''Try Anything Once'' is the first solo album by

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'' ( ...

, released in 1993. It was his first album following the split of

The Alan Parsons Project The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They were accompanie ...

. This album features vocals by Ambrosia's

David Pack David Robert Pack (born July 15, 1952) is an American singer and musician who co-founded the rock band Ambrosia in the 1970s. Career As performer Pack was co-founder, guitarist and main vocalist for the band Ambrosia. His collected works as a ...

, Jacqui Copland, former Mindbender and

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guitarist

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, and

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frontman Chris Thompson. The album features completely digital recording and mixing. It was recorded at Parson's first "Parsonics" studio in

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England with the orchestra recorded at Air Studios in

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. There is an

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inside the inlay. One of the pictures is a stereogram; when the viewer looks at it correctly, an image of a man and woman upside down will appear, similar to the other pictures in the album's artwork. This image is also on the CD itself.

Track listing

Personnel

– synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, flute, background vocals, producer *

Ian Bairnson Ian Bairnson (born 3 August 1953 as ''John Bairnson'') is a Scottish musician, best known for being one of the core members of The Alan Parsons Project. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who has played saxophone and keyboards, although he is best ...

– synthesizer, bass, guitar, pedal steel guitar, background vocals * Richard Cottle – synthesizer, saxophone *

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 ...

– bass, synthesizer, electric piano, autoharp, orchestra director * Stuart Elliott – drums, synthesizer *

– synthesizer, guitar, vocals * Jeremy Parsons – guitar *

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– strings * – fiddle, violin, mandolin *

– vocals * Chris Thompson – vocals * Jacqui Copland – vocals, background vocals

Charts

References

{{Authority control Alan Parsons albums 1993 debut albums Albums with cover art by Storm Thorgerson Albums produced by Alan Parsons Arista Records albums