Eye In The Sky (Remastered) The Alan Parsons Project

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Album Veröffentlichung:
1982

HRA-Veröffentlichung:
29.05.2020

Label: Arista/Legacy

Genre: Rock

Subgenre: Modern Rock

Interpret: The Alan Parsons Project

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  • 1Sirius (Chicago Bulls Theme Song)01:57
  • 2Eye In The Sky04:35
  • 3Children of the Moon04:49
  • 4Gemini02:09
  • 5Silence and I07:17
  • 6You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned04:19
  • 7Psychobabble04:50
  • 8Mammagamma (Instrumental)03:34
  • 9Step by Step03:52
  • 10Old and Wise04:57
  • Total Runtime42:19

Info zu Eye In The Sky (Remastered)

"Eye in the Sky" ist das sechste Studiowerk des Alan Parsons Project, ein vielschichtiges und zeitloses Kleinod, das in Zusammenarbeit von Alan Parsons mit dem im Dezember 2009 verstorbenen Eric Woolfson entstand. Der Titel des Konzeptalbums bezieht sich auf das Überwachungssystem eines Spielkasinos, aber auch auf Satelliten, die die Erde umkreisen oder das Auge des ägyptischen Lichtgottes Horus. Die Songs der LP sind eine Art musikalische Meditation über das Thema verschiedener Glaubenssysteme. Dabei ist es bemerkenswert festzustellen, wie die Macher von Eye in the Sky in ihren Kompositionen vorausahnten, in welche Richtung sich Kunst, Religion, Politik und Kultur im 21. Jahrhundert entwickeln würden.

Das Alan Parsons Project hat gezeigt wie man abseits des marktüblichen Personenkults auch ohne aufwändige Light-Shows, verkaufsfördernde Rock-Größen im Musiker-Team und selbst geschriebene Songs zum Star aufsteigen kann.

Parsons, der bei EMI zunächst eine Lehre als Tontechniker absolviert hatte und später in den legendären Abbey-Road-Studios mehrere Paul Mc Cartney-Produktionen und die Entstehung von Pink Floyds Album "Dark Side Of The Moon" betreute, nutzte den Heimvorteil für die Solo-Karriere. Während sich sein Co-Produzent Eric Woolfson als Songschreiber betätigte, braute Parsons daraus mit seinem phänomenalen Gefühl für Sounds saftige Mixturen aus synthetischen und natürlichen Klang-Zutaten.

Wie alle Alben der frühen Jahre, bedient auch "Eye In The Sky" wichtige Zeitgeist-Thematik. Dem No-Future-Lifestyle der 80er Jahre geschuldet verströmen die Songs leicht depressive Noten, die als Kontrastmittel zu stählernen Rockrhythmen, frei von elektronischen Gimmicks, eingesetzt werden. Dazu gibt es harmoniesüchtige vokale Mehrstimmigkeit (»Gemini«), orchestrales Blechgeschmetter in spanischem Rhythmus (»Silence And I«) und samtige Streicherwolken (»Old And Wise«). Eine starke Leistung des britischen Klangästheten am Regelpult.

"Akustisch zulegend, zudem mit verbesserter Haptik: An dieser nun wieder verfügbaren Platte gibt es nichts auszusetzen." (Stereo)

Alan Parsons, Fairlight CMI programming (1,2,8), keyboards & backing vocals (6), Linn drum machine (8)
Eric Woolfson, Wurlitzer (2), piano & organ (10), keyboards (1,3-5,7,9), lead vocals (2,5)

Ian Bairnson, acoustic, electric & pedal steel (4) guitars
Haydn Bendall, keyboards (1)
John Wallace, piccolo trumpet (3)
Mel Collins, sax solo (10)
David Paton, bass, lead vocals (3)
Stuart Elliott, drums, percussion
Chris Rainbow, lead vocals (4) & backing vocals
Lenny Zakatek, lead vocals (6,9) & backing vocals, vocal Fx (9)
Elmer Gantry, lead vocals (7)
Colin Blunstone, ead vocals (10)
Jack Harris, backing vocals (7)
Andrew Powell, choral & orchestral arranger and conductor (1,3,5,7,8), piano (5), brass band conductor (10)
The English Chorale, chorus vocals (3,7)
Bob Howes, chorusmaster

Produced by Alan Parsons

Digitally remastered




The Alan Parsons Project
During the Summer of 1974, Alan Parsons met Eric Woolfson in the canteen of Abbey Road Studios. Alan had recently engineered Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon and had already produced a number of acts for EMI Records. On that day, Eric had been working as a session pianist but was also a songwriter and had already composed material for a concept album idea based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe.

Alan asked Eric to become his manager and Eric managed Alan's career as a producer/ engineer through a string of successes including Pilot, Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel, John Miles, Al Stewart, Ambrosia and The Hollies. Alan commented at the time that he felt frustrated in having to accommodate the views of some of the artists which he felt interfered with his production. Eric came up with the idea of making an album based on developments in the film business, where directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick were the focal point of the film's promotion, rather than individual film stars. If the film business was becoming a director's medium, Eric felt the music business might well become a producer's medium.

Recalling his earlier Edgar Allan Poe material, Eric saw a way to combine their respective talents: Alan - engineer/ producer. Eric - songwriter/ lyricist/ musician. The Alan Parsons Project was born.

Eric put a proposal to 20th Century Records on these lines calling it 'The Alan Parsons Project' and the record company immediately went for the idea and decided that the proposal looked like a good group name. After the success of Tales of Mystery and Imagination, they were signed by Clive Davis to create a further nine Alan Parsons Project albums for Arista Records.

The APP was not a band in the traditional sense, it was the collaboration of two people - Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. They didn't tour or perform live to promote their work as Alan Parsons was the focal marketing vehicle as engineer/ producer, but not the artist, and the studio was therefore where he could reign in his role, not the concert stage.

Although the initial idea was that Alan would also contribute 50% of the music, in reality and with the time pressures involved, apart from a small number of instrumentals, he focused on the engineering, production and creative technical advance of each album, leaving Eric to write over 95% of the music and all of the lyrics as well as handling the business affairs.

Although there was no set 'group' of performers, guest artists (musicians and vocalists) were invited to participate in Project recordings. This often gave them an opportunity to display their talent without the normal pressures attached to their own recordings which could be counter-productive with their careers depending on their latest release. The artists who performed on Project albums, appreciated the freedom this gave them and enjoyed the experience. Alan often used artists with whom he had previously worked, Ian Bairnson and David Paton from 'Pilot' being two of the most regularly used musicians.

On all of the albums Eric would sing the demo lead vocal tracks which would then be recorded by other selected artists who often had very similarly styled voices to Eric's. Eventually on 'Turn of a Friendly Card' due to an impending deadline and as a last resort, Eric convinced a reluctant Alan to let him sing lead vocal on 'Time'. (Alan Parsons) 'I kept pushing him aside. I didn't think it was right that he should sing for the Project, but I was talked out of it. There he was, singing all the big hits from that point on. So I was clearly wrong'.

The Alan Parsons Project is one of the recording industry's most dynamic duos. Eric often described Alan as the foremost engineer/ producer of his day and together, he and Alan achieved over 50 million album sales, 9 Grammy Nominations, over 50 Gold and Platinum Disc awards, Top 10 hits worldwide and radio broadcasts of 2 million plus airplays in the US alone. With the new re-mastering of all ten APP albums and a wealth of bonus material exhumed from the archives, there is now a whole new perspective to their work together for people to enjoy 20 - 30 years on from when the albums were originally released.

Eric Woolfson went on to write a number of highly acclaimed and successful musicals. He died in December 2009 after a 12 year battle with cancer. Alan Parsons now performs with a band of musicians and plays largely Alan Parsons Project material.

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