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THE POLICE

DISCOGRAPHY FOR UK 1977-1986


30 May 1977 non-LP 7" Fall Out
    Fall Out 2.01 / Nothing Achieving 1.55 (Illegal Records, IL 001)

    Nothing Achieving 1.55 / Fall Out 2.01 (reissue 7" Nov 1979: Illegal Records, IL 001)


7 April 1978 7" Roxanne

    Roxanne 3.00 / Peanuts [2.52?] (A&M Records, AMS 7348; reissue 7" April 1979: AMS 7348)
14 Aug 1978 7" Can't Stand Losing You
    Can't Stand Losing You 2.58 / Dead End Job 3.30 (AMS 7381; reissue 7" June 1979: AMS 7381)
16 Nov 1978 LP (+ CD) OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR
  1. Next To You 2.51
  2. So Lonely 4.48
  3. Roxanne 3.13
  4. Hole in My Life 4.48
  5. Peanuts 3.54

  6. Can't Stand Losing You 3.02
  7. Truth Hits Everybody 2.53
  8. Born in the 50's 3.42
  9. Be My Girl - Sally 3.24
  10. Masoko Tanga 5.41 (LP: A&M Records, AMLH 68502)
16 Nov 1978 7" So Lonely
    So Lonely 3.10 [single version] / No Time This Time 3.20 (AMS 7402; reissue 7" Feb 1980: AMS 7402)


Aug 1979 various artists LP PROPAGANDA (NO WAVE II)


15 Sep 1979 7" Message in a Bottle

    Message in a Bottle 3.50 [single version] / Landlord 3.08 (A&M Records, AMS 7474)
27 Sep 1979 LP (+ CD) REGGATTA DE BLANC
  1. Message in a Bottle 4.49
  2. Reggatta de Blanc 3.05
  3. It's Alright for You 3.14
  4. Bring on the Night 4.16
  5. Deathwish 4.13

  6. Walking on the Moon 4.59
  7. On Any Other Day 2.56
  8. The Bed's Too Big without You 4.24
  9. Contact 2.39
  10. Does Everyone Stare 3.49
  11. No Time This Time 3.18 (LP: A&M Records, AMLH 64792)
23 Nov 1979 7"/12" Walking on the Moon
    Walking on the Moon 3.59 [single version] / Visions of the Night 3.05 (7": AMS 7494)

    Walking on the Moon 4.59 / Visions of the Night 3.05 (12": AMSP 7494)


3 June 1980 6 x 7" box Six Pack


(26 Aug 1981) various artists live 2-LP URGH! A MUSIC WAR [Live 28 Aug 1980]


19 Sep 1980 7" Don't Stand So Close to Me

    Don't Stand So Close to Me 4.03 / Friends 3.37 (A&M Records, AMS 7564)
26 Sep 1980 LP (+ CD) ZENYATTA MONDATTA
  1. Don't Stand So Close to Me 4.03
  2. Driven to Tears 3.21
  3. When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around 3.33
  4. Canary in a Coalmine 2.24
  5. Voices inside My Head 3.51
  6. Bombs Away 3.07

  7. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 4.09
  8. Behind My Camel 2.53
  9. Man in a Suitcase 2.15
  10. Shadows in the Rain 5.09
  11. The Other Way of Stopping 3.21 (LP: A&M Records, AMLH 64831)
20 Nov 1980 7" De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
    De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 4.09 / A Sermon 2.34 (A&M Records, AMS 7578)


18 Sep 1981 7" Invisible Sun

    Invisible Sun 3.35 / Shambelle 5.42 (A&M Records, AMS 8164)
2 Oct 1981 LP (+ CD) GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE
  1. Spirits in the Material World 2.58
  2. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 4.20
  3. Invisible Sun 3.43
  4. Hungry for You (J'Aurais Toujours Faim De Toi) 2.52
  5. Demolition Man 5.54

  6. Too Much Information 3.42
  7. Rehumanize Yourself 3.10
  8. One World (Not Three) 4.45
  9. Omegaman 2.47
  10. Secret Journey 3.32
  11. Darkness 3.11 (LP: A&M Records, AMLK 63730)
20 Oct 1981 7" Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 4.03 [edit] / Flexible Strategies 3.42 (A&M Records, AMS 8174)
4 Dec 1981 7" Spirits in the Material World
    Spirits in the Material World 2.55 / Low Life 3.40 (A&M Records, AMS 8194)


(2 Oct 1996) Japanese live laser disc (+ DVD) LIVE GHOST IN THE MACHINE [Live 31 July 1982]

  1. Message in a Bottle
  2. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
  3. Walking on the Moon
  4. Spirits in the Material World
  5. Hungry for You (J'Aurais Toujours Faim De Toi)
  6. When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
  7. The Bed's Too Big without You
  8. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
  9. Demolition Man
  10. Shadows in the Rain
  11. Driven to Tears
  12. Bring on the Night
  13. One World (Not Three)
  14. Invisible Sun
  15. Roxanne
  16. Don't Stand So Close to Me
  17. Can't Stand Losing You
  18. So Lonely (Japanese laser disc: Vap Video VPLR-70604; Japanese DVD 2001: Vap Inc. VPBR-11344)
Recorded live 31 July 1982 at Gateshead, UK.

6 Sep 1982 various artists soundtrack LP (+ CD) BRIMSTONE & TREACLE


May 1983 7"/2x7" Every Breath You Take

    Every Breath You Take 4.13 / Murder by Numbers 4.31 (7": A&M Records, AM 117)

    Every Breath You Take 4.13 / Murder by Numbers 4.31 // Truth Hits Everybody (Remix) 3.30 / Man in a Suitcase (Live) 2.22 (2x7": AM 117)

June 1983 LP (+ CD) SYNCHRONICITY
  1. Synchronicity I 3.23
  2. Walking in Your Footsteps 3.35
  3. O My God 4.00
  4. Mother 3.03
  5. Miss Gradenko 2.00

  6. Synchronicity II 5.04
  7. Every Breath You Take 4.13
  8. King of Pain 4.59
  9. Wrapped around Your Finger 5.12
  10. Tea in the Sahara 4.11 (LP: A&M Records, AMLX 63735)
July 1983 7"/12" Wrapped around Your Finger
    Wrapped around Your Finger / Someone To Talk To 3.08 (7": A&M Records, AM 127)

    Wrapped around Your Finger 5.12 / Someone To Talk To 3.08 // Message in a Bottle (Live) 4.52 / I Burn For You 4.50 (12" Aug 1983: AMX 127)

Oct 1983 7"/12" Synchronicity II
    Synchronicity II 5.04 / Once upon a Daydream 3.28 (7": A&M Records, AM 153; 12": AMX 153)
Jan 1984 7"/12" King of Pain
    King of Pain 4.59 / Tea in the Sahara (live) 5.05 (7": A&M Records, AM 176; 12": AMX 176)


3 Oct 1986 7"/12"/CDV Don't Stand So Close To Me '86

    Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 4.47 / Don't Stand So Close To Me (live) 3.40 (7": A&M Records, AM 354)

    Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 (Dance Mix) 6.32 / Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 4.47 //
    Don't Stand So Close To Me (Original Version) 4.03 / Don't Stand So Close To Me (live) 3.40 (12": AMY 354)

  1. Don't Stand So Close To Me ('86 7'' Version) 4.51
  2. Don't Stand So Close To Me ('86 12'' Version) 6.25
  3. Don't Stand So Close To Me (Original Version) 3.59
  4. Don't Stand So Close To Me (live version) 4.01
  5. Don't Stand So Close To Me (Video) 4.43 (CD-video: AM 002)
Oct 1986 coll-LP/CD EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - THE SINGLES
  1. Roxanne
  2. Can't Stand Losing You
  3. Message in a Bottle
  4. Walking on the Moon
  5. Don't Stand So Close To Me '86
  6. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

  7. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
  8. Invisible Sun
  9. Spirits in the Material World
  10. Every Breath You Take
  11. King of Pain
  12. Wrapped around Your Finger (LP: A&M Records, EVERY 1)
Nov 1986 reissue 7"/12" Roxanne
    Roxanne 3.00 / Peanuts (7": A&M Records, 392 161-7)

    Roxanne 3.10 // Synchronicity II 5.04 / Message in a Bottle (live) 4.54 (12": 392 161-1)


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Last updated 2008-12-25.


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