Eye in the Sky (album)
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| Studio album by The Alan Parsons Project | ||||
| Released | June 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Late 1981-Early 1982 Abbey Road Studios |
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| Genre | Art Rock, Progressive rock, Pop rock | |||
| Length | 42:30 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Alan Parsons | |||
| The Alan Parsons Project chronology | ||||
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| Rolling Stone |  [2] |
Eye in the Sky is a 1982 album by The Alan Parsons Project.
Songs on this album are in a number of different styles, from cool and funky to lyrical and heavily orchestrated. The sleeve was green with an image of the Eye of Horus, which was gold-foil stamped for early pressings of the LP. It is variously reported as their best-selling album, and was the last Platinum record from the band (joining I Robot and The Turn of a Friendly Card).[3]
Vocal performers were Eric Woolfson, David Paton, Chris Rainbow, Lenny Zakatek, Elmer Gantry and Colin Blunstone.
Eye in the Sky contained the Project's greatest hit, the title track with lead vocals by Eric Woolfson. The album itself was a major success, reaching the Top 10 in numerous countries.[4]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Sirius" | instrumental | 1:54 |
| 2. | "Eye in the Sky" | Eric Woolfson | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Children of the Moon" | David Paton | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Gemini" | Chris Rainbow | 2:11 |
| 5. | "Silence and I" | Woolfson | 7:19 |
| 6. | "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" | Lenny Zakatek | 4:22 |
| 7. | "Psychobabble" | Elmer Gantry (Dave Terry) | 4:51 |
| 8. | "Mammagamma" | instrumental | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Step By Step" | Zakatek | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Old and Wise" | Colin Blunstone | 4:55 |
| 2007 Remaster Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| 11. | "Sirius" (demo) | instrumental | 1:56 | ||||||
| 12. | "Old and Wise" | Woolfson | 4:43 | ||||||
| 13. | "Any Other Day" (studio demo) | 1:42 | |||||||
| 14. | "Silence and I" | Woolfson | 7:33 | ||||||
| 15. | "The Naked Eye" | 10:49 | |||||||
| 16. | "Eye Pieces" (Classical Naked Eye) | 7:51 | |||||||
[edit] Sirius
This album contains the well-known instrumental piece "Sirius", which has become a staple of many big-time college and professional sporting arenas throughout North America. It is perhaps best known for its use by the Chicago Bulls to introduce its starting lineup (including Michael Jordan) during its championship years of the 1990s and continued to the present. It was even the opening song of the documentary, Michael Jordan to the Max It is also used as the soundtrack for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team tunnel walk before every home game. The song was also used by the New Orleans Saints as their entrance music for Super Bowl XLIV.
"Sirius" segues into "Eye in the Sky"; the former is always followed by the latter on airplay, thought not always in live performances – at the World Liberty Concert "Sirius" was played as the introduction to "Breakaway" (Try Anything Once) with Candy Dulfer on saxophone.
[edit] Personnel
- Chris Rainbow: Main Vocal On Track 4
- Lenny Zakatek: Main Vocal On Tracks 6 & 9
- Elmer Gantry: Main Vocal On Track 7
- Eric Woolfson: Keyboards, Main Vocal On Tracks 2 & 5
- The English Chorale: Choir Vocals
- Alan Parsons: Keyboards, Fairlight Programming, Vocals
- David Paton: Acoustic, Electric & Bass Guitars, Main Vocal On Track 3
- Ian Bairnson: Acoustic & Electric Guitars
- Mel Collins: Saxophone
- Stuart Elliott: Drums, Percussion
[edit] Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1982 | The Billboard 200 | 7 |
| 1982 | UK Albums Chart | 28 |
| 1982 | Canada | 6 |
| 1982 | New Zealand | 3 |
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