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1982 studio album by the Alan Parsons Project
Eye in the Sky rock band the Alan Parsons Project , released in May 1982 by Arista Records . At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards in 1983, Eye in the Sky was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album . In 2019, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards .
Production
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Eye in the Sky is the first of three albums the Project recorded on analogue equipment and mixed directly to the digital master tape.[6]
Release
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Eye in the Sky was the last platinum record in the United States from the band.[7]
Eye in the Sky contains the title track , the Project's biggest hit,[8] Eric Woolfson . The album itself was a major success, reaching the top 10 (and sometimes the number one slot) in numerous countries.[9]
The album features the instrumental piece "Sirius ", which has become a staple of many college and professional sporting arenas throughout North America. It is best known for its use by the Chicago Bulls to introduce its starting line-up during its championship years of the 1990s and is still used today.[10]
Another instrumental, "Mammagamma", was used separately by TVNZ in New Zealand and BBC Wales in the mid-1980s for their snooker coverage,[11] [12] Tony Fenton 's late-night 2FM show in Ireland across 1989 and 1990. The instrumental also saw use in an industrial video for Iveco in Italy.[13]
On 1 December 2017, a 35th-anniversary-edition box set of the album was released, for which Alan Parsons, along with surround mastering engineers Dave Donnelly and PJ Olsson, won the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards .[14]
Reception
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From contemporary reviews, Ken Tucker of The Philadelphia Inquirer Paul McCartney -as-manic-depressive melodies and whining vocals would be merely pathetic were it not for Parsons' lyric pretensions".[15]
From retrospective reviews, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated that "this is a soft rock album through and through, one that's about melodic hooks and texture," noting that "with the exception of those instrumentals and the galloping suite "Silence and I," all the artiness was part of the idea of this album was pushed into the lyrics, so the album plays as soft pop album—and a very, very good one at that [...] it adds up to arguably the most consistent Alan Parsons Project album—perhaps not in terms of concept, but in terms of music they never were as satisfying as they were here."[2]
Track listing
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All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson .
Side one Title Lead vocals 1. "Sirius " Instrumental 1:54 2. "Eye in the Sky " Eric Woolfson 4:36 3. "Children of the Moon" David Paton 4:51 4. "Gemini" Chris Rainbow 2:11 5. "Silence and I" Woolfson 7:19
Side two Title Lead vocals 1. "You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" Lenny Zakatek 4:22 2. "Psychobabble" Elmer Gantry 4:51 3. "Mammagamma" Instrumental 3:34 4. "Step by Step" Zakatek 3:54 5. "Old and Wise " Colin Blunstone 4:55
2007 remaster bonus tracks Title Lead vocals 11. "Sirius" (Demo) Instrumental 1:56 12. "Old and Wise" Woolfson 4:43 13. "Any Other Day" (Woolfson) (studio demo) Instrumental 1:42 14. "Silence and I" Woolfson 7:33 15. "The Naked Eye" Instrumental medley 10:49 16. "Eye Pieces" (Classical Naked Eye) Instrumental 7:51
Personnel
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Chris Rainbow – main vocal (Track 4)
Lenny Zakatek – main vocal (Tracks 6 &9 )
Elmer Gantry – main vocal (Track 7)
Eric Woolfson – keyboards, main vocal (Tracks 2, 5, 12 &14 )
Colin Blunstone – main vocal (Track 10)
The English Chorale – choir vocals
Alan Parsons – keyboards, Fairlight programming, vocals
Andrew Powell – orchestral arrangement (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10), orchestral conductor (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10), piano (5 )
David Paton – bass guitar, lead vocal (Track 3)
Ian Bairnson – acoustic & electric guitars
Mel Collins – saxophone
Stuart Elliott – drums, percussion
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
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References
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^ "Great Rock Discography" . p. 616.
^ "Great Rock Discography" . p. 616.
^ "Old and Wise" .
^ "Eye in the Sky – Credits" . Woolfsongs Ltd. Retrieved 30 April 2019 .
^ RIAA Searchable database Archived 26 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Alan Parsons Project" . Billboard
^ Eye in the Sky
^ Cohen, Ben. "The One Record the Warriors Can’t Take From the Bulls: Even as Golden State closes on a historic 73rd win, Chicago’s pre-game music still sets the standard," Wall Street Journal (12 April 2016).
^ "Snooker Themes and Titles" . Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via YouTube.
^ "New Zealand Winfield Masters Final 1984 Kirk Stevens v Jimmy White (Best of 9)" . Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via YouTube.
^ Centro Storico Fiat . "Daily/Grinta vincono" – via YouTube.
^ "2019 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominations List" . 7 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018 .
^ a b Tucker, Ken (13 June 1982). "Albums" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 26 May 2020 .
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 229. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
^ "Austriancharts.at – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6554" . RPM Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Classifiche" . Musica e Dischi . Retrieved 28 May 2022 .
^ "Charts.nz – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959-2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2
^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^ "The Alan Parsons Project Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard
^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1982" . austriancharts.at . Retrieved 25 February 2022 .
^ "RPM Top 100 Albums" (PDF) . RPM . Retrieved 1 February 2022 – via Library and Archives Canada .
^ "Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1982" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts . Retrieved 1 February 2022 .
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts . 1982. Retrieved 1 February 2022 .
^ "Top Selling Albums of 1982 – The Official New Zealand Music Chart" . Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 1 February 2022 .
^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End" . Billboard the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022 .
^ "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)" . Kent Music Report . Retrieved 13 November 2021 – via Imgur.com.
^ "Canadian album certifications – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" . Music Canada . Retrieved 19 September 2018 .
^ "French album certifications – Alan Parsons – Eye in the sky" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique .
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Alan Parsons Project; ' Eye in the Sky' )" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 19 September 2018 .
^ "Italian album certifications – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 18 June 2018 .
^ "Dutch album certifications – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved 10 September 2018 .Enter Eye in the Sky in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1984 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen" .
^ "New Zealand album certifications – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" . Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 11 June 2019 .
^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE . p. 916. ISBN 84-8048-639-2 . Retrieved 27 June 2019 .
^ "British album certifications – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 19 September 2018 .
^ "American album certifications – Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the sky" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 27 June 2019 .
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