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Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Police
Label: A&M
Category: Music
List Price: $59.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 7253
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10 x 5.7 x 0.8
MPN: 540150
UPC: 731454015028
EAN: 0731454015028
ASIN: B000002G23
Release Date: September 28, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Fallout - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Nothing Achieving - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Dead End Job - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Next to You | | • | So Lonely | | • | Roxanne | | • | Hole in my Life | | • | Peanuts - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Can't Stand Losing You | | • | Truth Hits Everybody | | • | Born in the 50's | | • | Be My Girl - Sally | | • | Masoko Tanga | | • | Landlord - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Next to You | | • | Landlord - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Message in a Bottle | | • | Reggatta de Blanc - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | It's Alright for You - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Bring on the Night | | • | Deathwish - The Police, Copeland, Stewart |
Disc 2
| • | Walking on the Moon | | • | On Any Other Day - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | The Bed's Too Big Without You | | • | Contact - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Does Everyone Stare - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | No Time This Time | | • | Visions of the Night | | • | The Bed's Too Big Without You | | • | Truth Hits Everybody | | • | Friends - The Police, Summers, Andy | | • | Don't Stand So Close to Me | | • | Driven to Tears | | • | When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still | | • | Canary in a Coalmine | | • | Voices Inside My Head | | • | Bombs Away - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | | • | Behind My Camel - The Police, Summers, Andy | | • | Man in a Suitcase | | • | Shadows in the Rain | | • | The Other Way of Stopping - The Police, Copeland, Stewart |
Disc 3
| • | A Sermon - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Driven to Tears | | • | Shambelle - The Police, Summers, Andy | | • | Spirits in the Material World | | • | Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic | | • | Invisible Sun | | • | Hungry for You (J'Aurais Toujours Faim de Toi) | | • | Demolition Man | | • | Too Much Information | | • | Rehumanize Yourself - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | One World (Not Three) | | • | Omega Man - The Police, Summers, Andy | | • | Secret Journey | | • | Darkness - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Flexible Strategies - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | Low Life | | • | How Stupid Mr. Bates - The Police, Copeland, Stewart | | • | A Kind of Loving - The Police, Copeland, Stewart |
Disc 4
| • | Synchronicity I | | • | Walking in Your Footsteps | | • | O My God | | • | Mother - The Police, Summers, Andy | | • | Miss Gradenko | | • | Synchronicity II | | • | Every Breath You Take | | • | King of Pain | | • | Wrapped Around Your Finger | | • | Tea in the Sahara | | • | Murder by Numbers | | • | Man in a Suitcase | | • | Someone to Talk To - The Police, Summers, Andy | | • | Message in a Bottle | | • | I Burn for You | | • | Once upon a Daydream | | • | Tea in the Sahara | | • | Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 |
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Amazon.com
"This is it: Everything the Police released," boasts the notes in the 66-page booklet included with this box set. Obsessive fans have already written to rock magazines indignantly pointing out the omission of this or that obscurity. But everyone else will find that these four discs include all the Police they'd ever want to own. The first two discs include all of Outlandos d'Amour, Reggatta de Blanc, and Zenyatta Mondatta in their original order, interspersed with live rarities and singles B-sides. Discs 3 and 4 are more satisfying, including the band's well-crafted studio high points, Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity, plus more outtakes and live tunes. The set ends with "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86," a dismal remake of the early favorite. By this point, the musician's egos were running rampant and they were barely speaking. If anyone wonders why the group called it quits so abruptly, this tune makes it clear that the split was smart and timely. --Jim DeRogatis
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| Customer Reviews: Read 98 more reviews...
Essential, of course, but... September 18, 2008
I love The Police and this is the definitive collection. A must-have.
But there's one tragic flaw: at least in the version I have (the original boxed set release from 1993), there's a serious mastering error at the beginning of "Roxanne," arguably the most essential track in the bunch. It sounds as if the analog master tape was not up to full speed when the digital master was being recorded -- the pitch and tempo are slightly off as the track starts and then it slides up to the correct pitch. No!
I haven't heard any later pressings of the boxed set so I don't know if this problem has been remedied... but if you buy this, you might still want to spend the extra 99 cents to get the Outlandos d'Amour MP3 of "Roxanne."
Every Note That The Police Recorded! August 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a great idea this is! Basically this box set gathers the band's five excellent albums together which are "Outlandos d'Amour" (1978), "Reggatta de Blanc" (1979), "Zenyatta Mondatta" (1980), "Ghost In The Machine" (1981), and "Synchronicity" (1983) plus many b-sides that range from studio recordings not included in the albums or live tracks.
Of course all tracks have been remastered so if you are thinking about getting the Police albums, this is the way to do it! But to complete the collection you should also get the excellent double live album that was released in 1995 too! So don't forget about that. It includes two concerts. One from 1979 and the other from 1983.
For fans of the late 70's new wave movement or rock in general this group featuring Sting on vocals/bass, Andy Summers on guitar and sometimes vocals, and the awesome drumming from Stewart Copeland is essential listening as their fusion of reggae, rock, and other styles became hugely influential.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Later...
A great classic June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The complete works of The Police in a four disc collection. A great classic compilation of the recordings done by The Police. If you are a fan then this collection is well worth it.
The Police are the Greatest Band Ever!!!!! April 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Message in a Box is an amazing box set, with every song The Police have ever played, and it is all neatly placed in chronological order. The Box Set also comes with a biography of the band, from their humble beginnings as a pseudo punk group, to the amazing Reggaesque group that epitamized there career. Sting and The Police were lyrical geniuses, and were candid when discussing anything from temptation(Don't Stand So), obsession(Every Breath You Take), and even the misery of war(Canary in a Coalmine, and Invisible Sun). For any classic rock listener out there, I highly recommend this band, it just kicks butt!
Rockin' those middle high memories March 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first started listening to The Police when I was in middle high school and never got tired of them. Most of the songs on this CD set reminded me of specific times throughout my middle to high school years.They also became subjects of conversations I had with friends in college about the bands we listened to while in high school. The Police still rocks!
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