~~THE POLICE Zenyatta Mondatta Album Released 1980 Record/Vinyl Collection USA ~~
TRACKLIST:
All tracks are written by Sting, except where noted.
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Don't
Stand So Close to Me" 4:04
2. "Driven to
Tears" 3:20
3. "When the
World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" 3:38
4. "Canary in
a Coalmine" 2:26
5. "Voices
Inside My Head" 3:53
6. "Bombs Away" Stewart Copeland 3:06
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "De Do Do
Do, De Da Da Da" 4:09
8. "Behind My
Camel" Andy Summers 2:54
9. "Man in a
Suitcase" 2:19
10. "Shadows in
the Rain" 5:04
11. "The Other
Way of Stopping" Copeland 3:22
Zenyatta Mondatta (stylised as Zenyattà Mondatta on the album
cover artwork) is the third studio album by English rock band the Police,
released on 3 October 1980 by A&M Records. It was co-produced by the band
and Nigel Gray.
Zenyatta Mondatta was released to commercial success, reaching
number one on the UK Albums Chart and producing the hit singles "Don't
Stand So Close to Me" and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da". The album
won the band two Grammy Awards: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with
Vocal for "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and Best Rock Instrumental
Performance for "Behind My Camel".
1980, 7.5/10
Zenyatta Mondatta is the last Police album to feature the band’s three-piece arrangements, centred around guitar, drums, and bass. Like Regatta de Blanc, the album creation was rushed – the band wrapped up the recording sessions at 4am before heading out on a world tour a few hours later. Zenyatta Mondatta features a lot of good Police songs, but few great ones, and the lack of stylistic variety makes the tracks blend together. There’s more focus on groove than previously, with songs like ‘When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around’ and ‘Driven To Tears’based around Copeland and Sting’s rhythm section.
The two big singles lead off each side; early signs of Sting’s pretension appear on ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ where he rhymes “shake and cough” with “Nabakov”, while ‘De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da’ explores the infantilization of pop lyrics, with listeners missing the point and including the song with the tracks it was criticising. Summers’ ‘Behind My Camel’ won the band their second consecutive best rock instrumental Grammy. The band members later revisited some of these tracks – ‘Shadows in the Rain’ was also featured on Sting’s solo debut, while an updated version of ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ was included on a 1986 Police compilation.
There’s a lot of enjoyable second-tier material on Zenyatta Mondatta, but not much of the album is among The Police’s best work.
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