Review: The Essential Alan Parsons Project
CD: The Essential Alan Parsons Project
I've listened to a fair bit of post-Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd (and Roger Waters after he split), but other than hearing the radio single for Eye In The Sky, I've never really heard any Alan Parsons Project, despite knowing that Parsons was a sound engineer for DSotM and that they'd done a whole bunch of concept albums with vaguely science fiction/fantasy themes. So when I found a retrospective double CD with 34 tracks in the bargain bin for $15, it seemed like a good deal.
Listening to APP is like vicariously reliving chunks of the 1980s, and I mean that in a good way. I have a thing for treacly synth-pop with lush vocals and spacey orchestral arrangements. I will put this alongside my Vangelis and Electric Light Orchestra.
Favourite songs so far: Some Other Time, Old And Wise, Ammonia Avenue, La Sagrada Familia.
February 9th, 2008 - 00:09
I really like “Some other Time” and “Old and Wise”