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The Police - Message In A Box - Complete Recordings

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Despite their legendary status, the Police only released five albums during their brief reign from 1978-1983. In addition, the trio had amassed a healthy amount of both studio and live B-sides, plus songs that only appeared on soundtracks. For the 1993 four-CD box set Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings, every single song the Police ever recorded is included. All the tracks were digitally remastered for the project, sounding superior to the original CD versions of the single albums. Also included is a 68-page booklet that includes an interesting (and often humorous) biography, a time line, and notes from all three bandmembers regarding the rarities that appear for the first time on compact disc here. But of course, the real charm of the box set is the music — album tracks ("Hole in My Life," "It's Alright for You," "Driven to Tears"), hits ("Message in a Bottle," "Can't Stand Losing You," "Spirits in the Material World"), and rarities ("Fallout," a live version of "Next to You") are all timeless classics. While the set is highly recommended to newcomers just discovering the wonders of the Police, longtime fans should consider replacing their tinny-sounding single CDs with the definitive Message in a Box. After all, it contains a total of 24 tracks unavailable (for the most part) anywhere else.

CD 1

1 Fallout Copeland 2:03
2 Nothing Achieving Copeland 1:56
3 Dead End Job Copeland, Sting, Summers 3:35
4 Next to You Sting 2:52
5 So Lonely Sting 4:51
6 Roxanne Sting 3:14
7 Hole in My Life Sting 4:54
8 Peanuts Copeland, Sting 4:01
9 Can't Stand Losing You Sting 3:01
10 Truth Hits Everybody Sting 2:54
11 Born in the 50's Sting 3:44
12 Be My Girl - Sally Sting, Summers 3:23
13 Masoko Tanga Sting 5:43
14 Landlord [live] Copeland, Sting 2:36
15 Next to You [live] Sting 3:11
16 Landlord Copeland, Sting 3:09
17 Message in a Bottle Sting 4:50
18 Reggatta de Blanc Copeland, Sting, Summers 3:06
19 It's Alright for You Copeland, Sting 3:13
20 Bring on the Night Sting 4:15
21 Deathwish Copeland, Sting, Summers 4:11

CD 2

22 Walking on the Moon Sting 5:02
23 On Any Other Day Copeland 2:57
24 The Bed's Too Big Without You Sting 4:25
25 Contact Copeland 2:38
26 Does Everyone Stare Copeland 3:46
27 No Time This Time Sting 3:20
28 Visions of the Night Sting 3:05
29 The Bed's Too Big Without You [Mono Version] Sting 3:29
30 Truth Hits Everybody [live] Sting 2:26
31 Friends Summers 3:36
32 Don't Stand So Close to Me Sting 4:03
33 Driven to Tears Sting 3:20
34 When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still AR Sting 3:36
35 Canary in a Coalmine Sting 2:26
36 Voices Inside My Head Sting 3:52
37 Bombs Away Copeland 3:06
38 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Sting 4:09
39 Behind My Camel Summers 2:54
40 Man in a Suitcase Sting 2:19
41 Shadows in the Rain Sting 5:02
42 The Other Way of Stopping Copeland 3:23

CD 3

43 A Sermon Copeland 2:32
44 Driven to Tears [live] Sting 3:29
45 Shambelle Summers 5:00
46 Spirits in the Material World Sting 2:59
47 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Sting 4:20
48 Invisible Sun Sting 3:43
49 Hungry for You (J'Aurais Toujours Faim de Toi) Sting 2:52
50 Demolition Man Sting 5:57
51 Too Much Information Sting 3:42
52 Rehumanize Yourself Copeland, Sting 3:10
53 One World (Not Three) Sting 4:46
54 Omega Man Summers 2:47
55 Secret Journey Sting 3:33
56 Darkness Copeland 3:14
57 Flexible Strategies Copeland, Sting, Summers 3:43
58 Low Life Sting 3:45
59 How Stupid Mr. Bates Copeland, Sting, Summers 2:41
60 A Kind of Loving Copeland, Sting, Summers 2:03

CD 4

61 Synchronicity I Sting 3:22
62 Walking in Your Footsteps Sting 3:36
63 O My God Sting 4:02
64 Mother Summers 3:05
65 Miss Gradenko Sting 2:00
66 Synchronicity II Sting 5:03
67 Every Breath You Take Sting 4:14
68 King of Pain Sting 4:59
69 Wrapped Around Your Finger Sting 5:13
70 Tea in the Sahara Sting 4:13
71 Murder by Numbers Sting, Summers 4:36
72 Man in a Suitcase [live] Sting 2:17
73 Someone to Talk To Summers 3:08
74 Message in a Bottle [live] Sting 4:51
75 I Burn for You Sting 4:49
76 Once upon a Daydream Sting, Summers 3:31
77 Tea in the Sahara [live] Sting 5:06
78 Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 Sting 4:51

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