The Alan Parsons Project je britské rockové duo založené v roku 1975 producentom a zvukovým inžinierom Alanom Parsonsom a pianistom a skladateľom Erikom Woolfsonom. Pôsobili v žánri progressive rock a art rock, medzi ich najznámejšie hity patria Eye in the Sky či Don't Answer Me. Parsons pracoval ako zvukár v Abbey Road Studios a podieľal sa na posledných albumoch Beatles, neskôr spolupracoval s Pink Floyd na legendárnom The Dark Side of the Moon.
Kompilácia Original Album Classics z roku 2010 vychádza na vydavateľstve Arista a prináša celkom 76 nahrávok na piatich CD. Ide o box set zahŕňajúci päť štúdiových albumov skupiny, vrátane rozšírených verzií s demami a alternatívnymi verziami skladieb. Medzi zvýraznené skladby patria Voyager, What Goes Up, Games People Play alebo Time.
The Alan Parsons Project fungoval prevažne ako štúdiový projekt, na ich nahrávkach sa podieľalo množstvo štúdiových hudobníkov – medzi stálych spolupracovníkov patrili gitarista Ian Bairnson, bubeník Stuart Elliott, basgitarista David Paton a vokálisti Lenny Zakatek a Chris Rainbow.
Skladby
- Pyramid
- 1-1 Voyager 2:24
- 1-2 What Goes Up... 3:31
- 1-3 The Eagle Will Rise Again 4:20
- 1-4 One More River 4:16
- 1-5 Can't Take It With You 5:06
- 1-6 In The Lap Of The Gods 5:27
- 1-7 Pyramania 2:45
- 1-8 Hyper-Gamma-Spaces 4:19
- 1-9 Shadow Of A Lonely Man 5:34
- 1-10 Voyager/What Goes Up/The Eagle Will Rise Again (Instrumental Version) 8:55
- 1-11 Voyager/Little Voice (Early Version Demo) 4:07
- 1-12 Can't Take It With You (Early Version Demo) 1:45
- 1-13 Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (Demo) 2:21
- 1-14 The Eagle Will Rise Again (Alternate Version - Backing Track) 3:20
- 1-15 In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 1 - Demo) 3:14
- 1-16 In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 2 - Backing Track Rough Mix) 1:56
- The Turn Of A Friendly Card
- 2-1 May Be A Price To Pay 5:01
- 2-2 Games People Play 4:24
- 2-3 Time 5:14
- 2-4 I Don't Wanna Go Home 4:52
- 2-5 The Gold Bug 4:34
- 2-6 The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) 2:44
- 2-7 Snake Eyes 3:15
- 2-8 The Ace Of Swords 2:57
- 2-9 Nothing Left To Lose 4:07
- 2-10 The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two) 3:32
- 2-11 May Be A Price To Pay (Intro-Demo) 1:32
- 2-12 Nothing Left To Lose (Basic Backing Track) 4:35
- 2-13 Nothing Left To Lose (Chris Rainbow Vocal Overdub Compilation) 2:02
- 2-14 Nothing Left To Lose (Early Studio Version With Eric's Guide Vocal) 3:11
- 2-15 Time (Early Studio Attempt) 4:42
- 2-16 Games People Play (Rough Mix) 4:33
- 2-17 The Gold Bug (Demo) 2:49
- Eve
- 3-1 Lucifer 5:08
- 3-2 You Lie Down With Dogs 3:48
- 3-3 I'd Rather Be A Man 3:53
- 3-4 You Won't Be There 3:43
- 3-5 Winding Me Up 3:55
- 3-6 Damned If I Do 4:52
- 3-7 Don't Hold Back 3:37
- 3-8 Secret Garden 4:43
- 3-9 If I Could Change Your Mind 5:59
- 3-10 Elsie's Theme From The Scicilian Defence (The Project That Never Was) 3:00
- 3-11 Lucifer (Demo) 2:48
- 3-12 Secret Garden (Rough Mix) 4:42
- 3-13 Damned If I Do (Rough Mix) 4:46
- 3-14 Don't Hold Back (Vocal Rehearsal Rough Mix) 3:43
- 3-15 Lucifer (Early Rough Mix) 4:17
- 3-16 If I Could Change Your Mind (Rough Mix) 5:46
- Stereotomy
- 4-1 Stereotomy 7:17
- 4-2 Beaujolais 4:27
- 4-3 Urbania (Instrumental) 4:59
- 4-4 Limelight 4:38
- 4-5 In The Real World 4:21
- 4-6 Where's The Walrus? (Instrumental) 7:30
- 4-7 Light Of The World 6:19
- 4-8 Chinese Whispers (Instrumental) 1:01
- 4-9 Stereotomy Two 1:23
- 4-10 Light Of The World (Backing Track) 6:14
- 4-11 Rumour Goin' Round (Demo) 5:01
- 4-12 Stereotomy (Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal) 6:37
- 4-13 Stereotomy (Backing Rough Mix) 1:23
- Gaudi
- 5-1 La Sagrada Familia 8:44
- 5-2 Too Late 4:34
- 5-3 Closer To Heaven 5:54
- 5-4 Standing On A Higher Ground 5:46
- 5-5 Money Talks 4:23
- 5-6 Inside Looking Out 6:19
- 5-7 Paseo De Gracia 3:43
- 5-8 Too Late (Eric Woolfson Rough Guide Vocal) 4:13
- 5-9 Standing On A Higher Ground/Losing Proposition (Vocal Experiments) 3:58
- 5-10 Money Talks (Chris Rainbow/Percussion Overdubs) 0:37
- 5-11 Money Talks (Rough Mix Backing Track) 4:28
- 5-12 Closer To Heaven (Sax/Chris Rainbow Overdub Section) 0:50
- 5-13 Paseo De Gracia (Rough Mix) 3:46
- 5-14 La Sagrada Familia (Rough Mix) 7:25
