Outlandos d'Amour

This is one of my favorite albums from The Police. That they only released five studio albums over five short years is a testament to their talent for writing lasting songs.

Good album

Llegó rápido y en buen estado.

The Police burst on to the scene at the height of the punk explosion in England. Although embraced by the punk crowd The Police were never really a punk band. In fact they were something of an all star project. Drummer Stewart Copeland had come from the progressive rock world of Curved Air. Andy Summers had been a member of The Soft Machine, The Animals and even a touring member of Neil Sedaka's band. All music that was the antithesis of what Punk was rebelling against. From a purely musical perspective all 3 of these guys could play rings around the majority of punk bands of the day. Along with Summers and Copeland vocalist / bassist Sting (Gordon Sumner) completed the trio and they pretty much set the world on fire right out of the gate. "D'amour" contained the huge hit single "Roxanne" and the rest as they say is history. I kind of came late to the Polices early albums and kind of wrote them off at the time they were released, but going back now I think this is a really strong effort. The album is all over the place musically with elements of rock, reggae, jazz and even some experimental stuff thrown into the mix. 3 big hits came from the album "Roxanne", "So Lonely" and "Can't Stand Loosing You", and the album cuts are just as good if not better. I especially like the last half of the album with "Truth Hits Everybody", "Born In The 50's", "Be My Girl - Sally", and "Masoko Tanga". It is easy to see why these guys rocketed to success as fast as they did.

This was the only record missing from my husband’s Police collection and now it’s completed. Came perfectly packaged, no damage to the packaging/record.

Fits well in my collection. Love it

I have always been a Police fan. I saw them on the Syncronicity tour back in 83. But I think their earlier music is so much better. The sound quality on this CD is awesome. It sounds better then I remember it on my Vinyl copy. If you are a police fan and don't have or know their early stuff buy this CD.Missy

Remastered.Message in a box was a step forward in 93-94 with it's remaster, plus the b-sides,fallout,and other oddities.A sonic improvement,just look at the cover and say in '77 there was a launch besides Star Wars,Rumours by Fleetwood Mac,and Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf.Essential.