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The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (1982) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

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Date: 8 Sep 2024 22:44:20
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (1982) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky (1982) {1985, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 261 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 107 Mb
Covers Included | 00:42:31 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Arista / Nippon Phonogram Co. #32RD-18

Eye in the Sky is the sixth studio album by the British rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in June 1982 by Arista label. It was recorded in London's Abbey Road Studios. Songs on this album are in a number of different styles, from cool and funky to lyrical and heavily orchestrated. It is variously reported as The Alan Parsons Projects' best-selling album, and was the last platinum record from the band. Vocal performers are Eric Woolfson, David Paton, Chris Rainbow, Lenny Zakatek, Elmer Gantry and Colin Blunstone. Eye in the Sky contains the Project's biggest hit, the title track with lead vocals by Eric Woolfson. The album itself was a major success, reaching the Top 10 (and sometimes the #1) in numerous countries.

Eye in the Sky provided the Alan Parsons Project with their first Top Ten hit since 1977's I Robot, and it's hard not to feel that crossover success was one of the driving forces behind this album. The Project never shied away from hooks, whether it was on the tense white funk of "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" or the gleaming pop hooks of "Games People Play," but Eye in the Sky was soft and smooth, so smooth that it was easy to ignore that the narrator of the title track was an ominous omniscient who spied either on his lover or his populace, depending on how deeply you wanted to delve into the concepts of this album. And, unlike I Robot or The Turn of a Friendly Card, it is possible to listen to Eye in the Sky and not dwell on the larger themes, since they're used as a foundation, not pushed to center stage. What does dominate is the lushness of sound, the sweetness of melody: this is a soft rock album through and through, one that's about melodic hooks and texture. In the case of the spacy opening salvo "Sirius," later heard on sports talk shows across America, or "Mammagamma," it was all texture, as these instrumentals set the trippy yet warm mood that the pop songs sustained. And the real difference with Eye in the Sky is that, with the exception of those instrumentals and the galloping suite "Silence and I," all the artiness was part of the idea of this album was pushed into the lyrics, so the album plays as soft pop album – and a very, very good one at that. Perhaps nothing is quite as exquisite as the title song, yet "Children of the Moon" has a sprightly gait (not all that dissimilar from Kenny Loggins' "Heart to Heart"), "Psychobabble" has a bright propulsive edge (not all that dissimilar from 10cc), and "Gemini" is the project at its dreamiest. It all adds up to arguably the most consistent Alan Parsons Project album – perhaps not in terms of concept, but in terms of music they never were as satisfying as they were here.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music
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Track List:

01. Sirius [0:01:55.05]
02. Eye In The sky [0:04:36.32]
03. Children Of The Moon [0:04:51.30]
04. Gemini [0:02:10.73]
05. Silence And I [0:07:18.42]
06. You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned [0:04:23.10]
07. Psychobabble [0:04:52.10]
08. Mammagamma [0:03:33.45]
09. Step By Step [0:03:54.10]
10. Old And Wise [0:04:55.68]

Personnel:
Chris Rainbow - main vocal (Track 4)
Lenny Zakatek - main vocal (Tracks 6 & 9)
Dave Terry - main vocal (Track 7)
Eric Woolfson - keyboards, main vocal (Tracks 2 & 5)
Colin Blunstone - main vocal (Track 10)
The English Chorale - choir vocals
Alan Parsons - keyboards, Fairlight programming, vocals
David Paton - acoustic, electric & bass guitars, main vocal (Track 3)
Ian Bairnson - acoustic & electric guitars
Mel Collins - saxophone
Stuart Elliott - drums, percussion

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 28. December 2018, 19:17

The Alan Parsons Project / Eye In The Sky [32RD-18]

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