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| The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Released | January 1988 [1] | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Alan Parsons Eric Woolfson | |||
| The Alan Parsons Project chronology | ||||
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The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 is a 1988 greatest hits compilation by The Alan Parsons Project. [3]
All tracks are written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson [2]
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prime Time" (single edit) | Ammonia Avenue | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Let's Talk About Me" (single edit) | Vulture Culture | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Standing on Higher Ground" (single edit) | Gaudi | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Stereotomy" (single edit) | Stereotomy | 4:26 |
| 5. | "Don't Answer Me" | Ammonia Avenue | 4:10 |
| 6. | "Limelight" | Stereotomy | 4:38 |
| 7. | "I Robot" | I Robot | 6:00 |
| 8. | "What Goes Up..." (single edit) | Pyramid | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" (single edit) | Vulture Culture | 4:08 |
| 10. | "Ammonia Avenue" | Ammonia Avenue | 6:32 |
| 11. | "The Turn of a Friendly Card, Pt. 2" | The Turn of a Friendly Card | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 48:25 | ||
The Alan Parsons Project were a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They were accompanied by varying session musicians and some relatively consistent session players such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalists Lenny Zakatek and Chris Rainbow. Parsons and Woolfson shared writing credits on almost all of the Project's songs, with Parsons producing or co-producing all of the band's recordings.
Ammonia Avenue is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced "Don't Answer Me" was the album's lead single, and reached the Top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, as well as the fourth position on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in several countries and represents the last big hit for the Alan Parsons Project. "Prime Time" was a follow-up release that fared well in the Top 40, reaching No. 34. "You Don't Believe" was the first single in November 1983, reaching #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Since the Last Goodbye" was a minor hit.
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Alan Parsons is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
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The Essential Alan Parsons Project is a compilation album released by English progressive rock musician Alan Parsons and The Alan Parsons Project on 6 February 2007. It was released through Sony BMG as part of The Essential album series. The album featured some of the band's best known songs as well as some rare tracks.
Stuart Elliott is an English drummer, composer and producer. He was the original drummer for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel and during his time with this band he became a session drummer playing for top artists such as Kate Bush, Al Stewart, The Alan Parsons Project, Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney, Claudio Baglioni, Lucio Battisti, among others.
"Don't Answer Me" is a 1984 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album Ammonia Avenue. It reached number 15 on the Billboard charts in the United States and was the final Billboard Top 20 hit for the group. It also reached number 58 in the United Kingdom, the group's highest chart placing in their native country. The music video was rendered in comic book style, with art and animation by Michael Kaluta.
Alan Parsons Live is the first live album by Alan Parsons, recorded in May 1994 during his European tour, and released late that year by Arcade Records in Europe. RCA/BMG added three new studio tracks and changed the cover art when releasing the album in the rest of the world in 1995, renaming it The Very Best Live; stylized on the cover with "The Very Best" in a smaller font between Alan Parsons and Live. Despite the tour promoting Try Anything Once with seven songs from the album in the setlist, the live performances on the album are all songs from his years with The Alan Parsons Project.
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