The Alan Parsons Project is nothing if not mold-breaking. This was the biggest mold-breaker the Project introduced since their mindblowing Edgar Allan Poe debut. Having already broadened the sound of their faceless ensemble by employing the services of numerous lead vocalists, Parsons and Woolfson now expanded their horizons even further by introducing female lead vocalists on two songs, a peculiar twist on an album that seems to concern itself with a theme which is less than complimentary to women! 
My favorites from this collection are the slow and somber “You Won’t Be There”, the comical (but somber) “Winding Me Up”, the disco-ish and angry “You Lie Down With Dogs”, and this album’s Parsons Heartbreaker, “If Only I Could Change Your Mind”. The album’s opening instrumental number, “Lucifer”, is dandy, but does not achieve its fullest potential until coupled with “Mammagamma” on 1995’s live album.
- Lucifer (5:06)
- You Lie Down With Dogs (3:48)
- I’d Rather Be a Man (3:54)
- You Won’t Be There (3:35)
- Winding Me Up (4:04)
- Damned If I Do (4:50)
- Don’t Hold Back (3:38)
- Secret Garden (4:42)
- If I Could Change Your Mind (5:44)
Released by: Arista
Release date: 1979
Total running time: 39:31
