Find a The Police - Regatta de Blanc first pressing or reissue. Complete your The Police collection. Shop Vinyl and CDs. Find great deals on eBay for the police reggatta de blanc and the police reggatta de blanc vinyl. Shop with confidence. 'Reggatta De Blanc' by The Police Listen ad-free with YouTube Red; Show more Show less. Mix - The Police - Reggatta De Blanc (Old Grey Whistle Test '79) YouTube; The Drumming Brilliance of Stewart Copeland - Duration: 10:05. Off Beat 116,941.

By 1979's (translation: White Reggae), nonstop touring had sharpened 's original blend of reggae-rock to perfection, resulting in breakthrough success. Containing a pair of massive hit singles -- the inspirational anthem 'Message in a Bottle' and the spacious 'Walking on the Moon' -- the album also signaled a change in the band's sound.

Whereas their debut got its point across with raw, energetic performances, was much more polished production-wise and fully developed from a songwriting standpoint. While vigorous rockers did crop up from time to time ('It's Alright for You,' 'Deathwish,' 'No Time This Time,' and the Grammy-winning instrumental title track), the material was overall much more sedate than the debut -- 'Bring on the Night,' 'The Bed's Too Big Without You,' and 'Does Everyone Stare.'

Also included was one of 's two lead vocal appearances on a album, the witty 'On Any Other Day,' as well as one of the band's most eerie tracks, 'Contact.' With, many picked and company to be the superstar band of the '80s, and would prove them correct on the band's next release.

• ' Released: 21 September 1979 • ' Released: 4 November 1979 • ' Released: 22 November 1979 (US only) • ' Released: 8 June 1980 Reggatta de Blanc is the second studio album by English rock band, released on 2 October 1979. It features the band's first two UK No. 1 hits: ' and '. It was their first album to reach No. In early 1980, the album was re-issued in the US on two 10' discs, one album side per disc, as a collector's edition with a poster of the band. It was their second album to bear a title after the band's 1978 debut album. Reggatta de Blanc proved both more popular and successful than its predecessor.

The title track earned the band their first for in 1980. In 2012, the album was ranked No.

372 on magazine's list of. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Reggatta de Blanc took four weeks to record, spaced over several months. Unlike its successor,, there was no pressure on the band. Described it, 'We just went into the studio and said, 'Right, who's got the first song?' We hadn't even rehearsed them before we went in.' In Modern Drummer magazine, Copeland considers Regatta de Blanc to be the 'best Police record.' Against the wishes of A&M, who had wanted to equip the promising band with a bigger studio and more famous producer, the Police opted to again record at Surrey Sound with.

The small budget (between £6,000 and £9,000) was easily covered by the profits of their previous album,, further ensuring that the record label would have no control over the actual creation of the band's music. Whereas Outlandos d'Amour had benefited from one of the most prolific songwriting periods of 's life, the recording sessions for Reggatta de Blanc were so short on new material that the band even considered re-recording ' at one point.

To fill in the gaps, Sting and Copeland dug up old songs they'd written and used elements of them to create new songs. Much of the lyrics to 'Bring On the Night' were recycled from Sting's song 'Carrion Prince (O Ye of Little Hope)' and 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' similarly started as a Last Exit tune, while 'Does Everyone Stare' originates from a piano piece Copeland wrote in college. The closing track 'No Time This Time' was previously the B-Side to ' in November 1978, and was added to pad out the album's running time. The album's title is a pseudo-French translation of '. Songs [ ] The instrumental ', one of the few songs written by the Police as a group, came from the long instrumental break in the live performance of ' and earned the band the 1980. Toshiba Challenge Code Keygen For Mac. 'Bring on the Night' was written three years earlier as 'Carrion Prince', the title taken from 's poem 'King of Carrion', and is about; however, after reading, Sting felt that the words fitted 's death wish, and says that since then, 'I sing it with him in mind.' 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' was covered by reggae singer Sheila Hylton in 1981, and became a UK Top 40 hit.