The Police discography

The Police discography
The Police performing live on 1 August 2007 at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Studio albums	5
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	7
Video albums	10
Singles	26
Soundtrack albums	4

The English rock band The Police has released five studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, ten video albums, four soundtrack albums, and twenty-six singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions											Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	CAN [4]	FRA [5]	GER [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	SWI [10]	US [11]
Outlandos d'Amour	Released: November 1978 Label: A&M Records	6	15	—	22	2	—	2	6	—	—	23	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Platinum[14] GER: Gold[15] US: Platinum[16]
Reggatta de Blanc	Released: October 1979 Label: A&M Records	1	1	—	3	1	16	1	4	21	—	25	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Platinum[14] GER: Gold[15] US: Platinum[16]
Zenyatta Mondatta	Released: October 1980 Label: A&M Records	1	1	14	2	1	5	2	3	8	—	5	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Platinum[14] GER: Gold[15] US: 2× Platinum[16]
Ghost in the Machine	Released: October 1981 Label: A&M Records	1	1	11	1	1	4	1	5	6	—	2	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Gold[17] GER: Gold[15] US: 3× Platinum[16]
Synchronicity	Released: June 1983 Label: A&M Records	1	1	11	1	6	4	2	1	4	15	1	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Platinum[14] GER: Gold[15] US: 8× Platinum[16]

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		UK [1]	FRA [5]	GER [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	US [11]
Live!	Released: June 1995 Label: A&M Records	25	4	43	17	36	86	US: Platinum[16]
Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires	Released: November 2008 Label: A&M Records	—	—	25	43	—	—	US: Platinum[16]

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	AUT [3]	FRA [5]^[!]	GER [6]	NLD [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	SWI [18]	US [11]
Every Breath You Take: The Singles	Released: October 1986 Label: A&M Records	1	4	20	—	18	11	1	—	21	7	UK: 4× Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] US: 5× Platinum[16]
Their Greatest Hits	Released: 1990 Label: A&M Records	—	—	—	1	5	7	28	—	—	—	FRA: 2× Platinum[19] GER: Gold[15]
Greatest Hits	Released: September 1992 Label: A&M Records	10	16	—	1	18	—	1	—	—	—	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Platinum[13] FRA: Platinum[14] SWI: Gold[20]
Every Breath You Take: The Classics	Released: 1995 Label: A&M Records	—	—	—	20	65	—	—	—	—	—
The Very Best of Sting & The Police	Released: November 1997 Label: A&M Records	1	22	4	1	18	17	5	26	17	—	UK: Platinum[12] AUS: Gold[21] AUT: Gold[22] GER: Gold[15] SWI: Gold[23] US: Gold[16]
The Police	Released: June 2007 Label: A&M Records	3	17	65	2	78	5	4	29	20	11	UK: Platinum[12] CAN: Gold[13]
The 50 Greatest Songs	Released: 27 April 2009 Label: A&M Records / Universal 3CD compilation	—	—	—	38	—	—	—	—	—

^ In France compilation albums are not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.

Box sets

Title	Album details	Certifications
Six Pack	Released: June 1980 Label: A&M Records
Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings	Released: 28 September 1993 Label: A&M Records	CAN: Gold[13] US: Platinum[16]

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		UK [1]
Voices Inside My Head (Remixes)	Released: May 1995 Label: A&M Records	100

Singles

• Note that the Police's first 4 UK singles, issued in 1977 and 1978, all charted very low on the UK Singles Chart, or failed to chart at all. The North American release (and chart success) of "Roxanne" in early 1979 prompted re-issues of these 4 singles in 1979 and 1980. All 4 singles made the charts upon re-issue helped in no small part by a wealth of coloured vinyl discs. Can't Stand Losing You was released in no less than four different colours, yellow white blue and red, with a green vinyl release of Message In A Bottle. Even their first single Fall Out was released in different coloured sleeves, and in 1980 the Six Pack of singles were on blue vinyl. This expensive set even made the higher reaches of the UK singles chart.
• Dates refer to month of UK issue, except "Bring on the Night" and "Secret Journey", which were not released in the U.K. but were issued in America. (Missing entry from the table below): Roxanne was reissued in the UK in 1986 but failed to chart. It was coupled with Synchronicity 2 on the b side. Apparently, most copies have the word Synchronicity misspelt on the label, and a correctly spelt one is rarer.

Date	Title	Peak chart positions												Certifications	Album
		UK [1]	AUS	CAN [24]	FRA	GER	IRE [25]	ITA	NLD	NZ	SPA [26]	SWI [27]	US
May 1977	"Fall Out" (original issue)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
April 1978	"Roxanne" (original issue)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Outlandos d'Amour
August 1978	"Can't Stand Losing You" (original issue)	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
November 1978	"So Lonely" (original issue)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
April 1979	"Roxanne" (re-issue)	12	34	31	8	—	22	—	19	8	—	—	32	UK: Silver[12]
June 1979	"Can't Stand Losing You" (re-issue)	2	98	—	7	—	7	—	9	48	—	—	—	UK: Silver[12]
September 1979	"Message in a Bottle"	1	5	2	5	35	1	48	2	11	1	—	74	UK: Gold[12] FRA: Gold[28]	Reggatta de Blanc
October 1979	"Fall Out" (re-issue)	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
November 1979	"Walking on the Moon"	1	9	65	9	—	1	2	8	12	20	—	—	UK: Gold[12] FRA: Gold[28]	Reggatta de Blanc
November 1979	"Bring on the Night"	—	—	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
February 1980	"So Lonely" (re-issue)	6	99	—	10	—	7	—	26	—	—	—	—	UK: Silver[12]	Outlandos d'Amour
June 1980	Six Pack (Entire 12-track package charted on UK singles chart; "The Bed's Too Big Without You" was the charting track in France)	17	—	—	5 [28]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		various
September 1980	"Don't Stand So Close to Me"	1	3	2	7	23	1	40	3	2	5	—	10	UK: Gold[12]	Zenyatta Mondatta
December 1980	"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"	5	6	5	9	15	2	49	10	8	2	4	10	CAN: Gold[13]
September 1981	"Invisible Sun"	2	89	—	4	—	5	—	27	—	—	—	—	UK: Silver[12]	Ghost in the Machine
October 1981	"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"	1	2	1	5	21	1	25	1	7	3	—	3	UK: Silver[12]
November 1981	"Spirits in the Material World"	12	50	13	4	44	6	—	6	—	—	—	11	UK: Silver[12]
March 1982	"Secret Journey"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46
May 1983	"Every Breath You Take"	1	2	1	10	8	1	3	3	6	3	6	1	UK: Silver[12] US: Gold[16]	Synchronicity
July 1983	"Wrapped Around Your Finger"	7	26	10	6	32	1	25	17	22	2	—	8
October 1983	"Synchronicity II"	17	—	21	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	16
January 1984	"King of Pain"	17	44	1	10	57	7	—	—	—	—	—	3
September 1986	"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86"	24	32	27	—	—	11	—	19	—	—	—	46		Every Breath You Take: The Singles
May 1995	"Can't Stand Losing You" (live)	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Live!
1997	"Roxanne '97" (featuring Pras)	17	—	—	—	—	—	14	38	—	—	—	59		The Very Best of Sting and the Police
2000	"When the World Is Running Down" (Different Gear vs. The Police)	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	94	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

• Around the World (1982)
• Synchronicity Concert (1984)
• Every Breath You Take: The Videos (1986)
• Outlandos to Synchronicities – A History of The Police Live! (1995)
• The Very Best of Sting & The Police (1997)
• Greatest Video Hits (2007)
• Reggatta de Blanc (2007)
• Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires (2008)
• Better than Therapy (2007)
• Can't Stand Losing You (2012)

Music videos

• "Roxanne" (1978)
• "Can't Stand Losing You" (1978)
• "Message in a Bottle" (1979)
• "Walking on the Moon" (1979)
• "So Lonely" (1980)
• "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (1980)
• "De Do Do Do De Da Da Da" (1980)
• "Spirits in the Material World" (1981)
• "One World (Not Three)" (1981)
• "Demolition Man" (1981)
• "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (1981)
• "Invisible Sun" (1981)
• "Every Breath You Take" (1983)
• "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (1983)
• "Synchronicity II" (1983)
• "Tea in the Sahara" (1984)
• "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" (1986)
• "King of Pain" (1986)

See also

• Sting discography

Notes

References

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24. Peak positions for The Police's singles on Canadian Singles Chart:
    • For "Roxanne" "Top Singles - Volume 31, No. 7, May 12, 1979". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Message in a Bottle" "Top Singles - Volume 32, No. 17, January 19, 1980". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Walking on the Moon" "Top Singles - Volume 33, No. 3, April 12, 1980". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Don't Stand So Close to Me" "Top Singles - Volume 34, No. 6, December 20, 1980". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" "Top Singles - Volume 34, No. 8, January 31, 1981". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" "Top Singles - Volume 35, No. 15, November 07 1981". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Spirits in the Material World" "Top Singles - Volume 36, No. 1, February 13, 1982". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Every Breath You Take" "Top Singles - Volume 38, No. 18, July 02 1983". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "King of Pain" "Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 7, October 15, 1983". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Wrapped Around Your Finger" "Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 25, February 25, 1984". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
    • For "Synchronicity II" "RPM Charts".
    • For "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" "Top Singles - Volume 45, No. 14, December 27, 1986". RPM. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
25. RTE -Ireland's official Singles Charts archives website
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27. Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade and Music Community. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
28. "The World's Music Charts (Song artist 146 - The Police)".