Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky

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Order this CD in the StoreThis album is best known for its title track and the instrumentals “Sirius” (which was originally designed to lead into “Eye”) and “Mammagamma” (which has been overplayed on radio and TV since it arrived – it could well be the most-played instrumental piece of the rock era!). But between those tracks are quite a few other interesting songs, well worth a listen. It’s a fantastic album! Among my favorites are the rocky “Step By Step”, “Children Of The Moon” (with a coda that features a haunting children’s choir), and this year’s Parsons Heartbreaker, 4 out of 4“Old And Wise”, a dead-talking-to-the-living number in the tradition of “Don’t Let It Show”, only more depressing. All in all, it’s one of the more cohesive theme albums the Project turned out, and was the last gasp for the band’s very distinctive signature sound for six years.

  1. Sirius (1:53)
  2. Eye in the Sky (4:36)
  3. Children of the Moon (4:51)
  4. Gemini (2:11)
  5. Silence and I (7:22)
  6. You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned (4:23)
  7. Psychobabble (4:51)
  8. Mammagamma (3:34)
  9. Step By Step (3:53)
  10. Old and Wise (4:54)

Released by: Arista
Release date: 1981
Total running time: 42:28