After their fifth album Synchronicity (1983) and the very successful accompanying tour, The Police went on sabbatical. However, this rest period turned out to be final, and Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers each continued solo. But in 2007, The Police unexpectedly reunited for an extensive world tour to celebrate the group's founding thirty years ago. The reunion tour was of course accompanied
… by a collector, this self-titled double CD. The main added value of this double album compared to previous compilations is mainly in the length: there are simply more songs on it. For example, all five studio albums can be covered with multiple tracks, with the emphasis on Synchronicity, which is represented with eight songs. This compilation shows once again how unbelievably much, now classic, hits The Police has scored. (IV)more
