''A Valid Path'' is the fourth solo album by English rock musician

Alan Parsons Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Parsons was involved with the production of several notable albums, including the Beatles' ''Abbey Road'' (1969) and ''Let It Be'' ( ...

. The record was released on 24 August 2004 via Artemis label.

Background

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'') and the time between this album and '' The Secret''. In addition to contributors such as

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, another noteworthy musical credit on the album is Parsons' son, Jeremy Parsons, his debut appearance on his father's albums. ''A Valid Path'' was released on Audio CD and DualDisc, with the DualDisc containing the album recorded in 5.1 Surround in both DTS and

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formats. Other features of the DualDisc include a track commentary by the artist and interviews with Alan Parsons and the main collaborators on the release including David Gilmour and The Crystal Method.

Track listing

#"Return to Tunguska" – (Alan Parsons,

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) Instrumental, ''featuring Shpongle &

'' – 8:48 #"More Lost Without You" – (Parsons, Olsson) Lead Vocal

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– 3:20 #"Mammagamma 04" – (Parsons, Eric Woolfson) Instrumental; remix of " Mammagamma", ''featuring

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'' – 5:06 #"We Play the Game" – (Parsons, Ken Jordan,

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) Lead Vocal

,'' featuring The Crystal Method'' – 5:33 #"Tijuaniac" – (Parsons, Mogt, Ruiz, Mendoza, Amezcua, Beas) Instrumental ''featuring Nortec Collective'' – 5:21 #"

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" ''dedicated to

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1957–2004'' – (Parsons, Wiles) Instrumental ''featuring Überzone'' – 5:26 #"A Recurring Dream Within a Dream" ''a composite of "A Dream Within a Dream" & "The Raven"'' – (both compositions by Parsons, Woolfson) Lead Vocal Alan Parsons ''featuring Jeremy Parsons and narration by

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'' – 4:06 #"You Can Run" – (Parsons, Pack) Lead Vocal David Pack ''featuring Deep E'' – 3:51 #" Chomolungma" – (Parsons, Parsons, Olsson) Instrumental ''featuring Jeremy Parsons & P.J. Olsson with added concluding narration by

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'' – 6:35

Personnel

– vocals, processed vocals, guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocoder * Scott Kirkland – keyboards, programming * Simon Posford – programming, sequencer * Ken Jordan – programming, sequencer * Jeremy Parsons – guitar, programming, sequencer * David Pack – guitar, keyboards, vocals *

– guitar on "Return to Tunguska" *

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– guitar * P. J. Olsson – vocals, programming * Michele Adamson, Lisa Parsons – vocals *

– narration on "Chomolungma" *

– narration on "A Recurring Dream Within a Dream"

Charts

References

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