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'''''On Air''''' is the second album released solo by [[Alan Parsons]] following the split of [[Alan Parsons Project|The Alan Parsons Project]]. The album follows the history of airborne exploration, from Daedalus and Icarus in ''Too Close To The Sun'', through [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s dreams of flight in ''One Day To Fly'', to the plan to put a man on the moon in ''Apollo'', a track backed by [[John F. Kennedy]]'s famous speech of [[May 25]] [[1961]].
'''''On Air''''' is the second album released solo by [[Alan Parsons]] following the split of [[Alan Parsons Project|The Alan Parsons Project]]. The album follows the history of airborne exploration, from [[Daedalus]] and [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]] in ''Too Close To The Sun'', through [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s dreams of flight in ''One Day To Fly'', to the plan to put a man on the moon in ''Apollo'', a track backed by [[John F. Kennedy]]'s famous speech of [[May 25]] [[1961]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 22:16, 30 April 2005

On Air
Album by Alan Parsons
Released September 24 1996
Recorded 1995-1996
Genre Progressive rock
Length 49 min 36 s
Record label Digital Sound
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com review 3 stars out of 5 link
Alan Parsons Chronology
Try Anything Once
(1993)
On Air
(1996)
The Time Machine
(1999)

On Air is the second album released solo by Alan Parsons following the split of The Alan Parsons Project. The album follows the history of airborne exploration, from Daedalus and Icarus in Too Close To The Sun, through Leonardo da Vinci's dreams of flight in One Day To Fly, to the plan to put a man on the moon in Apollo, a track backed by John F. Kennedy's famous speech of May 25 1961.

Track listing

  1. Blue Blue Sky - 1:38
  2. Too Close To The Sun - 5:04
  3. Blown By The Wind - 5:25
  4. Cloudbreak - 4:39
  5. Can't Look Down - 4:37
  6. Brother Up In Heaven - 4:02
  7. Fall Free - 4:21
  8. Apollo - 6:06
  9. So Far Away - 4:07
  10. One Day To Fly - 6:19
  11. Blue Blue Sky - 4:24