With Outlandos d’Amour and Reggatta de Blanc, The Police had paved the way to become one of the most successful bands of the 1980s. With Zenyatta Mondatta, the four musicians then delivered a real classic. The album features some of the band’s key tracks, including Don’t Stand So Close To Me, De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da, Canary in a Coalmine, and Man in a Suitcase. Even if Sting later criticized that they had not got everything out of the material that was feasible, Zenyatta Mondatta remains one of the best rock albums of all time.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but rather cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to protect the softer photopolymer from scratching. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
