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Message In A Box
''Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings'' is a four-CD box set by the Police, containing all five of their studio albums in chronological order, as well as non-album singles, non-album B-sides, and tracks from various compilation albums and the '' Brimstone & Treacle'' soundtrack (1982). The box set also comes with a 68-page booklet. Contents The box set states that it 'contains every single song the Police ever released' but it excludes ten officially released tracks from before its release in 1993: * "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (Spanish Version) (4:00) and "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (Japanese Version) (4:00) were released in the US in 1981 as a double A-side 7", with Sting singing the song in both Spanish and Japanese (AM-25000). * " Truth Hits Everybody" (Remix) (3:30) appeared as the A-side of the bonus single, which was included in the UK 7" limited edition double pack of "Every Breath You Take" (AM 117/AM*01). * "Every Breath You Take" (Backing Track) (4:05) and " Roxanne ...
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The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the line-up consisted of primary songwriter Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Emerging in the British new wave scene, they played a style of rock influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. Their 1978 debut album, ''Outlandos d'Amour'', reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart on the strength of the singles " Roxanne" and "Can't Stand Losing You". Their second album, ''Reggatta de Blanc'' (1979), became the first of four consecutive No. 1 studio albums in the UK and Australia; its first two singles, "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon", became their first UK number ones. Their next two albums, ''Zenyatta Mondatta'' (1980) and ''Ghost in the Machine'' (1981), led to further critical and commercial success with two songs, "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and "Ev ...
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Truth Hits Everybody
Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality.Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionarytruth 2005 In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences. Truth is usually held to be the opposite of falsehood. The concept of truth is discussed and debated in various contexts, including philosophy, art, theology, and science. Most human activities depend upon the concept, where its nature as a concept is assumed rather than being a subject of discussion; these include most of the sciences, law, journalism, and everyday life. Some philosophers view the concept of truth as basic, and unable to be explained in any terms that are more easily understood than the concept of truth itself. Most commonly, truth is viewed as the correspondence of language or thought to a mind-independent world. This is called the correspondence theory of truth. Various theorie ...
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Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover and was published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. Penske Media Corporation is the c ...
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Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ...
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2018 In Music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2018 in music. Specific locations * African *American * Asian ** Chinese ** Japanese **Philippine ** South Korean *Canadian * European **British ** Scandinavian *** Danish *** Finnish *** Icelandic ***Norwegian *** Swedish *Latin Specific genres * Classical *Country * Heavy metal * Hip hop * Electronic *Jazz *Latin * New Wave *Opera *Pop * Punk * Rock * R&B * World music Albums released Awards Bands formed * Ateez * AKB48 Team SH * AKB48 Team TP * Big Red Machine * Black Country, New Road * Boygenius * The Carters * D-Crunch * DreamNote * Day6 * dps * The Driver Era * Empire * Fanatics - Flavor * Fantastics from Exile Tribe * First Place * Forestella * Fromis 9 * Hachimitsu Rocket * (G)I-dle * Girlkind * Gugudan SeMiNa * GWSN * Honey Popcorn * Illuminati Hotties * Iz*One * JBJ95 * Kids See Ghosts * King & Prince * Loona * LSD * Maywish * Mirror * MNL48 * Nature * NeonPunch * NEX7 * Nick Mas ...
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1988 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988. Specific locations *1988 in British music * 1988 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1988 in country music * 1988 in heavy metal music * 1988 in hip hop music *1988 in jazz Events January–March * January 3 – The Cinemax television special '' Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night'', recorded on September 30, 1987, at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, USA, is broadcast. * January 20 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony inducts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes. *January 28 – A Tampa, Florida, man files an unusual lawsuit against Mötley Crüe. Matthew John Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, claims that he was secretly hired to pose as Nikki Sixx and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984. Trippe drops the lawsuit in 1993. *February 8 – Kenney Jones would last perf ...
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1979 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979. Specific locations * 1979 in British music *1979 in Norwegian music Specific genres *1979 in country music *1979 in heavy metal music * 1979 in hip hop music * 1979 in jazz Events January–February * January 1 ** Bill Graham closes San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom following a New Year's Eve performance by the Blues Brothers and the Grateful Dead. ** During a New Year's Eve concert in Cleveland, Ohio, Bruce Springsteen is injured when a firecracker is thrown onstage from the audience. * January 4 – The Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, known for its connections to the early days of the Beatles, reopened. * January 6 – ABC's ''American Bandstand'' featured the debut of the " Y.M.C.A. dance" using the hand gestures forming the letters YMCA during a broadcast with the Village People. * January 9 – The Music for UNICEF Concert in held in New York City at the United Nations, starring the Bee Gees. H ...
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Can't Stand Losing You
"Can't Stand Losing You" is a song by English rock band The Police, released from their debut album ''Outlandos d'Amour'', both in 1978. The song also was released as the follow-up single to " Roxanne", reaching number 2 in the UK Singles Chart on a re-release in 1979. It was written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting as a song about suicide. Composition "Can't Stand Losing You" features lyrics which, according to Sting, is "about a teenage suicide, which is always a bit of a joke." Sting also claimed that the lyrics took him only five minutes to write. The song is musically similar to "Roxanne", with both songs bearing a reggae influence and a rock chorus. The song also makes use of the Echoplex delay unit. Sting sings lead vocals on the song, which he described as "up and down, strange, high-pitched singing." "Dead End Job", the B-side of "Can't Stand Losing You", is based on a riff Copeland wrote in high school. Sting's lyrics mention being a teacher as a dead-end j ...
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Don't Stand So Close To Me
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, released in September 1980 as the lead single from their third album ''Zenyatta Mondatta''. It concerns a teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student, which in turn is discovered. The band's third on the UK Singles Chart, it was also the best selling single of 1980 in the UK selling 808,000 copies in 1980 alone. The song also charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada and the US. The Police won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for this song. Background The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting. The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a school teacher has for a student and the fallout when the inappropriate relationship is discovered by other adults. The line "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov" alludes to Vladimir Nabokov's novel ''Lolita'', which covers somewhat simil ...
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The Singles
The Singles may refer to: * ''The Singles'' (Basement Jaxx album) by Basement Jaxx * ''The Singles'' (Bikini Kill album) * ''The Singles'' (Blank & Jones album), 2006 * ''The Singles'' (The Bluetones album), 2002 * ''The Singles'' (Chisato Moritaka album), 2012 * ''The Singles'' (1991 The Clash album) * ''The Singles'' (2007 The Clash album) * ''The Singles'' (1992 Corey Hart album) * ''The Singles'' (Dannii Minogue album) * ''The Singles'' (Edguy album) * ''The Singles'' (Eminem album), 2003 * ''The Singles'' (Feeder album) * ''The Singles'' (Goldfrapp album), 2012 * ''The Singles'' (Hall & Oates album), 2008 * ''The Singles'' (Icehouse album), 1996 * ''The Singles'' (Inspiral Carpets album), 1995 * ''The Singles'' (Jars of Clay) * ''The Singles'' (Mike Oldfield EP), 1981 * ''The Singles'' (Phil Collins album), 2016 * ''The Singles'' (Pretenders album), 1987 * ''The Singles'' (Soft Cell album) * ''The Singles'' (Tullycraft album) * ''The Singles'' (The Who alb ...
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Don't Stand So Close To Me '86
"Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, released in September 1980 as the lead single from their third album ''Zenyatta Mondatta''. It concerns a teacher who has a sexual relationship with a student, which in turn is discovered. The band's third on the UK Singles Chart, it was also the best selling single of 1980 in the UK selling 808,000 copies in 1980 alone. The song also charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada and the US. The Police won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for this song. Background The music and lyrics of the song were written by the lead singer of The Police, Sting. The song deals with the mixed feelings of lust, fear and guilt that a school teacher has for a student and the fallout when the inappropriate relationship is discovered by other adults. The line "Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov" alludes to Vladimir Nabokov's novel ''Lolita'', which covers somewhat simila ...
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Wrapped Around Your Finger
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" is the second UK single (and fourth US single) from the Police's 1983 album ''Synchronicity''. Written by Sting, it was released worldwide by A&M Records and featured the non-album track "Someone to Talk To" as a B-side in the UK, while a live version of "Tea in the Sahara" was the US B-side. Background Like other tracks on ''Synchronicity'', such as "Every Breath You Take" and "King of Pain," "Wrapped Around Your Finger" was a personal song for Sting. He said in an interview, Every Breath You Take', 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' were all about my life." Sting described "Wrapped Around Your Finger" as "a spiteful song about turning the tables on someone who had been in charge." Like other Police songs from this period, it features mythological and literary references, including the Scylla and Charybdis monsters of Greek mythology, and the German legend of Faust. It has a relatively slow, almost foreboding feel in the beginning verses, modulating to e ...
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