Reggatta de Blanc

For the song, see Reggatta de Blanc (instrumental).

Reggatta de Blanc
Studio album by
the Police
Released5 October 1979 (1979-10-05)
RecordedFebruary–August 1979 ("No Time This Time" in 1978)
StudioSurrey Sound, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK
Genre
Length41:52
LabelA&M
Producer
The Police chronology
Outlandos d'Amour
(1978) 		Reggatta de Blanc
(1979) 		Six Pack
(1980)
Singles from Reggatta de Blanc
  1. "Message in a Bottle"
    Released: 7 September 1979
  2. "Walking on the Moon"
    Released: 23 November 1979[1]
  3. "Bring On the Night"
    Released: January 1980 (US)[2]
  4. "The Bed's Too Big Without You"
    Released: 30 May 1980 (UK)[3][A]

Reggatta de Blanc is the second studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 5 October 1979 by A&M Records.[4] It was the band's first release to top the UK Albums Chart and features their first two UK number-one singles: "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon". In early 1980, the album was reissued in the United States on two 10-inch discs, one album side per disc, and as a collector's edition with a poster of the band.

The album's title loosely translates in French to "White Reggae".[5] It was the band's second album to bear a Franglais title, after their 1978 debut album Outlandos d'Amour. Reggatta de Blanc proved more popular and successful than its predecessor. The title track earned the band their first Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

In 2003, Reggatta de Blanc was ranked at number 369 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

  1. ^ "Enigma, Return To Innocence, Single". Bpi.cp.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (12 May 1995). Great Rock discography. Canongate Press. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
  3. ^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 17 May 1980. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Enigma, Return To Innocence, Single". Bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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