Promising but Patchy

Review Score: (6/10)
1979. The Police's second album was due. Would it be good - better than Outlandos? Were they a flash in the pan or something special? They had a new single due for release, and this would be the sign. One listen of the new single - "Message In A Bottle" - was enough to confirm that the Police were going to be a force to be reckoned with (no pun intended). That awesome guitar intro dragged you in, slapped you across the face and said "Pay attention, we're great and we're planning on stopping." The single was deceptive though, as the album was not as good as "Message" suggested. Like Outlandos, the great points of the album are truly great such as Sting's bassline on "Walking On The Moon". For us though, there are too many quirky songs. Stewart Copeland has three songs on the album, and one would have been enough. The vaudeville of "On Any Other Day" was never the Police to us - it should have been left to Klark Kent (alth! ough we quite liked "Contact"). The album showed that it was Sting that cut the mustard when it came to writing songs.

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