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| <b>Released:</b>
 
| <b>Released:</b>
| [[1981-10-02]]
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| [[1981-10-02]] (UK)
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[[1981-10-21]] (Japan)
 
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
| January 1981-September 1981
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| June / July [[1981]]
 
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
| [[AIR Studios]], Montserrat, and [[Le Studio]], Quebec, Canada
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| [[AIR Studios (Montserrat) | AIR Studios]], Montserrat
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[[Le Studio]], Quebec, Canada (demo keyboards)
 
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=Introduction=
 
=Introduction=
''This section needs more information.''
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[[Ghost In The Machine]] was recorded and mixed at [[AIR Studios (Montserrat) | AIR Studios]] on Montserrat - between [[1981-06-21]] and [[1981-07-27]].
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The first song to be recorded was [[Demolition Man]], a song that [[Sting]] composed for [[Zenyatta Mondatta]], was left off that album. It was chosen to be the first song as it was supposedly easy to record.
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[[Once Upon A Daydream]] and [[Love Lessons]] were recorded, but left off the album.
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While on Montserrat Andy's song [[I'm So Tired]] got his new title: [[Omegaman]].
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[[I Burn For You]] was probably the last song to be recorded during these sessions - several photos of song sheets behind the mixing desk show that this song's sheet was added last. It was also left off the album and re-used for the [[Brimstone & Treacle (soundtrack) | Brimstone & Treacle]] soundtrack.
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[[Jean Roussel]]'s keyboards for [[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]] were recorded for [[Sting]]'s demo at [[Le Studio]] in January [[1981]]. As the band couldn't improve what [[Sting]] and Jean did back in January they eventually played their parts to the demo, keeping the keyboard part.
  
 
=Personnel=
 
=Personnel=
*[[Sting]] - bass, keyboards, saxophone, lead vocals
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* [[Sting]] - bass, keyboards, saxophone, lead vocals
*[[Stewart Copeland]] - drums, backing vocals
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* [[Stewart Copeland]] - drums, backing vocals
*[[Andy Summers]] - guitar, guitar synth, backing vocals
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* [[Andy Summers]] - guitar, guitar synth, backing vocals
*[[Jean Roussel]] - keyboards on "[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]"
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* [[Jean Roussel]] - keyboards on "[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song)|Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]"
  
 
=Track listing=
 
=Track listing=
 
All songs written by [[Sting]] unless otherwise indicated.
 
All songs written by [[Sting]] unless otherwise indicated.
 
#"[[Spirits In The Material World]]" – 2:59
 
#"[[Spirits In The Material World]]" – 2:59
#"[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]" – 4:22
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#"[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song)|Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]" – 4:22
 
#"[[Invisible Sun]]" – 3:44
 
#"[[Invisible Sun]]" – 3:44
#"[[Hungry for You (J'aurais Toujours Faim de Toi)]]" – 2:53
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#"[[Hungry For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi)]]" – 2:53
#"[[Demolition Man]]" – 5:57
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#"[[Demolition Man (song)|Demolition Man]]" – 5:57
 
#"[[Too Much Information]]" – 3:43
 
#"[[Too Much Information]]" – 3:43
 
#"[[Rehumanize Yourself]]" ([[Sting]], [[Stewart Copeland]]) – 3:10
 
#"[[Rehumanize Yourself]]" ([[Sting]], [[Stewart Copeland]]) – 3:10
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=Singles released=
 
=Singles released=
 
*"[[Invisible Sun]]" Released: 1981
 
*"[[Invisible Sun]]" Released: 1981
*"[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]" Released: 1981
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*"[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song)|Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]" Released: 1981
 
*"[[Spirits In The Material World]]" Released: 1981
 
*"[[Spirits In The Material World]]" Released: 1981
 
*"[[Secret Journey]]" Released: 1982
 
*"[[Secret Journey]]" Released: 1982
  
 
=Variants, special editions and re-releases=
 
=Variants, special editions and re-releases=
''This section needs more information. Images may be included to illustrate alternative cover artwork.''
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''This section needs more information.''
  
 
=Charts=
 
=Charts=
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! Position
 
! Position
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
| [[YYYY]]
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| [[1981]]
| CHART
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| Billboard Pop Albums
| COUNTRY
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| U.S.A.
| POSITION REACHED
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| 2
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1983]]
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| Billboard 200
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| U.S.A.
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| 111
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1983]]
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| Billboard 200
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| U.S.A.
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| 118
 
|}
 
|}
  
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! Position
 
! Position
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
| [[YYYY]]
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| [[1981]]
| [[SONG]]
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| "[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song)|Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]"
| CHART
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| Billboard Mainstream Rock
| COUNTRY
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| U.S.A.
| POSITION REACHED
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| 1
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1981]]
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| "[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song)|Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]"
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| Billboard Pop Singles
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| U.S.A.
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| 3
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1981]]
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| "[[One World (Not Three)]]/[[Too Much Information]]/[[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (song)|Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]]"
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| Billboard Club Play Singles
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| U.S.A.
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| 60
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1982]]
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| "[[Secret Journey]]"
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| Billboard Mainstream Rock
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| U.S.A.
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| 29
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1982]]
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| "[[Secret Journey]]"
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| Billboard Pop Singles
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| U.S.A.
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| 46
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1982]]
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| "[[Spirits In The Material World]]"
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| Billboard Mainstream Rock
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| U.S.A.
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| 7
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[1982]]
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| "[[Spirits In The Material World]]"
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| Billboard Pop Singles
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| U.S.A.
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| 11
 
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! Certification
 
! Certification
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
| COUNTRY
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| U.S.A.
| CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)
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| RIAA
| CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)
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| Album
| CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)
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| Gold
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| U.S.A.
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| RIAA
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| Album
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| Platinum
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| U.S.A.
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| RIAA
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| Album
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| Double Platinum
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=Quotations and trivia=
 
=Quotations and trivia=
''This section needs more information.''
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The cover was designed by Mick Haggerty who would later direct [[Sting]]'s video for [[Fortress Around Your Heart (video) | Fortress Around Your Heart]].
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There's one different album cover design - only used in early German prints for the record. The three head symbols were shown inside a calculator and not on black background.
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UK ads:
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[[Image:1981_10_Ghost_Smash_Hits_ad.jpg|80px]] [[Image:1981_10_Ghost_Flexipop_ad.jpg|80px]] [[Image:1981_10_Ghost_Event_ad.jpg|80px]]
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US ad:
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[[Image:1982_03_DIY_03.jpg|80px]]
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German ad:
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[[Image:1981_10_Blitz_Journal_German_tour_ad.jpg|40px]] [[Image:1981_10_Spotlight_German_tour_ad.jpg|40px]] [[Image:1981_10_German_tour_ad.jpg|80px]]
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Dutch ads:
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[[Image:1981_10_Hitkrant_ad.jpg|180px]] [[Image:1981_10_OOR_ad.jpg|130px]]
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Spanish ad:
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[[Image:1981_10_Spanish_ad.jpg|80px]]
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Japanese ad:
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[[Image:1981_11_Music_Life_ad.jpg|80px]]
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Australian ad:
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[[Image:1981_11_13_RAM_03.jpg|80px]]
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New Zealand ad:
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[[Image:1981_11_Rip_It_Up_ad.jpg|130px]]
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Argentine ad:
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[[Image:1981_PELO_ad_Jose.jpg|80px]]
  
 
=See also=
 
=See also=
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=References=
 
=References=
 
* Police, The. [http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=&a=2&id=32 Discography, Ghost In The Machine].
 
* Police, The. [http://www.thepolice.com/discog/?v=&a=2&id=32 Discography, Ghost In The Machine].
* Police, The. ''Ghost In The Machine''. (1979) [Audio recording], A&M Records.
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* Police, The. ''Ghost In The Machine''. (1981) [Audio recording], A&M Records.
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*Secretjourney81. [http://www.angelfire.com/realm/secretjourney81/Police/Albsales.htm Album Sales Figures].
 
* Wikipedia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost In The Machine].
 
* Wikipedia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Machine Ghost In The Machine].
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* [[Hugh Padgham]], [[Outlandos newsletter]]s
  
 
[[Category:Studio albums (The Police)]]
 
[[Category:Studio albums (The Police)]]

Revision as of 07:44, 4 May 2021


Ghost In The Machine
Police-album-ghostinthemachine.jpg
Studio album by The Police
Released: 1981-10-02 (UK)

1981-10-21 (Japan)

Recorded: June / July 1981
Length: 41:03
Label(s): A&M
Producer(s): The Police & Hugh Padgham
Studio(s): AIR Studios, Montserrat

Le Studio, Quebec, Canada (demo keyboards)

Introduction

Ghost In The Machine was recorded and mixed at AIR Studios on Montserrat - between 1981-06-21 and 1981-07-27.

The first song to be recorded was Demolition Man, a song that Sting composed for Zenyatta Mondatta, was left off that album. It was chosen to be the first song as it was supposedly easy to record.

Once Upon A Daydream and Love Lessons were recorded, but left off the album.

While on Montserrat Andy's song I'm So Tired got his new title: Omegaman.

I Burn For You was probably the last song to be recorded during these sessions - several photos of song sheets behind the mixing desk show that this song's sheet was added last. It was also left off the album and re-used for the Brimstone & Treacle soundtrack.

Jean Roussel's keyboards for Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic were recorded for Sting's demo at Le Studio in January 1981. As the band couldn't improve what Sting and Jean did back in January they eventually played their parts to the demo, keeping the keyboard part.

Personnel

Track listing

All songs written by Sting unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Spirits In The Material World" – 2:59
  2. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" – 4:22
  3. "Invisible Sun" – 3:44
  4. "Hungry For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi)" – 2:53
  5. "Demolition Man" – 5:57
  6. "Too Much Information" – 3:43
  7. "Rehumanize Yourself" (Sting, Stewart Copeland) – 3:10
  8. "One World (Not Three)" – 4:47
  9. "Omegaman" (Andy Summers) – 2:48
  10. "Secret Journey"– 3:34
  11. "Darkness" (Stewart Copeland) – 3:14

Singles released

Variants, special editions and re-releases

This section needs more information.

Charts

Album

Year Chart Country Position
1981 Billboard Pop Albums U.S.A. 2
1983 Billboard 200 U.S.A. 111
1983 Billboard 200 U.S.A. 118

Singles

Year Song Chart Country Position
1981 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Billboard Mainstream Rock U.S.A. 1
1981 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Billboard Pop Singles U.S.A. 3
1981 "One World (Not Three)/Too Much Information/Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" Billboard Club Play Singles U.S.A. 60
1982 "Secret Journey" Billboard Mainstream Rock U.S.A. 29
1982 "Secret Journey" Billboard Pop Singles U.S.A. 46
1982 "Spirits In The Material World" Billboard Mainstream Rock U.S.A. 7
1982 "Spirits In The Material World" Billboard Pop Singles U.S.A. 11

Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

This section needs more information.

Year Winner Award Category
YYYY WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Nominations

This section needs more information.

Year Nominee Award Category
YYYY NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Certifications

This section needs more information.

Country Certifier Classification Certification
U.S.A. RIAA Album Gold
U.S.A. RIAA Album Platinum
U.S.A. RIAA Album Double Platinum

Quotations and trivia

The cover was designed by Mick Haggerty who would later direct Sting's video for Fortress Around Your Heart.

There's one different album cover design - only used in early German prints for the record. The three head symbols were shown inside a calculator and not on black background.


UK ads:

1981 10 Ghost Smash Hits ad.jpg 1981 10 Ghost Flexipop ad.jpg 1981 10 Ghost Event ad.jpg

US ad:

1982 03 DIY 03.jpg

German ad:

1981 10 Blitz Journal German tour ad.jpg 1981 10 Spotlight German tour ad.jpg 1981 10 German tour ad.jpg

Dutch ads:

1981 10 Hitkrant ad.jpg 1981 10 OOR ad.jpg

Spanish ad:

1981 10 Spanish ad.jpg

Japanese ad:

1981 11 Music Life ad.jpg

Australian ad:

1981 11 13 RAM 03.jpg

New Zealand ad:

1981 11 Rip It Up ad.jpg

Argentine ad:

1981 PELO ad Jose.jpg

See also

This section needs more information.

External links and reviews

This section needs more information.

References