The Police discography
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| The Police discography | |
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The Police performing live on 1 August 2007 at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
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| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 7 |
| Video albums | 10 |
| Singles | 26 |
| Soundtrack albums | 4 |
The English rock band The Police has released five studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, ten video albums, four soundtrack albums, and twenty-six singles.
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] |
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| Outlandos d'Amour |
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6 | 15 | — | 22 | 2 | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 23 | |
| Reggatta de Blanc |
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1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 21 | — | 25 | |
| Zenyatta Mondatta |
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1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | — | 5 | |
| Ghost in the Machine |
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1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | 2 | |
| Synchronicity |
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1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | |
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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| UK [1] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
US [11] |
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| Live! |
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25 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 36 | 86 |
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| Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires |
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— | —45 | 25 | 43 | — | — |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [5][!] |
GER [6] |
NLD [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [18] |
US [11] |
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| Every Breath You Take: The Singles |
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1 | 4 | 20 | — | 18 | 11 | 1 | — | 21 | 7 | |
| Their Greatest Hits |
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— | — | — | 1 | 5 | 7 | 28 | — | — | — | |
| Greatest Hits |
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10 | 16 | — | 1 | 18 | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Every Breath You Take: The Classics |
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— | — | — | 20 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Sting & The Police |
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1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 17 | — | |
| The Police |
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3 | 17 | 65 | 2 | 78 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 11 | |
| The 50 Greatest Songs |
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— | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
^ In France compilation albums are not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.
Box sets
| Title | Album details | Certifications |
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| Six Pack |
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| Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings |
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Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
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| UK [1] |
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| Voices Inside My Head (Remixes) |
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Singles
- Note that the Police's first 4 UK singles, issued in 1977 and 1978, all charted very low on the UK Singles Chart, or failed to chart at all. The North American release (and chart success) of "Roxanne" in early 1979 prompted re-issues of these 4 singles in 1979 and 1980. All 4 singles made the charts upon re-issue helped in no small part by a wealth of coloured vinyl discs. Can't Stand Losing You was released in no less than four different colours, yellow white blue and red, with a green vinyl release of Message In A Bottle. Even their first single Fall Out was released in different coloured sleeves, and in 1980 the Six Pack of singles were on blue vinyl. This expensive set even made the higher reaches of the UK singles chart.
- Dates refer to month of UK issue, except "Bring on the Night" and "Secret Journey", which were not released in the U.K. but were issued in America. (Missing entry from the table below): Roxanne was reissued in the UK in 1986 but failed to chart. It was coupled with Synchronicity 2 on the b side. Apparently, most copies have the word Synchronicity misspelt on the label, and a correctly spelt one is rarer.
| Date | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS | CAN [24] |
FRA | GER | IRE [25] |
ITA | NLD | NZ | SPA [26] |
SWI [27] |
US | ||||
| May 1977 | "Fall Out" (original issue) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| April 1978 | "Roxanne" (original issue) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Outlandos d'Amour | |
| August 1978 | "Can't Stand Losing You" (original issue) |
42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| November 1978 | "So Lonely" (original issue) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| April 1979 | "Roxanne" (re-issue) |
12 | 34 | 31 | 8 | — | 22 | — | 19 | 8 | — | — | 32 |
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| June 1979 | "Can't Stand Losing You" (re-issue) |
2 | 98 | — | 7 | — | 7 | — | 9 | 48 | — | — | — |
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| September 1979 | "Message in a Bottle" | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 74 | Reggatta de Blanc | |
| October 1979 | "Fall Out" (re-issue) |
47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| November 1979 | "Walking on the Moon" | 1 | 9 | 65 | 9 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | — | — | Reggatta de Blanc | |
| November 1979 | "Bring on the Night" | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| February 1980 | "So Lonely" (re-issue) |
6 | 99 | — | 10 | — | 7 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — |
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Outlandos d'Amour |
| June 1980 | Six Pack (Entire 12-track package charted on UK singles chart; "The Bed's Too Big Without You" was the charting track in France) |
17 | — | — | 5 [28] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | various | |
| September 1980 | "Don't Stand So Close to Me" | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 10 |
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Zenyatta Mondatta |
| December 1980 | "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
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| September 1981 | "Invisible Sun" | 2 | 89 | — | 4 | — | 5 | — | 27 | — | — | — | — |
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Ghost in the Machine |
| October 1981 | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 3 |
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| November 1981 | "Spirits in the Material World" | 12 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 44 | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 11 |
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| March 1982 | "Secret Journey" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | ||
| May 1983 | "Every Breath You Take" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Synchronicity | |
| July 1983 | "Wrapped Around Your Finger" | 7 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 2 | — | 8 | ||
| October 1983 | "Synchronicity II" | 17 | — | 21 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | ||
| January 1984 | "King of Pain" | 17 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 57 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| September 1986 | "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" | 24 | 32 | 27 | — | — | 11 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 46 | Every Breath You Take: The Singles | |
| May 1995 | "Can't Stand Losing You" (live) | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live! | |
| 1997 | "Roxanne '97" (featuring Pras) |
17 | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 38 | — | — | — | 59 | The Very Best of Sting and the Police | |
| 2000 | "When the World Is Running Down" (Different Gear vs. The Police) |
28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Videos
Video albums
- Around the World (1982)
- Synchronicity Concert (1984)
- Every Breath You Take: The Videos (1986)
- Outlandos to Synchronicities – A History of The Police Live! (1995)
- The Very Best of Sting & The Police (1997)
- Greatest Video Hits (2007)
- Reggatta de Blanc (2007)
- Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires (2008)
- Better than Therapy (2007)
- Can't Stand Losing You (2012)
Music videos
- "Roxanne" (1978)
- "Can't Stand Losing You" (1978)
- "Message in a Bottle" (1979)
- "Walking on the Moon" (1979)
- "So Lonely" (1980)
- "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (1980)
- "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da" (1980)
- "Spirits in the Material World" (1981)
- "One World (Not Three)" (1981)
- "Demolition Man" (1981)
- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (1981)
- "Invisible Sun" (1981)
- "Every Breath You Take" (1983)
- "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (1983)
- "Synchronicity II" (1983)
- "Tea in the Sahara" (1984)
- "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" (1986)
- "King of Pain" (1986)
See also
Notes
References
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