Audio CD review:
The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works

The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works

Band: The Alan Parsons Project Title: The Instrumental Works Rating: Release Date: 25 October, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Pipeline 2: Where's the Walrus? 3: I Robot 4: Mammagamma 5: Hawkeye 6: Voyager 7: Paseo de Gracia 8: Urbania 9: Gold Bug 10: Genesis CH. 1 V. 32

Customer Reviews They Did Say "Instrumental" And some of it sounds like bad Passport ("Hawkeye" for e. Yes, some of this veers dangerously close to wallpaper. g. ), or a generic-chase-scene-from-a-generic-Action Thriller ("Where's The Walrus" for another e. g. ). And yes, for some weird reason they left off some great INSTRUMENTALS (like the wonderful "Secret Garden" from the otherwise tepid EVE, for yet another e. g. ). Oh - - and yes, the tracks are taken out of context but hey, they're instrumentals so who cares. And no, listening to this CD is probably not the best way to get into Alan Parsons or his Project. But when it's good ("Voyager") or great ("The Gold Bug"), you might tend to forget all that. (The cheesy vocals at the end of the latter make it quite irresistable, but if you can convince me that the guy's not really singing "Hey! Bouncy Bouncy, Bounce!" I promise I will love you forever. ) On the other hand, you might not forget that most of it is pretty derivative. Ah, so what. At least it doesn't try to pass itself off as jazz, even with the ubiquitous sax. . Problem with APP Anthology Mastering On the APP Anthology CD that I got, each track begins 2 seconds early in the PREVIOUS track. I have a question. Is this just the CD I have or were all CDs made like this? It IS an original, not a bootleg. If I want to hear the beginning 2 seconds of track 14, I have to listen to the end of track 13. HELP! . Boring Not exactly the cream of the crop when it comes to Alan Parsons . . You can see a complete list of all The Alan Parsons Project discography, or go back to the The Alan Parsons Project tabs