The fifth and final studio album by the Police, Synchronicity was released in June 1983, and was the band’s most successful release. Despite its pop-oriented and experimental than either Ghost in the Machine or Zenyatta Mondatta, Synchronicity made the Police global superstars, generating no less than five classic hit singles – Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Synchronicity II.
4LP edition features:
Disc 1 - The original 10-track LP track-listing
Disc 2 - 12-track collection of contemporaneous B-sides and singles bonus tracks
Disc 3 - 10 previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, and instrumentals
Disc 4 - A further 11 previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes and instrumentals
6CD edition features:
Disc 1 - The original 11-track CD track-listing
Disc 2 - Comprehensive collection of all the relevant contemporaneous B-sides and singles bonus tracks.
Disc 3 - 17 previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demo recordings
Disc 4 - A further 19 previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demo recordings
Disc 5 & 6 - Features the 19-track live concert recording from the Oakland Coliseum, California, in September 1983
Picture Disc:
1LP remaster – ‘Alternate Order’ LP Picture Disc: the original A&M sequence, with same 10 tracks, different running order, compared to the final released version.
2CD:
Remastered and expanded double CD edition
Released: July 2024
Cat: 5582179
Label: UMR/ Polydor
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Tracklist
Disc 1
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)
Disc 2 (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 Jan 81) (Side C)
Someone To Talk To (Side C)
Message In A Bottle (Live At The Gusman Cultural Center, Miami, USA / 26th Oct 79) (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 Nov 83) (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 Nov 83) (Side D)
Every Bomb You Make (Side D)
Disc 3 (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)
Disc 4 (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)
6CD
CD1 (Original Album Remastered)
Synchronicity I
Walking In Your Footsteps
O My God
Mother
Miss Gradenko
Synchronicity II
Every Breath You Take
King Of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Tea In The Sahara
Murder By Numbers
CD 2 (B-Sides / Bonus Tracks)
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix)
Man In A Suitcase (Live At The Variety Theatre, Los Angeles, USA / 16th January 1981)
Someone To Talk To
Message In A Bottle (Live At The Gusman Cultural Center, Miami, USA / 26th October 1979)
I Burn For You
Once Upon A Daydream
Tea In The Sahara (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Every Breathe You Take (Backing Track)
Roxanne (Backing Track)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Every Bomb You Make
Walking On The Moon (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Hole In My Life (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
One World (Not Three) (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Invisible Sun (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Murder By Numbers (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Derangement)
Tea In The Sahara (Derangement)
CD 3 (Unreleased - Part 1)
Synchronicity I (Demo)
Synchronicity I (Alternate Mix)
Synchronicity I (Instrumental)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Alternate Version)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Alternate Mix)
O My God (Demo)
O My God (Out-Take)
O My God (OBX Version)
O My God (Alternate Mix)
Mother (Alternate Version)
Mother (Instrumental)
Miss Gradenko (Alternate Mix)
Synchronicity II (Demo)
Synchronicity II (Out-Take)
Synchronicity II (Extended Version)
Synchronicity II (Alternate Mix)
Synchronicity II (Instrumental)
CD 4 (Unreleased - Part 2)
Every Breathe You Take (Demo)
Every Breathe You Take (Out-Take)
Every Breathe You Take (Alternate Mix)
King Of Pain (Demo)
King Of Pain (Alternate Version)
King Of Pain (Alternate Mix)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Demo)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Alternate Mix)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Instrumental)
Tea In The Sahara (Demo)
Tea In The Sahara (Alternate Mix)
Murder By Numbers (Demo)
I'm Blind (Demo)
Loch
Ragged Man
Goodbye Tomorrow
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix / Out-Take)
Three Steps To Heaven
Rock And Roll Music
CD 5 (Live Pt. 1 - Unreleased) Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Synchronicity I
Synchronicity II
Walking In Your Footsteps
Message In A Bottle
Walking On The Moon
O My God
CD 6 (Live Pt. 2 - Unreleased)
Hole In My Life
Invisible Sun
One World (Not Three)
King Of Pain
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Murder By Numbers
Every Breathe You Take
Roxanne
Can't Stand Losing You
Picture Disc:
Synchronicity I (Side A)
Every Breath You Take (Side A)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Side A)
Miss Gradenko (Side A)
Synchronicity II (Side A)
King Of Pain (Side B)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Side B)
Mother (Side B)
O My God (Side B)
Tea In The Sahara (Side B)
2CD:
Synchronicity I
Walking In Your Footsteps
O My God
Mother
Miss Gradenko
Synchronicity II
Every Breath You Take
King Of Pain
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Tea In The Sahara
Murder By Numbers
CD2
Truth Hits Everybody (Remix)
Man In A Suitcase (Live At The Variety Theatre, Los Angeles, USA / 16th January 1981)
Someone To Talk To
Message In A Bottle (Live At The Gusman Cultural Center, Miami, USA / 26th October 1979)
I Burn For You
Once Upon A Daydream
Tea In The Sahara (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Every Breathe You Take (Backing Track)
Roxanne (Backing Track)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Every Bomb You Make
Walking On The Moon (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Hole In My Life (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
One World (Not Three) (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Invisible Sun (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Murder By Numbers (Live At The Omni, Atlanta, USA / 3rd November 1983)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Derangement)
Tea In The Sahara (Derangement)