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Pyramid (1978), dedicated to ancient Egypt, which still features some The band's original formula had been watered down to yield songs that could flood the radios. To romantic ballad with piano and strings Don't Let It Show. The album spans a broad range of styles, from theīombastic brass fanfare of Some Other Time I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You is the archetype of Parsons' disco-funk jams,Īnd The Voice shares the same intuition of the Bee Gees's Saturday Night Fever. 32) are among the most intriguing of Parsons' career. (the monolithic Total Eclipse and the elegiac Genesis Ch. (the synth fantasia I Robot and the droning strings of Nucleus) Sci-fi on I Robot (1977), whose instrumentals Generous doses of synthesizers allowed Parsons to sculptĪmbitious quasi-symphonic architectures that would remain his trademark.Īfter the gothic theme of its debut album, the Project proceeded to deal with This debut established his tradition of making only concept albums (mostly composedĪ revolving cast of guest vocalists and sessionmen. Suspenseful strings and no drums, ending with a cascade of lugubrious organ chords. Towering over the songs, the five-movement suite The Fall Of The House Of Usher that floats over simple melodies, mostly with The Yes-style Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether, etc. The orchestral operetta-style aria of The Cask of Amontillado, The Deep Purple-esque hard-rock of The Tell-tale Heart, The languid and folk-ish A Dream Within a Dream, In 1976 he and keyboardist Eric Woolfson formed the Alan Parsons ProjectĪnd released Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Arista, 1976), a conceptĪlbum based on Edgar Allan Poe's stories that borrowed from different genres He then became an equally successful producer.

The Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of the Moon, two of the most lushly The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980), 6.5/10Īlan Parsons worked as a sound engineer on the Beatles' Abbey Road and Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976), 7/10