{"product_id":"the-police-zenyatta-mondatta","title":"The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Police were already one of the biggest bands around when they made Zenyatta Mondatta, the 1980 album presented here on 180 gram vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland recorded it in the Netherlands in a tight window of a few weeks, squeezed between relentless touring commitments. Co-producing with Nigel Gray, they pushed further into the spacious, reggae-flecked new wave that had made their first two albums such hits, and the pressure only seemed to sharpen them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Don't Stand So Close to Me\" is the obvious classic, a tense tale of a teacher's forbidden attraction, drawn from Sting's own past in the classroom and set to Summers' shimmering guitar. \"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da\" turns deceptively simple syllables into a sly comment on language itself, while \"Driven to Tears\" brings a darker, politically charged urgency. \"Canary in a Coalmine\" bounces along with buoyant, ska-tinged energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album also earned Grammy recognition, with both \"Don't Stand So Close to Me\" and the instrumental \"Behind My Camel\" taking home awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt remains a showcase for Copeland's restless, inventive drumming and one of the defining records of the new wave era, as sharp, economical and inventive now as the day it first landed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57165879247153,"sku":"602508046131","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/The_Police-Zenyatta_Mondatta.jpg?v=1793186663","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/the-police-zenyatta-mondatta","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}