- rock, alternative rock, new wave, pop rock
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- A&M Records
Outlandos d'Amour is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Police, released on 17 November 1978 by A&M Records. Elevated by the success of its lead single, "Roxanne", Outlandos d'Amour peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 23 on the Billboard 200. The album spawned two additional hit singles: "Can't Stand Losing You" and "So Lonely".
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Grave, spare, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- The Sacramento Bee3.5/4 ★
- Smash Hits7/10
- Sounds3.5/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10
- Tiny Mix Tapes4/5
- Uncut4/5 ★
- The Village VoiceB+
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Tracks
- A1Next to You2:55
- A2So Lonely4:52
- A3Roxanne3:15
- A4Hole in My Life4:55
- A5Peanuts4:02
- B1Can’t Stand Losing You3:05
- B2Truth Hits Everybody2:55
- B3Born in the 50’s3:44
- B4Be My Girl‐Sally3:24
- B5Masoko Tanga5:42
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Police
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1978
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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