On this day in music history: November 2, 1978 - Outlandos dAmour the debut album by The Police is released. Produced by The Police, it is recorded at Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, Surrey, UK from January - June 1978. Recorded at engineer Nigel Grays studio (a converted village hall), the finished album will cost just £2,000 ($3,189 US dollars). It will initially fail to make any impact in the UK due to the BBC banning the singles Roxanne and Cant Stand Losing You (being about prostitution and suicide respectively). Both will be re-promoted and hit #12 and #2 on the UK singles chart respectively. The band will promote the record in the US with the now legendary low budget tour, where The Police will crisscross the country in a van, playing small venues and college campuses. The relentless tour schedule will help push the album and Roxanne on to the US charts, the latter becoming the bands first US top 40 single (#32 Pop) in April of 1979. Outlandos dAmour will peak at number six on the UK album chart, number twenty three on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 23:00:05 +0000
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