The Police : The Studio Albums @ 320

The LP initially flopped, due to low exposure and an unfavourable reaction from the BBC to its first two singles, "Can't Stand Losing You" and "Roxanne" (about suicide and prostitution, respectively). As Sting describes: “..We had [a] publicity campaign with posters about how the BBC banned "Roxanne". The reason they had a problem with "Can't Stand Losing You" was because the photo on the cover of the single had Stewart standing on a block of ice with a noose around his neck, waiting for the ice to melt.” However, the band's low-budget tour of America in support of the album made people across the country aware of the band, and especially "Roxanne". The song received more and more airplay from radio DJs in both the United States and Great Britain through April 1979. When A&M re-released "Roxanne", it went to #12 on the UK charts, and "Can't Stand Losing You" followed, eventually hitting #2. The album itself peaked at #6.

1. "Next to You" – 2:50


2. "So Lonely" – 4:49


3. "Roxanne" – 3:12


4. "Hole in My Life" – 4:52


5. "Peanuts" (Stewart Copeland, Sting) – 3:58


6. "Can't Stand Losing You" – 2:58


7. "Truth Hits Everybody" – 2:53


8. "Born in the 50's" – 3:40


9. "Be My Girl - Sally" (Sting, Andy Summers) – 3:22


10. "Masoko Tanga" – 5:40

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