In the early '80s, Sting was not at home in Britain. "Britain had gone to war with Argentina over the Falklands," Sting wrote in his 2007 book, Lyrics. "Young men were dying in the freezing waters of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Synchronicity became the swansong record for the trio of Sting, drummer ...

Erudition comes naturally to Sting. After all, his career path nearly took him to the halls of education. That ceased when the clarion call of musical stardom beckoned. It guided him to radiant ...

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, ...

In December 1982, the Police flew to the Caribbean to record their fifth album. The executives at A&M Records were excited. A year earlier, the trio had leavened their raw, guitar-driven sound with ...

It wasn’t a master plan to go out on top, as the band essentially had to call it quits because they couldn’t get along long enough to record anything more. Still, few bands leave them wanting more ...