Message In A Bottle (track)
by The Police
Year: 1979
From the album Reggatta De Blanc (track #1)
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Message In A Bottle appears on the following album(s) by The Police:
- Reggatta De Blanc (track #1) (this album) (1979)
- The Police (track #8) (compilation) (2007)
- Greatest Hits (track #4) (compilation) (1992)
- Every Breath You Take: The Singles (track #3) (compilation) (1986)
- Live! (track #8) (1995)
- Live! (track #19) (1995)
- Message In A Box (track #17) (compilation) (1993)
- Message In A Box (track #74) (compilation) (1993)
- Certifiable: Live In Buenos Aires (track #1) (2008)
- Every Breath You Take: The Classics (track #3) (compilation) (1995)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/20/2026 09:08 | timosbuecherei | 3,480 | 60/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 21:02 |  serpico | 3,540 | 91/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 17:03 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 08:58 | markl73 | 7,062 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 20:53 | daCritic | 37,910 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 89.3/100, a mean average of 89.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.1.
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One of the Police's very best songs. Built around Andy Summer's amazing riff and Copeland's very concentrated and technical drumming, this is one of their most advanced songs.
My favourite Police song
Hard guitar hero song
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