The Police bola anglická rocková skupina, ktorá vznikla v Londýne v roku 1977. Počas niekoľkých mesiacov sa zostava ustálila na trojici, ktorá zostala nezmenená po celú históriu skupiny. Kapela sa stala celosvetovo populárnou od konca 70. rokov do polovice 80. rokov a vynikla rockom ovplyvneným punkom, reggae a jazzom.
Synchronicity je piaty a posledný štúdiový album The Police, vydaný 17. júna 1983 vydavateľstvom A&M Records. Ide o najúspešnejší album kapely, ktorý obsahuje hity Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger a Synchronicity II. Názov albumu aj materiál piesní boli inšpirované knihou Arthura Koestlera The Roots of Coincidence z roku 1972, ktorá odkazuje na koncept synchronicity Carla Gustava Junga. Album získal tri ceny Grammy a v čase svojho vydania bola kapela podľa BBC a The Guardian jednou z najväčších kapiel sveta. Toto vinylové vydanie obsahuje bonusové skladby a alternatívne verzie nahrávok.
V čase vydania albumu tvorili skupinu Sting (basgitara, hlavný spev), Andy Summers (gitara) a Stewart Copeland (bicie).
Skladby
LP1
Synchronicity I (Side A)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Side A)
O My God (Side A)
Mother (Side A)
Miss Gradenko (Side A)
Synchronicity II (Side A)
Every Breath You Take (Side B)
King Of Pain (Side B)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Side B)
Tea In The Sahara (Side B)
LP2 (Bonus)
Murder By Numbers (Side C
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix) (Side C)
Man In A Suitcase (Live At The Variety Theatre, Los Angeles, USA / 16th January 1981) (Side C)
Someone To Talk To (Side C)
Message In A Bottle (Live At The Gusman Cultural Center, Miami, USA / 26th October 1979) (Side C)
I Burn For You (Side C)
Once Upon A Daydream (Side D)
Tea In The Sahara (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983) (Side D)
Every Breathe You Take (Backing Track) (Side D)
Roxanne (Backing Track) (Side D)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983) (Side D)
Every Bomb You Make (Side D)
LP3 (Unreleased)
Synchronicity I (Alternate Mix) (Side E)
Synchronicity I (Instrumental) (Side E)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Alternate Mix)(Side E)
O My God (Alternate Mix) (Side E)
Mother (Instrumental) (Side E)
Miss Gradenko (Alternate Mix) (Side E)
Synchronicity II (Out-Take) (Side F)
Synchronicity II (Extended Version) (Side F)
Synchronicity II (Instrumental)(Side F)
Every Breath You Take (Alternate Mix) (Side F)
LP4 (Unreleased)
King Of Pain (Alternate Version) (Side G)
King Of Pain (Alternate Mix) (Side G)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Alternate Mix) (Side G)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Instrumental) (Side G)
Tea In The Sahara (Alternate Mix) (Side G)
Loch (Side H)
Ragged Man (Side H)
Goodbye Tomorrow (Side H)
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix / Out-Take) (Side H)
Three Steps To Heaven (Side H)
Rock And Roll Music (Side H)
