Outlandos d'Amour

Outlandos d'Amour is the title of the debut album by rock band The Police, released on the A&M label.

Originally released in November 1978, the album gained little attention in the UK, while the single Can't Stand Losing You had touched the lower reaches of the charts. Both this and the previous single Roxanne had apparently been banned by the BBC due to their references to suicide and prostitution respectively. A further track So Lonely was also released as a single in late 1978 although again failed to chart.

Meanwhile The Police had been gaining attention as a live act, especially in the US where they were also gaining some commercial success. Roxanne was eventually re-released in the UK in April 1979 and became the group's first UK Top 20 single, reaching no.12 in May. Can't Stand Losing You was also re-released as the follow-up and reached no.2 (held off by The Boomtown Rats' I Don't Like Mondays).

Fuelled by the mainstream success of the singles, Outlandos d'Amour also went Top 10 in the UK during the summer of 1979, eventually reaching no.6 in October, almost one year after its initial release, and just as the follow-up Regatta de Blanc was released and lead single Message In a Bottle had reached no.1 in the UK.

A re-release of So Lonely also made the charts in February 1980, just after no.1 hit Walking on the Moon had left the Top 40.

A further re-release of all three singles as part of the the 'Six Pack' coloured vinyl singles box set in 1980, reached no.17 in June of that year.

Tracklisting
Side One


 * 1) Next To You
 * 2) So Lonely
 * 3) Roxanne
 * 4) Hole in My Life
 * 5) Peanuts

Side Two


 * 1) Can't Stand Losing You
 * 2) Truth Hits Everybody
 * 3) Born in the 50's
 * 4) Be My Girl—Sally
 * 5) Masoko Tanga

Singles

 * Roxanne b/w Peanuts
 * first rel. April 1978
 * re-release: April 1979 (chart peak 12)
 * Can't Stand Losing You b/w Dead End Job
 * first rel. August 1978
 * re-release: June 1979 (chart peak 02)
 * So Lonely b/w No Time This Time
 * first rel. November 1978
 * re-release: February 1980 (chart peak 06)