The Police - Regatta de Blanc (Music Monday)

The Bold Follow-Up That Proved The Police Were No Flukes

So you've been bingeing the newly-reissued Outlandos d'Amour and having your mind melted by just how uncompromising and ahead-of-its-time The Police's punk-reggae-jazz freakout of a debut was, eh? Good, that album's cult brilliance can never be overstated. But just wait'll you get a load of where Sting, Andy, and Stewart took things just one year later …