THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

Conosco molto poco di questo gruppo... non li ho mai visti ad un concerto, nč in televisione e neanche in foto... ma ho tutta la loro discografia e mi piacciono moltissimo...
Trovo i loro album davvero belli perche' hanno una maniera di fare musica che non li rende mai noiosi... Tentero' di spiegarmi. Ascoltare un album di un qualsiasi cantante, dall'inizio alla fine, per 40-60 minuti, a volte puo' risultare "noioso": ad esempio gli 883 hanno un loro modo di fare musica (che non sto qui a giudicare) che e' ripetitivo; Pino Daniele ha un tono di voce troppo caratteristico. In finale, dopo due, tre canzoni, queste diventano ripetive, vuoi per via della voce troppo particolare del cantante, vuoi per lo stile musicale ripetitivo
Gli Alan Parsons sono composti da diversi cantanti e hanno piu' autori che si alternano.
Di seguito troverete anche alcuni mp3 estratti dal CD originale e di durata di circa 1 minuto, mono a bassa qualita' (16:000 Khz, 32:000 bps), sono percio' solo di esempio (una specie di "promo") per un facile download (max 300 Kb.).  So che oramai gli mp3 si trovano facilmente, ma ho pensato che un "assaggino" delle loro canzoni per chi non le conosce sia gradito...

 

TALES FROM MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (1976)

A dream withina a dream
The raven
The tell-tale heart
The cask of ammontillado
Doctor Tarr and professor Fether
The fall of the house of Usher
i. Prelude - ii. Arrival
iii. Intermezzo - iv. Pavane
v. Fall
To one in paradise

 

EVE (1979)

Lucifer
You lie down with dogs
I'd rather be a man
You won't be there
Winding me up
Damned if i do
Don't hold back
Secret Garden
If i could change your mind

 

PYRAMID (1979)

Voyager
What goes up
The eagle will rise again
One more river
Can't talk it with you
In the lap of the gods
Pyromania
Hyper-gamma spaces
Shadow of a lonely man

 

 

THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD (1980)

May be a price to pay
Games people play
Time
I don't wanna go home
The gold bug
The turn of a friendly card
i. The turn of a friendly card part I
ii. snake eyes
iii. The ace of swords
iv. Nothing left to lose
v. The turn of a friendly card part II

 

EYE IN THE SKY (1983)

Sirius
Eye in the sky
Children of the moon
Gemini
Silence and i
You're gonna gey your finger burned
Psychobabble
Mammagamma
Step by step
Old and wise

 

VULTURE CULTURE (1984)

Let's talk about me
Separate Lives
Days are numbers
Sooner or later
Vulture Culture
Hawkeye
Somebody Out there
The same old sun

 

AMMONIA AVENUE (1984)

Prime time
Let me go
One Good reason
Since the last goodbye
Don't answer me
Dancing on a Highware
You don't believe
Pipeline
Ammonia avenue

 

STEREOTOMY (1984)

Stereotomy
Beaujolais
Urbania
Limelight
In the real world
Where's the walrus?
Light of the world
Chinese whispers
Stereotomy two

 

I ROBOT (1984)

I robot
I wouldn't want to be like you
Some other time
Breakdown
Don't let it show
The voice
Nucleus
Total eclipse
Genesis

 

GAUDI (1987)

La sagrada familia
Too late
Closer to heaven
Standing on higher ground
Money talk
Inside looking out
Paseo de gracia

 

FREUDIANA (1990)

The nirvana principle
Freudiana
I am a mirror
Little Hans
Dora
Funny You should Say that
You're on your own
Far away from home
Let yourself go

Beyond the pleasure Principle
The ring
Sects terapy
No one can love you better than me
Don't let the moment pass
Upper me
Freudiana (instrumental)
Destiny
There but for the grace of god

 

TRY ANYTHING ONCE (1993)

The three of me
Turn it up
Wine from the water
Breakaway
Mr time
Jigue
I'm talking to you
Siren Song
Dreamscape
Back against the wall
Re-jigue
Oh Life

 

ON AIR (1996)

Blue Blue Sky
Too close to the sun
Blown by the wind
Cloudbreak
I can't look down
Brother up in heaven
Fall free
Apollo
So Far away
One day to fly
Blue Blue sky reprise

 

TIME MACHINE (1999)

The Time Machine (Part I)
Temporalia
Out of the Blue
Call Up
Ignorance is Bliss
Rubber Universe
The Call Of the Wind
No Future in the Past

Press Rewind
The Very Last Time
Far Ago And Long Away
The Time Machine (Part 2)
Bonus Track: Dr. Evil Edit

 

LADYHAWKE (1985)
(Colonna Sonora Originale)

Main Title
Philippe Escape
The Search for Philippe
Tavern Fight (Philippe)
Tavern Fight (Navarre)
Pitou's Woods
Philippe Describes Isabeu
Bishop's Procession
Wedding Music
Navarre's Ambush
Impersial Reomoves Arrow
Chase/Fall/Transormation

Cezar's Woods
She was Sad At First
Navarre Returns To Aquila
Turret Chase/The Fall - Film Version
Wolf Trapped in Ice
Navarre And Isabeu's Dual Transformation
Navarre And Marquet Duel
Marquet Death
Bishop's Death
Final Reunion/End Title
Ladyhawke Theme: Single Version

 

THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT PLAYED BY ANDREW POWELL
(1997) (with The Royal Philarmonic Orchestra)

Lucifer (Mamma Gamma)
Tima
Games People Play
Robot Suite
Damned If I Do
Pavane
What Goes Up
Eye in The Sky
Old and Wise