THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

Albums recorded by The Alan Parsons Project and Alan Parsons, with release dates and UK CD availability.

 

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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

06/76

New

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I Robot

06/77

New

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Pyramid

05/78

New

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Eve

08/79

New

5

The Turn Of A Friendly Card

11/80

New

6

Eye In The Sky

06/82

New

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Ammonia Avenue

02/84

New

8

Vulture Culture

02/85

New

9

Stereotomy

01/86

New

10

Gaudi

01/87

New or Used

11

Tales Of Mystery And Imagination [remixed version]

11/87

New

12

Try Anything Once [as Alan Parsons]

10/93

New

13

The Very Best Live [as Alan Parsons]

06/95

New or Used

14

On Air [as Alan Parsons]

09/96

New or Used

15

Time Machine [as Alan Parsons]

09/99

New or Used

16

A Valid Path [as Alan Parsons]

08/04

New


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1) TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.





7.

A Dream Within A Dream
The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Cask Of Amontillado
(The System Of) 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

Original LP


CD Reissue

Ian Bairnson
Arthur Brown
Burleigh Drummond
Jack Harris
John Leach
Billy Lyall
John Miles
Francis Monkman
Christopher North
David Pack
Alan Parsons

Smokey Parsons
David Paton
Andrew Powell
Jane Powell
Joe Puerta
Daryl Runswick
Terry Sylvester
Stuart Tosh
Leonard Whiting
Eric Woolfson


Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 3)
Drums
Vocals
Cimbalom, Kantele
Keyboards
Vocals (Track 4)
Keyboards
Keyboards
Guitar
Guitar, Keyboards,
Vocals (Track 2)
Vocals
Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Keyboards
Vocals
Bass
String Bass
Vocals (Track 7)
Drums, Vocals
Vocals (Track 2)
Keyboards, Vocals
The English Chorale

Alan Parsons

2) I ROBOT

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

I Robot
I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
Some Other Time
Breakdown
Don't Let It Show
The Voice
Nucleus
Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
Total Eclipse
Genesis Ch 1 v 32


Ian Bairnson
Stuart Calver
Allan Clarke
BJ Cole
Steve Harley
Jack Harris
John Leach
Duncan MacKay
Alan Parsons

Smokey Parsons
David Paton
John Perry
Tony Rivers
Peter Straker
Stuart Tosh
Dave Townsend
Hilary Western
Jaki Whitren
Eric Woolfson

Lenny Zakatek



Producer:

Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Vocals (Track 4)
Pedal Steel Guitar
Vocals (Track 6)
Vocals (Track 8)
Cimbalom, Kantele
Keyboards
Guitar, Keyboards, Projectron,
Vocoder, Vocals
Vocals
Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals (Track 3)
Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Vocals (Track 5)
Vocals
Vocals (Track 3)
Keyboards, Projectron, Vocoder,
Vocals
Vocals (Track 2)
The English Chorale
The New Philharmonia Chorus

Alan Parsons

3) PYRAMID

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Voyager
What Goes Up...
The Eagle Will Rise Again
One More River
Can't Take It With You
In The Lap Of The Gods
Pyramania
Hyper-Gamma Spaces
Shadow Of A Lonely Man


Ian Bairnson
Colin Blunstone
Stuart Elliott
Dean Ford
Jack Harris
Duncan MacKay
John Miles
Alan Parsons
David Paton

Joe Puerta
Eric Woolfson

Lenny Zakatek

Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 3)
Drums, Percussion
Vocals (Track 5)
Vocals (Track 7)
Keyboards
Vocals (Track 9)
Guitar
Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Track 2),
Backing Vocals (Track 5)
Bass
Keyboards,
Backing Vocals (Track 5)
Vocals (Track 4)

Alan Parsons

4) EVE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

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


Ian Bairnson
Lesley Duncan
Stuart Elliott
Duncan MacKay
Alan Parsons
David Paton

Chris Rainbow

Clare Torry
Dave Townsend
Eric Woolfson

Lenny Zakatek



Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 9)
Drums, Percussion
Keyboards
Miscellaneous Instruments
Bass, Vocals (Track 3),
Backing Vocals
Vocals (Track 5),
Backing Vocals
Vocals (Track 7)
Vocals (Track 4)
Keyboards,
Miscellaneous Instruments
Vocals (Tracks 2,6)
The Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera

Alan Parsons

5) THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

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 One)
ii. Snake Eyes
iii. The Ace Of Swords
iv. Nothing Left To Lose
v. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two)


Ian Bairnson
Stuart Elliott
Elmer Gantry
Alan Parsons
David Paton
Chris Rainbow

Eric Woolfson

Lenny Zakatek




Producer:

Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Vocals (Track 1)
Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Bass
Vocals (Track 6, Parts 1,2,5),
Backing Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals (Track 3,
Track 6, Part 4)
Vocals (Tracks 2,4),
Backing Vocals
The Orchestra Of The Munich Chamber Opera

Alan Parsons

6) EYE IN THE SKY

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Sirius
Eye In The Sky
Children Of The Moon
Gemini
Silence And I
You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
Psychobabble
Mammagamma
Step By Step
Old And Wise


Ian Bairnson
Colin Blunstone
Mel Collins
Stuart Elliott
Elmer Gantry
Alan Parsons
David Paton
Chris Rainbow
Eric Woolfson
Lenny Zakatek


Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 10)
Saxophone
Drums, Percussion
Vocals (Track 7)
Keyboards, Programming
Bass, Vocals (Track 3)
Vocals (Track 4)
Keyboards, Vocals (Tracks 2,5)
Vocals (Tracks 6,9)
The English Chorale

Alan Parsons

7) AMMONIA AVENUE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Prime Time
Let Me Go Home
One Good Reason
Since The Last Goodbye
Don't Answer Me
Dancing On A Highwire
You Don't Believe
Pipeline
Ammonia Avenue


Ian Bairnson
Colin Blunstone
Mel Collins
Stuart Elliott
Alan Parsons
David Paton
Chris Rainbow
Eric Woolfson

Lenny Zakatek


Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 6)
Saxophone
Drums, Percussion
Programming
Bass
Vocals (Track 4)
Keyboards,
Vocals (Tracks 1,3,5,9)
Vocals (Tracks 2,7)
The Philharmonia Orchestra

Alan Parsons

8) VULTURE CULTURE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Let's Talk About Me
Separate Lives
Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
Sooner Or Later
Vulture Culture
Hawkeye
Somebody Out There
The Same Old Sun


Ian Bairnson
Mr Laser Beam [aka Lee Abrams]
Colin Blunstone
Richard Cottle
Stuart Elliott
Alan Parsons
David Paton
Chris Rainbow
Eric Woolfson
Lenny Zakatek

Producer:

Guitar
Oral Rendition

Vocals (Track 7)
Synthesiser, Saxophone
Drums, Percussion
Programming
Bass, Vocals (Track 1)
Vocals (Track 3)
Piano, Vocals (Tracks 2,4,8)
Vocals (Track 5)

Alan Parsons

9) STEREOTOMY

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Stereotomy
Beaujolais
Urbania
Limelight
In The Real World
Where's The Walrus?
Light Of The World
Chinese Whispers
Stereotomy Two


Ian Bairnson
Gary Brooker
Richard Cottle
Graham Dye
Steve Dye
Stuart Elliott
John Miles
Alan Parsons
David Paton
Chris Rainbow
Eric Woolfson


Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 4)
Synthesiser, Saxophone
Vocals (Track 7)
Vocals
Drums, Percussion
Vocals (Tracks 1,5,9)
Keyboards
Bass
Vocals (Track 2)
Piano, Vocals
The Philharmonia Orchestra

Alan Parsons

10) GAUDI

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

La Sagrada Familia
Too Late
Closer To Heaven
Standing On Higher Ground
Money Talks
Inside Looking Out
Paseo De Gracia


Ian Bairnson
Geoff Barradale
Laurie Cottle
Richard Cottle
David Cripp
Stuart Elliott
John Heley
Bob Howes
John Miles
Alan Parsons
Chris Rainbow
Eric Woolfson
Lenny Zakatek


Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 4)
Bass
Synthesiser, Saxophone
Horn
Drums, Percussion
Cello
Timpani
Vocals (Tracks 1,5)
Keyboards
Vocals
Keyboards, Vocals (Tracks 3,6)
Vocals (Track 2)
The English Chorale

Alan Parsons

11) TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.


7.

A Dream Within A Dream
The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Cask Of Amontillado
(The System Of) 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

This, although previously released, is a totally
remixed version with narration by Orson Welles.

Ian Bairnson
Arthur Brown
Burleigh Drummond
Jack Harris
John Leach
Billy Lyall
John Miles
Francis Monkman
Christopher North
David Pack
Alan Parsons

Smokey Parsons
David Paton
Andrew Powell
Jane Powell
Joe Puerta
Daryl Runswick
Terry Sylvester
Stuart Tosh
Orson Welles
Leonard Whiting
Eric Woolfson


Producer:

Guitar
Vocals (Track 3)
Drums
Vocals
Cimbalom, Kantele
Keyboards
Vocals (Track 4)
Keyboards
Keyboards
Guitar
Guitar, Keyboards,
Vocals (Track 2)
Vocals
Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Keyboards
Vocals
Bass
String Bass
Vocals (Track 7)
Drums, Vocals
Narration
Vocals (Track 2)
Keyboards, Vocals
The English Chorale

Alan Parsons

12 TRY ANYTHING ONCE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

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 (There Must Be More)


Ian Bairnson

Jacqui Copland

Richard Cottle
Stuart Elliott
David Pack

Alan Parsons

Jeremy Parsons
Andrew Powell

Graham Preskett
Chris Thompson
Eric Stewart


Producer:

Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass, Synthesiser, Backing Vocals
Vocals (Track 5),
Backing Vocals
Synthesiser, Saxophone
Drums, Synthesiser
Synthesiser, Guitar,
Vocals (Tracks 1,7,12)
Synthesiser, Bass, Guitar, Flute,
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Bass, Synthesiser, Piano, Electric Piano, Autoharp
Violin, Mandolin
Vocals (Tracks 2,10)
Vocals (Tracks 3,8)
The Philharmonia Orchestra

Alan Parsons

13) THE VERY BEST LIVE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Sirius
Eye In The Sky
Luciferama
Old And Wise
Psychobabble
The Raven
Time
You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
Prime Time
Limelight
Don't Answer Me
Standing On Higher Ground

Recorded live on the 1994 tour of Germany.



Ian Bairnson
Richard Cottle
Stuart Elliott
Gary Howard
Jeremy Meek
Alan Parsons

Andrew Powell
Chris Thompson


Producer:

Guitar
Keyboards, Saxophone
Drums, Percussion
Vocals (Tracks 2,4,6,7,9,11)
Bass
Guitar, Keyboards,
Vocals (Track 6)
Keyboards
Guitar, Vocals (Tracks 5,6,8,10-12)

Alan Parsons

14) ON AIR

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Blue Blue Sky
Too Close To The Sun
Blown By The Wind
Cloudbreak
Can't Look Down
Brother Up In Heaven
Fall Free
Apollo
So Far Away
One Day To Fly
Blue Blue Sky


Ian Bairnson
Peter Beckett
Richard Cottle
Christopher Cross
Graham Dye
Stuart Elliott

John Giblin
John F Kennedy
Neil Lockwood
Steve Overland
Alan Parsons
Gary Sanctuary
Eric Stewart


Producer:

Guitar, Bass Synthesiser
Backing Vocals
Saxophone, Keyboards
Vocals (Track 9)
Vocals (Track 10)
Drums, Drum Programming, Bongos, Keyboards
Bass
Speech
Vocals (Tracks 2,5,6)
Vocals (Track 7)
Keyboards
Keyboards
Vocals (Tracks 1,3,11)
The Philharmonia Orchestra

Alan Parsons

15) TIME MACHINE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

HG Force/The Time Machine Part 1
Temporalia
Out Of The Blue
Call Up
Ignorance Is Bliss
Rubber Universe
The Call Of The Wild
No Future In The Past
Press Rewind
For The Very Last Time
Far Ago And Long Away
HG Force/The Time Machine Part 2


Ian Bairnson


Dinah Beamish
Colin Blunstone
Máire Brennan
Prof Frank Close
Richard Cottle
Beverley Craven
Graham Dye
Stuart Elliott

John Giblin
Tony Hadley
Neil Lockwood
Jackie Norrie
Claire Orsler
Alan Parsons
Chris Rainbow
Julia Singleton
Robyn Smith
Julian Sutton
Kathryn Tickell


Producer:

Bass, Bass Synthesiser, Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboards, Saxophone, Backing Vocals
Cello
Vocals (Track 5)
Vocals (Track 7)
Narration (Track 2)
Keyboards
Vocals (Track 10)
Vocals (Track 9)
Drums, Percussion, Programming,
Keyboards, Vocals (Track 8)
Bass
Vocals (Track 3)
Vocals (Tracks 4,8)
Violin
Viola
Guitar, Keyboards
Vocals (Track 8), Backing Vocals
Violin
Keyboards
Melodeon
Northumbrian Pipes
The Philharmonia Orchestra

Alan Parsons

16) A VALID PATH

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Return To Tunguska
More Lost Without You
Mammagamma 04
We Play The Game
Tijuaniac
L' Arc En Ciel
A Recurring Dream Within A Dream
You Can Run
Chomolungma


Michele Adamson
John Cleese
David Gilmour
Alastair Greene
Ken Jordan
Scott Kirkland
PJ Olsson
David Pack
Alan Parsons
Jeremy Parsons
Lisa Parsons
Simon Posford
Orson Welles

Producer:

Processed Vocals
Speech (Track 9)
Guitar (Track 1)
Guitar
Programming
Keyboards, Programming
Programming, Vocals
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Track 8)
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocoder
Guitar
Processed Vocals
Programming
Narrator (Track 7)

Alan Parsons