Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 102 (click to see context) from:
** The guitar parts on "Every Breath You Take" were influenced by the music of Music/BelaBartok, who Summers was studying to prepare for his collaborative album with Music/RobertFripp, ''I Advance Masked''.
to:
** The guitar parts on "Every Breath You Take" were influenced by the music of Music/BelaBartok, who Summers was studying to prepare for his second collaborative album with Music/RobertFripp, ''I Advance Masked''.''Bewitched''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 25,26 (click to see context) from:
''Synchronicity'' was supported by four singles: "Every Breath You Take", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", "Synchronicity II", and "King of Pain". Three were Top 10 in the US, and two were Top 10 in the UK; "Every Breath You Take", their fifth #1 single in the UK, would become their only #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
to:
''Synchronicity'' was supported by four singles: "Every Breath You Take", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", "Synchronicity II", and "King of Pain". Three were Top 10 in the US, and two were Top 10 in the UK; "Every Breath You Take", their fifth #1 single in the UK, would become their only #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
100. In 2020, it also became the most popular song on the radio at over 15 million plays, beating out the previous record-holder, the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'".
* DistinctDoubleAlbum: A single-disc variant. The first side of the record focuses on more uptempo songs like the two {{Title Track}}s, "O My God", and "Mother", whereas the second side features downtempo songs such as "Every Breath You Take" and and "Tea in the Sahara". The configuration was suggested by Andy Summers, who saw it as an ideal way to resolve the band's indecisiveness about what material to put on the final tracklist.
* InTheStyleOf:
** According to songwriter Andy Summers, "Mother" was inspired by the work of Music/CaptainBeefheart, hence its atonal instrumentation and chaotic, screaming vocals.
** The guitar parts on "Every Breath You Take" were influenced by the music of Music/BelaBartok, who Summers was studying to prepare for his collaborative album with Music/RobertFripp, ''I Advance Masked''.
** According to songwriter Andy Summers, "Mother" was inspired by the work of Music/CaptainBeefheart, hence its atonal instrumentation and chaotic, screaming vocals.
** The guitar parts on "Every Breath You Take" were influenced by the music of Music/BelaBartok, who Summers was studying to prepare for his collaborative album with Music/RobertFripp, ''I Advance Masked''.
Changed line(s) 111 (click to see context) from:
* NewSoundAlbum: The album moved away from the reggae sound the band was famous for and showed influence of WorldMusic in tracks such as "Tea In The Sahara", "King of Pain", and "Walking in Your Footsteps". The album's direction would also take on more direct influences from jazz, foreshadowing the brand of art pop that would define frontman Sting's first three solo albums and, from a broader perspective, his shift to slicker pop rock in 1993 and contemporary classical music in 2006.
to:
* NewSoundAlbum: The album moved away from the reggae sound the band was famous for and showed influence of WorldMusic in tracks such as "Tea In The Sahara", "King of Pain", and "Walking in Your Footsteps". The album's direction would also take on more direct influences from jazz, foreshadowing the brand of art pop that would define frontman Sting's first three solo albums and, from a broader perspective, his shift to slicker pop rock in 1993 and contemporary classical music in 2006. In an interview with ''Magazine/RollingStone'', Sting stated that the shift in sound was an attempt to break away from the amount of "clone groups" that were popping up.
Added DiffLines:
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In an interview with ''Songfacts'', Andy Summers stated that "Mother" was inspired by his tense relationship with his own mother, who he felt was pressuring him over his fame as a member of the Police.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 86 (click to see context) from:
* ADayInTheLife: "Synchronicity II" is a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack-y]] version of it.
to:
* ADayInTheLife: DayInTheLife: "Synchronicity II" is a [[CrapsackWorld crapsack-y]] {{crapsack|World}}-y version of it.it, depicting the daily routine of a working man with a highly dysfunctional family and a horrible job in an abusive workplace.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The album is much dourer in tone than its four predecessors, influenced by Music/{{Sting}}'s divorce and the disintegration of the band members' working relationships. Levity is scarce on ''Synchronicity'', whose most lighthearted song is a BlackComedy; the album revolves around themes of dysfunction and decay and features such cheery topics as stalking, religious disillusionment, the dystopian underbelly of suburbia, and nuclear war.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The album is much dourer in tone than its four predecessors, influenced by Music/{{Sting}}'s divorce and the disintegration of the band members' working relationships. Levity is scarce on ''Synchronicity'', whose most lighthearted song is a BlackComedy; the album revolves around themes of dysfunction and decay and features such cheery topics as stalking, religious disillusionment, the dystopian underbelly of suburbia, and nuclear war.
Changed line(s) 89 (click to see context) from:
* DownerEnding: The original album ends with the melancholic "Tea in the Sahara." Re-releases end with the spookier "Murder By Numbers".
to:
* DownerEnding: The original album ends with the melancholic "Tea in the Sahara." Re-releases end with the spookier BlackComedy piece "Murder By Numbers". Numbers".
Changed line(s) 110 (click to see context) from:
* NewSoundAlbum: The album moved away from the reggae sound the band was famous for and showed influence of world music in tracks such as "Tea In The Sahara" and "Walking in Your Footsteps". The album's direction would also take on more direct influences from jazz, foreshadowing the brand of art pop that would define frontman Sting's first three solo albums and, from a broader perspective, his shift to slicker pop rock in 1993 and contemporary classical music in 2006.
to:
* NewSoundAlbum: The album moved away from the reggae sound the band was famous for and showed influence of world music WorldMusic in tracks such as "Tea In The Sahara" Sahara", "King of Pain", and "Walking in Your Footsteps". The album's direction would also take on more direct influences from jazz, foreshadowing the brand of art pop that would define frontman Sting's first three solo albums and, from a broader perspective, his shift to slicker pop rock in 1993 and contemporary classical music in 2006.
