has more of a contemporary '80s sound to it (courtesy of Hugh Padgham, who took over for Nigel Gray), and Sting proved once and for all to be a master of the pop songwriting format. The album spawned several hits, such as the energetic "Spirits in the Material World" (notice how the central rhythms are played by synthesizer instead of guitar to mask the reggae connection) and a tribute to those living amid the turmoil and violence in Northern Ireland circa the early '80s, "Invisible Sun." But the best and most renowned of the bunch is undoubtedly the blissful "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," which topped the U.K. singles chart and nearly did the same in the U.S. (number three).

Ghost In The Machine

Music US