The Definitive Collection is a 1997 2 CD compilation by
The Alan Parsons Project, released through
Arista Records
Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertainmen ...
. It includes two songs taken from
Alan Parsons' first solo album.
Track listing
All tracks written by Alan Parsons and
Eric Woolfson, except where noted.
Disc 1
# "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" - 4.22
# "The Raven" - 4.08
# "I Robot" - 6.02
# "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" - 3.23
# "Breakdown" - 3.51
# "Don't Let it Show" - 4.26
# "Voyager" - 2.25
# "What Goes Up" - 3.31
# "The Eagle Will Rise Again" - 4.21
# "Can't Take it With You" - 5.07
# "Pyramania" - 2.44
# "Damned if I Do" - 4.54
# "Lucifer" - 5.03
# "If I Could Change Your Mind" - 5.51
# "The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 1)" - 2.43
# "Snake Eyes" - 3.18
# "Games People Play" - 4.25
# "Time" - 5.05
*Tracks 1-2 taken from ''
Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' (1976); they were not included on the European release of this album.
*Tracks 3-6 taken from ''
I Robot'' (1977).
*Tracks 7-11 taken from ''
Pyramid'' (1978).
*Tracks 12-14 taken from ''
Eve'' (1979).
*Tracks 15-18 taken from ''
The Turn of a Friendly Card
''The Turn of a Friendly Card'' is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980 by Arista Records. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up in ...
'' (1980).
Disc 2
# "Sirius" - 1.57
# "Eye in the Sky" - 4.36
# "Psychobabble" - 4.51
# "Mammagamma" - 3.34
# "Old and Wise" - 4.57
# "Prime Time" - 5.03
# "Don't Answer Me" - 4.13
# "You Don't Believe" - 4.26
# "Let's Talk About Me" - 4.29
# "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" - 4.27
# "Stereotomy" - 7.03
# "In the Real World" - 4.19
# "Standing on Higher Ground" - 5.47
# "Too Late" - 4.32
# "Turn it Up"
( Ian Bairnson) - 6.13
# "Re-Jigue"
(Parsons, Andrew Powell
Andrew Powell (born 18 April 1949) is an English musical composer, arranger and performer, born of Welsh parents. He himself moved to Wales in 2003.
Early life
Powell was born Surrey, England. He began piano lessons at the age of four and late ...
) - 2.31
*Tracks 1-5 taken from ''
Eye in the Sky'' (1982).
*Tracks 6-8 taken from ''
Ammonia Avenue
''Ammonia Avenue'' is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 7 February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced "Don't Answer Me" was the album's lead single, and reached ...
'' (1983).
*Tracks 9-10 taken from ''
Vulture Culture'' (1984).
*Tracks 11-12 taken from ''
Stereotomy'' (1985).
*Tracks 13-14 taken from ''
Gaudi'' (1987).
*Tracks 15-16 taken from Alan Parsons' solo album ''
Try Anything Once'' (1993).
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Definitive Collection
1997 compilation albums
Alan Parsons albums
Arista Records compilation albums