Complete Guide to The Alan Parsons Project
If you are looking for music to just sit back and listen to, Alan Parsons Project is a good choice. Let the musings of Edgar Alan Poe take your mind wandering or just ponder life's little intricacies.
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Alan Parsons Project produced 10 albums between 1976 and 1987.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination - 1976
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Concept: Based on stories by the writer Edgar Allan Poe. The later reissue on CD (in 1987) was remixed from the original master tapes, enhancing some of the tracks and restoring the Orson Welles narration.
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1. "A Dream Within A Dream" [instrumental] - 3:43
2. "The Raven" - 4:01 (ft. Alan Parsons lead vocal through an EMI vocoder)
3. " The Tell-Tale Heart" - 4:40 (ft. Arthur Brown)
4. "The Cask Of Amontillado" - 4:29 (ft. John Miles)
5. "(The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" - 4:15 (ft. John Miles)
6. "The Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude" [instrumental] - 5:51
7. "The Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival" [instrumental] - 2:36
8. "The Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo" [instrumental] - 1:06
9. "The Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane" [instrumental] - 4:44
10. "The Fall of the House of Usher: Fall" [instrumental] - 1:07
11. "To One in Paradise" - 4:14 (ft. Terry Sylvester)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
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Alan Parsons Project at a Glance
The Alan Parsons Project were a British progressive rock band active between 1975 and 1990, founded by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons.
I Robot - 1977
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Concept: The title quotes Isaac Asimov's work, "a view of tomorrow through the eyes of today". Includes minor hits "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" and "Breakdown," as well as the title track, a short instrumental popular among APP fans.
1. "I Robot"* - 6:02
2. "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" - 3:22
3. "Some Other Time" - 4:06
4. "Breakdown" - 3:50
5. "Don't Let It Show" - 4:24
6. "The Voice" - 5:24
7. "Nucleus"* - 3:31
8. "Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)" - 3:49
9. "Total Eclipse"* - 3:09
10. "Genesis Ch.1 v.32"* - 3:28
11. "Boules (I Robot Experiment)"** - 1:59
12. "Breakdown (Early Demo of Backing Riff)"** - 2:09
13. "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You (Backing Track Rough Mix)"** - 3:28
14. "Day After Day (Early Stage Rough Mix)"** - 3:40
15. "The Naked Robot"** - 10:19
I Robot
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Pyramid - 1978
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Concept: References to pyramid power and ancient Egypt surface repeatedly, the album is called "a view of yesterday through the eyes of today". The theme of rise and fall is prominent throughout.
1. "Voyager" (instrumental) - 2:15
2. "What Goes Up..." - 3:56
3. "The Eagle Will Rise Again" - 4:03
4. "One More River" - 4:16
5. "Can't Take It With You" - 5:02
6. "In the Lap of the Gods" (instrumental) - 5:29
7. "Pyramania" - 2:43
8. "Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" (instrumental) - 4:20
9. "Shadow Of A Lonely Man" - 5:34
Pyramid
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Eve - 1979
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Concept: Women; this is the only Project album to feature female lead vocalists - and even then only on two tracks. Don't Hold Back was sung by Clare Torry, famed for her swooping vocals on Pink Floyd's song The Great Gig In The Sky.
1. "Lucifer" (instrumental) - 5:06
2. "You Lie Down with Dogs" - 3:47
3. "I'd Rather Be a Man" - 3:53
4. "You Won't Be There" - 3:34
5. "Winding Me Up" - 4:04
6. "Damned If I Do" - 4:48
7. "Don't Hold Back" - 4:37
8. "Secret Garden" (instrumental) - 4:41
9. "If I Could Change Your Mind" - 5:43
Eve
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The Turn of a Friendly Card - 1980
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Concept: Gambling, literally and figuratively. Influenced by the Philip K. Dick novel The Game-Players of Titan. Includes their hits "Time" and "Games People Play."
1. "May Be a Price to Pay" - 4:58
2. "Games People Play" - 4:22
3. "Time" - 5:04
4. "I Don't Wanna Go Home" - 5:03
5. "The Gold Bug" (instrumental) - 4:34
6. "Turn Of A Friendly Card, The (Part One) (I)" (Part One)" - 2:44
7. "Snake Eyes" - 3:14
8. "The Ace of Swords" (instrumental) - 2:57
9. "Nothing Left To Lose (IV)" - 4:07
10. "The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part Two)" - 3:22
The Turn of a Friendly Card
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Eye in the Sky - 1982
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Concept: Surveillance, with the album title inspired by the Eye in the sky cameras used in casinos. Also explores Life and the Universe, but some insist the album is about "forgotten and lost values". Album contains their most famous single, "Eye in the Sky," the ballad "Old and Wise", and their best-known instrumental, "Sirius." The album also features the song "Silence and I," a sweeping epic song that runs for more than eight minutes and features a whole symphonic orchestra, with brass playing the melody in many parts, and a central section featuring highly virtousic xylophone playing.
1. "Sirius" (instrumental) - 1:54
2. "Eye In The Sky" - 4:36
3. "Children of the Moon" - 4:51
4. "Gemini" - 2:11
5. "Silence And I" - 7:19
6. "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" - 4:22
7. "Psychobabble" - 4:51
8. "Mammagamma" (instrumental) - 3:34
9. "Step By Step" - 3:54
10. "Old And Wise" - 4:55
Additional tracks on the 2007 remastered version:
11. "Sirius" (demo) - 1:56
12. "Old And Wise" (Eric Woolfson vocal) - 4:43
13. "Any Other Day" (studio demo) - 1:42
14. "Silence And I" (Eric Woolfson vocal) - 7:33
15. "The Naked Eye" - 10:49
16. "Eye Pieces" (Classical Naked Eye) - 7:51
Eye in the Sky
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Ammonia Avenue - 1984
Ammonia Avenue
1. "Prime Time" - 5:04
2. "Let Me Go Home" - 3:21
3. "One Good Reason" - 3:37
4. "Since the Last Goodbye" - 4:35
5. "Don't Answer Me" - 4:12
6. "Dancing on a Highwire" - 4:23
7. "You Don't Believe" - 4:27 (This track actually appeared first on The Best of the Alan Parsons Project released a year earlier)
8. "Pipeline" (instrumental)- 3:57
9. "Ammonia Avenue" - 6:33
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Vulture Culture - 1985
Vulture Culture
1. "Let's Talk About Me" - 4:29
2. "Separate Lives" - 4:59
3. "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" - 4:31
4. "Sooner Or Later" - 4:25
5. "Vulture Culture" - 5:22
6. "Hawkeye" (instrumental) - 3:49
7. "Somebody Out There" - 4:55
8. "The Same Old Sun" - 5:25
Vulture Culture was remastered and reissued in 2007 with following bonus tracks:
9. "No Answers Only Questions (Final Version)" (Woolfson) - 2:12
10. "Separate Lives (Alternative Mix)" - 4:18
11. "Hawkeye (Demo)" - 3:18
12. "The Naked Vulture" - 10:43
13. "No Answers Only Questions (The First Attempt)" (Woolfson) - 2:56
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Stereotomy - 1986
Perhaps my Favorite
Stereotomy
1. "Stereotomy" - 7:18
2. "Beaujolais" - 4:27
3. "Urbania" (instrumental) - 4:59
4. "Limelight" - 4:39
5. "In The Real World" - 4:20
6. "Where's The Walrus?" (instrumental) - 7:31
7. "Light Of The World" - 6:19
8. "Chinese Whispers" (instrumental) - 1:01
9. "Stereotomy Two" - 1:21
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Gaudi - 1987
Gaudi
1. "La Sagrada Familia" - 8:46
2. "Too Late" - 4:31
3. "Closer to Heaven" - 5:52
4. "Standing on Higher Ground" - 5:03
5. "Money Talks" - 4:26
6. "Inside Looking Out" - 6:22
7. "Paseo de Gracia" (Instrumental) - 3:47
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