The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (35th anniversary)

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Sunday.

Today (October 5th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Regatta de Blanc, the second studio album from the Police. This 1979 release spent one hundred weeks on the US Billboard Album chart with a peak at number 25.

Click here for my full review of this record.

The Police - Reggatta de Blanc

Welcome to another edition of Seventies Saturday.

After a strong debut record the year prior (click here for that review), the Police was back on October 5th, 1979, with their second album Regatta de Blanc. Like its predecessor, it too went Platinum. Chart-wise, it hit number 25 on the US Billboard Album chart, number 21 in Sweden, number 16 in Germany, number 4 in New Zealand, number 3 in Canada, and number 1 in Australia, the Netherlands and the band’s native UK.