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The Essential Alan Parsons Project
''The Essential Alan Parsons Project'' is a compilation album released by English progressive rock musician Alan Parsons and the Alan Parsons Project on 6 February 2007.Alan Parson - The Essential Alan Parsons Project CD at Target It was released through Sony BMG as part of ''The Essential'' album series. The album featured some of the band's best known songs as well as some rare tracks. ''The Essential Alan Parsons Project'' is a double-disc album that contains all the band's hits and some of their lesser-known songs, spanning their 10-year career. Disc 1 contains the hits and well-known songs, while Disc 2 contains the rarer and more obscure selections. The album includes songs from all their studio albums, from '' |
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock music, rock duo formed in London in 1975. Its core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons, and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They shared writing credits on almost all of their songs, with Parsons producing or co-producing all of the recordings, while being accompanied by various session musicians, some relatively consistently. The Alan Parsons Project released eleven studio albums over a 15-year career, the most successful ones being ''I Robot (album), I Robot'' (1977), ''The Turn of a Friendly Card'' (1980) and ''Eye in the Sky (album), Eye in the Sky'' (1982). Many of their albums are concept album, conceptual in nature and focus on science fiction, supernatural, literature, literary and sociological themes. Among the group's most popular songs are "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You", "Games People Play (The Alan Parsons Project song), Games People Play", "Time (The Alan Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (The Alan Parsons Project Song)
"Time" is a song released in 1981 as a single by the Alan Parsons Project. It was from their 1980 album ''The Turn of a Friendly Card''. In the U.S., the song peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, "Time" peaked at number 10. In addition, "Time" spent two weeks at number 14 on ''Cashbox (magazine), Cashbox'', making it the group's second most successful single ("Don't Answer Me" from 1984 also reached No. 15 on the Hot 100, but reached No. 17 on ''Cashbox''). ''Cashbox'' ranked it as the 94th biggest hit of 1981. Outside the US, the song peaked at number 30 in Canada. The song was the first Alan Parsons Project song (and single) to feature Eric Woolfson as lead vocalist, and one of the group's few songs in which Alan Parsons's own voice can be heard singing (background/counterpoint vocals). Chart history Weekly charts Year-end charts References External links * 1980 songs 1981 singles 1980s bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Answer Me
"Don't Answer Me" is a 1984 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album '' Ammonia Avenue''. It reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' charts in the United States and was the final ''Billboard'' Top 20 hit for the group. It also reached number 58 in the United Kingdom, the group's highest chart placing in their native country. The music video was rendered in comic book style, with art and animation by Michael Kaluta. The song Instead of the art rock and progressive rock sounds for which Alan Parsons was well-known, Parsons crafted "Don't Answer Me" in the style of Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound technique. Eric Woolfson, the co-writer, handled lead vocals on the single, with Mel Collins providing a saxophone solo with a "soothing yet destitute wail". Music video The music video was filmed at the Broadcast Arts animation studio, with Kaluta acting as lead designer and animator from a script by D.J. Webster. The video took 23 days to film, using a 40-man animation tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammonia Avenue
''Ammonia Avenue'' is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced "Don't Answer Me" was the album's lead single, and reached the Top 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, as well as the fourth position on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in several countries and represents the last big hit for the Alan Parsons Project. "Prime Time" was a follow-up release that fared well in the Top 40, reaching No. 34. "You Don't Believe" was the first single in November 1983, reaching #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Since the Last Goodbye" was a minor hit. ''Ammonia Avenue'' is one of the band's biggest-selling albums, carrying an RIAA certification of gold and reaching the Top 10 in a number of countries. Background and release The title of the album was inspired by Eric Woolfson's visit to Imperial Chemical In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old And Wise
"Old and Wise" is a ballad by the Alan Parsons Project from the album ''Eye in the Sky'', released in December 1982. The song reached number 74 in the United Kingdom, the first of the band's singles to chart in that country. Background The lead vocal on the original release of "Old and Wise" was performed by former Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone. Blunstone made several appearances on Alan Parsons Project albums, but "Old and Wise" was the only single with Blunstone as lead singer to gain airplay. Blunstone later re-recorded the song for his own two-disc Best Of album, titled ''Old and Wise'', released in 2003. An early version (without orchestration or the saxophone solo) featuring Eric Woolfson singing a guide vocal was included as one of the bonus tracks on the 2007 remastered edition of ''Eye in the Sky''. Personnel *Colin Blunstone – lead vocals *Eric Woolfson – piano, organ *Ian Bairnson – guitars *David Paton – bass guitar * Stuart Elliott – drums *Mel Colli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye In The Sky (album)
''Eye in the Sky'' is the sixth studio album by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in June 1, 1982 by Arista Records. At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards in 1983, ''Eye in the Sky'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album. In 2019, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Production ''Eye in the Sky'' is the first of three albums the Project recorded on analogue equipment and mixed directly to the digital master tape. Release ''Eye in the Sky'' was the last platinum record in the United States from the band. ''Eye in the Sky'' contains the title track, the Alan Parsons Project's biggest hit, with lead vocals by Eric Woolfson. The album itself was a major success, reaching the top 10 (and sometimes the number one slot) in numerous countries. The album features the instrumental piece "Sirius", which has become a staple of many college and professional sporting arenas throughout North Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirius (instrumental)
"Sirius" is an instrumental by British rock music, rock band The Alan Parsons Project, recorded for their sixth studio album, ''Eye in the Sky (album), Eye in the Sky'' (1982). Nearly two minutes long, it segues into "Eye in the Sky (song), Eye in the Sky" on the album. Since 1984, it has been played at Chicago Bulls home games, and subsequently became a staple at many other college and professional sporting events throughout North America. Background Alan Parsons wanted the first song on the album to be "Eye in the Sky", but felt there needed to be an introduction leading up to it. As he was working on ideas at home on his Fairlight CMI, he wrote a riff that he liked, which ultimately became "Sirius". This riff was played using a clavinet sample with added Delay (audio effect), tape delay. Originally, "Sirius" was not written in the same key as "Eye in the Sky", but was re-recorded in the studio once the band realized it could lead into "Eye in the Sky". Usage in media Sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Turn Of A Friendly Card
''The Turn of a Friendly Card'' is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980 by Arista Records. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up into five tracks. ''The Turn of a Friendly Card'' spawned the hits " Games People Play" and "Time", the latter of which was Eric Woolfson's first lead vocal appearance. An edited version of the title piece combining the opening and ending parts of the suite was also released as a single along with an official video. As with the band's previous albums, ''The Turn of a Friendly Card'' is a concept album with its theme focused on the gambling industry and the fate of gamblers, with more than one reference to Las Vegas (e.g. "there's a sign in the desert that lies to the west" from the title piece). Musically, the album is more melodic and accessible than the band's previous work. Up to this album, all Alan Parsons Project albums had been pac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve (Alan Parsons Project Album)
''Eve'' is the fourth studio album by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in 27 August 1979 by Arista Records. The album's focus is on the strength and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men. It had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept. The album name was the same as Eric Woolfson's mother-in-law.Alan Parsons Project Arista Years Paper Sleeve Collection (2008) - Eve (Liner notes) ''Eve'' is the Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer Chris Rainbow. The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 40, peaking at No. 27, and reaching No. 16 in Canada. "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show ''Monitor''. Morse code The album features a few instances of morse code, with the first occurring at the beginning of the album. Parsons extracted the morse code from shortwave radio witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (The Alan Parsons Project Album)
''Pyramid'' (stylized as ''Pyr△mid'') is the third album by progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in May 1978. It is a concept album centred on the pyramids of Giza. At the time the album was conceived, interest in pyramid power and Tutankhamun was widespread in the US and the UK. ''Pyramid'' was nominated for the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The book visible in the cover design is G. Patrick Flanagan – Pyramid Power: The Millennium Science (1973).The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid. CD Remaster liner notes (2008) Track listing All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. Bonus tracks ''Pyramid'' was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks: "Voyager/What Goes Up/The Eagle Will Rise Again" (instrumental) – 8:55 "What Goes Up/Little Voice" (early version demo) – 4:07 "Can't Take It with You" (early version demo) – 1:45 "Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" (demo) – 2:21 "The Eagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Robot (album)
''I Robot'' is the second studio album by British Rock music, rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released on 8 July 1977 by Arista Records. The album draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov's science fiction Robot series, ''Robot'' stories, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligence. Background and concept The album was intended to be based on the ''I, Robot'' stories written by Asimov, and Eric Woolfson spoke with Asimov himself, who was enthusiastic about the idea. As the rights already had been granted to a TV/movie company, the album's title was altered slightly by removing the comma in "I," and the theme and lyrics were made to be more generically about robots rather than to be specific to the Asimov universe. The cover inlay reads: "I Robot... The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of human, man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his brief dominance of Earth, this planet will probab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(The System Of) Dr
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
