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''Reggatta de Blanc'' is the second studio album by English rock band The Police, released in late-1979. It features the band's first two UK No. 1 hits: "Message in a Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon".〔 It was their first album to reach No. 1 on the UK Album Charts.〔("The Police Chart history" ). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 November 2014〕 In early 1980, the album was re-issued in the US on two 10" discs, one album side per disc, as a collector's edition with a poster of the band. It was their second album to bear a foreign language title after the band's 1978 debut album ''Outlandos d'Amour''. Reggatta de Blanc proved both more popular and successful than its predecessor. The title track earned the band their first Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1980.〔(Grammy Awards by the Police ), Grammy.com.〕 In 2012, the album was ranked No. 372 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.〔("500 Greatest Albums of All Time: The Police, 'Reggatta de Blanc'" ), Rolling Stone.〕 ==Background== ''Reggatta de Blanc'' took four weeks to record, spaced over several months.〔Sutcliffe, Phil (1993). "Outlandos at the Regatta". In ''Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings'' (pp.32–35) (set booklet ). A&M Records Ltd.〕 Unlike its successor, ''Zenyatta Mondatta'', there was no pressure on the band. Stewart Copeland described it, "We just went into the studio and said, 'Right, who's got the first song?' We hadn't even rehearsed them before we went in."〔''Sounds'' magazine, January 1980.〕 Against the wishes of A&M, who had wanted to equip the promising band with a bigger studio and more famous producer, the Police opted to again record at Surrey Sound with Nigel Gray.〔Summers, Andy (2006). ''One Train Later''. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-35914-0.〕 The small budget (between £6,000 and £9,000) was easily covered by the profits of their previous album, ''Outlandos d'Amour'',〔Sutcliffe, Phil & Fielder, Hugh (1981). ''L'Historia Bandido''. London and New York: Proteus Books. ISBN 0-906071-66-6. Page 61.〕 further ensuring that the record label would have no control over the actual creation of the band's music. Whereas ''Outlandos d'Amour'' had benefited from one of the most prolific songwriting periods of Sting's life, the recording sessions for ''Reggatta de Blanc'' were so short on new material that the band even considered re-recording "Fall Out" at one point.〔 To fill in the gaps, Sting and Copeland dug up old songs they'd written and used elements of them to create new songs. Much of the lyrics to "Bring on the Night" were recycled from Sting's Last Exit song "Carrion Prince (O Ye of Little Hope)", and "The Bed's Too Big Without You" similarly started as a Last Exit tune,〔Sutcliffe, Phil & Fielder, Hugh (1981). ''L'Historia Bandido''. London and New York: Proteus Books. ISBN 0-906071-66-6. Page 36.〕 while "Does Everyone Stare" originates from a piano piece Copeland wrote in college. The closing track "No Time This Time" was previously the B-Side to "So Lonely" in November 1978, and was added to pad out the album's running time. The album's title is a pseudo-French translation of "white reggae". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reggatta de Blanc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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