Trouble is, I find it very difficult to get past the opening track, which is 'Message In A Bottle' of course, although nearly all the others have very nagging qualities which make you sing the choruses without thinking. It was a foregone conclusion that 'Message In A Bottle' would turn out to be a killer and its meteoric conquering of the single's chart surprised no one! But the killer is 'Bring On The Night' which comes out (if I can keep this punch-drunk metaphor on its feet for another three minutes) with all the sweetness of Ali's double-shuffle and floats until it stings with a ferocity that would stand a second's hair on end... KO. Sting. Whatever the current competition, it's impossible to imagine anyone combining the strength of those songs with the power of their performance. But unbelievably, there's no track of real substance on the side, with 'Deathwish' again showing a dearth of instrumental talent thinly spread over a well-worn series of tried and trusted riffs. It's a perfect example of why I've always found the Police less offensive than arresting. Reggatta De Blanc: mastered at Sheffield Lab Matrix, Interpol on label, shorter rim text Reggatta De Blanc: mastered at Sheffield Lab Matrix, rights society BIEM/STEMRA. Interrupting the recording for another tour of the States and a short UK tour the Police returned to Surrey Sound in August 1979 to complete the album before headlining the Reading Festival. 'Reggatta' was released in early October and certainly lived up to the expectations raised by the release of 'Message In A Bottle' a month previously, and stayed at the number one spot for four weeks. A mere week after starting the session, the band were filmed at a one-off show at Hatfield Polytechinc for the BBC series 'Rock Goes To College', and they debuted a new song they were working on, 'Message in a Bottle'. "You want something corny?" . Very big in America where hipper cats will convince themselves they're buying something authentically 'new wave' and this daringly 'outlaw'. But before the first side finishes the single is reduced in retrospect to the stylish opening round well won on points; of a fight that ends with a devastating knockout at the end of the fourth. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Reggatta_de_Blanc on your desktop or mobile device. Infatuated with 'Roxanne', a prostitute, the singer begs his beloved to put away her make-up ("you don't have to sell your body to the night"). Although the dub-style mix of Bed makes it a good deal more interesting than most of its predecessors, it is Copeland's 'On Any Other Day' which really bounces along with life and zest, its faster, flippant feel doing much to defuse the superficial tension aroused by the undernourished Sting compositions. Barcode and Other Identifiers. The Police are a classic peace band. Bring on the Night, The Bed's Too Big Without You, Reggatta de Blanc en Does Everyone Stare zijn ook toppers! Before Sting's pretensions became overbearing, and before their rawer punk connections fully evaporated, this stands. Facebook geeft mensen de kans om te delen en maakt de wereld toegankelijker. 14 Tracks. The White Boat Race. The Handy One keeps his profile low, occasionally losing a song in the sun (Bring On The Night) but redeeming himself on the jazzbo 'The Bed's Too Big Without You'. The Police - No Time This Time The Police - On Any Other Day; 8. There was so much happening in my writing and singing, Stewart's and Andy's playing, and suddenly it all meshed together. the police show : the police & sting show : sting & the police show 'Reggatta de Blanc' (or 'White Reggae') kicks off with the single that shot its way to number one and stayed there for a bit, 'Message In A Bottle'. The Police's music is best described as "white reggae"; that's to say they have a very exciting bopping rhythmic feel to their music, like The Wailers. The next couple of numbers maintain the pace, 'Bring On The Night' dove-tailing into a reggaematic cruise with atmospheric bass drum from Copeland, feedback and more of Sting's trade-marked high-pitched plaintive whine. As with most bands experiencing growing pains, the Police's second effort is not quite as raw as their first - a Top-40 hit practically forces a rock group to reach for the platinum trophy with some spit and polish. Message In A Box – The Complete Recordings. 'Reggatta de Blanc' is totally devoid of the passion which constitutes the backbone of good reggae and good rock. Unfortunately, he's a godawful songwriter, proving it on It's Alright For You (co-written with Sting), a song that's been penned 3,821 times since 1956 and sounds almost exactly like Burton Cummings singing 'Pump It Up' this time round. Stu does some good drumming here, most of it at the ends of songs, particularly the fake endings of 'No Time This Time'. By 1979's Reggatta de Blanc (translation: White Reggae), nonstop touring had sharpened the Police's original blend of reggae-rock to perfection, resulting in breakthrough success. For all this, they can be an exciting band and, besides 'Message', there are two great singles on this album... Oh yeah, Police please me. "NME, 1979, "It was a real easy album for us to record; it only took three or four weeks. Antonio D'Alelio: voce/basso Gabriele Contrada: Cori/tastiera/chitarra elettrica Carmine Luciano: Batteria Not that it makes The Police any the less enjoyable, only that their brilliance is erratic over the length of an album, their uniqueness superficial and very much dependent on vocalist/bassist/image/hitman Sting. If the Police can keep coming out with albums like this, they'll be around for a long time yet. There are certainly several future hit singles on 'Reggatta' - 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' (if only because it's the next logical step after 'Roxanne'), 'Does Everyone Stare' (mock-operatic mush a la Queen), and 'No Time This Time' (the 'Batman' theme song with gargling noises). (A true roots-mon would certainly kick over at least one drink, but Sting is a power-pop professional, and not a drop is lost.) And when manager Miles returned from the New King's Road with dotted lines to sign after playing to A&M the album underwent what must be one of the most momentous remodelling jobs since the Who put down an album's worth of R&B before discovering Pete Townshend could write better songs than the ones they'd already recorded. Anticipating the opening grooves of the second album from a band of which you're a fan and whose first was a winner is as unnerving as it's exciting because you badly want it be good, if not better. A return visit to Oz is inevitable, so let's hope it's soon. Just don't try and kid me that this anything to do with rock'n'roll. 'It's Alright For you', the excellent 'Bring On The Night' (if that isn't a smash...) and side 2's opener 'Walking On The Moon'. Then we got caught up in the whole business of becoming a "successful rock group" and almost lost it. 'Walking On The Moon' and 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' are both based on good ideas which go no further than their titles. Still have my original vinyl LP but can't play it again until I re-acquire a turntable (or at least have my old one from 1992 repaired!) "Stewart Copeland: Sounds, 1/80. Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers set up patterns and crosscurrents like body builders training side by side. The explanation for their success is a simple one: Unlike the breakneck kamikazes of English punk, their music was neither hyperactive nor overly kinetic. The Police came to reggae with the studio acumen of hard-rockers, their echoes and effects already shuffled and ready to deal. So, "regatta de blanc" = approximatively "white people reggae". It starts on its toes, throws the first punch as the son-of-Masoko vocals begin, and winds. Now this hit single opens 'Reggatta De Blanc', eagerly awaited 2nd album from this fast rising trio and already the queues are forming. Overleaf there's a continuation of the tactic of trying to make a little go a long way. Plus a guitar riff lifted from 'Don't Fear The Reaper', for listeners who wax sentimental over endangered wheat fields. As evidence for this, already in 1979, reviews of their previous and first album accused The Police of mocking Jamaican accents, etc. No way this trio are going to fade in a hurry - that's for sure1. No excuse for 'Contact', though which is strictly from The Joanie & Chachi School of Dribble, on 'Any Other Day'. It could almost come with a sticker 'This album is guaranteed not to entice you away from the washing up'. he asks. He got together a rough demo with him playing the piano and singing on it, to play the rest of the band. The tuning and switch over on the mix is superb. I hope they are. Prime Winkel-wagen. There's enough life in 'Reggatta de Blanc' to make you suspect that the Police's image of elite detachment - like that of the Mod-icon character Sting played by Sting in the movie, 'Quadrophenia' - is just another pose. If there is to be a face of '79, it has to be Sting's: not only has he starred in the most talked about film of the year, the trend - enhancing 'Quadrophenia', but he also fronts the band which has become the most successful new outfit on either side of the Atlantic. Hey, I guess it has some redeeming value at that. So, an altogether disappointing successor to the almighty 'Outlandos' - no soulful 'Roxanne', no inspired 'So Lonely'; plenty to take down in evidence against them. Loose in the best sense of the word. Those people who indicted the Police ’s debut album — citing the trio’s arch exploitation of the New Wave — will find plenty on Reggatta de Blanc to justify charges of recidivism. Summers may have left. Long may he live. Stewart Copeland has been sneered at for his affair with Curved Air, Andy Summers for being old, Sting for his dilettantism, and all three of them for bleaching their barnets and jumping on punk's bandwagon. Very bland. Following on after the single 'Message In A Bottle', there's the mis-spelt title track, a semi enjoyable Santana - style instrumental romp, adequately guitar-fired and complete with shouting and pointing. But in no way must we diminish the work of Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, for The Police work together like a well-knit team. He said he thought it would probably please all the people who'd enjoyed 'Outlandos d'Amour', and recruit a few more fans besides, and now I've heard the album, there's nothing to but agree, especially as it's lodged at the top of the chart already, while 'Outlandos' is also a top ten resident. ‘Reggatta De Blanc’ marked the moment where The Police synthesised their influences into something unique, becoming one of the biggest bands on the planet. His combination of stamina, power and originality put him up there with the best. And 'Message In A Bottle' is an excellent start, familiar as it is via radio en route for the charts. Now here on side two of 'Reggatta De Blanc' are three Copeland compositions, of which at least one, 'On Any Other Day', would have served Klark Kent better than the Police. The album is just bursting at the seams with hits. Reggatta de Blanc is the second album by The Police, released in 1979. Unfortunately, there's nothing on it as crazed as 'Masoko Tanga', an experimental showcase for the Police's form of pop reggae that concluded their debut, 'Outlandos d'Amour'. His knack of writing straightforward lyrics (e.g. Driven by the strength of two UK number one singles, Reggatta de Blanc helped launch The Police into the commercial stratosphere. And the difference between those and the Police can be summed up in one word: passion. Hallo, Inloggen. (3) Andy Summers. If people weren't so busy establishing joyless divisions of rock acceptability, creating slums of fashion and-ha! Containing a pair of massive hit singles -- the inspirational anthem "Message in a Bottle" and the spacious "Walking on the Moon" -- the album also signaled a change in the band's sound. Their detached approach to pop riffers like 'Can't Stand Losing You' and 'So Lonely' (from the generally rockier 'Outlandos d'Amour') and 'Message In A Bottle' (from the overtly reggaeish new album) also mixes stylistic commitments: though driven by a new-wavish drums-guitar propulsion, the sound is rendered commercially clean by Sting's simple bass lines and arch, syncopated voice. Reggae fans will, of course, buy reggae; pop fans will buy the Police. Whereas the debut was recorded piecemeal over six months or so, 'Reggatta de Blanc' came together very quickly, with the band actually cancelling two weeks of studio time that they did not require. It bastardises everything, and I much prefer mongrels over pure races. 'Does Everyone Stare' sounds like an Alan Price 'Jarrow Song' type novelty, while 'No Time This Time' is no more than a book-end. All the same, he enjoyed the energy and once Andy had joined in place of Henri Padovani he found the three-piece more a spring-board than a straitjacket and began to introduce other influences and ideas. This isn't reggae; what do you think, a bunch of white popsters are gonna start playing a patently derivative Jamaican form (that's reggae, too) Copeland just changes half of each song (as Regarda de Beat) and Sting adds the word "Oh" at the end of every sentence enough times to put up a good front. As with 'Outlandos d'Amour', however, such criticisms are rendered moot by the sheer energy of the band's rhythmic counterpunching. up landing enough body-blows to have the ref step in. Supremely confident and perfectly poised second shot from Sting and Co that elevates their love affair with the Beatles and reggae to new heights of accomplishment. It was just the way we played. But the rest of the album approaches sub-Panaroma levels of non-excitement. Lots of Jamaicans live in Britain (another old story, colonialism), so the reggae these new-waveish enforcers have grafted onto their pop is nothing more than the exploitation of a natural resource. Which doesn't mean it's not a strong enough song, merely that it's quirkiness perhaps is wrong. Since the release of 'Outlandos d'Amour' early last year, The Police have come from virtual obscurily to being one of the world's most in demand new wave groups. There isn't anything as excellent as 'Roxanne' on this LP, and even 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' a companion piece to 'Can't Stand Losing You' - is merely a lame expression of remorse, whereas 'Losing You' was a gem of snubbed petulance. That their music took so long to appeal to the public must initially have been discouraging for the group especially as they knew they'd put out a couple of classics but must ultimately have proved a more solid source of satisfaction than selling records on the strength of a massive sales campaign. At least, I think it is. Tarragona. (Make what you will of the fact that work papers for Steel Pulse, the black British reggae band originally set to open for the Police, got lost in a bureaucratic shuffle which the blond-haired musicians avoided.) Ga naar zoeken Ga naar hoofdinhoud. In 'Reggatta de Blanc's' best cut, 'Message In A Bottle', Summers twists a sinuous, repetitive guitar line (borrowed from Blue Oyster Cult's 'Don't Fear The Reaper') around the pounding, anchoring bass. But if things continue the they are then by the next album The Police will either be a rock'n'roll revival band, or Sting will have become a pitiful parody. Hardly a silly exercise like the Police's 'Sally' (a song about a rubber love-doll), 'Roxanne' is a moving expression of a heartbroken lover. That's the great thing about rock'n'roll. … We just went into the studio and said 'right, who's got the first song! We knew each other's styles because we'd been playing together constantly for eight months, which we hadn't been doing when we recorded the first album. We calmed down after that, but we had to work hard to get back into that serendipitous state again. Yet the Police's stye isn't really a usurption of reggae as much as it is an attempt to establish a sense of authenticity about their sound, as if it had actually sprouted from the soil of a tribal community. Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRALabel Code (On back cover): LC 0485 The point is that there's only so much to be said about what they do and the way that they do it, because critical analysis sells them inevitably short, So don't read - listen. But that's beside the point - 'Roxanne' is a song about the loose-lipped laugh that starts the tune, the choppy guitar that frames the verse, and the upbeat chorus that creates the climax. Rating: an inevitable *****. Prachtige plaat, blij dat je hem hebt geprobeerd Sergeant without the cloud of cultural ganja. In case there are still a few people around who regard The Police as just another new wave group, 'Reggatta De Blanc' will both amaze & delight with its wealth of creativity & quality of musicianship. In which success allows the trio to stretch out, cut down on the faux-punkery, grope towards a more grandiloquent musical language, and let their more experimental side run riot - as on the instrumental(ish) title track. As a musician, you learn your craft and emulate and copy people, and suddenly there's a moment in your development when you grow up and finally become yourself. (5) Stewart Copeland. Nothing else to day but this is a brilliant LP, with little touches like an increase, but only a slight one, in the reggae influence - I'd day it was going to be a monster, but it already is. "Seems I'm not alone in being' alone") is not to be taken lightly because it's a lot tougher than it seems. The demo, however, has been cutr onto the beginning of the track. They had a go at it though, buttressing the verses with a reggae beat and the chorus with the hardness of honed heavy metal, and created Roxanne. I just can't understand why this album will sell as well as it undoubtedly will because it doesn't even begin to move me, to make me want to dance or sing or relax or anything at all 'cept play something genuinely exciting to make up for wasting my time. The Police are more razor cut than dreadlocks, a cool mixture of influences - icily modern (and generally thin) lyrics, a winning sense of hard-rock dynamics (guitarist Andy Summers's atmospheric, art-rock style is closer to Genesis than Roxy Music for the art, and more Trower than Hendrix on the rock), and Sting's voice, which floats in the arrangements like bubbles in Perrier. Brought to you by the same team that made Outlandos, including a very similar sleeve design, the important development is that they know the potential of this LP, while nobody really understood what they had with the debut. Meantime, you can see Sting playing the role of 'Ace' in "Quadrophenia" - watch out for a super photo of him in next month's "Words-Record Song Book" as well as our review of the Soundtrack of the film. Nothing: I've played this disc several times now and all that's left at the end is a big fat zero in the reaction stakes, tinged with boredom and nagging feelings of bewilderment. Andy Summers also proves to be an inspiration on guitar, playing with a rare subtelty, and Sting has already proved himself to be a great bassist, though his singing prowess does tend to distract. And while the one dimensional sexual attitudes that inform the lyrics can be hard to swallow, a Rastafarian it's-a-man's-world rap would hardly be an improvement. The Police operate in that area paralleling the early sixties white reshaping of R&B - the late seventies white remoulding of reggae, an area fruitfully developed by the Clash, the Ruts and the Members. And Reggatta de Blanc in particular stands as overlooked and underrated. Slightly flawed by one jokey vocal from Stewart Copeland, but overall it surpasses their debut by virtue of a new rhythmic flexibility and adventure. It was written by drummer Stuart Copeland and the way he did it was on a tape machine at home. This time there was a distinct air of confidence about the sessions. Buy Reggatta de Blanc. Lyrically there are similar traits, a lack of depth, freshness and insight. Als 19 va començar a tocar en grups com Lily & Tierra Virgen, Locomoción, Canela Fina, Doble R, Tapas Band. Ironically, very little of Sting's personality managed to find its way onto this (or the previous) album, whereas Stewart Copeland - obviously intent on stating some kind of jellybellied Police democracy - injects his own idiocy into it. And the piano on 'Does Everyone Stare' is as sympathetic intruder in the established instrumental sound. But it's misleading to talk about the Police just in terms of reggae; as a tightly wound, sporadically inspired power trio that frequently skips to a one-three beat, they woe as much to Robin Trower as to the Wailers. Reggatta De Blanc is een CD van The Police. I think 'Reggatta' was that moment for us.". 'Message in a Bottle', the current hit, seems more influenced by calypso rhythms than reggae. This time the material wasn't rehearsed but the band was. Bekijk de profielen van mensen met de naam Reggatta de Blanc. Here's a handy scorecard, starting at the summit and working our way down: (1) Sting, whose voice just might've kept the Titanic floating. 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' is so stereotypically Police-esque that it verges on the self-parodic; better, by some distance, is 'Bring On The Night', equally representative of their debt to reggae, but taken somewhere compellingly different by Summers' African-ish guitar figures and doom-laden lyrics bound up with much-documented '70s anti-hero Gary Gilmore. The others fit better: maybe because Sting was persuaded to Sing. Now, after a series of three hit singles, the latest of which has hit the Top 10 with a bullet, comes the follow-up to the highly-acclaimed 'Outlandos d'Amour' debut. The song won the Grammy Award for … By being nothing to nobody, the Police can be everything to everybody. I suppose we were a little superstitious about our good fortune and didn't want to change things too much. Despite some obvious filler, this is a generally good album, though, dotted with peaks and valleys. Because once the punters took their fingers out of their ears and listened to the music they made up their own minds about the Police. And whenever guitarist Andy Summers appears (rarely) by-gone techniques of shrill harmonics, sweet screaming and a mousey scratchiness are revived. Punk was indeed Stewart's inspiration, and Sting did at first play his own role reluctantly finding the mile-a-minute material composed by Copeland at odds with his jazzer's sensibilities. … The songs on the first album were all Sting's, apart from one composition with Stewart, 'On Any Other Day' and Sally, Andy's monologue which was bracketed with 'Be My Girl'. Poor recording and reproduction equipment made early reggae unavoidably bass-heavy, and finer studio techniques only encouraged the impulse toward distortion. lekker winkelen zonder zorgen. To me this sounds half-assed. Kinda has a ring, huh, Whatever that title means, as Sting remarked when I asked him for a quick rundown on this new LP some time before it was released. The Police - Bring on the Night; 5. Where the skinhead ska-revivalists Madness cooked at Hurrah, throwing caution to the wind with their Bowery-Boys-in-Trenchtown stage show, the Police played their music with a stiff professionalism that made their mixture of styles seem more academic than inspired - cool as Kojak, kings of the natty-blond beat. Call the Police exploitative if you must, but Regatta de Blanc's title at least shows that they can be funny as well - chilly players who are nevertheless capable of a warm, pleasurable outburst like 'Roxanne'. "De blanc" means "of white" (should really be "reggatta de blancs", plural, in conformity with French morphosyntactic rules). Reggatta de Blanc: Amazon.nl. "We recorded our second album in much the same way as our first, even though we'd had some chart success with 'Roxanne' and 'Can't Stand Losing You' and a successful tour of the US under our belts. Copeland's increasing dominance only shifts the power axis to the detriment of the band. That's one facet I'm really pleased about. Otherwise the reggae element I've avoided mentioning so far is not that big of a much on 'Reggatta' (a.k.a Speedy Gonzales Does London). Features 'Message In A Bottle' and their best track so far in 'The Bed's Too Big Without You'. We were among the first to spot the potential of The Police when this tight rock-reggae trio were struggling to establish their debut album 'Outlandos d'Amour' in Britain. Summers gets a truly rare chance to play like the Kinks on Quaaludes, something no musician should retire without. Each tune is honed by a distinct production or structural gimmick: the phased vocals in 'No Time This Time', the rhyming-list lyrics a la Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' in 'It's Alright For You', the Who's 'Magic Bus' chassis in 'Deathwish'. '", Sting was equally positive about the recording, "That was where it all clicked. The Police - Reggatta de Blanc; 3. 1 hits: "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon".It was their first album to reach No. The Police - It's Alright for You; 4. Containing a pair of massive hit singles -- the inspirational anthem "Message in a Bottle" and the spacious "Walking on the Moon" -- the album also signaled a change in the band's sound. Reggatta de Blanc està formada per tres músics veterans. No it doesn't really rock out very much, nowhere near Outlandos d'Amour, but this isn't really like that one. 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