THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT : THE ESSENTIAL ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

 

Disc One (77:36)

  1. The Raven
  2. The Tell-Tale Heart
  3. The Cask Of Amontillado
  4. To One In Paradise
  5. I Robot
  6. I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
  7. Some Other Time
  8. Don't Let It Show
  9. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
  10. What Goes Up
  11. The Eagle Will Rise Again
  12. Can't Take It With You
  13. In The Lap Of The Gods
  14. Shadow Of A Lonely Man
  15. Lucifer
  16. Damned If I Do
  17. If I Could Change Your Mind

Disc Two (70:13)

  1. Games People Play
  2. Time
  3. The Gold Bug
  4. Turn Of A Friendly Card, Part 1
  5. Snake Eyes
  6. The Ace Of Swords
  7. Nothing Left To Lose
  8. Turn Of A Friendly Card, Part 2
  9. Sirius
  10. Eye In The Sky
  11. Silence And I
  12. Psychobabble
  13. Mammagamma
  14. Old And Wise
  15. Pipeline
  16. Ammonia Avenue
  17. No Answers Only Questions

Disc Three (72:09)

  1. Don't Answer Me
  2. Prime Time
  3. Let's Talk About Me
  4. Separate Lives
  5. Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)
  6. Sooner Or Later
  7. Hawkeye
  8. Stereotomy
  9. Limelight
  10. Where's The Walrus?
  11. La Sagrada Familia
  12. Closer To Heaven
  13. Standing On Higher Ground
  14. Paseo de Gracia

Label : Sony

Release Date : January 29, 2007

Review (AllMusic) : It's easy to confuse this triple-disc Essential Alan Parsons Project with the double-disc Essential Alan Parsons Project. After all, it not only has the same name, it has the same cover art and a sequencing so similar to the double that it takes some close inspection to realize that they are two different beasts - and that's even with a whole extra disc here! That extra disc worth of material, of course, is what really separates the two compilations, and it's what makes the three-CD set the province of serious listeners since it digs deeper and presents plenty of album tracks, instrumentals, even suites. So, for the fan who wants an exhaustive Alan Parsons Project compilation, this three-disc set is surely the one to get even though it must be asked, if you're such a big fan of the Project that you need three jam-packed discs worth of music, why not just choose the original concept albums which, after all, were meant to be listened to in their entirety?