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The Essential Alan Parsons Project
The Essential Alan Parsons Project
Greatest hits album by The Alan Parsons Project
Released	6 February 2007
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	2:33:17 (2-disc version); 3:40:29 (3-disc version)
Label	Legacy Recordings; Arista; Sony Music Entertainment; Sony BMG;
Producer	Alan Parsons; Eric Woolfson;
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The Essential Alan Parsons Project is a compilation album released by English progressive rock musician Alan Parsons and The Alan Parsons Project on 6 February 2007.^[3] It was released through Sony BMG as part of The Essential album series.

Track listing (2-disc version)

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"The Raven"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)	4:06
2.	"(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)	4:16
3.	"To One in Paradise"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)	4:38
4.	"I Robot [instrumental] [edit]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	5:15
5.	"I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	3:23
6.	"Some Other Time"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	4:02
7.	"Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	3:43
8.	"What Goes Up..."	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	3:30
9.	"The Eagle Will Rise Again"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	4:19
10.	"In the Lap of the Gods [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	5:25
11.	"Lucifer [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eve (1979)	4:18
12.	"Damned If I Do"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eve (1979)	4:52
13.	"Games People Play"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	4:24
14.	"Time"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	5:05
15.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 1)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	2:45
16.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card: Snake Eyes"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	3:15
17.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card: The Ace of Swords [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	2:58
18.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card: Nothing Left to Lose"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	4:06
19.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 2)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	3:21
Total length:				1:17:50

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Sirius [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	1:54
2.	"Eye in the Sky"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	4:36
3.	"Silence and I"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	7:20
4.	"Old and Wise"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	4:55
5.	"Mammagamma [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	3:35
6.	"Prime Time"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Ammonia Avenue (1984)	5:03
7.	"Ammonia Avenue"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Ammonia Avenue (1984)	6:33
8.	"Don't Answer Me"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Ammonia Avenue (1984)	4:04
9.	"Let's Talk About Me"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	4:29
10.	"Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	4:27
11.	"No Answers Only Questions^{[Note 1]}"	Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	2:10
12.	"Stereotomy"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Stereotomy (1985)	7:15
13.	"Limelight"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Stereotomy (1985)	4:39
14.	"La Sagrada Familia"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Gaudi (1987)	8:47
15.	"Standing on Higher Ground"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Gaudi (1987)	5:48
Total length:				1:15:43

Track listing (3-disc version)

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"The Raven"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)	4:06
2.	"The Tell-Tale Heart"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)	4:39
3.	"The Cask of Amontillado"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)	4:27
4.	"To One in Paradise"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)	4:38
5.	"I Robot [instrumental] [edit]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	5:15
6.	"I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	3:23
7.	"Some Other Time"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	4:02
8.	"Don't Let It Show"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	4:20
9.	"Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	I Robot (1977)	3:43
10.	"What Goes Up..."	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	3:30
11.	"The Eagle Will Rise Again"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	4:19
12.	"Can't Take It With You"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	5:06
13.	"In the Lap of the Gods [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	5:25
14.	"Shadow of a Lonely Man"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Pyramid (1978)	5:34
15.	"Lucifer [instrumental] [edit]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eve (1979)	4:18
16.	"Damned If I Do"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eve (1979)	4:52
17.	"If I Could Change Your Mind"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eve (1979)	5:50
Total length:				1:17:27

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Games People Play"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	4:24
2.	"Time"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	5:05
3.	"The Gold Bug [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	4:34
4.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 1)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	2:45
5.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card: Snake Eyes"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	3:15
6.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card: The Ace of Swords [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	2:58
7.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card: Nothing Left to Lose"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	4:06
8.	"The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 2)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)	3:21
9.	"Sirius [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	1:54
10.	"Eye in the Sky"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	4:36
11.	"Silence and I"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	7:20
12.	"Psychobabble"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	4:53
13.	"Mammagamma [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	3:35
14.	"Old and Wise"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Eye in the Sky (1982)	4:55
15.	"Pipeline [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Ammonia Avenue (1984)	3:58
16.	"Ammonia Avenue"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Ammonia Avenue (1984)	6:32
17.	"No Answers Only Questions^{[Note 1]}"	Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	2:10
Total length:				1:10:21

Disc 3

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Don't Answer Me"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Ammonia Avenue (1984)	4:04
2.	"Prime Time"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Ammonia Avenue (1984)	5:03
3.	"Let's Talk About Me"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	4:27
4.	"Separate Lives [alternate mix]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	4:19
5.	"Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	4:27
6.	"Sooner or Later"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	4:27
7.	"Hawkeye [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Vulture Culture (1984)	3:48
8.	"Stereotomy"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Stereotomy (1985)	6:49
9.	"Limelight"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Stereotomy (1985)	4:39
10.	"Where's the Walrus? [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Stereotomy (1985)	7:25
11.	"La Sagrada Familia [edit]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Gaudi (1987)	7:29
12.	"Closer to Heaven"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Gaudi (1987)	5:55
13.	"Standing on Higher Ground"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Gaudi (1987)	5:48
14.	"Paseo de Gracia [instrumental]"	Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson	Gaudi (1987)	3:40
Total length:				1:12:20

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	2007	Sony BMG Music Entertainment ^[4]	CD, Music download	88697043372

Charts

Chart (2017)	Position
Official New Zealand Music Chart^[5]	5

Personnel

Alan Parsons – production, engineering, composer
Eric Woolfson – vocals, keyboards, composer, lyrics
Ian Bairnson – guitars
David Paton – bass
Stuart Tosh – drums
Lenny Zakatek – vocals
Stuart Elliott – drums
Chris Rainbow – vocals
Mel Collins – saxophone

Notes

^ ^a ^b Released as "No Answers Only Questions (Final Version)" only as a bonus track on the expanded edition of Vulture Culture.

References

^ The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2-disc review) at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (3-disc review) at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^ The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Parsons Project at Target
^ The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2 Disc Australia) at Discogs.
^ New Zealand Charts - The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project

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[Note01-4] Released as "No Answers Only Questions (Final Version)" only as a bonus track on the expanded edition of Vulture Culture.

[1] The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2-disc review) at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[2] The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (3-disc review) at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[3] The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Parsons Project at Target

[5] The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2 Disc Australia) at Discogs.

[6] New Zealand Charts - The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project

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v t e The Alan Parsons Project
Alan Parsons Eric Woolfson Ian Bairnson Andrew Powell David Paton Stuart Elliott Stuart Tosh Richard Cottle Laurence Cottle Duncan Mackay Mel Collins Lenny Zakatek Chris Rainbow Geoff Barradale John Miles Colin Blunstone Jack Harris Dave Townsend
Studio albums	Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) I Robot (1977) Pyramid (1978) Eve (1979) The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) Eye in the Sky (1982) Ammonia Avenue (1984) Vulture Culture (1985) Stereotomy (1985) Gaudi (1987) The Sicilian Defence (2014)
Compilations	The Best of the Alan Parsons Project (1983) The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Volume 2 (1988) The Instrumental Works (1988) The Definitive Collection (1997) The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2007)
Singles	"The Raven" "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" "Games People Play" "Time" "Sirius" "Eye in the Sky" "Old and Wise" "Don't Answer Me"
Related articles	Discography Keats Ladyhawke Freudiana