2012.06.17 The Police - Ghost In The Machine

Color: Black

Released: 1981, October

Label:  A&M Records

This one’s for Dad. My Dad had a habit of turning up the radio and singing along, only he would change the lyrics of any given to include my name. The stuff made of cheese for sure, but it was endearing and I definitely credit a large portion of my music loving, and even record collecting, to him. So it was often that when “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” came on that dad would sing “Every little thing he (or Brett) does is magic…” (This was usually followed up sooner or later with ZZ Top… “Every girl’s crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed Brett”). When it comes to the Police’s body of work, this isn’t my first choice (much prefer the earlier, non-English titled albums or at least Synchronicity to this)… but I think I saw this at some thrift store or something of the like and associated it with the memories described above. It took me a while to figure out what the characters on the front were supposed to be… those are representations of the individual band members. Cheers, Dad!