Outlandos D'Amour

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Going by their background, The Police were one of the most unorthodox bands associated with the nascent punk era. Vocalist-bassist Sting worked as a school teacher by day and a jazz musician at night, while drummer Stewart Copeland was a tour manager and drummer for the prog band Curved Air. And guitarist Andy Summers had been kicking around the British music scene since the 1960, with stints playing with (among others) Soft Machine and The Animal. When the musicians came together as The Police, they filtered these disparate influences into a lively debut album, <i>Outlandos d’Amour</i>. Fittingly, the trio made the album with another unexpected pick: engineer Nigel Gray, a medical doctor who moonlighted in music and operated the Surrey Sound Studio. Recorded on a shoestring budget over six month, <i>Outlandos d’Amour</i> included the expected raucous barn burners (“Truth Hits Everybody”) alongside laid-back reggae rock (“So Lonely,” “Can’t Stand Losing You”) and quirky pub rock (“Hole In My Life,” “Born in the 50’s”). .

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