Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings
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| Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings | |
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| Compilation album by The Police | |
| Released: | 1993-09-27 (UK)
1993-09-28 (USA) 1993-10-01 (Japan) |
| Recorded: | RECORDING TIME PERIOD |
| Length: | ALBUM LENGTH |
| Label(s): | A&M |
| Producer(s): | PRODUCER NAME(S) |
| Studio(s): | RECORDING STUDIO(S) |
Contents
Introduction
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Personnel
- Henry Padovani – guitar on Fall Out, Nothing Achieving and Visions Of The Night
- Jean Roussel – piano on Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Olaf Kübler – saxophone on Low Life
- Suzanna Hamilton – screaming on A Kind of Loving
Track listing
Disc 1:
- Fall Out
- Nothing Achieving
- Dead End Job
- Next To You
- So Lonely
- Roxanne
- Hole In My Life
- Peanuts
- Can't Stand Losing You
- Truth Hits Everybody
- Born In The 50's
- Be My Girl, Sally
- Masoko Tanga
- Landlord (live - from Propaganda LP)
- Next To You (live - from Propaganda LP)
- Landlord
- Message In A Bottle
- Reggatta de Blanc
- It's Alright For You
- Bring On The Night
- Deathwish
Disc 2:
- Walking On The Moon
- On Any Other Day
- The Bed's Too Big Without You
- Contact
- Does Everyone Stare
- No Time This Time
- Visions Of The Night
- The Bed's Too Big Without You (mono version - from Six Pack)
- Truth Hits Everybody (live - from Six Pack)
- Friends
- Don't Stand So Close To Me
- Driven To Tears
- When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
- Canary In A Coalmine
- Voices Inside My Head
- Bombs Away
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Behind My Camel
- Man In A Suitcase
- Shadows In The Rain
- The Other Way Of Stopping
Disc 3:
- A Sermon
- Driven To Tears (live - from URGH! A Music War)
- Shambelle
- Spirits In The Material World
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Invisible Sun
- Hungry For You
- Demolition Man
- Too Much Information
- Rehumanize Yourself
- One World (Not Three)
- Omegaman
- Secret Journey
- Darkness
- Flexible Strategies
- Low Life
- How Stupid Mr. Bates (from Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack)
- A Kind Of Loving (from Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack)
Disc 4:
- Synchronicity I
- Walking In Your Footsteps
- Oh My God
- Mother
- Miss Gradenko
- Synchronicity II
- Every Breath You Take
- King Of Pain
- Wrapped Around Your Finger
- Tea In The Sahara
- Murder By Numbers
- Man In A Suitcase (live)
- Someone To Talk To
- Message In A Bottle (live)
- I Burn For You (from Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack)
- Once Upon A Daydream
- Tea In The Sahara (live)
- Don't Stand So Close To Me '86
Missing official tracks
Here are the tracks that had appeared on official releases BEFORE this box release - not listing edited single versions:
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (Spanish version)
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (Japanese version)
- Truth Hits Everybody (remix)
- Roxanne (backing track)
- Every Breath You Take (backing track)
- Can't Stand Losing You (live) (from the double LP 21 Years of Alternative Radio 1)
- Wrapped Around Your Finger (live)
- Don't Stand So Close To Me (live)
- Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 - different versions of this song appear in different boxsets, but one is always omitted
- Invisible Sun's video featured a much longer version of the song
- Spirits In The Material World's video mix was very different to the vinyl version
- Light Changes (well, it's not REALLY a The Police song, but is listed as such on Around The World)
Other missing tracks
Songs that were released AFTER the release of this box set:
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da '86
- Voices Inside My Head (various mixes)
- The Police Live! (incl. single mixes)
- Fall Out (live - from WBCN Naked Disc compilation)
- Driven To Tears (live - from Live Earth CD)
Further unreleased songs that are known to exist:
- Visions Of The Night (2 vocal takes from 1977)
- Dead End Job (1977 version)
- Truth Hits Everybody (1977 Matrix Studios version)
- Wanna Know
- Roxanne (alt. version)
- So Lonely (alt. version)
- Can't Stand Losing You (alt. version)
- Born In The 50's (alt. version)
- Poem
- Bring On The Night (alt. version)
- It's Alright For You (slightly different mix)
- Zenyatta Mondatta demos
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (Japanese / Spanish language mix)
- Truth Hits Everybody (various slow studio takes from May 1981 / Jim Ebdon mix)
- Ghost In The Machine demos
- various instrumentals
- Ghost In The Machine / Synchronicity songs (different versions or mixes from AIR Studios / Le Studio)
Stuff that was recorded and might still exist somewhere:
- January 1977 The Police rehearsals
- Next To You (1977 Matrix Studios version)
Related stuff:
Remixes:
Singles released
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Variants, special editions and re-releases
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Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Country | Position |
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| YYYY | CHART | COUNTRY | POSITION REACHED |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart | Country | Position |
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| YYYY | SONG | CHART | COUNTRY | POSITION REACHED |
Awards, nominations, and certifications
Awards
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| Year | Winner | Award | Category |
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| YYYY | WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) | AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) | CATEGORY |
Nominations
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| Year | Nominee | Award | Category |
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| YYYY | NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) | AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) | CATEGORY |
Certifications
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| Country | Certifier | Classification | Certification |
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| COUNTRY | CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) | CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) | CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...) |
Quotations and trivia
UK ad:
Japanese flyer:
Japanese ad:
Dutch ad:
Spanish ad:
German ad:
See also
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External links and reviews
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References
sources: A&M news sheet for the UK release date, Japanese flyer (release date), A&M publicity sheet for the US release date
