Name: The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project by The Alan Parsons Project
Brand: The Alan Parsons Project
SKU: 4007196100527
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3.5 (84 reviews)

COMPILATION

The 12 tracks that appear on The Best of the Alan Parsons Project include some of their greatest singles, like "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" from 1977's I Robot and the inducing "Games People Play" off of The Turn of a Friendly Card. Even though these songs are splendid all by themselves, they seem to lose their conceptual weight when taken away from their original albums. As singles, they do act as a fine representation of how The Alan Parsons Project's music sounds and conveys its mysterious air, but even with a dozen singles on this album there's just too much of their other worthy material that is sadly left off. Present is their biggest single and most alluring piece, "Eye in the Sky," from the album of the same name, and the entrancing "Time" from Turn of a Friendly Card. "Pyramania" and "You Don't Believe," representing both Pyramid and Ammonia Avenue, are also included, as are some of their finest ballads with "Old and Wise" and "Don't Let It Show." "Lucifer" is the only instrumental on the collection, but is also one of their most sophisticated. As a short reference to this group's earlier material, The Best of the Alan Parsons Project offers some of their greatest work, but it's too short to really serve as a true best-of. Each individual album should be listened to in order to grasp the entirety of Parsons' themes. The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 should be partnered with Vol. 1 for a more concise set.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo

1. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

by The Alan Parsons Project

Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Drums: Stuart Tosh; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Composer
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

2. Eye in the Sky (Remastered)

by The Alan Parsons Project

Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Acoustic Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Saxophone: Mel Collins; Performer
Vocals: Eric Woolfson; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Lyricist: Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson; Composer
Chorus Master: Bob Howes; Conductor
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Baritone Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Programmer: The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons
Chris Blair
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

4. Time

by The Alan Parsons Project

Background Vocals: Alan Parsons
Chris Rainbow
The Alan Parsons Project
Lenny Zakatek; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Engineer: Alan Parsons; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: The Alan Parsons Project
Eric Woolfson; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera Care Of Eberhard Schoener
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Piano: Eric Woolfson; Performer
Vocals: Eric Woolfson; Performer
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons; Production

5. Pyramania

by The Alan Parsons Project

Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Baritone Guitar: The Alan Parsons Project
Ian Bairnson
David Paton; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: Duncan Mackay
Eric Woolfson; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Piano: Eric Woolfson; Performer
Synthesizer: Duncan Mackay; Performer
Vocals: Jack Harris; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Chorus Master: Bob Howes; Conductor
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

8. Psychobabble

by The Alan Parsons Project

Background Vocals: Ian Bairnson
Jack Harris; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliot
Stuart Elliott; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Chorus Master: Bob Howes; Conductor
Engineer: Alan Parsons; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Saxophone: Mel Collins; Performer
Vocals: Elmer Gantry; Performer
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Programmer: Alan Parsons; Production
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons
Chris Blair; Production

10. Don't Let It Show

by The Alan Parsons Project

Baritone Guitar: Ian Bairnson
David Paton
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Lyricist: Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson; Composer
Assistant Engineer: Chris Blair
Patrick Stapley; Production
Background Vocals: Tony Rivers
Ian Bairnson
Eric Woolfson
Smokey Parsons
The New Philharmonia Chorus
David Paton
The Alan Parsons Project
Stuart Calver
The English Chorale
Hilary Western
John Perry
Stuart Tosh; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Tosh; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Keyboard: Eric Woolfson
Duncan Mackay
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Organ: Eric Woolfson; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Tosh; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project
John Leach
Alan Parsons; Performer
Piccolo Trumpet: John Wallace; Performer
Steel Guitar: B.j. Cole; Performer
Vocals: Dave Townsend; Performer
Chorus Master: Bob Howes; Conductor
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

11. Can't Take It With You

by The Alan Parsons Project

Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Composer: Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project; Composer
Lyricist: Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project; Composer
Baritone Guitar: The Alan Parsons Project
Ian Bairnson
David Paton; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: Duncan Mackay
Eric Woolfson; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Vocals: Dean Ford
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Chorus Master: Bob Howes; Conductor
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

12. Old and Wise

by The Alan Parsons Project

Performer: The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson; Composer
Lyricist: Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson; Composer
Engineer: Alan Parsons; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Producer: Alan Parsons; Production

6. You Don't Believe

by The Alan Parsons Project

Baritone Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: Eric Woolfson; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project
The Philharmonia Orchestra; Performer
Saxophone: Mel Collins; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Zakatek; Performer
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Programmer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

7. Lucifer

by The Alan Parsons Project

Performer: The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project; Composer
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

3. Games People Play

by The Alan Parsons Project

Background Vocals: Chris Rainbow
Lenny Zakatek
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Baritone Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project
Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera Care Of Eberhard Schoener; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Zakatek; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

9. Damned If I Do

by The Alan Parsons Project

Primary Artist: The Alan Parsons Project; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Chris Rainbow
David Paton; Performer
Bass: David Paton; Performer
Drums: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Guitar: Ian Bairnson; Performer
Keyboard: Duncan Mackay
Eric Woolfson; Performer
Percussion: Stuart Elliott; Performer
Performer: The Alan Parsons Project
Alan Parsons
Eric Woolfson
Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera Care Of Eberhard Schoener; Performer
Vocals: Lenny Zakatek; Performer
Arranger: Andrew Powell; Composer
Composer: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Woolfson
Alan Parsons; Composer
Conductor: Andrew Powell; Conductor
Engineer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production
Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson; Production
Producer: Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

12 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

51 minutes and 30 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 592x592 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

11/12 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

11/12 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Progressive Rock, Arena Rock, Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Soft Rock, Lite Rock

Label

Arista

Music Distribution Service

Sony

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Sep 30, 1983

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

4007196100527

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The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project

1. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

2. Eye in the Sky (Remastered)

4. Time

5. Pyramania

8. Psychobabble

10. Don't Let It Show

11. Can't Take It With You

12. Old and Wise

6. You Don't Believe

7. Lucifer

3. Games People Play

9. Damned If I Do

Technical Specifications

The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project

Product information

Release options

1. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

2. Eye in the Sky (Remastered)

4. Time

5. Pyramania

8. Psychobabble

10. Don't Let It Show

11. Can't Take It With You

12. Old and Wise

6. You Don't Believe

7. Lucifer

3. Games People Play

9. Damned If I Do

Technical Specifications