Stereotomy

by Alan Parsons, The Alan Parsons Project

Overview

According to the Random House Dictionary, "stereotomy" is the technique of cutting solids, as stones, to specified forms and dimensions. On their album Stereotomy, The Alan Parsons Project paints a portrait of a man who has been cut into a specific shape according to the demands of society, as he thirsts after the "Limelight" but is consigned to "Urbania" and relies on "Beaujolais" to ease the pain. Most of the album is devoted to long, sweeping instrumental passages which makes the album one of the group's most ambitious records, but not one of their most accessible. ~ Daevid Jehnzen

Product Details

Release Date:	01/27/2009
Label:	Bmg / Bmg / Sony Music
UPC:	0886978846822
Rank:	6979

Tracks

1. Stereotomy
2. Beaujolais
3. Urbania
4. Limelight
5. In the Real World
6. Where's the Walrus? [Instrumental Version]
7. Light of the World
8. Chinese Whispers
9. Stereotomy Two
10. Light of the World [Instrumental Version]
11. Rumour Goin' Round [Demo]
12. Stereotomy [Guide Vocal]
13. Stereotomy (Reprise)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Alan Parsons Project   Primary Artist
Alan Parsons   Primary Artist,Voices,Sequencing
Ian Bairnson   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Synthesizer)
Richard Cottle   Keyboards,Saxophone,Sequencing,Synthesizer
Tony Richards   Voices
Steve Dye   Vocals (Background)
Noel Rafferty   Voices
Eric Woolfson   DX-7,Piano,Vocals,Voices,Keyboards,Fender Rhodes
David Paton   Bass
John Miles   Vocals
Chris Rainbow   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Stuart Elliott   Drums,Percussion
Gary Brooker   Vocals
Andrew Powell   Conductor
Graham Dye   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Lorna Woolfson   Voices
Sally Woolfson   Voices

Technical Credits

Richard Cottle   Sequencers
Jerry Ewing   Liner Notes
Tony Richards   Effects,Engineer
Haydn Bendall   Reissue Compilation
Noel Rafferty   Assistant Engineer
Alan Parsons   Composer
Eric Woolfson   Composer,Liner Notes,Executive Producer,Reissue Compilation
Chris Rainbow   Vocal Effect
Andrew Powell   Orchestral Arrangements
Andrew W. Ellis   Design,Art Direction
Colin Chambers   Design,Art Direction
The Mayfair Studio Gang   Effects