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Ghost In The Machine - Definition

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Ghost in the Machine
Album cover
Album by The Police
Released October 1981
Recorded ???
Genre New Wave
Length 70 min 54 sec
Label A&M
Producers The Police,
Hugh Padgham
Professional reviews
AMG 3.5/5 link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB5B08CCC8EE56F890673F378DEAAC653F2E3A7B&uid=MIDMR0411170004&sql=10:9juvad1kv8wj~T1)
The Police Chronology
Zenyatta Mondatta
(1980)
Ghost in the Machine
(1981)
Synchronicity
(1983)

Ghost in the Machine is the fourth album by The Police, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). Material in this album was inspired by the writings of Arthur Koestler. The cover art for Ghost in the Machine features an LED graphic which represents the three band members (from left to right, Andy Summers, Sting, Stewart Copeland).

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Spirits in the Material World" (Sting) - 2:59
  2. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (Sting) - 4:22
  3. "Invisible Sun" (Sting) - 3:44
  4. "Hungry for You (J'Aurais Toujours Faim de Toil)" (Sting) - 2:53
  5. "Demolition Man" (Sting) - 5:57
  6. "Too Much Information" (Sting) - 3:43
  7. "Rehumanize Yourself" (Copeland, Sting) - 3:10
  8. "One World (Not Three)" (Sting) - 4:47
  9. "Omegaman" (Summers) - 2:48
  10. "Secret Journey" (Sting) - 3:34
  11. "Darkness" (Copeland) - 3:14

Personnel

The Police

Additional personnel

Production

  • Producers: The Police, Hugh Padgham
  • Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  • Art direction: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Mick Haggerty
  • Design: Mick Haggerty
  • Artwork: Mick Haggerty

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1981 Pop Albums 2
1983 The Billboard 200 111
1983 The Billboard 200 118


Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Mainstream Rock 1
1981 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Pop Singles 3
1981 "One World (Not Three)/Too Much Information/Every Little thing She Does Is M" Club Play Singles 60
1982 "Secret Journey" Mainstream Rock 29
1982 "Secret Journey" Pop Singles 46
1982 "Spirits In The Material World" Mainstream Rock 7
1982 "Spirits In The Material World" Pop Singles 11

The Ghost in the Machine is a book by Arthur Koestler.

Ghost in the Machine (1993) is a science fiction movie.

"Ghost in the Machine" is a (sometimes derogatory) term for Philosophical Dualism.

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