The Police byla trojčlenná britská new wave skupina, která ve svém stylu kombinovala prvky rocku, reggae, punku a jazzu. Patřila mezi nejpopulárnější kapely světa na počátku 80. let a ve své kariéře po celém světě prodala přes 50 milionů alb. Časopis Rolling Stone zařadil The Police na 70. místo žebříčku 100 nejlepších umělců všech dob.
Album Synchronicity vyšlo v červnu 1983 u vydavatelství A&M a stalo se komerčně nejúspěšnějším počinem kapely. Název desky i většina textového materiálu byly inspirovány knihou Arthura Koestlera The Roots of Coincidence (1972), která se zabývá jungianskou teorií synchronicity. Oproti předchozím albům The Police zde ustupují reggae vlivy ve prospěch bohaté produkce a výraznějšího využití syntezátorů. Mezi největší hity z alba patří Every Breath You Take, King of Pain, Wrapped Around Your Finger a Synchronicity II. Na cenách Grammy 1984 album získalo tři ceny z pěti nominací včetně nominace na album roku. Synchronicity se stalo pátým a zároveň posledním studiovým albem kapely.
V době vydání alba byla sestava tvořena zpěvákem a baskytaristou Stingem, kytaristou Andym Summersem a bubeníkem Stewartem Copelandem.
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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)
Synchronicity I (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Synchronicity II (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Walking In Your Footsteps (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Message In A Bottle (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Walking On The Moon (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
O My God (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
CD 6 (Live Pt. 2 - Unreleased)
Hole In My Life (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Invisible Sun (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
One World (Not Three) (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
King Of Pain (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Don't Stand So Close To Me (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Murder By Numbers (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Every Breathe You Take (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Roxanne (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
Can't Stand Losing You (Live At The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, California, USA / 10th September 1983)
