My view is that whilst the reputation of those hip bands has waned The Police's star has risen and their legacy is now widely appreciated - hence we come to the SACD Every Breath You Take - The Classics.
I have the redbook CD of The Very Best of Sting & The Police (2002) which duplicates a lot of the songs so it's good to be able to make comparisons.
The only Police track that is present on the 2002 Best of collection and is not present on the SACD is So Lonely - which is a pity because it is a great track.
The SACD contains two tracks not on The Best of collection - Don't Stand so Close to Me '86 and Message in a Bottle (new classic rock mix) - I didn't copy them onto my MacBook so can't vouch for them.
As this is my first music review on this blog - a little housekeeping - all SACD's are ripped using a PS3 and converted on my Windows PC before being copied to my Drobo NAS and transfered into the Pure Music player on my MacBook Pro.
I am going to operate a five star system against each CD / SACD in five categories:
Value For Money *****
£15.91 Amazon
Content ****
It's the Police's greatest hits but it's not Floyd, The Beatles, Stones etc
Production ****
I like the production on this SACD lot's of detail and space - don't get that 'it sounds different from what I remember' feeling from over-production which is quite common
Sound ****
Very good - tracks come alive - loads of attack on Roxanne - stand out tracks for me - King of Pain and Wrapped Around Your Finger which really deliver - can't even compare to the redbook version it's night and day better on every track.
Overall Package ****
This is an excellent buy - every track is a classic and the production and sound quality of this SACD is first-rate - at £15.91 from Amazon this is a real bargain and should be on everyone's playlist.
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