The Police - Synchronicity II (A&M)

After making two of this year's best singles, this release smacks of sheer commercial greed on the part of the record company. "Synchronicity II" is a decent enough track on the album Synchronicity, so why wasn't it left there? Still I can't wait to see the video on Top Of The Pops. (Peter Martin, Smash Hits, October 27, 1983)

Those diamante collars sparkle again. Sleek and smooth as an old tom after a two week course of cod liver oil capsules and the fastest track from thee mega-selling album. The Police know the business inside out but they never sit complacently on the fence. (Robin Smith, Record Mirror, October 29, 1983)

Strangely jumbled and rambling choice for a single - this isn't the kind of song you could commit to memory in one or two easy listenings. But who am I to criticise the band that conquered a world of Sting-struck teenagers and musical intellectuals alike? Who am I to suggest that this track should have been content to remain on the album in favour of something more accessible? (Debbi Voller, No 1, October 29, 1983)