Sobre el álbum
La discografía de The Police arranca con un debut explosivo que captura a la perfección la energía cruda del post-punk londinense, pero que al mismo tiempo la fusiona con un innovador toque de reggae. "Outlandos D'Amour" presenta a un trío de músicos virtuosos que, a pesar de surgir en la era del punk, demostraron desde el principio una destreza técnica muy superior a la de sus contemporáneos. Consecuentemente, el álbum suena a la vez urgente y sofisticado.
El disco se grabó con un presupuesto muy reducido, lo que sin duda contribuye a su sonido directo y sin artificios. Indudablemente, la canción que definió su carrera, "Roxanne", se encuentra aquí. A pesar de que inicialmente fue ignorada por las radios debido a su temática, su irresistible ritmo de tango-reggae y la apasionada interpretación de Sting la convirtieron en un clásico atemporal. Además, el álbum contiene otros éxitos como la enérgica "So Lonely" y la pegadiza "Can't Stand Losing You".
Por otro lado, temas como "Next to You" muestran su faceta más punk, mientras que la interacción instrumental entre la guitarra texturizada de Andy Summers, el bajo melódico de Sting y la compleja batería de Stewart Copeland ya es asombrosa. En resumen, "Outlandos D'Amour" es un debut casi perfecto, un trabajo que no solo puso a The Police en el mapa, sino que también introdujo una de las fusiones de géneros más influyentes de la historia del rock.
Listado de Canciones
- Next To You3:14
Letra
I can't stand it for another day When you live so many miles away. Nothing here is gonna make me stay, (You) took me over, let me find a way. I sold my house I sold my motor, too. All I want is to be Next To You. I'd rob a bank Maybe steal a plane. You took me over, Think I'm goin' insane. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. I've had a thousand girls or maybe more, But I've never felt like this before. But I just don't know what's come over me, You took me over, take a look at me. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. What can I do, All I want is to be next to you. All I want is to be next to you, All I want is to be next to you, All I want is to be next to you. So many times I used to give a sign Got this feeling, gonna lose my mind. When all it is is just a love affair. You took me over baby, take me there. What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you What can I do All I want is to be next to you. All I want is to be next to you... - So Lonely3:14
Letra
Well someone told me yesterday That when you throw your love away You act as if you just don't care You look as if you're going somewhere But I just can't convince myself I couldn't live with no one else And I can only play that part And sit and nurse my broken heart So lonely, so lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely Now no one's knocked upon my door For a thousand years or more All made up and nowhere to go Welcome to this one man show Just take a seat they're always free No surprise no mystery In this theatre that I call my soul I always play the starring role So lonely, so lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely Lonely, I'm so lonely I feel so alone I feel low I feel so Feel so low I feel low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low I feel low, low, low Low, I feel low I feel low I feel low I feel so lonely I feel so lonely I feel so lonely, lonely, lonely, lone Lonely, lone I feel so alone, yeah So lonely, so lonely, so lonely, so lonely So lonely, so lonely, so lonely (I feel so alone, I feel so alone, I feel so lonely) So lonely, so lonely, so lonely (I feel so alone, I feel so alone, I feel so lonely) So lonely, so lonely, so lonely (I feel so alone, I feel so alone, I feel so lonely) So lonely, so lonely, so lonely (I feel so alone, I feel so alone, I feel so lonely) So lonely, so lonely, so lonely (I feel so alone, I feel so alone, I feel so lonely) So lonely, so lonely, so lonely - Roxanne3:14Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light Those days are over You don't have to sell your body to the night Roxanne, you don't have to wear that dress tonight Walk the streets for money You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light, oh I loved you since I knew ya I wouldn't talk down to ya I have to tell you just how I feel I won't share you with another boy I know my mind is made up So put away your make up Told you once, I won't tell you again, it's a bad way Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light (Roxanne) you don't have to put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) you don't have to put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) you don't have to put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne) put on the red light (Roxanne)
- Hole In Ny Life3:14
Letra
There's a hole In my life There's a hole In my lifeShadow in my heart Is tearing me apart Or maybe it's just something In my starsThere's a hole In my life There's a hole In my lifeBe a happy man I try the best I can Or maybe I'm just looking For too muchThere's something missing from my life Cuts me open like a knife It leaves me vulnerable I have this disease I shake like an incurable God help me pleaseO, there's a hole In my life There's a hole In my life - Peanuts3:14
Letra
It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The price of fame Oh no Try to liberate me I said oh no Stay and irritate me I said oh no Try to elevate me I said oh no Just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking You sang your song For much too long The songs they're wrong The bread has gone Oh no Try to liberate me I said oh no Stay and irritate me I said oh no Try to elevate me I said oh no Just a fallen hero Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking It's all a game You're not the same Your famous name The price of fame Oh no Try to liberate me I said oh no Stay and irritate me I said oh no Try to elevate me I said oh no Just a fallen hero [Oh, you're just a fallen hero] Don't wanna hear about the drugs you're taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Don't wanna find out what you've been taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Don't wanna find out what you've been taking Don't wanna read about the love you're making Don't wanna hear about the life you're faking Don't wanna read about the muck they're raking Peanuts, peanuts Peanuts (Ad lib) [This is what it really is] Oh, no, no Oh, no, no Oh, no, no Oh, no, no Oh, no, no Oh - Can't Stand Losing You3:14I've called you so many times today And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say That you don't ever want to see me again And your brother's gonna kill me and he's six feet ten I guess you'd call it cowardice But I'm not prepared to go on like this I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing you I can't stand losing you I can't stand losing you I can't stand losing you I see you sent my letters back And my L.P. records and they're all scratched I can't see the point in another day When nobody listens to a word I say You can call it lack of confidence But to carry on living doesn't make no sense I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I can't, I can't stand losing you I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I guess this is our last goodbye And you don't care, so I won't cry But you'll be sorry when I'm dead And all this guilt will be on your head I guess you'd call it suicide But I'm too full to swallow my pride I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing I can't, I can't...
- Truth Hits Everybody3:14
Letra
Sleep lay behind me like a broken ocean Strange waking dreams before my eyes unfold You lay there sleeping like an open doorway I stepped outside myself and felt so cold Take a look at my new toy It'll blow your head in two, oh boy Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Oh, oh, oh Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone I thought about it and my dream was broken I clutch at images like dying breath And I don't want to make a fuss about it The only certain thing in (life is death) Something happened to the The last few Take a look at my new toy words weren't there It'll blow your head in two, oh boy Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Oh, oh, oh Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Where you want to be Won't you ever see Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Oh, oh, oh Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Truth hits everybody Truth hits everyone Now - Born In The 50's3:14
Letra
We were born Born in the fifties Born, born in the fifties My mother cried When president Kennedy died She said it was the communists But I knew better Would they drop the bomb on us While we made love on the beach We were the class they couldn´t teach ´Cos we knew better They screamed when the Beatles sang And they laughed when the "king" fell down the stars They should´ve known better Oh we hated our Aunt we Then we messed in our pants Then we lost our faith And prayed to the TV Oh we should´ve known better We freeze like statues On the pages of history Living was never like this When we took all those GCE´s Oh you opened the door for us And then you turned to dust You don´t understand us So don´t reprimand us We´re taking the future We don´t need no teacher Born, born in the fifties We were born, born in the Fifties... - Be My Girl-Sally3:14
Letra
Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl I was blue and lonely, I couldn't sleep a wink And I could only get unconscious If I'd had to much to drink There was somehow, something wrong somewhere, And each day seemed grey and dead The seeds of desperation Were growing in me head I needed inspiration, A brand new start in life, Somewhere to place affection, But I didn't want a wife And then by lucky chance I saw In a special magazine An ad that was unusual, The like I'd never seen, "Experience something different With our new imported toy, She's loving, warm, inflatible And a guarantee of joy" She came all wrapped in cardboard, All pink and shrivelled down A breath of air was all she needed To make her lose that frown I took her to the bedroom And pumped her with some life, And later in a moment That girl became my wife And so I sit her in the corner And sometimes stroke her hair And when I'm feeling naughty I blow her up with air She's cuddly and she's bouncy, She's like a rubber ball, I bounce her in the kitchen And I bounce her in the hall And now my life is different Since Sally came my way I wake up in the morning And have her on a tray She's everything they say she was And I wear a permanent grin, And I only have to worry In case my girl wears thin Won't you be my girl Won't you be my girl Won't you be my, be my, Be my girl - Masoko Tanga3:14
Letra
One, two, one, two, three, four Ohhhhh da la la Don't ba bose da la lomb ba bay Ping pong da la zoe da la la low People know what de lee do da day Key wo wa di com la day wa da Co wa da zu ma pu wa all day See po wa ta na po ba ba Zoe ka mo wa I've been sleepin' all day Took a lot of drugs, watch the tide roll out Day light na no ma do la Keep the sugar warmed up, hey! Keyboard is a mo day la Keyboard is a mo day la A key word is a mo way la Key wa wo day wa wo I've been Kicking a wall baby cos' I'm gay I broke all ma wa tay lay doe (Ahhh) People are ghosts. Ah my my! Go away. I pissed on my wall or my door I'm pissed so no wa though I gave my love away I'll come back though threw a sonar I pissed on my walk on my ass all day I stumble back home passed my door Oh Oh Oh Oh They all know what Oh Oh Oh Oh The mess in my way Oh Oh Oh Oh I'm called Mr. Wombat Oh Oh Oh Oh Pissed all the day Oh Oh Oh Oh Key from my Wombat Oh Oh Oh Oh He stood in my way Oh Oh Oh Oh Key from wild baby Oh Oh Oh Oh He took my wah Ma wa ba wa ta la throw away To ma ba sue le dah (Oh!) Don't know why my white car won't stay clean I don't know for what I do? Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh (ow!) (vocal's fade) Oh Oh Oh Oh