Zenyatta Mondatta

Zenyatta Mondatta
Studio album by
Released3 October 1980 (1980-10-03)
Recorded7 July – 7 August 1980
StudioWisseloord (Hilversum)
Genre
Length38:16
LabelA&M
Producer
  • The Police
  • Nigel Gray
the Police chronology
Six Pack
(1980)
Zenyatta Mondatta
(1980)
Ghost in the Machine
(1981)
Singles from Zenyatta Mondatta
  1. "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
    Released: 19 September 1980
  2. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
    Released: 20 November 1980

Zenyatta Mondatta (stylised as Zenyattà Mondatta on the album cover artwork) is the third studio album by English band The Police and released on 3 October, 1980 through A&M Records. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom and Australia, number 2 in Canada, the Netherlands and Italy, number 3 in New Zealand and number 5 in Germany and the United States. The album went on to win 2 Grammy Awards.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sting, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Stand So Close to Me" 4:04
2."Driven to Tears" 3:20
3."When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" 3:38
4."Canary in a Coalmine" 2:26
5."Voices Inside My Head" 3:53
6."Bombs Away"Stewart Copeland3:06
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" 4:09
8."Behind My Camel"Andy Summers2:54
9."Man in a Suitcase" 2:19
10."Shadows in the Rain" 5:04
11."The Other Way of Stopping"Copeland3:22
Total length:38:16

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Charles T. (1992). "Punk, New Wave, and Alternative Music". The Art of Rock and Roll (3rd ed.). Prentice Hall. p. 253. ISBN 0-13-044892-3.
  2. ↑ Cordas, Alexander. "'Ghost In The Machine' von The Police". Laut.de (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Cioe, Crispin (January 1982). "The Police: Third World Rock & Roll" (PDF). High Fidelity. Vol. 32, no. 1. p. 84. Retrieved 27 November 2020 – via World Radio History.