"The Alan Parson's Project"
The Alan Parsons Project, basically the partnership between Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson with numerous guest musicians to allow Parsons complete control over the finished product. Tired of the politics/bickering inherent when working with numerous bands including The Beatles and Pink Floyd, Parsons wanted to record without too much Drama, so the Project allowed him to express his own creative side. I really respected Parsons as a producer/engineer before his solo recording career, his engineering ability in the studios was first class and if I ever aspired to be an engineer in a recording studio he would be one my inspirations for sure.
The first album he and Woolfson released was "Tales of Mystery and Imagination", inspired by the writings of Edgar Allen Poe. The Project were a progressive rock band that released only Concept albums, consisting of a single theme. I love Concept albums so I was a fan from the first time I played one of their records.
Studio Albums
1976 Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1977 I Robot
1978 Pyramid
1979 Eve
1980 The Turn of a Friendly Card
1982 Eye In The Sky
1984 Ammonia Avenue
1985 Vulture Culture
1986 Stereotomy
1987 Gaudi
My Collection of The Alan Parsons Project CD's:
1. Tales of Mystery and Imagination
2. I Robot
3. Pyramid
4. Eve
5. The Turn of a Friendly Card
6. Eye in the Sky
7. Ammonia Avenue
Cask of Amontillado
The Alan Parsons Project, basically the partnership between Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson with numerous guest musicians to allow Parsons complete control over the finished product. Tired of the politics/bickering inherent when working with numerous bands including The Beatles and Pink Floyd, Parsons wanted to record without too much Drama, so the Project allowed him to express his own creative side. I really respected Parsons as a producer/engineer before his solo recording career, his engineering ability in the studios was first class and if I ever aspired to be an engineer in a recording studio he would be one my inspirations for sure.
The first album he and Woolfson released was "Tales of Mystery and Imagination", inspired by the writings of Edgar Allen Poe. The Project were a progressive rock band that released only Concept albums, consisting of a single theme. I love Concept albums so I was a fan from the first time I played one of their records.
Studio Albums
1976 Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1977 I Robot
1978 Pyramid
1979 Eve
1980 The Turn of a Friendly Card
1982 Eye In The Sky
1984 Ammonia Avenue
1985 Vulture Culture
1986 Stereotomy
1987 Gaudi
My Collection of The Alan Parsons Project CD's:
1. Tales of Mystery and Imagination
2. I Robot
3. Pyramid
4. Eve
5. The Turn of a Friendly Card
6. Eye in the Sky
7. Ammonia Avenue
Cask of Amontillado
Alan Parsons Project Official Website
Alan Parsons Project on Wikipedia