The Alan Parsons Project este un duo rock britanic fondat în 1975 de producătorul și inginerul de sunet Alan Parsons împreună cu pianistul și compozitorul Eric Woolfson. Au activat în genul rock progresiv și art rock, iar printre hiturile lor cele mai cunoscute se numără Eye in the Sky și Don't Answer Me. Parsons a lucrat ca inginer de sunet la Abbey Road Studios, contribuind la ultimele albume ale Beatles, ulterior a colaborat la legendarul The Dark Side of the Moon al formației Pink Floyd.
Compilația Original Album Classics din 2010 a fost lansată de casa de discuri Arista și cuprinde în total 76 de piese pe cinci CD-uri. Este un box set care reunește cinci albume de studio ale duo-ului, incluzând versiuni extinse cu înregistrări demo și variante alternative ale pieselor. Printre compoziții remarcabile se numără Voyager, What Goes Up, Games People Play și Time.
The Alan Parsons Project a funcționat în principal ca proiect de studio, iar la înregistrările lor au contribuit numeroși muzicieni de sesiune – printre colaboratorii constanți s-au numărat chitaristul Ian Bairnson, bateristul Stuart Elliott, basistul David Paton și vocaliștii Lenny Zakatek și Chris Rainbow.
Melodii
- Pyramid
- 1-1 Voyager 2:24
- 1-2 What Goes Up... 3:31
- 1-3 The Eagle Will Rise Again 4:20
- 1-4 One More River 4:16
- 1-5 Can't Take It With You 5:06
- 1-6 In The Lap Of The Gods 5:27
- 1-7 Pyramania 2:45
- 1-8 Hyper-Gamma-Spaces 4:19
- 1-9 Shadow Of A Lonely Man 5:34
- 1-10 Voyager/What Goes Up/The Eagle Will Rise Again (Instrumental Version) 8:55
- 1-11 Voyager/Little Voice (Early Version Demo) 4:07
- 1-12 Can't Take It With You (Early Version Demo) 1:45
- 1-13 Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (Demo) 2:21
- 1-14 The Eagle Will Rise Again (Alternate Version - Backing Track) 3:20
- 1-15 In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 1 - Demo) 3:14
- 1-16 In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 2 - Backing Track Rough Mix) 1:56
- The Turn Of A Friendly Card
- 2-1 May Be A Price To Pay 5:01
- 2-2 Games People Play 4:24
- 2-3 Time 5:14
- 2-4 I Don't Wanna Go Home 4:52
- 2-5 The Gold Bug 4:34
- 2-6 The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) 2:44
- 2-7 Snake Eyes 3:15
- 2-8 The Ace Of Swords 2:57
- 2-9 Nothing Left To Lose 4:07
- 2-10 The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two) 3:32
- 2-11 May Be A Price To Pay (Intro-Demo) 1:32
- 2-12 Nothing Left To Lose (Basic Backing Track) 4:35
- 2-13 Nothing Left To Lose (Chris Rainbow Vocal Overdub Compilation) 2:02
- 2-14 Nothing Left To Lose (Early Studio Version With Eric's Guide Vocal) 3:11
- 2-15 Time (Early Studio Attempt) 4:42
- 2-16 Games People Play (Rough Mix) 4:33
- 2-17 The Gold Bug (Demo) 2:49
- Eve
- 3-1 Lucifer 5:08
- 3-2 You Lie Down With Dogs 3:48
- 3-3 I'd Rather Be A Man 3:53
- 3-4 You Won't Be There 3:43
- 3-5 Winding Me Up 3:55
- 3-6 Damned If I Do 4:52
- 3-7 Don't Hold Back 3:37
- 3-8 Secret Garden 4:43
- 3-9 If I Could Change Your Mind 5:59
- 3-10 Elsie's Theme From The Scicilian Defence (The Project That Never Was) 3:00
- 3-11 Lucifer (Demo) 2:48
- 3-12 Secret Garden (Rough Mix) 4:42
- 3-13 Damned If I Do (Rough Mix) 4:46
- 3-14 Don't Hold Back (Vocal Rehearsal Rough Mix) 3:43
- 3-15 Lucifer (Early Rough Mix) 4:17
- 3-16 If I Could Change Your Mind (Rough Mix) 5:46
- Stereotomy
- 4-1 Stereotomy 7:17
- 4-2 Beaujolais 4:27
- 4-3 Urbania (Instrumental) 4:59
- 4-4 Limelight 4:38
- 4-5 In The Real World 4:21
- 4-6 Where's The Walrus? (Instrumental) 7:30
- 4-7 Light Of The World 6:19
- 4-8 Chinese Whispers (Instrumental) 1:01
- 4-9 Stereotomy Two 1:23
- 4-10 Light Of The World (Backing Track) 6:14
- 4-11 Rumour Goin' Round (Demo) 5:01
- 4-12 Stereotomy (Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal) 6:37
- 4-13 Stereotomy (Backing Rough Mix) 1:23
- Gaudi
- 5-1 La Sagrada Familia 8:44
- 5-2 Too Late 4:34
- 5-3 Closer To Heaven 5:54
- 5-4 Standing On A Higher Ground 5:46
- 5-5 Money Talks 4:23
- 5-6 Inside Looking Out 6:19
- 5-7 Paseo De Gracia 3:43
- 5-8 Too Late (Eric Woolfson Rough Guide Vocal) 4:13
- 5-9 Standing On A Higher Ground/Losing Proposition (Vocal Experiments) 3:58
- 5-10 Money Talks (Chris Rainbow/Percussion Overdubs) 0:37
- 5-11 Money Talks (Rough Mix Backing Track) 4:28
- 5-12 Closer To Heaven (Sax/Chris Rainbow Overdub Section) 0:50
- 5-13 Paseo De Gracia (Rough Mix) 3:46
- 5-14 La Sagrada Familia (Rough Mix) 7:25
