THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT – Eye In The Sky (Sessions) [2024] *HQ*

THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT reached major exposure in 1982, with their most popular album to date, platinum ‘Eye In The Sky’. The album features the instrumental piece “Sirius”, which has become a staple of many college and professional sporting arenas throughout the world. It is best known for its use by the Chicago Bulls to introduce its starting line-up during its championship years of the 1990s and is still used today.
But the album also scored pop hits with soft-rock sound production ready for FM radio, still retaining a ‘proggy concept’ all over the track list.
Now 2024 Arista/Legacy is releasing “Eye In The Sky (Sessions)“, a very deep insight into the album creation, songwriting, and recording. Perhaps many consider this release only essential for die-hard fans, but there’s really interesting and revealing moments in this release.
A good song is always a good song, and in “Eye In The Sky (Sessions)” the LP lovely songs are presented in a different disguise. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT is known for their perfection into the studio, and here we hear some rough mixes, more loosely instrumentation, songs in its primal stage. And again, very good songs.

01 – Sirius (Demo)
02 – Old and Wise (Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal)
03 – Any Other Day (Studio Demo)
04 – Silence and I (Eric Woolfson Early Guide Vocal)
05 – The Naked Eye (Instrumental Medley)
06 – Eye Pieces (Classical Naked Eye)
07 – Eye in the Sky (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 1)
08 – Eye in the Sky (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 2)
09 – Eye in the Sky (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 3)
10 – Eye in the Sky (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 4)
11 – Children of the Moon (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 1)
12 – Children of the Moon (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 2)
13 – Gemini (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 1)
14 – Gemini (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 2)
15 – Gemini (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 3)
16 – Gemini & Silence and I (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary)
17 – Silence and I (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary)
18 – Cooper’s Theme chord beginnings (Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary)
19 – Cooper’s Theme/ Silence and I beginnings (Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary)
20 – Silence and I/ Fly Away (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 1)
21 – Silence and I/ Fly Away (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 2)
22 – Old and Wise (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 1)
23 – Old and Wise (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 2)
24 – Old and Wise (Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diary 3)
25 – Eye in the Sky (Ian 12-string Acoustic Guitar Out Take)
26 – Sirius & Eye in the Sky (Early Rough Mix)
27 – Eye in the Sky (Eric Demo Verses – No Lyrics)
28 – Children of the Moon (12-string Guitar & Marching Band Snare Drum)
29 – Children of the Moon (Early Rough Mix with Eric Demo Vocal)
30 – Gemini (Chris Rainbow Vocal Harmonies)
31 – Silence and I (Orchestral Take with Eric Demo Vocal)
32 – You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned (Rough Mix Different Guitar Solo)
33 – You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned (Alan Demo Vocal – Few Lyrics)
34 – Psychobabble (Orchestral Take)
35 – Psychobabble (Rough Mix with Eric Demo Vocal)
36 – Step By Step (12-string Acoustic Guitars)
37 – Step By Step (Rough Mix Backing Track – Extended Intro)
38 – Old and Wise (Chris Rainbow Beach Boys Experiment)
39 – Old and Wise (Eric Piano Track)
40 – Eye in the Sky (Single Edit)
41 – Old and Wise (Single Edit)
42 – Psychobabble (Single Edit)

Chris Rainbow – main vocal
Lenny Zakatek – main vocal
Elmer Gantry – main vocal
Eric Woolfson – keyboards, main vocal
Colin Blunstone – main vocal
The English Chorale – choir vocals
Alan Parsons – keyboards, Fairlight programming, vocals
Andrew Powell – orchestral arrangement, piano
David Paton – bass, lead vocal
Ian Bairnson – acoustic & electric guitars
Mel Collins – saxophone
Stuart Elliott – drums, percussion

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