Outlandos d'Amour is the debut album by The Police, released in 1978. The title is a loose French translation of "Outlaws of Love", with the first word being a combination of the words "outlaws" and "commandos", and "d'Amour" meaning "of love". The LP initially flopped, due to low exposure and an unfavourable reaction from the BBC to its first two singles, "Can't Stand Losing You" and "Roxanne" (about suicide and prostitution, respectively). As Sting describes: “ ...We had publicity campaign with posters about how the BBC banned "Roxanne". The reason they had a problem with "Can't Stand Losing You" was Read more on Last.fm.
