Every Breath You Take: The Singles
Every Breath You Take: The Singles is a 1986 debut compilation album by The Police. It was released on 25 October 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged as Their Greatest Hits in Australia, New Zealand and Spain with a different cover. It was at the top of the album charts in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, number 4 in Australia and number 7 in the United States.
| Every Breath You Take: The Singles | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 25 October 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1978–1986 | |||
| Genre | New wave, post-punk, reggae rock | |||
| Length | 50:26 (The Singles) 59:20 (The Classics) | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | The Police, Hugh Padgham, Nigel Gray and Laurie Latham | |||
| The Police chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Every Breath You Take: The Singles | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Tom Hull | A[6] |
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Sting.
| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Original album | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Roxanne" | Outlandos d'Amour | 3:11 | ||||||
| 2. | "Can't Stand Losing You" | Outlandos d'Amour | 2:47 | ||||||
| 3. | "Message in a Bottle" | Reggatta de Blanc | 4:50 | ||||||
| 4. | "Walking on the Moon" | Reggatta de Blanc | 5:01 | ||||||
| 5. | "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" | re-recording of song from Zenyatta Mondatta | 4:52 | ||||||
| 6. | "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" | Zenyatta Mondatta | 4:06 | ||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Original album | Length | ||||||
| 7. | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | Ghost in the Machine | 4:19 | ||||||
| 8. | "Invisible Sun" | Ghost in the Machine | 3:44 | ||||||
| 9. | "Spirits in the Material World" | Ghost in the Machine | 2:58 | ||||||
| 10. | "Every Breath You Take" | Synchronicity | 3:56 | ||||||
| 11. | "King of Pain" | Synchronicity | 4:57 | ||||||
| 12. | "Wrapped Around Your Finger" | Synchronicity | 5:14 | ||||||
Cassette/CD version in U.K./Europe only
All songs written and composed by Sting.
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Roxanne" | Outlandos d'Amour | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Can't Stand Losing You" | Outlandos d'Amour | 2:47 |
| 3. | "So Lonely" | Outlandos d'Amour | 4:48 |
| 4. | "Message in a Bottle" | Reggatta de Blanc | 4:50 |
| 5. | "Walking on the Moon" | Reggatta de Blanc | 5:01 |
| 6. | "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" | re-recording of song from Zenyatta Mondatta | 4:52 |
| 7. | "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" | Zenyatta Mondatta | 4:06 |
| 8. | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | Ghost in the Machine | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Invisible Sun" | Ghost in the Machine | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Spirits in the Material World" | Ghost in the Machine | 2:58 |
| 11. | "Every Breath You Take" | Synchronicity | 3:56 |
| 12. | "King of Pain" | Synchronicity | 4:57 |
| 13. | "Wrapped Around Your Finger" | Synchronicity | 5:14 |
References
- Allmusic review
- Allmusic review
- "Robert Christgau: CG: The Police". www.robertchristgau.com.
- "The Police – Rolling Stone".
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Rock (1970s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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