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The Police - Live ! (1983)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. 01- Next to You
  2. So Lonely 7:33
  3. 03 - Truth Hits Everybody
  4. Walking On The Moon 4:59
  5. Hole In My Life 4:08
  6. Fall Out 2:46
  7. Bring On The Night 5:16
  8. Message In A Bottle 4:27
  9. The Bed's Too Big Without You 8:53
  10. 10 - Peanuts
  11. Roxanne 4:42
  12. 12 - Can't Stand Losing You
  13. 13 - Landlord
  14. 14 - Born in the 50's
  15. 15 - Be My Girl - Sally
CD2
  1. Synchronicity I 2:52
  2. 02 - Synchronicity II
  3. 03 - Walking in your footsteps
  4. 04 - Message in a bottle
  5. O My God 3:36
  6. 06 - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
  7. 07 - Wrapped around your finge
  8. 08 - Tea in the Sahara
  9. Spirits In The Material World 2:57
  10. 10 - King of pain
  11. 11 - Don't stand so close to m
  12. Every Breath You Take 4:37
  13. Roxanne 6:10
  14. 14 - Can't stand losing you
  15. So Lonely 7:26
  16. Driven To Tears 3:29

Notes

1995 finally saw the release of the Police's long-anticipated/rumored first official live album, the two-CD Live!. The first CD was recorded back in 1979 in Boston, for an FM broadcast during the tour for their second album, Regatta De Blanc, while the second disc is from their final tour in 1983 during a tour stop in Atlanta. While the first disc is excellent — it captures the Police at their most frantic and energetic — the second disc is pretty darn uninspired (Sting's vocals in particular), as evidenced by the unnecessary and annoying backup singers that are detected throughout. Highlights abound on disc one, including early faves like "Next to You," "So Lonely," "Bring on the Night," "The Bed's Too Big Without You," "Roxanne," "Walking on the Moon" and "Can't Stand Losing You" are all outstanding. And while disc two contains a few standouts ("Tea in the Sahara," "Every Breath You Take"), those dastardly backup singers make most of the songs sound like blah lounge versions ("King of Pain," "Synchronicity I," "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"). Still, the first disc of Live! makes it a recommended purchase to the serious Police fan.