The Alan Parsons Project
Acclaimed engineer Alan Parsons (The Beatles, Pink Floyd) made the leap to musician in the mid-70s with The Alan Parsons Project. Featuring a steady collective of players and a revolving cast of vocalists, the Project made orchestral pop concept albums that, because of their ambition and pretension, were aligned with the progressive rock movement. On any given APP album, you'll find instrumentals, pop songs and immaculate production; Robot, Eye, Card and Pyramid are the best of these. In the '90s, Parsons and Eric Woolfson (who together wrote all of the APP material) parted ways, with Parsons continuing to release albums under his own name.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1976 May | TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION |
| 1976 July | (The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feathers |
| 1976 October | The Raven |
| 1976 | To One In Paradise |
| 1977 June | I ROBOT |
| 1977 August | I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You |
| 1977 December | Don't Let It Show |
| 1977 | Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) |
| 1978 May | PYRAMID |
| 1978 September | What Goes Up |
| 1978 | Pyramania |
| 1979 August 27 | EVE |
| 1979 September | Damned If I Do |
| 1979 | You Won't Be There |
| 1979 | You Lie Down With Dogs |
| 1980 November | THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD |
| 1980 November | Games People Play |
| 1981 April | Time |
| 1981 | The Gold Bug |
| 1981 October | Snake Eyes |
| 1981 | The Turn of a Friendly Card |
| 1982 May | EYE IN THE SKY |
| 1982 June | Eye In The Sky |
| 1982 | Old And Wise |
| 1982 | Psychobabble |
| 1982 | You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned |
| 1983 | You Don't Believe |
| 1983 October | THE BEST OF THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT |
| 1984 February | Don't Answer Me |
| 1984 May | Prime Time |
| 1984 February 7 | AMMONIA AVENUE |
| 1985 February | Let's Talk About Me |
| 1985 February | VULTURE CULTURE |
| 1985 | Sooner Or Later |
| 1985 | Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) |
| 1985 November | STEREOTOMY |
| 1986 February | Stereotomy |
| 1986 | Limelight |
| 1987 January | GAUDI |
| 1987 | Standing On Higher Ground |
| 1987 | Closer To Heaven |
| 1987 | THE BEST OF THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT VOLUME 2 (a/k/a LIMELIGHT) |
| 1988 | THE INSTRUMENTAL WORKS |
| 1989 October 9 | POP CLASSICS |
| 1991 | ANTHOLOGY |
| 1993 October 26 | TRY ANYTHING ONCE |
| 1993 | Turn It Up |
| 1994 | Oh Life (There Must Be More) |
| 1994 | Wine From The Water |
| 1995 June 27 | THE VERY BEST LIVE |
| 1996 September 10 | ON AIR |
| 1996 | Blown By The Wind |
| 1996 | Brother Up In Heaven |
| 1996 | So Far Away |
| 1996 | Fall Free |
| 1997 July 15 | THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (2-CD) |
| 1998 February 9 | GOLD COLLECTION |
| 1999 July | THE TIME MACHINE |
| 1999 July 27 | ARISTA HERITAGE SERIES |
| 1999 August 3 | EYE IN THE SKY: THE ENCORE COLLECTION |
| 2002 January 31 | LOVE SONGS |
| 2002 May 6 | WORKS |
| 2003 April 7 | THE HITS |
| 2003 June 17 | PLATINUM & GOLD COLLECTION |
| 2004 March 23 | ULTIMATE |
| 2004 May 19 | EXTENDED VERSIONS |
| 2004 August 24 | A VALID PATH |
| 2004 | More Lost Without You |
| 2005 May 24 | THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION |
| 2005 June 7 | THE BEST OF ALAN PARSONS (Prism) |
| 2005 July 26 | SILENCE AND I: THE VERY BEST OF THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT |
| 2007 June 26 | THE ESSENTIAL ALAN PARSONS PROJECT |
| 2009 January 13 | BEST OF ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (Arista) |
| 2009 December 15 | FLASHBACK |
| 2010 April 6 | EYE 2 EYE - LIVE IN MADRID |
| SEE ALSO... |
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| Project: Discography |
| 10cc discography |
| CAMEL discography |
| FREUDIANA discography |
| CHRIS RAINBOW discography |
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