- rock, alternative rock, new wave, album rock
- 38 min
- 11 tracks
- A&M Records
Zenyatta Mondatta is the third studio album by the English rock band the Police, released on 3 October 1980 by A&M Records. It was co-produced by the band and Nigel Gray.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- The Sacramento Bee3.5/4 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
- Sounds4/5 ★
- Tampa Bay TimesA
- Uncut3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Don’t Stand So Close to Me4:03
- A2Driven to Tears3:21
- A3When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around3:33
- A4Canary in a Coalmine2:24
- A5Voices Inside My Head3:51
- A6Bombs Away3:07
- B1De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da4:09
- B2Behind My Camel2:53
- B3Man in a Suitcase2:15
- B4Shadows in the Rain5:09
- B5The Other Way of Stopping3:21
11 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Police
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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