The Police - Every Breath You Take: The Classics [1995 US 31454 0380 2]

Artist: The Police
Album: Every Breath You Take: The Classics
Label: A&M Records
Catalogue #: 31454 0380 2
Matrix: 314 540 380-2 06! R / MADE IN USA BY PMDC
Barcode: 7 31454-0380-2 7
Format: CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: US
Release Date: Sep 12, 1995
Genre: Rock
Styles: Pop/Rock, Album Rock

Lineage: SilverCD -> EAC -> FLAC
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue + .log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 59:42

foobar2000 ready: yes
Embedded cuesheet: yes
Extras: Full Scans, 600 dpi (.jpg)
Total Size: 415 MB
Recovery record: 3% (.rar)
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Host: Galaxy-File

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Tracklist:

01. Roxanne 3:13
02. Can't Stand Losing You - 3:01
03. Message In A Bottle - 4:51
04. Walking On The Moon - 5:02
05. Don't Stand Too Close To Me - 4:01
06. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - 4:07
07. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - 4:21
08. Invisible Sun - 3:45
09. Spirits In The Material World - 3:01
10. Every Breath You Take - 4:15
11. King Of Pain - 5:00
12. Wrapped Around Your Finger - 5:15
13. Don't Stand Too Close To Me '86 - 4:54
14. Message In A Bottle (New Classic Rock Mix) - 4:56

Companies:

Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Remastered At – A&M Mastering Studios
Made By – PMDC, USA

Credits:

Sting – lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards, saxophone on "Spirits in the Material World"
Andy Summers – electric guitar, keyboards
Stewart Copeland – drums, miscellaneous percussion, keyboards, drum programming on "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86"
Jean Roussel - piano on "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"

Arranged By - Police, The (tracks: 1 to 4)
Engineer - Hugh Padgham (tracks: 10 to 12) , Nigel Gray (tracks: 1 to 6)
Mastered By [Consultant] - Mark Mazzetti
Mastered By [Digital Remaster] - Dave Collins
Producer - Hugh Padgham (tracks: 7 to 12) , Police, The (tracks: 1 to 13)
Written-By - Sting

Notes:

Tracks 1 & 2: Recorded at Surrey Sound Studios. Taken from the album "Outlandos d'Amour".
Tracks 3 & 4: Recorded at Surrey Sound Studios. Taken from the album "Regatta de Blanc".
Tracks 5 & 6: Recorded at Wisselord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands. Taken from the album "Zenyatta Mondatta".
Track 7: Recorded at Le Studio, Quebec. Taken from the album "Ghost In The Machne".
Tracks 8 & 9: Recorded at AIR Studios, Montserrat. Taken from the album "Ghost In The Machne".
Track 10 to 12: Recorded at AIR Studios, Montserrat & Le Studio, Quebec. Taken from the album "Synchronicity".
Track 14: Mixed at Studio 4, Conshocoken, Philadelphia - April '95. Digital Editing at Mastervoice. Special thanks to Mark Mazzetti & The Police. Source tapes compiled at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine, using Sony Super Bit Mapping (SBM).

This album has been digitally remastered from the original source tapes for superior sound quality. Mastered at A & M Mastering Studios, Hollywood, California. Remastered using A & M's proprietary 20 bit analog to digital conversion process, dithered to 16 bit using dB technologies' model 3000 dithering processor.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the debut compilation album by The Police, released in 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged in New Zealand, Australia and Spain as Their Greatest Hits with a different cover.

In 1995, A&M released Every Breath You Take: The Classics to replace the original album. It features a slightly different track listing: the original version of "Don't Stand So Close To Me" replaces the 1986 recording at track 5; the '86 version appears at track 13. A 'New Classic Rock Mix' of "Message in a Bottle" is included as track 14. The Digital Theater System (2000) and hybrid Super Audio CD (2003) versions of the album include a previously unreleased version of "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da".

In the DTS version, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" features a different intro. Also, Every Breath You Take: The Singles featured a shortened version of "Can't Stand Losing You" which featured an early fade out which ends the song before the final chorus concludes. Every Breath You Take: The Classics replaces this with the full length version.

Review by Greg Prato, allmusic.com:

By deleting the 1986 hits collection Every Breath You Take: The Singles and replacing it nearly ten years later with Every Breath You Take: The Classics, A&M improved the original set — but only slightly. Instead of finally adding the missing hits that were mysteriously absent the first time around ("Synchronicity II," "Demolition Man," "So Lonely," etc.), there are only two additional tracks — the original version of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" and a "New Classic Rock Mix" of "Message in a Bottle." Again, the included hits speak for themselves — "Roxanne," "Walking on the Moon," "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "Wrapped Around Your Finger," — but ultimately, The Classics misses the mark. Why would a Police fan who already owns The Singles want to replace it with a modestly different repackaging? A&M should have added some of the missing classics instead of just rehashing what many fans already own.