Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)

Sting describes recording this album as “where it all clicked” for The Police, and the chemistry between them is consistently beguiling–particularly on the two killer hits. “Message In a Bottle“ is full of exhilarating gear changes as Andy Summers’s guitar sparkles and charges around Sting and Stewart Copeland’s dubby groove, while “Walking On the Moon” funnels a relaxed skank into a moorish hook. Even on the scratchy, agitated “Deathwish”, they play with the inventive confidence of a band completely in sync.