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The Definitive Collection,The Alan Parsons Project

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The Alan Parsons Project
Released 1997

Eye In The Sky
04:37
4,762 plays

Breakdown
03:53
3,586 plays

Don't Answer Me
04:14
3,395 plays

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songs

- 1
- (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
- 04:21
- 3,301 plays

- 2
- The Raven
- 04:06
- 2,560 plays

- 3
- I Robot
- 06:02
- 3,301 plays

- 4
- I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
- 03:23
- 3,272 plays

- 5
- Breakdown
- 03:53
- 3,586 plays

- 6
- Don't Let It Show
- 04:24
- 2,175 plays

- 7
- Voyager
- 02:24
- 2,636 plays

- 8
- What Goes Up
- 03:30
- 2,457 plays

- 9
- The Eagle Will Rise Again
- 04:22
- 2,360 plays

- 10
- Can't Take It With You
- 05:05
- 2,386 plays

- 11
- Pyramania
- 02:46
- 2,194 plays

- 12
- Damned If I Do
- 04:51
- 3,062 plays

- 13
- Lucifer
- 05:05
- 2,327 plays

- 14
- If I Could Change Your Mind
- 05:49
- 2,289 plays

- 15
- The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 1)
- 02:42
- 2,594 plays

- 16
- Snake Eyes
- 03:19
- 2,180 plays

- 17
- Games People Play
- 04:24
- 3,375 plays

- 18
- Time
- 05:04
- 2,635 plays

- 19
- Sirius
- 01:57
- 11,733 plays

- 20
- Eye In The Sky
- 04:37
- 4,762 plays

- 21
- Psychobabble
- 04:52
- 2,268 plays

- 22
- Mammagamma
- 03:37
- 2,311 plays

- 23
- Old And Wise
- 04:56
- 2,063 plays

- 24
- Prime Time
- 05:04
- 2,043 plays

- 25
- Don't Answer Me
- 04:14
- 3,395 plays

- 26
- You Don't Believe
- 04:25
- 1,913 plays

- 27
- Let's Talk About Me
- 04:30
- 1,960 plays

- 28
- Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
- 04:27
- 2,134 plays

- 29
- Stereotomy
- 07:04
- 1,801 plays

- 30
- In The Real World
- 04:20
- 1,698 plays

- 31
- Standing On Higher Ground
- 05:47
- 1,707 plays

- 32
- Too Late
- 04:32
- 1,488 plays

- 33
- Turn It Up
- 06:15
- 1,706 plays

- 34
- Re-Jigue
- 02:30
- 1,587 plays

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album review

The Definitive Collection is a fabulous double-disc assembly of the Alan Parsons Project's singles that includes the band's strongest material up to 1996. All the songs are presented chronologically, and the information inside discusses each source album with great detail and offers extensive crediting for each individual track. Some obvious appearances include "The Raven," "Games People Play," "Eye in the Sky," "Don't Answer Me," and "Pyramania." What makes this set such a treasure is the inclusion of songs that fail to surface on other compilations, like "Snake Eyes" from Turn of a Friendly Card, "Too Late" from the overlooked Gaudi album, or the eerie "Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather" from Tales of Mystery and Imagination. A good number of instrumentals are welcomed throughout the CDs as well, such as "I Robot," "Voyager," "Sirius," and "Mammagamma." Two of the better tracks from 1993's Try Anything Once album appear here also, in "Turn It Up" and "Re-Jigue." Fans of the Alan Parsons Project will wonder why such gems as "Lucifer," "Winding Me Up," or "You Lie Down With Dogs" fail to appear, but after an overview of the selections it's obvious they've been bumped for more commercial songs, which still doesn't hinder this collection. The Definitive Collection is about as precise as a hits package can be from this band, short of a box set. The sound is pristine, and the cover and packaging are apropos to the band's style and music. This absolute collection lets the listener combine all of the ideas and concepts of Parsons into almost two hours of music, as each song aptly signifies his brilliant career as both musician and engineer. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide