Alan Parsons Essential CD

Essential Music

Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Progressive
Label	Legacy
Orig Year	2007
All Time Sales Rank	55918
CD Universe Part number	7375417
Catalog number	704337
Discs	2
Release Date	Feb 06, 2007
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Alan Parsons Project; Dave Donnelly (Compilation); Alan Parsons Project (Compilation)
Engineer	Alan Parsons Project
Recording Time	153 minutes
Personnel	Alan Parsons - vocals Eric Woolfson - vocals Also: Gary Brooker, Gary Brooker, David Paton, John Miles, John Miles, Andrew Powell, Jack Harris, Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek, Peter Straker, Chris Rainbow, Leonard Whiting, Jaki Whitren, Terry Sylvester, Dean Ford, Geoff Barradale

Alan Parsons Essential Songs

	Essential CD DISC 1:
1.	Raven, The
2.	(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
3.	To One in Paradise	$0.99
4.	I Robot - (instrumental)
5.	I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You	$0.99
6.	Some Other Time	$0.99
7.	Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)	$0.99
8.	What Goes Up
9.	Eagle Will Rise Again, The
10.	In the Lap of the Gods - (instrumental)
11.	Lucifer - (instrumental)
12.	Damned If I Do
13.	Games People Play	$0.99
14.	Time	$0.99
15.	Turn of a Friendly Card, The (Suite): The Turn of a Friendly Card - (Part 1)
16.	Turn of a Friendly Card, The (Suite): Snake Eyes
17.	Turn of a Friendly Card, The (Suite): The Ace of Swords - (instrumental)
18.	Turn of a Friendly Card, The (Suite): Nothing Left to Lose
19.	Turn of a Friendly Card, The (Suite): The Turn of a Friendly Card - (Part II)
	Essential Songs DISC 2:
1.	Sirius - (instrumental)
2.	Eye in the Sky	$0.99
3.	Silence and I	$0.99
4.	Old and Wise
5.	Mammagamma - (instrumental)
6.	Prime Time	$0.99
7.	Ammonia Avenue
8.	Don't Answer Me	$0.99
9.	Let's Talk About Me	$0.99
10.	Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)	$0.99
11.	No Answers Only Questions - (previously unreleased)
12.	Stereotomy	$0.99
13.	Limelight	$0.99
14.	La Sagrada Familia
15.	Standing on Higher Ground	$0.99

Essential Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars Great sound but the tracks?
The CD sounds amazing !! Kudos to whoever remastered these CD's - but the track listing leaves something to be desired.....too many hits and good album tracks are left off...........
Submitted by richd1 (South River NJ)
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