Ghost in the Machine
by The Police
- Type: Album
- Released: 2 October 1981
- Label: A&M
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 41:08
- Community rating: 3.43/5 from 12 ratings
Artists on this release: Jean Roussel, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Significantly deepening their sound, The Police infused prominent synthesizers and dense horn arrangements into their trademark reggae-rock blend on 'Ghost in the Machine'. Driven by Sting鈥檚 increasingly conscious, politically charged songwriting, the album is a heavily layered, incredibly melodic, and noticeably colder new wave triumph that perfectly captures early-80s paranoia.
Genres
Descriptors: political, melodic, conscious, syncopated, tense, rhythmic, synthesizers, punchy
Tracklist
- Spirits In The Material World (2:59)
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (4:20)
- Invisible Sun (3:44)
- Hungry For You (2:52)
- Demolition Man (5:57)
- Too Much Information (3:42)
- Re-Humanise Yourself (3:10)
- One World (Not Three) (4:46)
- Omegaman (2:47)
- Secret Journey (3:33)
- Darkness (3:13)
Credits
- The Police - primary artist, producer
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - art direction
- Mick Haggerty - design [album design], art direction, artwork [art]
- Hugh Padgham - engineer, co-producer
- Ted Jensen - mastered by
- Sting - written-by, lyrics by
- Jean Roussel - keyboards
- Stewart Copeland - music by, written-by
- Andy Summers - written-by