Label: Arista Records (Germany), 259 237
Style: Progressive Pop, Electronic, Soft Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 44:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb
Instrumental
Works collects ten of The Alan Parsons Project's best musical pieces
and acts as a wonderful journey through some of this group's most
innovative material. Although famous for his concepts, Alan Parsons is
equally renowned for his illustrious mood-invoking instrumentals that
helped create atmosphere on all of his albums. These movements can
easily be taken away from their master albums without losing their
grandeur and charm, unlike his vocal works that act as pieces in a
thematic puzzle and are better left within their conceptual domain. Both
intricacy and subtlety are depicted here, with selections such as "I
Robot," "Paseo de Gracia," and "Hawkeye." The all-encompassing
"Mammagamma" from Eye in the Sky is wisely included as well, as is the
peculiar "Urbania," one of the best tracks from Stereotomy. Noticeably
missed, on the other hand, are two of their finest instrumentals in
"Lucifer" and the short but stunning "Sirius." Even without these
pieces, Instrumental Works spotlights Parsons' fine employment of
musical diversity through his keyboard and guitar manipulation, while at
the same time the music's simplicity is admirably felt. These
selections are an entertaining jaunt across Parsons' non-vocal material.
(allmusic.com/album/the-instrumental-works-mw0000196611)
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog.
D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The
second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the
format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. Pipeline (Ammonia Avenue) (03:58)
02. Where's The Walrus (Stereotomy) (07:25)
03. I Robot (I Robot) (06:02)
04. Mammagamma (Eye In The Sky) (03:34)
05. Hawkeye (Vulture Culture) (03:49)
06. Voyager (Pyramid) (02:16)
07. Paseo De Gracia (Gaudi) (03:45)
08. Urbania (Stereotomy) (04:59)
09. The Gold Bug (The Turn of a Friendly / Card) (04:29)
10. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (I Robot) (03:39)
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