|
''Outlandos d'Amour'' is the debut studio album by English rock band The Police. It was released in November 1978. The album features the hit singles "Roxanne", "Can't Stand Losing You", and "So Lonely". The album reached number 6 on the UK Album Charts. Although when released it received mixed reviews, it has since been regarded as one of the finest debut albums of all time. The album was ranked No. 38 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time". In 2012, the same magazine ranked it No. 428 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. ==Overview== The album, while at times incorporating reggae, pop, and other elements of what would eventually become the definitive sound of the band, is dominated by punk influences. It starts off with "Next To You", a punk number with a slide guitar solo in the middle. The reggae-tinged "So Lonely" follows. "Roxanne", about a prostitute, was written by Sting after visiting a red-light district in Paris and is one of The Police's best-known songs. It is followed by "Hole in My Life", another reggae-tinged song, and "Peanuts", a Sting and Stewart Copeland written about Rod Stewart. Sting remembers writing it in his car on the way home from a late-night recording session in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. He recalled in Lyrics By Sting: "I was thinking about a former musical hero who had dwindled to a mere celebrity, and I was more than willing to pass judgment on his extracurricular activities in the tabloids, never thinking for a moment that I would suffer the same distorted perceptions at their hands a few years later." He would say often on stage: "This song was about Rod Stewart. It isn't anymore." "Can't Stand Losing You" and the high-tempo "Truth Hits Everybody" begin side two of the original LP. "Born in the 50's" is another rocking tune, detailing global events (the death of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the Cold War & Communism and The Beatles & Elvis, ('the King') with the fun (losing ones virginity) and mundane (GCE exams) life of a teenager in the 1960s. "Be My Girl—Sally" is a medley of a half-finished song by Sting and an Andy Summers poem about a blowup doll. This leads into the semi-instrumental closer, "Masoko Tanga", the only song on the album to not become a staple of the Police's live performances. Two other songs from these sessions were released as b-sides: "Dead End Job" credited to the entire band on the flip of "Can't Stand Losing You," and "No Time This Time" by Sting on the back of "So Lonely," later issued on ''Reggatta de Blanc.'' Punk band No Use for a Name covered the song "Truth Hits Everybody" (with modified lyrics) on their 1990 debut album, ''Incognito''. The pop-punk band Motion City Soundtrack also covered the same song for a Police covers album. "Next to You" was later packaged in ''Rock Band''. "Truth Hits Everybody", "Roxanne", "Can't Stand Losing You", and "So Lonely" were all released as downloadable content for the ''Rock Band'' series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outlandos d'Amour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|