The Best of the Alan Parsons Project (1983 album)

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The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
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Compilation album by
Released4 November 1983 [1]
Recorded1977–1983
Genre Progressive rock
Label Arista
Producer Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
Eye in the Sky
(1982)
The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
(1983)
Ammonia Avenue
(1984)
Singles from The Best of
  1. "You Don't Believe"
    Released: 4 November 1983 [2]
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The Best of the Alan Parsons Project is a 1983 greatest hits compilation by the Alan Parsons Project. In addition, it contained a new song "You Don't Believe", which would be included on the next Project album, Ammonia Avenue . In 1986, it had become the first album of the group to be released in the Soviet Union, although the song "Psychobabble" was removed from it. No songs from Tales of Mystery and Imagination were included, presumably because that album had not been released through Arista.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

No.TitleAlbumLength
1."I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" (single edit) I Robot 3:08
2."Eye in the Sky" Eye in the Sky 4:29
3."Games People Play" The Turn of a Friendly Card 4:14
4."Time"The Turn of a Friendly Card4:57
5."Pyramania" Pyramid 2:40
6."You Don't Believe" Ammonia Avenue 4:23
7."Lucifer" (single edit) Eve 4:05
8."Psychobabble"Eye in the Sky4:48
9."Damned If I Do" (single edit)Eve3:30
10."Don't Let It Show" (single edit)I Robot3:28
11."Can't Take It with You" (single edit)Pyramid4:40
12."Old and Wise" (single edit)Eye in the Sky4:04
Total length:51:30

Charts

Chart (1983/84)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 25
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 20
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 16
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 99
US Billboard 200 [10] 53

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [12] Gold7,500^
United States (RIAA) [13] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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