Live! was an album by The Police

The Police

The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...

, released in 1995. Disc one contains almost the complete concert on November 27, 1979 at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, Massachusetts. Disc two contains excerpts from two concerts on November 2–3, 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 at The Omni in the wake of the Synchronicity

Synchronicity

Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance and that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner...

album. The 1983 shows were also featured in the 1984 Synchronicity Concert VHS and the 2005 DVD release.

An edited version of "Can't Stand Losing You" from the first disc was released as a single and reached number 27 in the UK charts, while the album itself reached number 25.

Disc 1

1. "Next to You" – 2:57
2. "So Lonely
   So Lonely
   "So Lonely" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and producer Rodney Jerkins. It is a duet between rapper Twista and Carey, featured on his album The Day After and Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi . Officially released in 2006 as the third single from The Day After...
   
   " – 7:32
3. "Truth Hits Everybody" – 2:34
4. "Walking on the Moon
   Walking on the Moon
   "Walking on the Moon" is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc. The song was The Police's second number-one hit single in the United Kingdom. It reached number nine in Australia but did not chart in the United States...
   
   " – 4:59
5. "Hole in My Life" – 4:08
6. "Fall Out
   Fall Out
   "Fall Out" was the first single released by The Police. It was originally released in May 1977 and then re-released in 1979. "Fall Out" was a 7" single with "Nothing Achieving" on its B-side...
   
   " (Stewart Copeland
   Stewart Copeland
   Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks...
   
   ) – 2:46
7. "Bring on the Night" – 5:16
8. "Message in a Bottle
   Message in a Bottle (song)
   "Message in a Bottle" is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc.The song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later, he has not received any sort of response, and despairs, thinking he is...
   
   " – 4:27
9. "The Bed's Too Big Without You" – 8:53
10. "Peanuts" (Sting, Copeland) – 3:07
11. "Roxanne
    Roxanne (song)
    "Roxanne" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. It was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.- History :...
    
    " – 4:42
12. "Can't Stand Losing You
    Can't Stand Losing You
    "Can't Stand Losing You" is a song by rock band The Police, first released as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour, both in 1978. The original single was banned by the BBC because of the controversial cover...
    
    "/"Regatta de Blanc" (Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers
    Andy Summers
    Andy Summers is an English guitarist born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. Best known as the guitarist for rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed...
    
    ) – 7:54
13. "Landlord" (Sting, Copeland) – 2:27
14. "Born in the 50's" – 4:18
15. "Be My Girl"/"Sally" (Sting, Summers) – 4:51

Disc 2

1. "Synchronicity I" – 2:52
2. "Synchronicity II
   Synchronicity II
   "Synchronicity II" is a song by The Police, described by People Weekly as "aggressive" and "steely." It was recorded in 1983 and was included on the album Synchronicity. It was released as a single in the UK and the U.S. by A&M Records. The third single from the album, it reached number 17 in the...
   
   " – 4:44
3. "Walking in Your Footsteps" – 4:54
4. "Message in a Bottle" – 4:35
5. "O My God" – 3:36
6. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
   De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
   "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" is a song by The Police, released as a single in December 1980. It was the second single from the album Zenyattà Mondatta and a top ten hit in the United Kingdom and the United States, reaching number five on the UK Singles Chart and number ten on the Billboard Hot...
   
   " – 4:32
7. "Wrapped Around Your Finger
   Wrapped Around Your Finger
   "Wrapped Around Your Finger" is the second UK single from The Police's 1983 album Synchronicity. It was released worldwide by A&M Records and featured non-album track "Someone To Talk To" as a b-side....
   
   " – 5:21
8. "Tea in the Sahara" – 4:52
9. "Spirits in the Material World
   Spirits in the Material World
   "Spirits in the Material World" is a song by new wave trio The Police, written by Sting. It is the opening track for their 1981 album Ghost in the Machine. The song features bass, guitar, synthesizer, drums, saxophone, and vocals. It has a Jamaican Ska beat which changes to a swaggering rock beat...
   
   " – 2:57
10. "King of Pain
    King of Pain
    "King of Pain" is a song by The Police, originally released on their 1983 album Synchronicity.It was released as a worldwide single by A&M Records...
    
    " – 5:53
11. "Don't Stand So Close to Me
    Don't Stand So Close to Me
    "Don't Stand So Close to Me" is a 1980 song and hit single by the British rock band The Police. It concerns a schoolgirl's crush on her young teacher and the teacher's nervousness about the situation. The Police won the 1982 "Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal"...
    
    " – 3:46
12. "Every Breath You Take
    Every Breath You Take
    "Every Breath You Take" is a song by The Police on the band's 1983 album Synchronicity, written by Sting and Andy Summers . The single was one of the biggest hits of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks and the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. It also topped the...
    
    " – 4:37
13. "Roxanne" – 6:10
14. "Can't Stand Losing You"/"Regatta de Blanc" (Copeland, Sting, Summers) – 6:48
15. "So Lonely" – 7:26

Personnel

• Andy Summers
  Andy Summers
  Andy Summers is an English guitarist born in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England. Best known as the guitarist for rock band The Police, he has also recorded twelve solo albums, collaborated with many other artists, toured extensively under his own name, published several books, and composed...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Taurus pedals
  Bass pedals
  Bass pedals are an electronic musical instrument with foot-operated pedal keyboard with a range of one or more octaves. The earliest bass pedals from the 1970s consisted of a pedalboard and analog synthesizer tone generation circuitry packaged together as a unit...
  
  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  , spoken word
  Spoken word
  Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
  
   on "Sally"
• Sting - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , lead vocals, Taurus pedals
• Stewart Copeland
  Stewart Copeland
  Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  , backing vocals

Additional personnel (disc 2 only)

• Michelle Cobb - backing vocals
• Dollette McDonald - backing vocals
• Tessa Niles
  Tessa Niles
  Tessa Niles is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of artists.-Early life and career:Born in Kent, Niles began her professional singing career, as both a lead and a backing vocalist, in 1979...
  
   - backing vocals

Production

• Producer: Andy Summers
• Executive producers: The Police and Miles Copeland
• Engineers: Wolfgang Amadeus and Eddie King
• Assistant engineer: Jun Murakawa
• Photography: Lynn Goldsmith
  Lynn Goldsmith
  Lynn Goldsmith is an American recording artist, a film director and a celebrity portrait photographer. Her work has appeared on the covers and in publications in many countries for the past 35 years. She has done over 100 album covers...
  
  and Jill Furmanosky
• Art direction and design: Norman Moore