Synchronicity es un álbum de The Police, publicado en 1983 por A&M Records. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Synchronicity I», «Walking In Your Footsteps», «O My God» y «Mother».
Sobre el álbum
"Synchronicity" es el quinto álbum de estudio de la banda británica The Police y el último que publicaron antes de su disolución. Lanzado el 1 de junio de 1983 bajo el sello A&M Records, fue autoproducido por la banda, junto al productor británico ganador de cuatro premios Grammy Hugh Padgham, quien ya trabajó con el cantante Sting y compañía en su anterior trabajo, "Ghost in the Machine"."Synchronicity" incluye algunas de las mejores canciones de The Police, incluyendo el tema "Every Breath You Take ", todo un himno de los ochenta. El álbum logró colocarse en primera posición en las listas británicas y estadounidense. Solamente en Estados Unidos logró vender más de ocho millones de copias.

Las grabaciones se realizaron en los estudios de A&M en Monserrat y los instrumentos se grabaron de forma independiente, con los artistas en diferentes salas y uniendo después las pistas para obtener el resultado final. Las sesiones fueron muy tensas y el cantante de The Police, Sting y Copeland terminaron a puños. La relación entre ellos se volvió insostenible y tras este álbum decidieron no continuar con la banda, no sin antes realizar una gira.
El álbum "Synchronicity" fue nominado a los Grammys de 1984 como Mejor Álbum del Año. Finalmente, el premio se lo llevó el monumental trabajo de Michael Jackson, el álbum Thriller.
"Every Breath You Take" (Cada vez que respires), quizás el tema más conocido de The Police, fue escrito por Sting y se situó en lo más alto de las listas de ventas durante ocho semanas consecutivas, obteniendo el Grammy a la Mejor canción y como Mejor interpretación pop por un dúo o grupo.

La canción la compuso Sting al final de su matrimonio con su primera esposa, Frances Tomelty. No se trata de una canción de amor, sino más bien nos retrata a una persona posesiva y controladora y obsesiva. Aunque no la cita, la canción parece estar inspirada en su ex esposa.
El vídeo, rodado en blanco y negro, fue considerado por varios medios, entre ellos MTV, VH1 y Rolling Stone, como uno de los mejores realizados en la historia de la música.
"Wrapped Around Your Finger", el segundo sencillo, vino acompañado de un vídeo que transmitía cierta misticidad, con la banda tocando entre velas y Sting corriendo por corredores formados por grandes candelabros.
Listado de Canciones
- Synchronicity I3:26
Letra
With one breath, with one flow You will know Synchronicity A sleep trance, a dream dance A shared romance Synchronicity A connecting principle Linked to the invisible Almost imperceptible Something inexpressible Science insusceptible Logic so inflexible Causally connectable Yet nothing is invincible If we share this nightmare Then we can dream Spiritus mundi If you act, as you think The missing link Synchronicity We know you, they know me Extrasensory Synchronicity A star fall, a phone call It joins all Synchronicity It's so deep, it's so wide Your inside Synchronicity Effect without a cause Sub-atomic laws, scientific pause Synchronicity - Walking In Your Footsteps3:36
Letra
Fifty million years ago You walked upon the planet so God of all that you could see, Just a little bit like me Walking in your footsteps Walking in your footsteps Walking in your footsteps Walking in your footsteps Hey Mr. dinosaur You really couldn't ask for more You were God's favorite creature But you didn't have a future Walking in your footsteps Walking in your foorsteps Walking in your footsteps Walking in your foorsteps Hey there mighty brontosaurus, Don't you have a lesson for us Thought your rule would always last, There were no lessons in your past You were built three stories high They say you would not hurt a fly If we explode the atom bomb Will they say that we were dumb Walking in your footsteps Walking in your footsteps Walking in your footsteps Walking in your footsteps They say the meek shall inherit the earth They say the meek shall inherit the earth Walking in your footsteps - O My God4:02
Letra
Everyone I know is lonely And God is so far away, And my heart belongs to no one, So now sometimes I pray Please take the space between us And fill it up some way. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Oh my God you take the biscuit Treating me this way Expecting me to treat you well No matter what you say. How can I turn the other cheek It's black and bruised and torn I've been waiting Since the day that I was born. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. The fat man in his garden The thin man at his gate My God you must be sleeping Wake up, it's much too late. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Take the space between us And fill it up some way. Do I have to tell the story Of a thousand rainy days? Since we first met, It's a big enough umbrella But it's always me that ends up getting wet. - Mother3:05
Letra
Well the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is screaming Won't she leave me alone? The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Well every girl that I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Well I hear my mother calling But I don't need her as a friend Well every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Oh, Oh, Mother Oh, Mother Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me Oh mother dear please listen Don't devour me Oh women please have mercy Let this poor boy be Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me Oh mother... Well the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is screaming Won't she leave me alone? The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? Oh mother - Miss Gradenko2:00
Letra
Don't tell the director I said so But are you safe Miss Gradenko? We were at a policy meeting They were planning New ways of cheating I didn't want To rock your boat But you sent this dangerous note You've been letting your feelings show Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody at all in here? Nobody but us living here Nobody but us Is anybody alive in here? Nobody but us Your uniform doesn't seem to fit You're much too alive in it You've been letting Your feelings show Are you safe Miss Gradenko? Miss Gradenko are you safe? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody at all in here? Nobody but us living here Nobody but us Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody alive in here? Is anybody at all in here? Nobody but us living here Nobody but us Nobody but us living here Nobody but us Traducción Agregar a la playlist Tamaño A A Acordes Imprimir Corregir Composición: Stewart Copeland / Sting. - Synchronicity II5:02Another suburban family morning Grandmother screaming at the wall We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies We can't hear anything at all Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration But we know all her suicides are fake Daddy only stares into the distance There's only so much more that he can take Many miles away Something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake Another industrial ugly morning The factory belches filth into the sky He walks unhindered through the picket lines today He doesn't think to wonder why The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street But all he ever thinks to do is watch And every single meeting with his so-called superior Is a humiliating kick in the crotch Many miles away Something crawls to the surface Of a dark Scottish loch Another working day has ended Only the rush hour hell to face Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes Contestants in a suicidal race Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance He knows that something somewhere has to break He sees the family home now looming in the headlights The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache Many miles away There's a shadow on the door Of a cottage on the shore Of a dark Scottish lake Many miles away, many miles away
- Every Breath You Take4:14Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you Oh, can't you see? You belong to me How my poor heart aches With every step you take Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace I dream at night I can only see your face I look around, but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep crying, baby, baby, please Oh, can't you see? You belong to me How my poor heart aches With every step you take Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you Every move you make Every step you take I'll be watching you I'll be watching you (Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take) I'll be watching you (Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay) I'll be watching you (Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake) I'll be watching you (Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay) I'll be watching you (Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take) I'll be watching you (Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay)
- King Of Pain4:58There's a little black spot on the sun today It's the same old thing as yesterday There's a black hat caught in a high tree top There's a flag-pole rag and the wind won't stop I have stood here before inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain There's a little black spot on the sun today (That's my soul up there) It's the same old thing as yesterday (That's my soul up there) There's a black hat caught in a high tree top (That's my soul up there) There's a flag-pole rag and the wind won't stop (That's my soul up there) I have stood here before inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall (That's my soul up there) There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall (That's my soul up there) There's a blue whale beached by a springtime's ebb (That's my soul up there) There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web (That's my soul up there) I have stood here before inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread King of pain There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack (That's my soul up there) There's a black-winged gull with a broken back (That's my soul up there) There's a little black spot on the sun today It's the same old thing as yesterday I have stood here before in the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I always thought you could end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain King of pain King of pain King of pain I'll always be king of pain
- Wrapped Around Your Finger5:13You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the scylia and charibdes Hypnotized by you if I should linger Staring at the ring around your finger I have only come here seeking knowledge Things they wouldn't teach me of in college I can see the destiny you sold Turned into a shining band of gold I'll be wrapped around your finger Mephistopheles is not your name But I know what you're up to just the same I will listen hard to your tuition And you willl see it come to its fruition I'll be wrapped around your finger Devil and the deep blue sea behind me Vanish in the air you'll never find me I will turn your face to alabaster Then you will find your servant is your master And you'll be wrapped around my finger
- Tea In The Sahara4:11
Letra
My sisters and I Have this wish before we die. And it may sound strange As if our minds are deranged. Please don't ask us why Beneath the sheltering sky We have this strange obsession You have the means in your possession. We want our tea in the Sahara with you. We want our tea in the Sahara with you. The young man agreed He would satisfy their need So they danced for his pleasure With a joy you could not measure. They would wait for him here The same place every year. Beneath the sheltering sky Across the desert he would fly. Tea in the Sahara with you. Tea in the Sahara with you. The sky turned to black- Would he ever come back? They would climb a high dune They would pray to the moon. But he'd never return, So the sisters would burn As their eyes searched the land With their cups full of sand. Tea in the Sahara with you. Tea in the Sahara with you... - Murder By Numbers4:34
Letra
Once that you've decided on a killing First you make a stone of your heart And if you find that your hands are still willing Then you can turn a murder into art There really isn't any need for bloodshed You just do it with a little more finesse If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee Then it avoids an awful lot of mess It's murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as ABC (2x) Now if You have a taste for this experience And you're flushed with your very first success Then you must try a twosome or a threesome And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less Because murder is like anything you take to It's a habit-forming need for more and more You can bump off every member of your family And anybody else you find a bore Because it's murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC (2x) Now you can join the rank of the illustrious In history's great dark hall of fame All our greatest killers were industrious At least the ones that we all know by name But you can reach the top of your profession I you become the leader of the land For murder is the sport of the elected And you don't need to lift a finger of your hand Because it's murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC (2x)