Just as I though Synchronicity was the bee's knees, I stumble across this, Ghost In The Machine by The Police, which was initially released in 1981. Unlike their previous albums, this album progressed away from the reggae-influenced sounds of their previous albums toward a more synth-driven one that would ultimately culminate in the aforementioned album. And whilst Synchronicity wasn't a bad album at all, Ghost In The Machine has superior melodies, is more catchy, and has better artwork. With the reggae sound being phased out and substituted for a more synthesized sound more akin to what was fashionable in the 1980s, the results are an amicable transition between an that near trademark skank-driven sound and the ambient, moody synth hum that forms that basis of tracks like "Invisible Sun", "Secret Journey" and "Darkness." Some might argue that it's successor is the better album - I, on the other hand, beg to differ. A
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