Reggatta De Blanc - The Police (1979)

Discog-ology: a systematic approach to an impossible task.

The Police wasted no time building into one of the most crucial and successful bands of their era. There are still a handful of tracks that don’t sound like signature Police songs, such as It’s Alright For You and Deathwish, but the band was in full swing.

Discog-ology

I debated doing yet another boys-with-guitars band for the next discogology, but there are only five records and I’d already written up one of them. Next time for some balance. Promise.

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Tracks I Liked

It’s Alright For You - an uncharacteristically punchy guitar driven shout-along, until gentle guitar arpeggios close it out and remind you who you’re listening to

Bring On The Night - an early glimpse into Sting’s cross-genre tendencies

Walking On The Moon - one of their best