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Studio album by the Police
Released 5 October 1979
Recorded February–August 1979 (`No Time This Time` in 1978)
Studio Surrey Sound, Leatherhead, Surrey, UK
Genre
New wavereggae rockpost-punk
Length 41:52
Label A&M
Producer
Nigel GrayThe Police
The Police chronology
Outlandos d`Amour
(1978) Reggatta de Blanc
(160) Six Pack
(1980)

Reggatta de Blanc is the second studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 5 October 1979 by A&M Records.[4] It was the band`s first release to top the UK Albums Chart and features their first two UK number-one singles: `Message in a Bottle` and `Walking on the Moon`. In early 1980, the album was reissued in the United States on two 10-inch discs, one album side per disc, and as a collector`s edition with a poster of the band.

The album`s title loosely translates in French to `White Reggae`.[5] It was the band`s second album to bear a Franglais title, after their 1978 debut album Outlandos d`Amour. Reggatta de Blanc proved more popular and successful than its predecessor. The title track earned the band their first Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

In 2003, Reggatta de Blanc was ranked at number 369 on Rolling Stone magazine`s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Background
Reggatta de Blanc took four weeks to record, spaced over several months.[6] Unlike its successor, Zenyatta Mondatta, there was no pressure on the band. Of the sessions, drummer Stewart Copeland said, `We just went into the studio and said, `Right, who`s got the first song?` We hadn`t even rehearsed them before we went in.`[7]

Against the wishes of A&M Records, who had wanted to equip the promising band with a bigger studio and more famous producer, the Police opted to again record at Surrey Sound with Nigel Gray.[8] The small budget (between £6,000 and £9,000) was easily covered by the profits of their previous album, Outlandos d`Amour,[9] further ensuring that the record label would have no control over the actual creation of the band`s music.

Whereas Outlandos d`Amour had benefited from one of the most prolific songwriting periods of Sting`s life, the recording sessions for Reggatta de Blanc were so short on new material that the band even considered re-recording `Fall Out` at one point.[9] To fill in the gaps, Sting and Copeland dug up old songs they had written and used elements of them to create new songs. Much of the lyrics to `Bring On the Night` were recycled from Sting`s Last Exit song `Carrion Prince (O Ye of Little Hope)` and `The Bed`s Too Big Without You` similarly started as a Last Exit tune,[10] while `Does Everyone Stare` originates from a piano piece Copeland wrote in college.[11] The closing track `No Time This Time` was previously the B-side to `So Lonely` in November 1978, and was added to pad out the album`s running time.

Music and lyrics
As on the band`s first album, Reggatta de Blanc features the Police`s original fusion of hard rock, British pop, reggae, and new wave music.[12] The instrumental `Reggatta de Blanc`, one of the few songs written by the Police as a group, was developed from an extended instrumental piece that the band would typically work into their live performances of `Can`t Stand Losing You`.[13] `Bring On the Night` was written three years earlier as `Carrion Prince`, the title taken from Ted Hughes`s poem `King of Carrion`, and is about Pontius Pilate; however, after reading The Executioner`s Song, Sting felt that the words fitted Gary Gilmore`s death wish, and says that since then, `I sing it with him in mind.`[10] `The Bed`s Too Big Without You` was covered by reggae singer Sheila Hylton in 1981, and became a UK Top 40 hit.[14]

Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Message in a Bottle` Sting 4:51
2. `Reggatta de Blanc`
Andy SummersStingStewart Copeland
3:06
3. `It`s Alright for You`
CopelandSting
3:13
4. `Bring On the Night` Sting 4:15
5. `Deathwish`
SummersStingCopeland
4:13
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. `Walking on the Moon` Sting 5:02
7. `On Any Other Day` Copeland 2:57
8. `The Bed`s Too Big Without You` Sting 4:26
9. `Contact` Copeland 2:38
10. `Does Everyone Stare` Copeland 3:52
11. `No Time This Time` Sting 3:17
Total length: 41:52
Personnel
The album credits are printed as: `All noises by the Police. All arrangements by the Police.`[38]

The Police

Sting – bass guitar, vocals
Andy Summers – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Stewart Copeland – drums, vocals, rhythm guitar and bass (tracks 3 & 7),[39][40][non-primary source needed] intro piano (track 10)[41]
Production

Nigel Gray – engineering, production
The Police – production
Janette Beckman – back cover photography
Michael Ross – art direction, design
James Wedge – front cover photography