The Essential

by Alan Parsons

Overview

Ten years after Arista's double-disc set The Definitive Collection, Arista/Legacy's double-disc compilation The Essential Alan Parsons Project arrived in 2007. Similar length, similar titles, and, if you already have the first one, there's not much reason to replace it. But if you're in the market for a Parsons comp that goes beyond the hits, this is the set to get: it has all those hits plus the radio staples and a good selection of album tracks, and it's sharply sequenced. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/06/2007
Label:	Legacy / Bmg
UPC:	0886970433723
Rank:	6332

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Raven
2. (The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
3. To One in Paradise
4. I Robot
5. I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You
6. Some Other Time
7. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
8. What Goes Up
9. The Eagle Will Rise Again
10. In the Lap of the Gods
11. Lucifer
12. Damned If I Do
13. Games People Play
14. Time
15. The Turn of a Friendly Card (Suite): The Turn of a Friendly Card
16. The Turn of a Friendly Card (Suite): Snake Eyes
17. The Turn of a Friendly Card (Suite): The Ace of Swords
18. The Turn of a Friendly Card (Suite): Nothing Left to Lose
19. The Turn of a Friendly Card (Suite): The Turn of a Friendly Card

Disc 2

20. Sirius
21. Eye in the Sky
22. Silence and I
23. Old and Wise
24. Mammagamma
25. Prime Time
26. Ammonia Avenue
27. Don't Answer Me
28. Let's Talk About Me
29. Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
30. No Answers Only Questions
31. Stereotomy
32. Limelight
33. La Sagrada Familia
34. Standing on Higher Ground

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Alan Parsons   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Alan Parsons Project   Primary Artist
Chris Rainbow   Vocals
Peter Straker   Vocals
Arthur Brown   Vocals
Lenny Zakatek   Vocals
Jaki Whitren   Vocals
Dean Ford   Vocals
Gary Brooker   Vocals
Colin Blunstone   Vocals
Geoff Barradale   Vocals
Terry Sylvester   Vocals
Jack Harris   Vocals
Elmer Gantry   Vocals
Lesley Duncan   Vocals
Leonard Whiting   Vocals
John Miles   Vocals
David Paton   Vocals
David Townsend   Vocals
Eric Woolfson   Vocals,Vocoder

Technical Credits

Alan Parsons   Compilation Producer,Remastering,Audio Production,Audio Engineer,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Digital Remastering
Dave Donnelly   Remastering,Compilation Producer
Martin Gardiner   Illustrations
Eric Woolfson   Executive Producer,Composer