{"product_id":"the-police-zenyatta-mondatta","title":"The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"99\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"99\"\u003eThe Police – Zenyatta Mondatta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"553\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"120\"\u003eZenyatta Mondatta\u003c\/em\u003e is the third studio album from The Police, originally released in 1980, and one of the defining records of the band's breakthrough period. Combining punk energy, reggae rhythms, sharp new wave songwriting and sophisticated musicianship, the album captures the trio of Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland at a point where their sound was becoming increasingly ambitious while retaining its distinctive rhythmic edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"1054\"\u003eFollowing the success of \u003cem data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"599\"\u003eReggatta de Blanc\u003c\/em\u003e, The Police entered the studio with producer Nigel Gray to record \u003cem data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"689\"\u003eZenyatta Mondatta\u003c\/em\u003e during a demanding period of touring. The album was recorded in the Netherlands in between live commitments, contributing to its famously tight, direct feel. Despite the pressures surrounding its creation, the resulting record became another major international success and helped establish The Police as one of the most important British bands of the early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1390\"\u003eThe album opens with Don't Stand So Close To Me, one of The Police's best-known songs and a UK number-one single. Sting's distinctive vocal sits over Copeland's propulsive drumming and Summers' clipped guitar work, creating the tension between reggae-influenced rhythm and angular new wave that became central to the band's sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1868\"\u003eDriven To Tears follows with a more politically charged edge, while When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around combines a hypnotic bass groove with atmospheric guitar textures. Canary In A Coalmine delivers a fast, punchy burst of new wave energy, before the instrumental Voices Inside My Head creates a darker, more spacious atmosphere. The first side closes with Bombs Away, continuing the album's socially conscious themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"2269\"\u003eSide B begins with another of the band's signature hits, De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da, a deceptively simple pop song built around an instantly memorable chorus and tight rhythmic arrangement. The instrumental Behind My Camel, written by Andy Summers, provides one of the album's more experimental moments, while Man In A Suitcase brings the pace back with its brisk, reggae-inflected rhythm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2271\" data-end=\"2596\"\u003eThe atmospheric Shadows In The Rain gives Sting, Summers and Copeland room to stretch out, combining dub-influenced bass and drums with echoing guitar textures. The album closes with The Other Way Of Stopping, an instrumental co-written by Summers and Copeland that highlights the trio's remarkable musical chemistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2598\" data-end=\"3036\"\u003eReleased in October 1980, \u003cem data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"2647\"\u003eZenyatta Mondatta\u003c\/em\u003e continued The Police's rapid rise and earned the band a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for \u003cem data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2781\"\u003eBehind My Camel\u003c\/em\u003e, while \u003cem data-start=\"2789\" data-end=\"2817\"\u003eDon't Stand So Close To Me\u003c\/em\u003e also won the Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. 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