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The Very Best of Sting & the Police

by The Police

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There's Sting and there's the Police--with good anthologies available for each. So the purpose of this collection is less than clear. Taken cold, it's a patchy, half-way approach that asserts a dubious continuity between Sting's solo work and the Police tracks that made him famous. In fact, it suggests that people want old Police songs chiefly because Sting is featured on them. Well, that's not necessarily the case. Regardless, besides offering an update of "Roxanne," this collection features a mini-album's worth of top-flight Police hits and a similar selection of Sting tracks. For more of either, look elsewhere. --Gavin McNett