This album marked a change in engineer/co-producer, from Nigel Gray-who did the band's first three albums up to that point-to Hugh Padgham, best known for the drum sound he achieved on records by Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins.
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". The album was reissued in 1983 on CD.Īfter 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 band had decided to loosen up more for a change when it came around to recording Ghost in the Machine. Ghost in the Machine was listed at number 322 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 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 topped the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200. 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. The album was released on 2 October 1981 by A&M Records. Ghost in the Machine is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Police. " Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic".