The Best of The Alan Parsons Project

by The Alan Parsons Project

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Arista
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:20
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Ludivine Sagnier, Fr茅d茅ric Lo, David Maurin, Alice Butaud, Louis Garrel, Jean-Marie Winling, Vincent Taurelle, Thomas Jamois, Delphine Borsarello, Fran莽ois Poggio, Clotilde Hesme, Thomas Saez, Pascal Rodde, Brigitte Ro眉an, Alex Beaupain, Chiara Mastroianni, Karen Brunon, Gr茅goire Leprince-Ringuet

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Summarizing the studio ensemble's first six albums, this compilation distills their lush, conceptually driven progressive rock into its most accessible, radio-friendly moments. It highlights the impeccable audio engineering of its namesake founder and the intricate, synth-layered songwriting collaborations with Eric Woolfson that defined the era's art-pop.

Genres

Descriptors: soundtrack, progressive, rhythmic, melodic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (3:12)
  2. Eye In The Sky (4:36)
  3. Games People Play (4:18)
  4. Time (4:59)
  5. Pyramania (2:43)
  6. You Don't Believe (4:27)
  7. Lucifer (4:11)
  8. Psychobabble (4:50)
  9. Damned If I Do (3:34)
  10. Don't Let It Show (3:30)
  11. Can't Take It With You (4:43)
  12. Old and Wise (4:10)

Credits

More from The Alan Parsons Project: full discography