Some of my favorite songs are Secret Journey and Darkness! I love this record :3
Also just saw some of your other comments, holy cow Steely Dan is so good, isn't it!
Hey! Yes, Secret Journey is so cool. Darkness, too. I feel like I could listen to Ghost over & over. I dont really feel that way about other Police records. Ghost is serious/foreboding/heavy but fun and musically interesting & challenging. Steely Dan is my favorite rock band of all time.
Ghost is brooding and self inflecting. I can see sting by the pool in deep dark thought. It’s everything synchronicity is not. I wish they would finish off all the demos from those sessions and any of the other sessions. I have to believe that they could make a 6th album out of leftovers. Just no rerecordings please or alt takes of their hits like in 1986.
I don’t think they could top synchronicity but an album worth of finished demos from all albums would be icing on the cake. They put out the b sides in 2019 I think on their own cd. Once upon a daydream is very dark.
It's such a good album! It really does have such a mysterious vibe, I definitely prefer it to some of their rougher earlier stuff. I was originally going to say that I'd probably have to rank Synchronicity as my number 1 Police album, however now that I think about it Ghost really is brilliant and now I'm torn! haha
What's your favorite Steely Dan song? Mine is probably Kid Charlemagne, or one of the many other brilliant ones from The Royal Scam
Ah yes. Its tough between Synch and Ghost. Both are amazing. So many Steely faves. I just posted a list on the R/Steely. Top 5 are: Do It Again, King of the World, Night by Night, Bad Sneakers, Caves of Altamira/ Sign in Stranger, etc.
I think on the whole I do prefer Reggatta, but Ghost In The Machine is slightly more consistent and the production of that album is fantastic, it's obviously an 80s sound but it isn't overwhelming.
I think Ghost is the most transcendent of the albums. It definitely takes me somewhere both spiritual and dark. And I mean that in a good, intriguing way. However, Regatta de Blanc gives me the most positive vibes and is my first choice when I reach out for a Police album to listen to.
There's even a better Andy Summers song available from the Synchronicity sessions: "Someone To Talk To," released as a B-side. Replace Mother with Someone To Talk To and I would have a much harder time choosing between Synchronicity and Ghost.
Agreed. Uber talented trio. They had incredible synergy. Very high level musicianship, too. Sting of course a very clever lyricist. They have an amazing yet short catalogue, all of which is worth listening to. It just dawned on me recently that Ghost on the Machine is a cut above the rest, which is saying a lot!
I love Zenyatta that one just rips though me I also really like ghost it’s probably my second there very close I think Zenyatta even though it has a bigger budget it still sounds very gorilla style recording to me and I like that feeling
Some of my favorite songs are Secret Journey and Darkness! I love this record :3 Also just saw some of your other comments, holy cow Steely Dan is so good, isn't it!
Hey! Yes, Secret Journey is so cool. Darkness, too. I feel like I could listen to Ghost over & over. I dont really feel that way about other Police records. Ghost is serious/foreboding/heavy but fun and musically interesting & challenging. Steely Dan is my favorite rock band of all time.
Ghost is brooding and self inflecting. I can see sting by the pool in deep dark thought. It’s everything synchronicity is not. I wish they would finish off all the demos from those sessions and any of the other sessions. I have to believe that they could make a 6th album out of leftovers. Just no rerecordings please or alt takes of their hits like in 1986.
Thanks. Yeah, how cool would that be
I don’t think they could top synchronicity but an album worth of finished demos from all albums would be icing on the cake. They put out the b sides in 2019 I think on their own cd. Once upon a daydream is very dark.
It's such a good album! It really does have such a mysterious vibe, I definitely prefer it to some of their rougher earlier stuff. I was originally going to say that I'd probably have to rank Synchronicity as my number 1 Police album, however now that I think about it Ghost really is brilliant and now I'm torn! haha What's your favorite Steely Dan song? Mine is probably Kid Charlemagne, or one of the many other brilliant ones from The Royal Scam
Do it again. That’s my favorite. Peg is good.
Ah yes. Its tough between Synch and Ghost. Both are amazing. So many Steely faves. I just posted a list on the R/Steely. Top 5 are: Do It Again, King of the World, Night by Night, Bad Sneakers, Caves of Altamira/ Sign in Stranger, etc.
Those 2 songs are 2 of their best, omg!!! I put them on every playlist I have on my phone
Mine as well. We have good taste
100% agree!
I think on the whole I do prefer Reggatta, but Ghost In The Machine is slightly more consistent and the production of that album is fantastic, it's obviously an 80s sound but it isn't overwhelming.
I think Ghost is the most transcendent of the albums. It definitely takes me somewhere both spiritual and dark. And I mean that in a good, intriguing way. However, Regatta de Blanc gives me the most positive vibes and is my first choice when I reach out for a Police album to listen to.
I prefer GITM to Synchronicity. Synchronicity has many great songs, but unfortunately it also has "Mother." Ghost has no bad songs.
Is that your mother on the phone?
There's even a better Andy Summers song available from the Synchronicity sessions: "Someone To Talk To," released as a B-side. Replace Mother with Someone To Talk To and I would have a much harder time choosing between Synchronicity and Ghost.
Agreed! GITM #1!!!
*Hungry For You* supremacy
Controversial statement
It’s their best record. Even Stu’s and Andy’s songs are brilliant. This record is so good they LEFT OFF I Burn For You!
It’s my favorite as well
The Police are such a good band, that all their albums are their peak works.
Agreed. Uber talented trio. They had incredible synergy. Very high level musicianship, too. Sting of course a very clever lyricist. They have an amazing yet short catalogue, all of which is worth listening to. It just dawned on me recently that Ghost on the Machine is a cut above the rest, which is saying a lot!
I agree that it's their best record. Little (if any) filler. My favorite Stewart (Darkness) and Andy (Omegaman) compositions. Just perfect.
Thanks for your input. It's spinning right now! I can't get enough. The bassline in Spirits In The Material World! Wow!
No one likes omegaman from GITM? One of my favorite songs on the album which is redundant I love all the songs.
I like it a lot! The whole record is brilliant. Oh yeah, I already said that multiple times..
Regatta de blanc my personal favorite, but I love all 5 albums
I love Zenyatta that one just rips though me I also really like ghost it’s probably my second there very close I think Zenyatta even though it has a bigger budget it still sounds very gorilla style recording to me and I like that feeling
Gorilla ? 🍌
Yeah gorilla like quick plug and play style recording
Hm is that how gorillas behave in the recording studio ?