Synchronicity (album) - Definition and Overview

Synchronicity
Album by The Police
Released	June 1983
Recorded	???
Genre	New Wave
Length	44 min 11 sec
Label	A&M
Producers	The Police, Hugh Padgham
Professional reviews
AMG	4.5/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2FBB5B08CCC8EE56F890673F378CEDAC613F2E3A7B&uid=SUB030411170013&sql=10:plb8b5f4tsq4~T1)
The Police Chronology
Ghost in the Machine (1981)	Synchronicity (1983)	—

Synchronicity is the fifth album by The Police, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). Their most popular release together, Synchronicity includes perhaps their best-known single, "Every Breath You Take". The album's title, as well as the two eponymous songs, are references to Carl Jung's theory of synchronicity.

Synchronicity topped both the Billboard Pop Albums and Billboard 200 charts. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Synchronicity the 50th greatest album of all time.

Track listing

1. "Synchronicity I" (Sting) - 3:23
2. "Walking in Your Footsteps" (Sting) - 3:36
3. "O My God" (Sting) - 4:02
4. "Mother" (Summers) - 3:05
5. "Miss Gradenko" (Copeland) - 1:59
6. "Synchronicity II" (Sting) - 5:02
7. "Every Breath You Take" (Sting) - 4:13
8. "King of Pain" (Sting) - 4:59
9. "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (Sting) - 5:13
10. "Tea in the Sahara" (Sting) - 4:19
11. "Murder by Numbers" (Sting, Summers) - 4:36

Personnel

• Stewart Copeland - drums, vocals
• Sting - bass, vocals
• Andy Summers - guitar, vocals
• The Police - noise

Production

• Producers: The Police, Hugh Padgham
• Engineer: Hugh Padgham
• Mastering: Dave Collins, Bob Ludwig
• Art direction: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Norman Moore, Vartan
• Design: Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff, Norman Moore
• Photography: Duane Michals

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Awards

Grammy Awards