Every Breath You Take: The Singles

Every Breath You Take:
The Singles
Greatest hits album by
The Police
Released31 October 1986[1]
Recorded1978–1986
GenreNew wave, post-punk, reggae rock
Length50:26 (The Singles)
59:20 (The Classics)
LabelA&M
ProducerThe Police, Hugh Padgham, Nigel Gray and Laurie Latham
The Police chronology
Synchronicity
(1983) 		Every Breath You Take:
The Singles
(1986) 		Their Greatest Hits
(1990)
Alternative cover
Every Breath You Take: The Classics (1995)
Singles from Every Breath You Take: The Singles
  1. "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86"
    Released: 29 September 1986[2]
  2. "Roxanne"
    Released: 28 November 1986[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
AllMusic[5]
Robert ChristgauA−[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]
Tom HullA[9]

Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the first compilation album by the Police, released in 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged in New Zealand, Australia and Spain as Their Greatest Hits with a different cover.

A video collection entitled Every Breath You Take: The Videos was released alongside the album. It was released on VHS and Betamax cassette, as well as on LaserDisc in the UK, Europe and in Japan. The collection featured 14 promotional videos, for 12 of the 13 tracks on the album as well as "Synchronicity II" and the original version of "Don't Stand So Close to Me". However, it was not included "King of Pain". This compilation also does not include songs from other original singles band: "Fall Out", "Bring on the Night", "The Bed's Too Big Without You" & "Secret Journey".

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 4.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (12 May 1995). Great Rock discography. Canongate Press. p. 636. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
  3. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 61.
  4. ^ Allmusic review
  5. ^ Allmusic review
  6. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: The Police". www.robertchristgau.com.
  7. ^ "The Police – Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone.
  8. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  9. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Rock (1970s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.