Try Anything Once

Try Anything Once
Studio album by Alan Parsons
Released	26 October 1993
Recorded	October 1992 – August 1993
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	59:36
Label	Arista
Producer	Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons chronology
Freudiana (1990) Try Anything Once (1993) On Air (1996)
Singles from Try Anything Once
"Turn It Up" Released: 1993 "Wine From the Water" Released: 1994 (Europe only) "Oh Life (There Must Be More)" Released: 1994 (US only)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Deseret News	(favorable) [2]
The Times Transcript	[3]

Try Anything Once is the first solo album by Alan Parsons, released in 1993. ^[4] It was his first album following the split of the Alan Parsons Project.

This album features vocals by Ambrosia's David Pack, Jacqui Copland, former Mindbender and 10cc guitarist Eric Stewart, and Manfred Mann's Earth Band frontman Chris Thompson. The album features completely digital recording and mixing. It was recorded at Parson's first "Parsonics" studio in Sussex England with the orchestra recorded at Air Studios in London.

There is an Easter egg inside the inlay. One of the pictures is a stereogram; when the viewer looks at it correctly, an image of a man and woman upside down will appear, similar to the other pictures in the album's artwork. This image is also on the CD itself.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"The Three of Me"	David Pack Andrew Powell	David Pack	5:52
2.	"Turn It Up"	Ian Bairnson	Chris Thompson	6:13
3.	"Wine from the Water"	Alan Parsons Bairnson	Eric Stewart	5:43
4.	"Breakaway" (instrumental)	Parsons		4:07
5.	"Mr Time"	Stuart Elliott Jacqui Copland Rick Driscoll	Jacqui Copland	8:17
6.	"Jigue" (instrumental)	Parsons Powell		3:24
7.	"I'm Talkin' to You"	Pack Powell	David Pack	4:38
8.	"Siren Song"	Bairnson Frank Musker	Eric Stewart	5:01
9.	"Dreamscape" (instrumental)	Parsons		3:01
10.	"Back Against the Wall"	Bairnson	Chris Thompson	4:38
11.	"Re-Jigue" (instrumental)	Parsons Powell		2:28
12.	"Oh Life (There Must Be More)"	Pack Parsons	David Pack	6:33

Personnel

• Alan Parsons – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, flute, background vocals, producer
• Ian Bairnson – synthesizer, bass, guitar, pedal steel guitar, background vocals
• Richard Cottle – synthesizer, saxophone
• Andrew Powell – bass, synthesizer, electric piano, autoharp, orchestra director
• Stuart Elliott – drums, synthesizer
• David Pack – synthesizer, guitar, vocals
• Jeremy Parsons – guitar
• Philharmonia Orchestra – strings
• Graham Preskett – fiddle, violin, mandolin
• Eric Stewart – vocals
• Chris Thompson – vocals
• Jacqui Copland – vocals, background vocals

Charts

Chart performance for Try Anything Once

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5]	64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6]	78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7]	34
US Billboard 200 [8]	122

References

1. Mike DeGagne (26 October 1993). "Try Anything Once – Alan Parsons". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
2. Ray Boren (21 December 1993). "'Try Anything Once' proves Parsons hasn't lost touch". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
3. "Try Anything Once – Alan Parsons". The Times Transcript. 20 November 1993. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Alan Parsons – Try Anything Once" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Alan Parsons – Try Anything Once" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Alan Parsons – Try Anything Once". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
8. "Alan Parsons Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved 16 December 2020.