The Alan Parsons Project

The Alan Parsons Project was a British progressive rock and studio-based music project formed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson in the mid-1970s. Their music combines progressive rock, art rock, soft rock, symphonic rock, pop rock, and studio experimentation, often built around concept-album themes. The official site states that the project released 10 concept albums between 1976 and 1987 and sold over 55 million albums worldwide.

Their most important albums include Tales of Mystery and Imagination, I Robot, Pyramid, The Turn of a Friendly Card, Eye in the Sky, Ammonia Avenue, Vulture Culture, Stereotomy, and Gaudi. Important songs include “Eye in the Sky,” “Sirius,” “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You,” “Games People Play,” “Time,” “Don’t Answer Me,” “Old and Wise,” “Prime Time,” and “The Raven.” Amazon Music lists “Eye In The Sky,” “Sirius,” “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You,” “Time,” and “Don’t Answer Me” among their top songs.

They are known for polished, high-fidelity studio production, conceptual albums, and the partnership between Parsons’ engineering/production skills and Woolfson’s songwriting. Eye in the Sky became their biggest commercial success; Qobuz notes that the title track reached the pop Top Ten and that the album went platinum.