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The Police: Ghost in the Machine (A&M SP-3730)

Jim Green, Trouser Press, January 1982

THE POLICE are stars. What with the worldwide mega-success of 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da' and Zenyatta Mondatta, maybe they figured they could break the formula a little this time, fool around a little bit. Not that they wouldn't take the music seriously, heaven forfend.

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