[.ca] Zenyatta Mondatta

2nd Rate:
This album sounds rushed. The songs are second rate compared to every other album. Bypass this and buy the other four albums. If you must have 'Don't Stand so Close to Me" (Why I'm not sure) then buy a compilation instead.

great police cd:
zenyatta mondatta was my favourite police album along with the ghost in the machine due to the presence of songs like dont stand so close to me and canary in a coalmine.very highly recommended.

Some filler, but solid:
Check out "aucontraire's" reviews by clicking on his/her name. That should give you some idea of the musical taste of this misguided person, who has absolutely no business evaluating a Police album.

Innovation & musicianship meets Wit & good 'ol 80s fun!:
The first and most obvious indication that this a great album (or CD depending on which generation you hail from), is the fact that "The Infidel" (aka "mropinion") gave it just one star. It's hard to tell if this rather "eccentric" reviewer is The World's Foremost Musical Idiot or a certifiable genius, gifted in the art of p---ing people off. If it's the latter, my friend, then I suppose you deserve an award! With that said, Zenyatta Mondatta (like all other Police achievements) is one of those albums that simply justified the 80s. While other 80s pop bands like...hmmm...I don't know...Duran Duran simply wrote good, catchy, yet ultimately forgettable tunes like "Rio" and "Union of The Snake," The Police wrote equally catchy & good, yet Unforgettable songs like "Driven to Tears" and "Don't Stand So Close To Me." The former being a heartfelt & intelligent account of having to view on TV the kind of atrocities that painfully marked the 1980s. Though it might not me as obvious to some people (specifically those who give N'sync 5 stars vs. giving The Beatles 1 star), "De do do do, De da da da" is actually a very witty song about the power of the spoken (or written) word. On the surface it sounds as though Sting was in a goofy mood, and consequently wrote a goofy song - this is far from true. He wrote smart lyrics that shed light on the phenomenon of how the "poets, priests, & politicians have words to thank for their positions." As musicians, The Police stretched the Rock 'n Roll boundries in the 80s much in the same way Led Zeppelin did so in the 70s. Sting was (is) a brilliant composer who thinks well beyond that of an average bass player. I think he played the bass guitar merely because SOMEBODY in the band had to. He also came up with many of the guitar lines that Andy Summers would then make his own and inevitably make even better. Andy was at the forefront of introducing ska/reggae rhythms to rock music in the 80s, and Stewart Copland did much of the same for drumming. Stewart's technical playing and overall rhythmic creativity is still inspiring drummers today (including myself)! Zenyatta Mondatta still stands as one of the best achievements from a band who knew only how to achieve! Ultimately, I suppose, De do do do, De da da da is all I've (and more importantly - Sting) got to say to any "infidels" who have either the nerve or the ignorant-based Bliss to imply that The Police had less talent than those "artists" who provide nothing more than mindless "ear candy" or souless, pop "fluff" such as N'Stync and that annoyingly perpetual, High School cheerleader - Britney Spears...I mean Christina Aguilara...oops, I mean Hilary Duff...forget it.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:
THIS IS MY FAVOURITE POLICE CD FEATURING STING AT HIS ABSOLUT BEST.I GIVE THIS GREATD CD MY HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS.FIVE STARS.

• Don't Stand So Close to Me
• Driven to Tears
• When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still ...
• Canary in a Coalmine
• Voices Inside My Head
• Bombs Away
• De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
• Behind My Camel
• Man in a Suitcase
• Shadows in the Rain
• Other Way of Stopping