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Tuesday, 27 November 2007
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8.0
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Track Listing:
01. Spirits In The Material World
02. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
03. Invisible Sun
04. Hungry For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi)
05. Demolition Man
06. Too Much Information
07. Rehumanize Yourself
08. One World (Not Three)
09. Omegaman
10. Secret Journey
11. Darkness

Artist: The Police
Title: Ghost in the Machine
Genre: Alternative • Jazz Fusion
Release Date: 02 October 1981
Record Label: A&M Records
Format: Full-length
Country: United Kingdom
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The Police - Ghost in the Machine

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Overall rating (weighted)
8.0
Musicianship
8.0
Composition
7.0
Experimentation
9.0
Production
8.0
Value
8.0
Though not their best album. This is their most highly jazz influenced album but at the same is much more secure in their pop single formula. The piano and keyboard playing takes over a lot of the reggae guitar chords. A Saxophone has also been added to several tracks.

Kicking off the album to 2 amazing hit singles "Spirits in the Material World" and "every little thing she does is magic" but immediately after that is a weaker track "invisible sun" and though Hungry for You shows Sting poly-lingual diversity, the song is very repetitive. Demolition Man soon takes over and kicks your ass. Stewart Copeland and a sax couldn't compliment each other any better.

This album makes me very torn. The Police are really good jazz musicians but they are the only ones that play the reggae fusions that they do (Which this album has less of). This album is along ways away from Outlandos d'Amour. Ghost in the Machine has a very good direction of experimenting. The Police and jazz can't go wrong but with playing news things, certain old qualities are lost. The weaker songs don't necessarily sour the album (far from it) but makes the quality of the album a little lacking.

This is a great album and a good Police album but as a follow up to Zenyatta Mondatta... they didn't top themselves.
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Musicianship
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Composition
10.0
Experimentation
10.0
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Ian Little
Wednesday, 02 January 2008

Written by Ian Little   -  View all my reviews  - Top 50 Reviewer

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9.4
Musicianship
8.0
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10.0
Experimentation
10.0
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9.0
Value
10.0
This album is not just a classic Police record, but one of the best rock records made period. The songs range from catchy pop tunes to moody experimental endeavors that a radio may never touch. They spectrum is broadened by this album as it goes from reggae to rock, perky to depressed, and superficial to introspective. The lyrical content is excellent as is always the case with Sting, who seems to craft words into grand philosophical landscapes with ease. In regards to the musicianship, it's a common occurrence for Copeland to produce infectious rhythms, and this case is no different. He always delivers. The classic songs are here (Spirits In The Material World; Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; Invisible Sun) and the deep cuts that push the envelope of experimentation that you come to expect from this great rock act (Omega Man; Secret Journey; Jourais toujour faime de toi). Songs in French, ambient sounds, and classic piano work fill out the overall sound of this record to create atmosphere and mood that modern rock albums tend to overlook as they dump extra "noise" as fillers to cover up the fact that they lack a "larger sound". In the case of the Police, this technique only amplifies the wall of sound created by one of the best trios in rock history. From start to finish, Ghost In The Machine is a complete masterpiece. It wastes no note, no song, no lyric. The production is excellent for its time and it is a complete work of art from beginning to end. This album belongs in any worthwhile collection of rock music. Simply put, Ghost In The Machine is an ageless classic.
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