The Definitive Collection (Alan Parsons album)

The Definitive Collection
Greatest hits album by The Alan Parsons Project
Released	1997
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Arista

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A 1997 2 CD release by Arista Records consisting of many of the best known works from The Alan Parsons Project. All tracks are composed by Woolfson/Parsons except "Turn It Up" - written by Ian Bairnson and "Re-Jigue" written by Alan Parsons and Andrew Powell. True to the Alan Parsons Project, most of these songs are sung by different people, listed in brackets after each track along with the albums each song is taken from.

Track listing

CD one

1. "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" - 4.22 (John Miles, from Tales of Mystery and Imagination)
2. "The Raven" - 4.08 (Leonard Whiting, from Tales of Mystery and Imagination)
3. "I Robot" - 6.02 (Instrumental, from I Robot)
4. "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" - 3.23 (Lenny Zakatek, from I Robot)
5. "Breakdown" - 3.51 (Allan Clarke, from I Robot)
6. "Don't Let it Show" - 4.26 (Dave Townsend, from I Robot)
7. "Voyager" - 2.25 (Instrumental, from Pyramid)
8. "What Goes Up" - 3.31 (David Paton, Dean Ford, from Pyramid)
9. "The Eagle Will Rise Again" - 4.21 (Colin Blunstone, from Pyramid)
10. "Can't Take it With You" - 5.07 (Dean Ford, from Pyramid)
11. "Pyramania" - 2.44 (Jack Harris, from Pyramid)
12. "Damned if I Do" - 4.54 (Lenny Zakatek, from Eve)
13. "Lucifer" - 5.03 (Instrumental, from Eve)
14. "If I Could Change Your Mind" - 5.51 (Lesley Duncan, from Eve)
15. "The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 1)" - 2.43 (Chris Rainbow, from The Turn of a Friendly Card)
16. "Snake Eyes" - 3.18 (Chris Rainbow, from The Turn of a Friendly Card)
17. "Games People Play" - 4.25 (Lenny Zakatek, from The Turn of a Friendly Card)
18. "Time" - 5.05 (Eric Woolfson, from The Turn of a Friendly Card)

CD two

1. "Sirius" - 1.57 (Instrumental, from Eye in the Sky)
2. "Eye in the Sky" - 4.36 (Eric Woolfson, from Eye in the Sky)
3. "Psychobabble" - 4.51 (Elmer Gantry, from Eye in the Sky)
4. "Mammagamma" - 3.34 (Instrumental, from Eye in the Sky)
5. "Old and Wise" - 4.57 (Colin Blunstone, from Eye in the Sky)
6. "Prime Time" - 5.03 (Eric Woolfson, from Ammonia Avenue)
7. "Don't Answer Me" - 4.13 (Eric Woolfson, from Ammonia Avenue)
8. "You Don't Believe" - 4.26 (Lenny Zakatek, from Ammonia Avenue)
9. "Let's Talk About Me" - 4.29 (David Paton, from Vulture Culture)
10. "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" - 4.27 (Chris Rainbow, from Vulture Culture)
11. "Stereotomy" - 7.03 (John Miles, from Stereotomy)
12. "In the Real World" - 4.19 (John Miles, from Stereotomy)
13. "Standing on Higher Ground" - 5.47 (Geoff Barradale, from Gaudi)
14. "Too Late" - 4.32 (Lenny Zakatek, from Gaudi)
15. "Turn it Up" - 6.13 (Chris Thompson, from Try Anything Once)
16. "Re-Jigue" - 2.31 (Instrumental, from Try Anything Once)

References

1. ↑ DeGagne, Mike. The Definitive Collection (Alan Parsons album) at AllMusic