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Synchronicity by The Police

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4 Extra Debut, Stuart Maconie examines the final album recorded by major artists, starting with Synchronicity by The Police. From October 2012.

Series in which Stuart Maconie examines the final album by a major artist - starting with Synchronicity by The Police.

Released in 1983, it was the band's fifth album and it hit the number one spot on both sides of the Atlantic. In America, it knocked the commercial juggernaut of Michael Jackson's Thriller from the top of the charts, selling over 8 million copies in the process. It also produced five international hit singles, including their most famous track Every Breath You Take. As Sting & co toured the world to promote their most successful release, each night playing 60,000 seater venues, at that point in their career they could genuinely lay claim to being the biggest band on planet Earth.

Although the split was never officially announced, Synchronicity was to be the last studio album they would ever record. Despite all of the success, the truth was the three members couldn't stand to be in the same room as each other.

With archive interviews from Sting and Andy Summers and brand new contributions from Stewart Copeland, manager Miles Copeland, producer Hugh Padgham and journalist John Pidgeon, Stuart Maconie examines what went wrong.

First broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 in 2012.

30 minutes

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Sun 6 Jan 2019 05:30

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