Alan Parsons Project instrumentals
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Topic: Alan Parsons Project instrumentals
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Subject: Alan Parsons Project instrumentals
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 13:52
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This subject was brought up in another thread, and I thought it would be a great idea for a poll. Over the 10 albums released between 1976-1987, which of these 20 instrumentals is your favorite? Let it be said here that many of these feature the English Chorale or some other background vocals/studio voices. My criteria for being included in this poll was "no lyrics included on the album's lyric sheet or no lead vocalist".
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Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 14:05
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Genesis Ch.1 V.32 From the AP Band catalogue, I like Jigue very much |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 15:26
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Ace Of Swords.. As you might have guessed, I also like Jigue very much! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 15:42
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 16:42
| I Robot, mainly for the memories. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 17:15
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" is, for me, the epitome of what progressive rock music is all about. That perfect blending of classical/orchestration & structure with rock/electric instruments. And it opens with Orson Wells! The greatest voice in the history of recorded sound! Plus, I love that short story so much! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 17:35
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I'm being "Sirius" about this. ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: August 08 2022 at 23:42
| There's a lot to love here, but I guess overall it's I Robot. The Genesis track is great too, but it somehow feels incomplete... as if it were the guitar solo of a longer track. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 01:13
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I Robot ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 06:09
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I Robot, and A Dream Within a Dream (RIP Orson!) ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 07:03
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Lucifer > Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 > The Fall of the House of Usher > I Robot > Mammagamma ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 08:18
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lots of goodies here but I will go with Ace of Swords ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 10:42
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Usher. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 10:51
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Difficult to make a choice between the instrumentals on Robot & Pyramid. I went for Laps of the Gods Anything after Pyramids is really not up my alley, even if might still sound like early APP.
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Stressed Cheese
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 15:33
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I'd include Secret Garden from Eve as well, but I can see how it technically doesn't fit the criteria entirely. After some consideration I went for Fall of the House of Usher. I've never heard the original 1976 non-Orson version of the album btw, so just going on the 1987 remix. I like how it's a very intense and unique song among their discography but still includes a very tyical instrumental (Part IV: Pavane), in the syle you'd see on most upcoming albums. |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: August 09 2022 at 15:48
Thank you for mentioning "Secret Garden": it's my favorite song on the Eve album simply because it's so different from anything else the APP ever did. Parsons and Woolfson openly wore their influences on their sleeves, and this Beach Boys tribute always elicits a smile whenever I hear it. I thought about including it in this poll, but I considered Chris Rainbow's amazing performance to be a "lead vocal", even if he's not using actual words.
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Stressed Cheese wrote:Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 10 2022 at 05:03
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'Usher - the best instrumental off the best 'Parsons' album. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 10 2022 at 09:20
| Sirius. Pyramid is my favourite album by APP but not a massive fan in general to be honest. |
Posted By: Argentinfonico
Date Posted: August 11 2022 at 10:53
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I Robot ------------- -Will I see you tonight? -I never make plans that far ahead. Casablanca (1942) |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: September 09 2022 at 09:56
| This thread has been up for a month now, and I'd like to thank everyone for participating. I was reasonably sure that the winner would be I Robot or Usher, and I'm glad my first choice (I Robot) has a momentary lead before any future votes that may still come in. I was also very impressed that 14 of the 20 choices received at least one vote. It seems there is still a lot of love out there for these very underrated albums! |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 09 2022 at 10:56
Thanks for doing the poll Steve; it was greatly appreciated. APP was an important part of my life from late teens thru mid 20's. I went thru a really difficult time back in the mid 90's and if there is one album I associate with that time, it's 'Try Anything Once'. It wouldn't be hyperbole to say that because of external circumstances, it may well turn out to be the most important album in my life...
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: April 27 2023 at 15:50
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Best thing about playlists is that I took all of the APP, Freudiana and AP instrumentals and made a 40 song, 2 hours 43-minute musical paradise.
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: April 28 2023 at 04:17
| I Robot, also my fav album of them |