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Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (4CD) [Best of, Box set]

Police (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (69 customer reviews)

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Product Details

Audio CD (Jun 1 2005)
Number of Discs: 4
Format: Best of, Box set
Label: Universal Music Group
ASIN: B000002G23

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (69 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #17,961 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #7 in Music > Box Sets > Alternative Rock > New Wave & Post-Punk
- #8 in Music > Box Sets > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk
- #24 in Music > Box Sets > Alternative Rock > General

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Disc: 1
1. Fallout
2. Nothing Achieving
3. Dead End Job
4. Next To You
5. So Lonely
See all 21 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Walking On The Moon
2. On Any Other Day
3. The Bed's Too Big Without You
4. Contact
5. Does Everyone Stare
See all 21 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. A Sermon
2. Driven To Tears (Live)
3. Shambelle
4. Spirits In The Material World
5. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
See all 18 tracks on this disc
Disc: 4
1. Synchronicity I
2. Walking In Your Footsteps
3. O My God
4. Mother
5. Miss Gradenko
See all 18 tracks on this disc

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"This is it: Everything the Police released", boasts the notes in the 66-page booklet are included with this box set. Obsessive fans have already written to rock magazines indignantly pointing out the omission of this or that obscurity but everyone else will find that these four discs include all the Police they'd ever want to own. The first two discs include all of Outlandos d'Amour, Reggatta de Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta in their original order, interspersed with live rarities and singles B-sides. Discs three and four are more satisfying, including the band's well-crafted studio high points, Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity, plus more outtakes and live tunes. The set ends with "Don't Stand So Close to Me 86", a dismal remake of the early favourite. By this point, the musicians' egos were running rampant and they were barely speaking. If anyone wonders why the group called it quits so abruptly, this tune makes it clear that the split was smart and timely. --Jim De Rogatis

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En 1977, né de la vague punk, un trio britannique, constitué du chanteur et bassiste Sting (qui depuis a connu la carrière que l'on sait), du guitariste Andy Summers et du batteur Stewart Copeland, caracole au sommet des charts avec un singulier mélange de new wave, de dub et de reggae qui en fera un des groupes parmi les plus populaires du moment. Ses quatre premiers albums (dont, surtout, Outlandos d'amour et Regatta de blanc) sont totalement indispensables. Y émerge, entre autres, un tube planétaire, "Roxanne", écrit en hommage à une prostituée parisienne. Plutôt que de s'offrir l'excellente compilation Every Breath You Take-The Classics, on peut se reporter au copieux Message In A Box qui compile l'intégralité de cette période particulièrement créative, complétée des faces B inédites. --Hervé Comte

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4.0 out of 5 stars BAN "Don't stand so close to me 86'"!!, Mar 21 2004

K. Hughes (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (4CD) (Audio CD)

I just bought this set, but I am anticipating it to be really good. will be great to have all of these songs in one set! However, I'm planning to program my cd player to ALWAYS skip track 18 on disc 4, "Dont' stand so close to me 86'". THIS
RE-DOING OF THE SONG IS AN ABOMINATION! Please, if you are a person of any musical taste, always avoid this song. Participtate in this ban!! I first heard this piece of trash when I bought the greatest hits record back in the 80's--I always wondered why they put this song on their instead of the original, which was far superior and without any need to be "re-done." Why did sting do this this? If I could break into the archives at A&M and erase the master, I certainly would--what a pleasure it would be!

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4.0 out of 5 stars bonne perspective, Jan 3 2011

Regent Thibaudeau - See all my reviews

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Je viens seulement de recevoir la livraison soit le 31 décembre dernier. Ce fut un peu trop long mais au moins le vendeur est intervenu avant puisqu'il a eu des problèmes de livraison avec ce produit et quelques autres et qu'il a du en envoyer un autre.
Merci

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5.0 out of 5 stars this boxet is just great, May 30 2004

alejandro (PR) - See all my reviews

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well the first time that i had listened to the police was on the radio( the message in a bottle song) and it was great , i then bought the greatest hit cd but it still was too little, i had a hard time looking for this boxset but i finally got it last week and it;s the greatest thing, every single song . buy this boxset and the police live cd and u don't need anything else

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5.0 out of 5 stars As Good As Advertised
The Police's "Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings" is what it says - the complete set of studio recordings by the Police. Read more

Published on May 2 2004 by L.A. Scene

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERY SONG
This is THE complete set of the Police! ALL of their songs before they got big even.

If you are a fan of the band then this is the box for you! It is well worth the price.