Jump to content

Eve (Alan Parsons Project album): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
YEAR 3000X (talk | contribs)
208 edits
Bonus tracks detail category
GreenC bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
2,553,633 edits
Reformat 1 archive link. Wayback Medic 2.5
 
(28 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Eve
|name = Eve
| type = Album
|type = Album
| artist = [[The Alan Parsons Project]]
|artist = [[the Alan Parsons Project]]
| cover = The Alan Parsons Project - Eve.jpg
|cover = The Alan Parsons Project - Eve.jpg
| alt =
|alt =
| released = 27 August 1979
|released = September 1979
| recorded = December 1978–June 1979
|recorded = December 1978–June 1979
| venue =
|venue =
| studio = [[Super Bear Studios]]
|studio = Super Bear Studios
| genre = {{hlist|[[Progressive rock]]|[[symphonic rock]]|[[pop rock]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]}}
|genre = {{hlist|[[Progressive rock]]|[[symphonic rock]]|[[pop rock]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]}}
| length = 39:23
|length = 39:23
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
|label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| producer = [[Alan Parsons]]
|producer = [[Alan Parsons]]
| prev_title = [[Pyramid (The Alan Parsons Project album)|Pyramid]]
|prev_title = [[Pyramid (The Alan Parsons Project album)|Pyramid]]
| prev_year = 1978
|prev_year = 1978
| next_title = [[The Turn of a Friendly Card]]
|next_title = [[The Turn of a Friendly Card]]
| next_year = 1980
|next_year = 1980
|misc = {{Singles
|name = Eve
|type = studio
|single1 = Lucifer
|single1date = August 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/617/mode/2up|title=Great Rock Discography|page=617}}</ref>
|single2 = Damned If I Do
|single2date = September 1979
|single3 = You Won't Be There
|single3date = January 1980 (US)
|single4 = You Lie Down with Dogs
|single4date = March 1980 (US)
}}
}}
}}
⚫
'''''Eve''''' is the fourth studio album by British [[rock music|rock]] band [[the Alan Parsons Project]], released in September 1979 by [[Arista Records]]. The album's focus is on the strength and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men.<ref name="the-alan-parsons-project.com">[http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/eve Official Alan Parsons Project web site, page title "Eve | The Alan Parsons Project"]</ref> It had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept.<ref name="the-alan-parsons-project.com"/> The album name was the same as Eric Woolfson's mother-in-law.<ref name=LN>Alan Parsons Project Arista Years Paper Sleeve Collection (2008) - Eve (Liner notes)</ref>

⚫
''Eve'' is the Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer [[Chris Rainbow]]. The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 40, peaking at No. 27, and reaching No. 16 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.9499a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - February 23, 1980}}</ref> "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show ''Monitor''.

==Morse code==
The album features a few instances of [[morse code]], with the first occurring at the beginning of the album. Parsons extracted the morse code from [[shortwave radio]] without knowing the contents of the message. He recalled that someone did translate the message for him but said that "there was nothing particularly interesting embedded in there." The name "Eve" is repeated on keyboard in morse code during this song.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=RJ |date=16 April 2010 |title=Alan Parsons: The Artist and Scientist of Sound Recording |url=http://www.criticalblast.com/articles/2010/04/16/alan-parsons-artist-and-scientist-sound-recording |access-date=20 October 2024 |website=Critical Blast}}</ref>

⚫
==Cover art==
⚫
The [[gatefold]] cover art for ''Eve'' by [[Hipgnosis]] features three women wearing veils (two on the front, one on the reverse), with their faces partially in shadow. The shadows and veils partially conceal disfiguring scars and sores (the lesions were not real, however<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Alan Parsons: The Artist and Scientist of Sound Recording |url=http://alanparsons-project.blogspot.de/2010/04/interview-alan-parsons-artist-and.html |website=[[BlogSpot]] |access-date=13 October 2018 |date=24 April 2010}}</ref>). Controversy over the disfiguring of the models' faces brought comment from Eric Woolfson, "The cover seemed a mis-match to me. It was a brilliant cover from Hipgnosis, but it didn't reflect my thinking at all, or relate to what is made clear on the Record."<ref name=LN />

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14905|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r14905|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = D<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|access-date=10 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev2Score = D<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: P|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=P&bk=70|access-date=10 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=512}}</ref>
⚫
|rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ Rolling Stone review]</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
⚫
|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/ Rolling Stone review]</ref>
|rev4score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Starr|first=Red|title=Albums|journal=[[Smash Hits]]|issue=20 September – 3 October 1979|page=25}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
|rev5 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
|rev5score = D<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=3 December 1979|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv12-79.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>
|rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Starr|first=Red|title=Albums|journal=[[Smash Hits]]|issue=20 September – 3 October 1979|page=25}}</ref>
}}
}}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' wrote that, "like its trio of predecessors, ''Eve'' has occasional moments of melodic splendor punctuated by lengthy periods of accompaniment for riding elevators."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=Eve The Alan Parsons Project |work=The Globe and Mail |date=22 Sep 1979 |page=F6}}</ref>

⚫
'''''Eve''''' is the fourth studio album by British [[rock music|rock]] band [[The Alan Parsons Project]], released on 27 August 1979 by [[Arista Records]]. The album's focus is on the strength and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men.<ref name="the-alan-parsons-project.com">[http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/eve Official Alan Parsons Project web site, page title "Eve | The Alan Parsons Project"]</ref> It had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept.<ref name="the-alan-parsons-project.com"/> The album name was the same as Eric Woolfson's mother in law.<ref>The Alan Parsons Project - Eve, Album remaster liner notes (2008).</ref>


⚫
==Bonus tracks detail==
⚫
''Eve'' is The Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer [[Chris Rainbow]]. The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 40, peaking at No. 27, and reaching No. 16 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.9499a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - February 23, 1980}}</ref> "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show ''Monitor''.
⚫
Elsie's theme from "The Sicilian Defence" (the project that never was) was from an experimental album entitled "The Sicilian Defence". Recorded at the same time as Eve, the album was not released at the time.<ref name=LN /> "Lucifer (Demo)" was recorded in a beachfront apartment in [[Monaco]].<ref name=LN />


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs written and composed by [[Alan Parsons]] and [[Eric Woolfson]].
All songs written and composed by [[Alan Parsons]] and [[Eric Woolfson]].
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
|headline = Side one
| extra_column = Lead Vocals
|extra_column = Lead Vocals
| total_length = 20:27
|total_length = 20:27
| title1 = Lucifer
|title1 = Lucifer
| extra1 = None
|extra1 = (Instrumental)
| length1 = 5:09
|length1 = 5:09
| title2 = You Lie Down with Dogs
|title2 = You Lie Down with Dogs
| extra2 = [[Lenny Zakatek]]
|extra2 = [[Lenny Zakatek]]
| length2 = 3:47
|length2 = 3:47
| title3 = I'd Rather Be a Man
|title3 = I'd Rather Be a Man
| extra3 = [[David Paton]]
|extra3 = [[David Paton]]
| length3 = 3:53
|length3 = 3:53
| title4 = You Won't Be There
|title4 = You Won't Be There
| extra4 = [[Dave Townsend]]
|extra4 = [[Dave Townsend]]
| length4 = 3:34
|length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Winding Me Up
|title5 = Winding Me Up
| extra5 = [[Chris Rainbow]]
|extra5 = [[Chris Rainbow]]
| length5 = 4:04
|length5 = 4:04
}}
}}

{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
|headline = Side two
| extra_column = Lead Vocals
|extra_column = Lead Vocals
| total_length = 18:57
|total_length = 18:57
| title1 = Damned If I Do
|title1 = Damned If I Do
| extra1 = Lenny Zakatek
|extra1 = Zakatek
| length1 = 4:50
|length1 = 4:50
| title2 = Don't Hold Back
|title2 = Don't Hold Back
| extra2 = [[Clare Torry]]
|extra2 = [[Clare Torry]]
| length2 = 3:37
|length2 = 3:37
| title3 = Secret Garden
|title3 = Secret Garden
| extra3 = Chris Rainbow
|extra3 = Rainbow
| length3 = 4:41
|length3 = 4:41
| title4 = If I Could Change Your Mind
|title4 = If I Could Change Your Mind
| extra4 = [[Lesley Duncan]]
|extra4 = [[Lesley Duncan]]
| length4 = 5:49
|length4 = 5:49
}}
}}

''Eve'' was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:
''Eve'' was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:
<OL START=10>
<OL START=10>
Line 90: Line 111:


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
*[[Alan Parsons]] – guitars, [[autoharp]], [[drum machine]], and [[Morse code]] (track 1), keyboards (track 8), production, engineering
⚫
* [[Andrew Powell]] – orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements, conductor
*[[Eric Woolfson]] – [[clavinet]] (track 2), piano (tracks 2, 4–5, 9), [[music box]] (track 5), [[Wurlitzer]] (track 6), keyboards (track 8), organ (track 9), executive producer
⚫
* [[David Paton]] – bass, lead and backing vocals
*[[Duncan Mackay (musician)|Duncan Mackay]] – synthesizers (tracks 1–3, 6), piano (track 3 and 5), music box (track 5), keyboards (track 8)
⚫
* [[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] – drums, percussion
* [[Ian Bairnson]] – electric and acoustic guitars
*[[Ian Bairnson]] – guitars (all tracks), backwards [[Wah-wah (music)|Wah-wah FX]] (track 3)
⚫
*[[David Paton]] – bass guitar (all tracks), lead vocal (track 3)
* [[Eric Woolfson]] – keyboards, executive producer
⚫
*[[Stuart Elliott (drummer)|Stuart Elliott]] – drums (all tracks), percussion (tracks 3 and 8)
* [[Duncan Mackay (musician)|Duncan Mackay]] – keyboards
⚫
*[[Lenny Zakatek]] – lead vocal (tracks 2 and 6)
* [[Alan Parsons]] – production, engineering, [[Morse code]] (E . V ..._ E .) on "Lucifer"
* [[Chris Rainbow]] – lead and backing vocals
*[[Dave Townsend]] – lead vocal (track 4)
* [[Lesley Duncan]] – lead vocal
*[[Clare Torry]] – lead vocal (track 7)
* [[Clare Torry]] – lead vocal
*[[Lesley Duncan]] – lead vocal (track 9)
* [[Dave Townsend]] – lead vocal
*[[Chris Rainbow]] – backing vocals (tracks 2, 7–9), lead vocal (track 5)
⚫
*[[Andrew Powell]] – orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements, conductor
⚫
* [[Lenny Zakatek]] – lead vocal
* The Orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera care of [[Eberhard Schoener]]
*The Orchestra of the Munich Chamber Opera care of [[Eberhard Schoener]]
** Sandor Farkas – leader
**Sandor Farkas – leader
** Curtis Briggs – coordinator
**Curtis Briggs – coordinator
* Shapiro and Steinberg – trivia consultants
*Shapiro and Steinberg – trivia consultants
* [[Hipgnosis]] – cover art
*[[Hipgnosis]] – cover art


Two of the lead singers on the album, Clare Torry and Lesley Duncan, previously performed on Alan Parsons' signature engineering work, [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]''.
Two of the lead singers on the album, Clare Torry and Lesley Duncan, previously performed on Alan Parsons' signature engineering work, [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]''.

⚫
==Cover art==
⚫
The [[gatefold]] cover art for ''Eve'' by [[Hipgnosis]] features three women wearing veils (two on the front, one on the reverse), with their faces partially in shadow. The shadows and veils partially conceal disfiguring scars and sores (the lesions were not real, however<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Alan Parsons: The Artist and Scientist of Sound Recording |url=http://alanparsons-project.blogspot.de/2010/04/interview-alan-parsons-artist-and.html |website=[[BlogSpot]] |access-date=13 October 2018 |date=24 April 2010}}</ref>). Controversy over the disfiguring of the models' faces brought comment from Eric Woolfson, "The cover seemed a mis-match to me. It was a brilliant cover from Hipgnosis, but it didn't reflect my thinking at all, or relate to what is made clear on the Record."<ref>The Alan Parsons Project - Eve, Album remaster liner notes (2008)</ref>
⚫
==Bonus Tracks Detail==
⚫
Elsie's theme from "The Sicilian Defence" (The project that never was) - Was from an experimental album entitled "The Sicilian Defence". Recorded at the same time as Eve, the album was not released at the time.<ref>The Alan Parsons Project - Eve, Album remaster liner notes (2008)</ref>


==Charts==
==Charts==
Line 122: Line 137:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1979–80)
! scope="col"| Chart (1979–1980)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
|-
Line 128: Line 143:
| 14
| 14
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|2|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Austria|2|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|Canada|10|chartid=9462a|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Canada|10|chartid=9462a|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|40|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|40|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|Germany|1|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|id=6018|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Germany4|1|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|id=6018|rowheader=true|access-date=August 19, 2024}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|Norway|6|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Norway|6|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFE]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| 4
| 4
|-
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|10|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|Sweden|10|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|album=Eve|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
|-
{{album chart|UK2|74|date=19790923|rowheader=true|access-date=28 January 2022}}
{{album chart|UK2|74|date=19790923|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
|-
|-
! scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-alan-parsons-project/chart-history/tlp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117145655/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-alan-parsons-project/chart-history/tlp/|title= The Alan Parsons Project Chart History (''Billboard'' 200)|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref>
{{album chart|Billboard200|13|artist=The Alan Parsons Project|rowheader=true|access-date=6 January 2022}}
| {{center|13}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{col-2}}
Line 154: Line 170:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1979)
! scope="col"| Chart (1979)
! scope="col" | Position
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1979|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108121805/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979|archive-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>
! scope="row" | German Albums ([[GfK Entertainment Charts|Offizielle Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1979|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108121805/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979|archive-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>
| 40
| 40
|-
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3868|title=Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums ([[RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1979-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>
| 49
| 49
⚫
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col" | Position
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1980|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021191905/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|archive-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
! scope="row" | German Albums ([[GfK Entertainment Charts|Offizielle Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1980|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021191905/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|archive-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
| 7
| 7
⚫
|-
|}
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}
Line 175: Line 192:
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Platinum|certyear=1979|relyear=1979}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Platinum|certyear=1979|relyear=1979}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Gold|certyear=1979|relyear=1979|salesamount=400,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=alan+parsons+project+eve+billboard&pg=PT75|work= Billboard|title=The German Hit: Alan's Eve|date=22 September 1979|page=75}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Gold|certyear=1979|relyear=1979|salesamount=400,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=alan+parsons+project+eve+billboard&pg=PT75|magazine= Billboard|title=The German Hit: Alan's Eve|date=22 September 1979|page=75}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Gold|id=2869|relyear=1979|accessdate=14 November 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Gold|id=1979-11-30|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1979}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=The Alan Parsons Projecy|title=Eve|relyear=1979|certyear=1981|award=Gold|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|year=2005|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=8480486392}}</ref>|accessdate=16 August 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=The Alan Parsons Projecy|title=Eve|relyear=1979|certyear=1981|award=Gold|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1979-1990">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990|year=2005|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|language=es|isbn=8480486392}}</ref>|accessdate=16 August 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Gold|certyear=1980|relyear=1979}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Alan Parsons Project|title=Eve|award=Gold|certyear=1980|relyear=1979}}
Line 191: Line 208:
{{Authority control}}
{{Authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Eve (Album)}}
[[Category:The Alan Parsons Project albums]]
[[Category:The Alan Parsons Project albums]]
[[Category:Concept albums]]
[[Category:1970s concept albums]]
[[Category:1979 albums]]
[[Category:1979 albums]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis]]

Latest revision as of 20:51, 20 November 2024

Eve
Studio album by
the Alan Parsons Project
ReleasedSeptember 1979
RecordedDecember 1978–June 1979
StudioSuper Bear Studios
Genre
Length39:23
LabelArista
ProducerAlan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project chronology
Pyramid
(1978) 		Eve
(1979) 		The Turn of a Friendly Card
(1980)
Singles from Eve
  1. "Lucifer"
    Released: August 1979[1]
  2. "Damned If I Do"
    Released: September 1979
  3. "You Won't Be There"
    Released: January 1980 (US)
  4. "You Lie Down with Dogs"
    Released: March 1980 (US)

Eve is the fourth studio album by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in September 1979 by Arista Records. The album's focus is on the strength and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men.[2] It had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept.[2] The album name was the same as Eric Woolfson's mother-in-law.[3]

Eve is the Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer Chris Rainbow. The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 40, peaking at No. 27, and reaching No. 16 in Canada.[4] "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show Monitor.

Morse code

[edit]

The album features a few instances of morse code, with the first occurring at the beginning of the album. Parsons extracted the morse code from shortwave radio without knowing the contents of the message. He recalled that someone did translate the message for him but said that "there was nothing particularly interesting embedded in there." The name "Eve" is repeated on keyboard in morse code during this song.[5]

Cover art

[edit]

The gatefold cover art for Eve by Hipgnosis features three women wearing veils (two on the front, one on the reverse), with their faces partially in shadow. The shadows and veils partially conceal disfiguring scars and sores (the lesions were not real, however[6]). Controversy over the disfiguring of the models' faces brought comment from Eric Woolfson, "The cover seemed a mis-match to me. It was a brilliant cover from Hipgnosis, but it didn't reflect my thinking at all, or relate to what is made clear on the Record."[3]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Christgau's Record GuideD[8]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Smash Hits8/10[11]

The Globe and Mail wrote that, "like its trio of predecessors, Eve has occasional moments of melodic splendor punctuated by lengthy periods of accompaniment for riding elevators."[12]

Bonus tracks detail

[edit]

Elsie's theme from "The Sicilian Defence" (the project that never was) was from an experimental album entitled "The Sicilian Defence". Recorded at the same time as Eve, the album was not released at the time.[3] "Lucifer (Demo)" was recorded in a beachfront apartment in Monaco.[3]

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

Side one
No.TitleLead VocalsLength
1."Lucifer"(Instrumental)5:09
2."You Lie Down with Dogs"Lenny Zakatek3:47
3."I'd Rather Be a Man"David Paton3:53
4."You Won't Be There"Dave Townsend3:34
5."Winding Me Up"Chris Rainbow4:04
Total length:20:27
Side two
No.TitleLead VocalsLength
1."Damned If I Do"Zakatek4:50
2."Don't Hold Back"Clare Torry3:37
3."Secret Garden"Rainbow4:41
4."If I Could Change Your Mind"Lesley Duncan5:49
Total length:18:57

Eve was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks:

  1. "Elsie's Theme from 'The Sicilian Defence' (the Project that never was)"
  2. "Lucifer" (demo)
  3. "Secret Garden" (early rough mix)
  4. "Damned If I Do" (rough mix)
  5. "Don't Hold Back" (vocal rehearsal rough mix)
  6. "Lucifer" (early rough mix)
  7. "If I Could Change Your Mind" (rough mix)

Personnel

[edit]

Two of the lead singers on the album, Clare Torry and Lesley Duncan, previously performed on Alan Parsons' signature engineering work, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Charts

[edit]

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[27] Platinum 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[29] Gold 400,000[28]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[30] Gold 7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[31] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[32] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 617.
  2. ^ a b Official Alan Parsons Project web site, page title "Eve | The Alan Parsons Project"
  3. ^ a b c d Alan Parsons Project Arista Years Paper Sleeve Collection (2008) - Eve (Liner notes)
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - February 23, 1980" (PDF).
  5. ^ Carter, RJ (16 April 2010). "Alan Parsons: The Artist and Scientist of Sound Recording". Critical Blast. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Interview: Alan Parsons: The Artist and Scientist of Sound Recording". BlogSpot. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ^ AllMusic review
  8. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 10 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  9. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1996. p. 512.
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review
  11. ^ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (20 September – 3 October 1979): 25.
  12. ^ Niester, Alan (22 September 1979). "Eve The Alan Parsons Project". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Alan Parsons Project – Eve" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 9462a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  16. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Alan Parsons Project – Eve" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Alan Parsons Project – Eve" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  18. ^ "Charts.nz – The Alan Parsons Project – Eve". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  19. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Alan Parsons Project – Eve". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  20. ^ Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  21. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Alan Parsons Project – Eve". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  23. ^ "The Alan Parsons Project Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1979. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  25. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1980. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  27. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Alan Parsons Project – Eve". Music Canada.
  28. ^ "The German Hit: Alan's Eve". Billboard. 22 September 1979. p. 75.
  29. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alan Parsons Project; 'Eve')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  30. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Alan Parsons Project – Eve". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  31. ^ Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990 (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. 2005. ISBN 8480486392.
  32. ^ "American album certifications – Alan Parsons Project – Eve". Recording Industry Association of America.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Eve_(Alan_Parsons_Project_album)&oldid=1258644134"