Alan Parsons Project- IROBOT

[gbhsi1]

Bought this on vinyl yesterday from audio affair so hopefully should arrive today but I bought it from listening to little snippets on itunes. Has anyone heard this album & what do you think of it?

 

[jaxwired]

Classic 80's stoner album. Listened to it hundreds of times back then. In my opinion, the second best APP album. Excellent! You should really enjoy it. The only APP album I like better is "Tales of Mystery and Imagination".

 

[gbhsi1]

jaxwired:Classic 80's stoner album. Listened to it hundreds of times back then. In my opinion, the second best APP album. Excellent! You should really enjoy it. The only APP album I like better is "Tales of Mystery and Imagination".It's amazing that my music taste has changed so much, I am discovering all these gems which I never would have listened to in the past as in my younger years (by the way I am only 34...god, I sound like an old man now! ha ha)I spent listening to dance music. Supertramp are amazing, the who etc etc....It's going to be a very enjoyable musical ride for me 🙂

 

[scene]

Aah, thinking of this brings a tear to my eye...

Might have to dig my copy out and listen to it again. I second jaxwired's comments! I love this album, but I'm not sure I agree that Tales is the best... hmm - I feel a listening sesh coming on...

 

[floyd droid]

jaxwired:Classic 80's stoner album. .

Really,oh thats good because that makes my 1977 copy a bit special dunnit .

 

[jaxwired]

floyd droid:

jaxwired:Classic 80's stoner album. .

Really,oh thats good because that makes my 1977 copy a bit special dunnit .

"Stoner album", you expect me to know what year it was?

 

[floyd droid]

Haha very good mr jax.

 

[Andrew Everard]

So that's another name out of the window when Apple launches its humanoid personal assistant, then...

 

[gbhsi1]

Andrew Everard:So that's another name out of the window when Apple launches its humanoid personal assistant, then...
They could call it AROBOT.

 

[gbhsi1]

Album arrived....going to listen to it now and report back 🙂

 

[gbhsi1]

gbhsi1:Album arrived....going to listen to it now and report back 🙂Just brilliant, thoroughly enjoying it.

 

[Anonymous]

Got most APP albums on CD but only a few on vinyl. Try Vulture Culture, Eve, Pyramid, Ammonia Avenue, Turn of a Friendly Card all excellent and some of the later stuff, Stereotomy, Gaudi, On Air.

 

[gregory]

and was the engineer on dark side of the moon.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Not to mention Pilot's January and Magic...

 

[plastic penguin]

gregory:and was the engineer on dark side of the moon.

Also did some session work with the likes of the Hollies back in the 70s.

 

[Sizzers]

Haven't heard this but "Ammonia Avenue" well recommended a spin.

 

[Anonymous]

have a listen to The Alan Parsons Project ... Eye in the sky ... one of my favourites from the group ... was released in the early 80's ... it is also very well produced/recorded

 

[matthewpiano]

For me, 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' is the ultimate Alan Parsons Project album. I've got the deluxe edition CD and the 'Vinyl Lovers' 180Gm LP and I just love it. To me, making 'Tales...' and producing Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' is enough to make Alan Parsons a legend.

Sadly, Eric Woolfson (the other hugely talented half of APP) passed away recently.

 

[Sizzers]

Hate to disagree with you Matthew but DSOTM was produced by PF themselves.

Alan Parsons was an EMI in-house sound engineer who worked on the album for £35 a week. Little snippet on this I dug up a while ago

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pinkfloyd/articles/story/5937469/dark_side_at_30_alan_parsons

 

[matthewpiano]

Sizzers:Hate to disagree with you Matthew but DSOTM was produced by PF themselves.

Alan Parsons was an EMI in-house sound engineer who worked on the album for £35 a week. Little snippet on this I dug up a while ago

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pinkfloyd/articles/story/5937469/dark_side_at_30_alan_parsons

Cheers Sizzers. I stand corrected. 🙂

 

[Sizzers]

I grew up with them musically which is how I know (giving my age away here!)

 

[Anonymous]

I Robot was actually released in 1977 and was the projects second album. You should check out Gaudi which is excellent. Eric Wolfson sadly passed away in early December but issued an excellent sounding album 'Alan Parsons Project The songs that never was' last year. Eric was the original member with Alan Parsons.