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Ghost in the Machine
is the fourth
studio album
by the
English rock band
The album was released on
October 2nd 1981
by A&M Records.
The songs were recorded
between
January and September 1981
during sessions
that took place at
AIR Studios in
Montserrat
and
Le Studio in Quebec,
assisted by
record producer
Hugh Padgham.
Ghost in the Machine
topped the
UK Albums Chart
and peaked at
number two
on the
US Billboard 200.
The album produced
the highly successful singles
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic",
"Invisible Sun",
and
"Spirits in the Material World",
with a fourth single,
"Secret Journey",
also being released
in the US.
Ghost in the Machine
was listed at
number 322
on
Rolling Stone's list
of the
500 greatest albums
of all time.
The album
was reissued
in 1983 on CD.
Production and Recording
After having produced the
previous album
Zenyatta Mondatta
within a tight deadline
of four weeks under pressure
from the record company
to deliver an album
to the market,
the Police
decided to loosen up
when it came to recording
Ghost in the Machine.
This time they spent
six weeks recording
at AIR Studios in
Montserrat,
which was,
according to drummer
Stewart Copeland,
"a 12 hour flight from
the nearest record company".
This album marked a change
in engineer/co-producer,
from Nigel Gray
who worked on the band's albums
up to that point
to Hugh Padgham,
best known for
the drum sound
he achieved on
records by
Peter Gabriel
and
Phil Collins
In fact,
for this album,
Padgham initiated
a technique in which
the band were
recording together
in separate rooms
of the
AIR Studios facility:
Andy Summers
in the main studio
with all his
guitars and amplifiers;
Sting in the control room
with his bass directly
plugged into the desk;
and Copeland
in the dining room
with his drums to
get a
"live" sound.
This method
would be
repeated for
the next album
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