Every Breath You Take: The Classics

~ Release by The Police (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

Hybrid SACD. 5.1 surround layer has 1986 version of De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da while stereo and CD layer have the original version.

Annotation last modified on 2013-11-22 00:45 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Roxanne
4.2 3:12
2 Can't Stand Losing You
3.4 3:00
3 Message in a Bottle
4.3 4:52
4 Walking on the Moon
3.7 5:02
5 Don't Stand So Close to Me
3.8 4:02
6 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
3.45 4:09
7 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
4.6 4:22
8 Invisible Sun
3.6 3:47
9 Spirits in the Material World
3.25 3:01
10 Every Breath You Take
4.1 4:15
11 King of Pain
3.8 5:00
12 Wrapped Around Your Finger
3.7 5:15
13 Don't Stand So Close to Me '86
2.5 4:54
14 Message in a Bottle (new classic rock mix)
4:51
▼ Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) 2
# Title Rating Length
1 Roxanne
4.2 3:12
2 Can't Stand Losing You
3.4 3:00
3 Message in a Bottle
4.3 4:52
4 Walking on the Moon
3.7 5:02
5 Don't Stand So Close to Me
3.8 4:02
6 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
3.45 4:09
7 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
4.6 4:22
8 Invisible Sun
3.6 3:47
9 Spirits in the Material World
3.25 3:01
10 Every Breath You Take
4.1 4:15
11 King of Pain
3.8 5:00
12 Wrapped Around Your Finger
3.7 5:15
13 Don't Stand So Close to Me '86
2.5 4:54
14 Message in a Bottle (new classic rock mix)
4:51
15 Roxanne (5.1 mix)
3:12
16 Can't Stand Losing You (5.1 mix)
3:00
17 Message in a Bottle (5.1 mix)
4:48
18 Walking on the Moon (5.1 mix)
5:02
19 Don't Stand So Close to Me (5.1 mix)
4:02
20 De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86 (5.1 mix)
4:25
21 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (5.1 mix)
4:22
22 Invisible Sun (5.1 mix)
3:41
23 Spirits in the Material World (5.1 mix)
3:01
24 Every Breath You Take (5.1 mix)
4:15
25 King of Pain (5.1 mix)
5:00
26 Wrapped Around Your Finger (5.1 mix)
5:10
27 Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 (5.1 mix)
4:54
28 Message in a Bottle (new classic rock mix) (5.1 mix)
4:51

Credits

Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 1

electric bass guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1, 3–4, 6–13)
drums:
Stewart Copeland (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
guitar:
Andy Summers (track 2)
bass:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (track 2)
electric guitar:
Andy Summers (tracks 1, 3–4, 6–13)
piano:
Jean Roussel (track 7)
arranger:
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1–4)
co-producer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 7–9)
composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–14)
engineer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 7–9)
Chris Gray (Chicago techno producer) (track 2)
Chris Gray (UK Engineer) (tracks 1–2)
Nigel Gray (tracks 1–6)
lyricist:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–14)
mastering:
Dave Collins (US mastering engineer) (tracks 1–4, 6–7, 10)
producer:
Laurie Latham (track 13)
Hugh Padgham (tracks 10–12)
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1–13)
Nigel Gray (tracks 3–6)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
phonographic copyright by:
A&M Records (1978 –) (track 1)
A&M Records (1979 –) (tracks 3–4)
A&M Records (1980 –) (track 6)
A&M Records (1981 –) (tracks 7–9)
A&M Records (1983) (tracks 10–12)
A&M Records (1986 –) (track 13)
A&M Records (2016) (tracks 10–12)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (tracks 6, 10)
Virgin Music (publisher only, do not use as a label) (tracks 1–2, 5–6, 13)
Virgin Music, Inc. (The American arm of Virgin's publishing company) (tracks 3–4, 14)
recorded at:
Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom (tracks 1–4)
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (tracks 5–6)
mash-ups:
I Can't Stand Along the Watchtower by ToToM (track 2)
Stand By Me by ccc (track 10)
Wrapped Detective (Elvis Costello vs. The Police vs. Lionel Richie vs. Peggy Lee vs. Bob Marley vs. The Hollies vs. Led Zeppelin) by Go Home Productions (track 12)
remixes:
Can't Stand Losing You (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 2)
Don't Stand So Close to Me (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 5)
Every Breath You Take (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 10)
King of Pain (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 11)
Message in a Bottle (new classic rock mix) (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 14)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 12)
sampled by:
I’ll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy & the Family feat. Faith Evans & 112 (track 10)
What Means the World to You by Cam’ron (track 1)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 84) (track 10)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 388) (track 1)
later parody versions:
Every Step to Take (track 10)
King of Suede (track 11)
Laikus pērciet pasterizēto pienu (track 7)
Message in the Bible (tracks 3, 14)
Walking Through Moulescomb (track 4)
later translated parody versions:
Humppaleski 45 (track 10)
Sua vartioin (track 10)
later translated versions:
Alma en el mundo material (track 9)
Do Do Da Da (Cantonese) (track 6)
El mensaje en la botella (tracks 3, 14)
Estaré prendido en tus dedos (track 12)
Rolando por la luna (track 4)
Sol invisible (track 8)
Todo lo que él hace (track 7)
recording of:
Can’t Stand Losing You (track 2)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (track 6)
Don’t Stand So Close to Me (tracks 5, 13)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song by The Police) (track 7)
Invisible Sun (track 8)
King of Pain (track 11)
Message in a Bottle (The Police song) (tracks 3, 14)
Roxanne (track 1)
Spirits in the Material World (track 9)
Walking on the Moon (track 4)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (track 12)
Every Breath You Take (1983) (track 10)
referred to in medleys:
Polkas on 45 (track 10)

Hybrid SACD (SACD layer) 2

electric bass guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1, 3–4, 6–13)
drums:
Stewart Copeland (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
guitar:
Andy Summers (track 2)
bass:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (track 2)
electric guitar:
Andy Summers (tracks 1, 3–4, 6–13)
piano:
Jean Roussel (track 7)
arranger:
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1–4)
co-producer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 7–9)
composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–28)
engineer:
Hugh Padgham (tracks 7–9)
Chris Gray (UK Engineer) (tracks 1–2)
Chris Gray (Chicago techno producer) (track 2)
Nigel Gray (tracks 1–6)
lyricist:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–28)
mastering:
Dave Collins (US mastering engineer) (tracks 1–4, 6–7, 10)
mixer:
David Tickle (tracks 15–26)
producer:
Laurie Latham (track 13)
Hugh Padgham (tracks 10–12)
The Police (British rock band) (tracks 1–13)
Nigel Gray (tracks 3–6)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police) (tracks 1–4, 6–13)
phonographic copyright by:
A&M Records (1978 –) (track 1)
A&M Records (1979 –) (tracks 3–4)
A&M Records (1980 –) (track 6)
A&M Records (1981 –) (tracks 7–9)
A&M Records (1983) (tracks 10–12)
A&M Records (1986 –) (track 13)
A&M Records (2016) (tracks 10–12)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (tracks 6, 10, 20, 24)
Virgin Music (publisher only, do not use as a label) (tracks 1–2, 5–6, 13, 15–16, 19–20, 27)
Virgin Music, Inc. (The American arm of Virgin's publishing company) (tracks 3–4, 14, 17–18, 28)
recorded at:
Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom (tracks 1–4)
Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (tracks 5–6)
mash-ups:
I Can't Stand Along the Watchtower by ToToM (track 2)
Stand By Me by ccc (track 10)
Wrapped Detective (Elvis Costello vs. The Police vs. Lionel Richie vs. Peggy Lee vs. Bob Marley vs. The Hollies vs. Led Zeppelin) by Go Home Productions (track 12)
remix of:
Can’t Stand Losing You by The Police (track 16)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police (track 20)
Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 by The Police (track 27)
Don’t Stand So Close to Me by The Police (track 19)
Every Breath You Take by The Police (track 24)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police (track 21)
Invisible Sun by The Police (track 22)
King of Pain by The Police (track 25)
Message in a Bottle by The Police (track 17)
Message in a Bottle (new classic rock mix) by The Police (track 28)
Roxanne by The Police (track 15)
Spirits in the Material World by The Police (track 23)
Walking on the Moon by The Police (track 18)
Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police (track 26)
remixes:
Can't Stand Losing You (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 2)
Don't Stand So Close to Me (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 5)
Every Breath You Take (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 10)
King of Pain (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 11)
Message in a Bottle (new classic rock mix) (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 14)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (5.1 mix) by The Police (track 12)
sampled by:
I’ll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy & the Family feat. Faith Evans & 112 (track 10)
What Means the World to You by Cam’ron (track 1)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 84) (track 10)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 388) (track 1)
later parody versions:
Every Step to Take (tracks 10, 24)
King of Suede (tracks 11, 25)
Laikus pērciet pasterizēto pienu (tracks 7, 21)
Message in the Bible (tracks 3, 14, 17, 28)
Walking Through Moulescomb (tracks 4, 18)
later translated parody versions:
Humppaleski 45 (tracks 10, 24)
Sua vartioin (tracks 10, 24)
later translated versions:
Alma en el mundo material (tracks 9, 23)
Do Do Da Da (Cantonese) (tracks 6, 20)
El mensaje en la botella (tracks 3, 14, 17, 28)
Estaré prendido en tus dedos (tracks 12, 26)
Rolando por la luna (tracks 4, 18)
Sol invisible (tracks 8, 22)
Todo lo que él hace (tracks 7, 21)
recording of:
Can’t Stand Losing You (tracks 2, 16)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (tracks 6, 20)
Don’t Stand So Close to Me (tracks 5, 13, 19, 27)
Every Breath You Take (track 24)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song by The Police) (tracks 7, 21)
Invisible Sun (tracks 8, 22)
King of Pain (tracks 11, 25)
Message in a Bottle (The Police song) (tracks 3, 14, 17, 28)
Roxanne (tracks 1, 15)
Spirits in the Material World (tracks 9, 23)
Walking on the Moon (tracks 4, 18)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (tracks 12, 26)
Every Breath You Take (1983) (track 10)
referred to in medleys:
Polkas on 45 (tracks 10, 24)

Release

mastering: Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer) (2002-12)
mastered at: Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine, United States (2002-12)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/1731539 [info]