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The Police, Live

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1482351

Disk length: 1h 18m 41s (16 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2003

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Synchronicity I 2:53
2. Synchronicity II 4:43
3. Walking in Your Footsteps 4:54
4. Message in a Bottle 4:49
5. O My God 3:36
6. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 4:32
7. Wrapped Aroud Your Finger 5:13
8. Tea in the Sahara 4:52
9. Spirits in the Material World 3:00
10. King of Pain 5:52
11. Don't Stand so Close to Me 3:46
12. Every Breath You Take 4:37
13. Roxanne 6:10
14. Can't Stand Losing You 6:48
15. So Lonely 7:29
16. Bring on the Night 5:16

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Review

Consisting of one disc recorded from a Boston radio broadcast in 1979 and the other from a large concert hall in Atlanta in 1983, Live! demonstrates the evolution of the Police's sound while showing off their ability to perform onstage. Aside from the track listings (although several of the same tracks are found on both discs), there are notable differences between the two concerts. The production is the most obvious. The 1979 recording, sounding raw like a well-done bootleg, is mixed for a punk band, which the Police largely were at the time. The Atlanta recording is slick and professional, perfect for the world-famous pop stars they had become. The second major difference is the performances themselves. In the Boston concert, because they had less material to fill an entire show, the band extended the songs by improvising on themes and progressions (while at the same time frequently lead-footing the tempos). In contrast, the Atlanta show featured a denser mix. Three backup singers doubled the number of people onstage, while the songs were moody and atmospheric. Again the band expanded on its arrangements. You won't hear your favorite licks from many of these songs, but the fair exchange is getting to hear drummer Stewart Copeland's inspired improvised fills; Andy Summers's cautious, delicate guitar textures; and Sting's rasta chants. Aside from being a transcendent live album, this collection makes it very clear that the Police were so much more than just Sting and "two other guys." Quite the opposite is true. It testifies not only to the strength of the songwriting but, more important, to the band's musicianship. The Police were a perfect musical trinity, each member an indispensable and inseparable part of the whole. --Beth Massa

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Live

Tracks: 15 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 8m 48s (-10m 7s)

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