In 78 before the instant ska craze an english group called police smoothly combined reggae and pop so lonely roxanne and this early marriage shows no sign of failing.
The police zenyatta mondatta vinyl track list.
Arguably the best police album zenyatta contains perhaps the quintessential new wave anthem the haunting don t stand so close to.
The stage was set for the police to become one of the biggest acts of the 80s and the band delivered with the 1980 classic zenyatta mondatta the album proved to be the trio s second straight number one album in the u k while peaking at number three in the u s.
The album is widely regarded as one of the band s finest works.
Zenyatta mondatta is the third studio album by the police originally released in 1980.
On their third album zenyatta mondatta the police prove that unlike other english bands toying with jamaican music they re quite comfortable with the hybrid formula.
Zenyatta mondatta stylised as zenyattà mondatta on the album cover artwork is the third studio album by the english rock band the police released on 3 october 1980 by a m records it was co produced with nigel gray it features the two hit singles.
New wave pop rock.
Released in october 1980 on a m catalog no.
From straight pop fodder to ethnic boogie.
Don t stand so close to me and de do do do de da da da it reached number one on the uk albums chart.
Zenyatta mondatta an album by the police.
Andy summers guitar aka text synth guitar role id 25580 aka text stewart copeland drums the police producer nigel gray producer recording engineer frank deluna mastering marv bornstein mastering michael ross art.
Released 3 october 1980 on a m catalog no.
New wave pop rock.