The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta Label: A&M Records – SP-3720
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Y - Terre Haute Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave
Tracklist
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A1 Don't Stand So Close To Me 4:03
A2 Driven To Tears 3:21
A3 When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around 3:33
A4 Canary In A Coalmine 2:24
A5 Voices Inside My Head 3:51
A6 Bombs Away
Written-By – S. Copeland*
Written-By – S. Copeland*
3:07
B1 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 4:09
B2 Behind My Camel
Written-By – A. Summers*
Written-By – A. Summers*
2:53
B3 Man In A Suitcase 2:15
B4 Shadows In The Rain 5:09
B5 The Other Way Of Stopping
Written-By – S. Copeland*
Written-By – S. Copeland*
3:21
Companies, etc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright © – A&M Records, Inc.
Mastered At – A&M Studios
Recorded At – Wisseloord Studios
Published By – Virgin Music, Inc.
Published By – Chappell Music Co.
Published By – Roxanne Music Overseas Ltd.
Credits
Art Direction – Michael Ross (3)
Design – Michael Ross (3), Simon Ryan
Engineer – Nigel Gray
Mastered By – Frank DeLuna, Marv Bornstein
Photography By [Back Cover] – Danny Quatrochi, Miles Copeland (2), Watal Asanuma
Photography By [Front Cover] – Janette Beckman
Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Adrian Boot, Akihiro Takayama, Anton Corbijn, Danny Quatrochi, Gabor Scott, Janette Beckman, Kim Turner, Michael Ross (3), Miles Copeland (2), Watal Asanuma
Producer – Nigel Gray, The Police
Written-By – Sting (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B3, B4)
Notes
Recorded at Wissellord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands.
Mastered at A&M Recording Studios.
Original copies include a color inner sleeve.
USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN OPENED SHRINK WRAP. INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.
DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS.
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