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| Synchronicity | ||
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| Album by The Police | ||
| Released | June 1983 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | New Wave | |
| Length | 44 min 11 sec | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Producers | The Police, Hugh Padgham | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 4.5/5 | link |
| The Police Chronology | ||
| Ghost in the Machine ( 1981) | SynchronicitySynchronicity is the fifth album by The Police, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Their most popular release together, Synchronicity includes perhaps their best-known single, " Every Breath You Take". The album's title, as well as the two eponymous so ( 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du) | — |
Synchronicity is the fifth album by The Police, released in 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du (see 1982 in musicSee also 1981 in music, other events of 1982, 1983 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 15 K. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. January 17 Tommy). Their most popular release together, Synchronicity includes perhaps their best-known single, " Every Breath You TakeEvery Breath You Take is a song, written by Sting and originally performed by The Police. It was originally released on 1983's Synchronicity (see 1983 in music), a blockbuster album. The single was one of the biggest singles of 1983, topping the Billboard". The album's title, as well as the two eponymous songs, are references to Carl JungCarl Gustav Jung ( July 26, 1875 June 6, 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of the neopsychoanalytic school of psychology. At university, he was a student of Krafft-Ebing. For a time, Jung was Freud's heir-apparent in the psychoanalytic school.'s theory of synchronicity.
Synchronicity topped both the Billboard Pop Albums and Billboard 200 charts. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Synchronicity the 50th greatest album of all time.