If albums were tarot cards, Synchronicity by the Police would be an incredibly complex deck. It started out simply enough on paper. As they had done with 1981's Ghost in the Machine, the English group ...

Online prognosticator Rick Beato recently opined that in 2100, acts like the Beatles, Nirvana, Queen, and, yes, the Police will still be in heavy rotation when it comes to celebrating the rock era.

The songs of the summer of 1983 emanated from “Synchronicity.” The fifth and final Police album was filled with complex hits embraced by radio. The often misunderstood “Every Breath You Take,” which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Police in 1979. The Police's 15-million-selling final album, 1983's Synchronicity, is to be reissued in various formats, ...

The Police sold millions of copies of Synchronicity, but the cash registers continued to ring long after fans purchased the band's fifth and final album. This meant the marketplace was flooded with ...

Coming into their fifth and final album, 1983’s Synchronicity, The Police were on the verge of something big. Their previous LP, 1981’s Ghost In the Machine, had peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 ...

In 1983, sometime between the M*A*S*H finale, the shock of seeing Darth Vader’s face, and the Cabbage Patch Riots, the Police issued the year’s music blockbuster. The trio’s fifth and final album, ...

Few rock acts have gone out so on top as the Police did after releasing their final and most successful album 40 years ago. Synchronicity was the third-biggest album of 1983, selling 10 million copies ...

Try and make a list of bands whose best album was their final album. Chances are you thought about The Police, who went out went the stunning success of 1983’s Synchronicity. The band’s interpersonal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Police ended their hugely successful career in the mid-’80s ...

December 1982 and out there in the wider world, The Police were fast becoming the biggest band on the planet: a string of international hits, two US Top 5 and three UK Number 1 albums, a couple of ...