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This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
For their third album, the Police, now official megastars, began to move away from the new wave-reggae hybrid they introduced on their first two releases. There's a bit more funk in the rhythm section on tunes like "Driven To Tears" (a tune that also represents a heightened socio-political bent in the lyrics). Andy Summers' avant-garde roots are also more apparent here, as on the eastern-flavored "Behind My Camel," and the quirky, abstract tone of "Shadows in the Rain." On the ominous-but-catchy "Don't Stand So Close To Me" Sting plays Cole Porter, rhyming "shake and cough" with "Nabokov." The album is best known for the monster hit "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da," ostensibly a nonsense song, but under the surface the lyrics bear a serious message about global alienation and postmodern disaffection.
Recorded at Wissellord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands.
The Police: Sting (vocals, bass); Andy Summers (guitar); Stewart Copeland (drums).
Digipak
Zenyatta Mondatta Music | List Price | $9.95 (You save $2.16) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, New Wave | | Label | A & M | | Orig Year | 1980 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4726  | | CD Universe Part number | 5646936 | | Catalog number | 493597 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 04, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | The Police; Nigel Gray | | Engineer | Nigel Gray | | Recording Time | 38 minutes | | Personnel | Sting - vocals, bass
Andy Summers - guitar
Stewart Copeland - drums
| | Additional Info | Remastered; Digipak |
Police Zenyatta Mondatta Songs Zenyatta Mondatta Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   A Police no-brainer....
Not much to tell fellow fans and purchasers; you already know how good this album is. Even if you're not too familiar with Police music this is a great place to start, as it's album 3 of 5 the band created. The main reason anybody would buy this album for a THIRD time on CD will be the 2nd remastering job. Is it worth it? Yes! Besides removing some surface noise and tape 'hiss' like the first remaster, the clarity and overall punch has noticeably improved. Sell your old CD versions to pay for this one, and you'll be rewarded.
Submitted by a reviewer (Golden, CO U.S.A.) 
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Mr Bob Ludwig remastering brilliance!!!
Yes, sell the old remasters and buy the latest series from the great Bob Ludwig.
Submitted by faust8577 (Lorraine, Que. Canada)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A great way to start the decade
The Police were in a league of their own. Zenyatta Mondatta proves that. I think they hit their creative peak with this album. An incredible blend of rock, reggae, funk, and soul on one album. The only song I don't really care for is Behind My Camel even though it is still an interesting listen. Guitarist Andy Summers was well known for his electronically altered guitar work, but Behind My Camel is a bit boring compared to the rest of the album. On the paranoid Shadows In The Rain the rhythm section of Sting and Stewart Copeland is about as good as it gets.
Unfortunately after this album the music wasn't quite as interesting to me, though it was still good.
I'd recommend getting their debut album, Outlandos d'amore first, Regatta De Blanc second and then Zenyatta Mondatta. Listening to each album in that order you can hear how they grew creatively with each release.
Submitted by Police fan (America)
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Zenyatta Mondatta has 10 great songs. Shadows In The Rain isn't one of the ones I like, though. Don't Stand So Close To Me, Driven To Tears,When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around, Canary In A Coalmine, Voices Inside My Head, Bombs Away, De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da, Behind My Came, Man In A Suitcase, and The Other Way Of Stopping, are fantastic songs. This is probably one of the best albums ever made.
Submitted by Genesis19691992 (New York)
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