Friday, June 24, 2016

The Alan Parsons Project






















Artist:  The Alan Parsons Project
Origin:  UK
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock

Original line-up:

Alan Parsons:  Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Flute, Engineering, Production
Eric Woolfson:  Keyboards, Vocals, Executive Production

The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive Rock Band, between 1975 and 1990, consisting of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and surrounded by a number of session musicians.  Alan Parsons had acted as assistant engineer on The Bestles' Albums:  Abbey Road and Let It Be, and engineered Pink Floyd's Album The Dark Side Of The Moon,  his career as a Producer and Engineer including Pilot, Steve Harley, Al Stewart, The Hollies, Ambrosia, John Miles and Steve Harley.  In 1982 the band's album Eye In The Sky was their greatest success and in UK chart in Top Ten on the Pop charts and went to Platinum.














Artist:  The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project
Title:  Live In Colombia  (2016)
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Label:  earMusic
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Robot  (6:24)
 2.  Damned If I Do   (4:33)
 3.  Don't Answer Me  (4:36)
 4.  Breakdown  (4:05)
 5.  The Raven  (2:52)
 6.  Timenn(5:29)
 7.  I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You  (4:59)
 8.  La Sagrada Familia  (6:04)
 9.  The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One)  (2:54)
10. Snake Eyes (3:01)
11. The Ace Of Swords  (2:47)
12. Nothing Left To Lose  (4:34)
13. The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two)  (4:23)

Disc 2:

 1.  What Goes Up...  (4:38)
 2.  Luciferama  (5:22)
 3.  Silence And I  (7:46)
 4.  Prime Time  (8:13)
 5.  Sirius  (2:13)
 6.  Eye In The Sky  (5:11)
 7.  Old And Wise (5:39)
 8.  Games People Play  (4:55)

Personnel:


Alan Parsons:  Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
P.J. Olsson:  Lead Vocals
Alastair Greene:  Guitar, Vocals
Guy Erez:  Bass, Vocals
Danny Thompson:  Drums, Vocals
Tom Brooks:  Keyboards, Vocals
Todd Cooper:  Saxophone, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals

Alejandro Posada:  Condutor
The Medellin Philharmonic Orchestra

Live In Colombia is the live album by The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project, was released on May 27, 2016 by earMusic.  The concert was recorded on August 31, 2013 at the exotic location of the Parque Pies Descalzos in Medellin, Colombia, performed by The Alan Parsons Symphonic Project combines with the amazing band of 70-piece Symphony Orchestra.





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